Human rights

RFL/RE – Iran’s education minister has announced plans for a fundamental transformation of the country’s educational system with the introduction of gender-specific textbooks for male and female students, suggesting a deeper ideological shift in the Islamic leadership’s governance. Rezamorad Sahraei, speaking at the Behindokht festival’s closing ceremony on November 12, said the initiative signifies a significant change in Iran’s approach …

Iranwire – Prominent Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh was among dozens of people arrested during the October 29 funeral of Armita Garavand, a 16-year-old girl who was fatally assaulted at a Tehran metro station for not wearing a headscarf. In a letter written from behind the walls of Qarchak prison on October 30, Sotoudeh described her violent arrest at …

Iranwire – Fariba Kamalabadi, a 62-year-old Baha’i citizen, is presently serving a prison sentence in Iran’s notorious Evin Prison. In a letter disclosed to IranWire by one of her relatives, she condemned the persecution of Baha’is in Iran. Kamalabadi was arrested in May 2022 after having served a previous 10-year jail sentence, just for her Baha’i beliefs, between 2008 and …

Iranwire – Iran’s Supreme Court has confirmed the death sentence of a protester convicted over the killing of a member of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) during nationwide protests last year, a prosecutor says.  The prosecutor in the central city of Hamadan did not disclose the defendant’s name, but the activist Telegram channel 1500 Tasvir identified the man as …

Iranwire – He was born in the city of Sardasht in West Azerbaijan province and grew up in Mahabad. He felt destined to follow his dreams abroad, but to get a passport, he had no other choice but to complete his mandatory military service. However, when protests suddenly swept Iran last year, he took a leave of absence while he …

Iranwire – Iranian authorities have detained at least 20 people, including four journalists, a prominent social activist and a teenage girl, in the northern city of Rasht.  The arrests took place on November 11 amid a widening government crackdown on dissent and massive human rights violations. According to Radio Farda, the arrests were carried out by officers of the Islamic …

CHRI – Imprisoned Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi faces new charges that underscore the draconian tactics employed by Islamic Republic of Iran officials to silence dissent and punish peaceful activists. The international community must quickly respond with strong collective action to end her imprisonment, said the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI). “Narges Mohammadi’s imprisonment in Iran is the price …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – Afshin Joshani and Taher Arefi were executed for drug-related charges in Shiraz Central Prison. Vahid Salemi and Behrouz Dinarbar were previously reported to have been executed at the prison that day. According to information obtained by Iran Human Rights, two men were executed in Shiraz Central Prison (Adel Abad) on 12 November. Their executions have …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – Amin Barakzehi, a Baluch man sentenced to qisas (retribution-in-kind) for murder, was executed in Saravan Prison. According to Haal Vsh, a man was executed in Saravan Prison on 11 November. His identity has been reported as 40-year-old Amin Barakzehi (Nourzehi) who was sentenced to qisas for murder. He was arrested for murder in Saravan around five years ago. At …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – Mohammad Barahouyi Anjomani, Mohammad Karim Barkazayi Akson and Edris Bilrani, three Baluch political prisoners sentenced to death for charges of “efsad-fil-arz (corruption on earth) through participating in terrorist acts” after being tortured to force confessions, were secretly executed in Zahedan Central Prison. At least 114 people have been executed in Iran since the start of the …