Human rights

Iranwire – Toomaj Salehi, a popular Iranian rapper who is serving a long-term prison term for supporting protests that rocked the country last year, is taking legal action over the torture he endured while in detention. An October 28 post on Salehi’s official account on the social media platform X, which is managed by his family, says his lawyer will …

Iranwire – US national-security advisor Jake Sullivan has spoken of his deep sadness over the death of a 16-year-old Iranian girl who fell into a coma early this month after being assaulted at a Tehran metro station for not wearing a headscarf. “I am deeply saddened to learn that Armita Geravand has died after being beaten by Iran’s morality police …

VOA – Narges Mohammadi, the Nobel Peace Prize laureate, expressed her condolences on Instagram regarding the death of Armita Geravand. “Armita Geravand, full of the enthusiasm of life, was sent to the brink of death because of her beautiful hair, which she had no intention of hiding with ‘mandatory hijab,’” she said in her post. Geravand, 17, died following an …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – Hossein Ali Dil Baluch, a Baluch man sentenced to death for drug-related charges, was secretly executed in Birjand Central Prison. According to Hal Vash, a Baluch man was executed in Birjand Central Prison on 19 October. His identity has been reported as 27-year-old Hossein Ali Dil Baluch who was sentenced to death for drug-related charges …

Iranwire – In the picturesque setting of Qeshm Island, home to a majority Sunni Muslim and ethnic Arab population, a unique problem is silently getting worse. The Persian Gulf island, known for its natural beauty and cultural diversity, is home to a population of unaccounted and undocumented people whose lives, from birth to death, remain unrecorded and unacknowledged. Many of …

Iranwire – Iran’s prison organization has neglected the healthcare of at least three imprisoned labor activists and has stopped them from receiving treatment, a union said.  The Free Workers’ Union announced the arrest of a labor activist and a former Iran Khodro automaker company employee on October 24.  The union reported that Reza Aghdasi was arrested and sent to prison …

Iranwire – Turkish authorities have arrested Shilan Mirzaei, a human rights activist and Iranian refugee in Türkiye, and have transported her to a deportation camp, IranWire reports.  During her detention, Mirzaei learned from camp law enforcement officers that the Iranian embassy had formally requested her extradition back to the country. In two audio files obtained by IranWire, Mirzaei, a civil …

Iranwire – A phone call involving Motaleb Ahmadian, a Kurdish political prisoner incarcerated in Evin Prison, was abruptly terminated on Wednesday, October 25, due to his use of the Kurdish language.  Prison authorities have forced Ahmadian to pledge not to speak Kurdish during phone calls in exchange for the reinstatement of telephone access privileges. The incident is the latest in a …

Iranwire – Three days before the September 16 anniversary of the death of Mahsa Amini, police officers arrested Armita Pavir, a final-year student at Tabriz Madani University’s microbiology department, on September 13.  The officers had a warrant related to an unresolved financial case in which Pavir was allegedly involved.   However, sources told IranWire that Pavir had been in the custody of the …

Iranwire – Two students from Allameh Tabatabai University in Tehran, Zia Nabawi and Hasti Amiri, have had their one-year prison sentences upheld in an appeals court.  The sentences were imposed following their involvement in protests against a series of chemical attacks in schools across Iran.  The initial court proceedings, which led to these sentences, took place at the Islamic Revolutionary …