Human rights

RFL/RE – An Iranian court has confirmed the death sentence of 22-year-old Milad Zohrevand, a protester detained during last year’s nationwide unrest, sparking concerns his execution may be imminent. Hossein Khanjani, the prosecutor for the western city of Hamedan, told the Tasnim news agency, which is affiliated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), on November 13 that “one of the branches …

RFL/RE – Iranian political activist Heshmatollah Tabarzadi, who has already been sentenced to more than 45 years on charges including “collaboration with a hostile government” and “waging war against God,” has been sentenced once again, this time to four years and three months on charges of “propaganda against the system” and “conspiracy to disrupt internal and external security.” Tabarzadi, who …

Iranwire – The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has urged Iranian authorities to immediately release two journalists and environmental activists, Nasim Tavafzadeh and Helaleh Nategheh, and stop trying to silence media workers by jailing them. “It is vitally important for the Iranian people to access truthful reporting on government policies, like the environment,” Sherif Mansour, CPJ’s Middle East and North …

Iranwire – Iranian authorities have arrested 300 men and women for participating in a mixed-gender party in the northeastern city of Shahrud. The deputy police commander of Semnan province, Ali Mirahmadi, said that security forces raided a party venue on the outskirts of the city on November 14 and found that the participants engaged in “rule-breaking behavior.” Mirahmadi also stated …

Iranwire – A day hardly passes in Iran without the Islamic Republic subjecting Baha’i citizens to persecution and harassment. Or is there any such day? For 44 years, Iranian Baha’is, the country’s largest non-Muslim religious minority, have struggled under a campaign of systematic persecution and discrimination affecting their daily lives, limiting or destroying their educational and employment opportunities, subjecting them …

Iranwire – Iranian-Canadian activist Hamed Esmaeilion emerged as a key opposition figure to the Islamic Republic following the eruption of nationwide protests sparked by the September 2022 death in police custody of Mahsa Amini. In October last year, he co-organized a rally in Berlin that was joined by up to 100,000 Iranian exiles, in a formidable show of solidarity with …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – A Baluch woman named Zarkhatoun Mazarzehi was executed for drug-related charges in Kerman Central Prison. According to Haal Vsh, a Baluch woman was executed in Kerman Central Prison on 15 November. Her identity has been reported as Zarkhatoun Mazarzehi, a 46-year-old widow and mother of a daughter. She was sentenced to death for drug-related charges by Branch …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – Arman Babazadeh Ayan, a man sentenced to qisas (retribution-in-kind) for murder, was executed in Salmas Prison. According to information obtained by Iran Human Rights, a man was executed in Salmas Prison on 14 November. His identity has been established Arman Babazadeh Ayan who was sentenced to qisas for murder. At the time of writing, his execution has not …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – State media have reported the execution of an unidentified man who had spent 17 years on death row for murder in Bandarabbas Central Prison. According to Hamshahri Online, a man was executed in Bandarabbas Central Prison. The unidentified man was sentenced to qisas (retribution-in-kind) for murder by the Criminal Court. The date of his execution has not …

RFL/RE – Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Court has charged journalist Zeinab Rahimi of “spreading lies and violating public decency” after she commented on the death of 17-year-old Armita Garavand, who died last month after a confrontation with morality police. Rahimi said in a social media post on November 12 that she and her lawyer attended a hearing on her case and that she was free …