iran-hrm – The condition of political prisoner Saeed Shah Ghaleh, who was imprisoned for 18 years without a single day of leave, is reportedly very poor.
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Teachers arrested and summoned following nationwide teachers’ strike
iran-hrm – An unknown number of teachers have been summoned to Intelligence Ministry’s offices in Tehran, Qazvin, Bojnourd, Saqqez, Marivan, Kermanshah and Aligoudarz after a nationwide teachers’ strike on October 14 and 15.
Read More »Civil rights activists sentenced to prison and flogging for attending protests
iran-hrm – 11 civil rights activists who were arrested during the December 2017/January 2018 were sentenced to prison and flogging by the 1st Branch of the Markazi Province Court of Appeal.
Read More »Iran hangs two inmates in Ardebil and Zahedan prisons
iran-hrm – A prisoner was hanged today at Ardebil Prison, northwest Iran. Having been on death row since August 2015, Meysam Saber, 27, was found guilty of murder.
Read More »Press Release: Threat campaign against Dr. Azmayesh the Director of International organisation to preserve human rights.
IOPHR – A hidden campaign to threaten and to assassinate Dr. Seyed Mostafa Azmayesh , the Director of International organisation to preserve human rights (IOPHR) has been discovered.
Read More »Threats to the life of Dr. Mohammad Ali Taheri
Shabtabnews – The case of Dr. Mohammad Ali Taheri proves that he is hostage to the malice and cruelty of the Iranian security, as according to the law, not only Dr Taheri should have been released, but he has been kept illegally in prison for more than three years in addition to his original sentence, without any form of additional charges …
Read More »Dozens Of Political Prisoners Go On Hunger Strike After Prison Guards’ Attack
Iran-HRM – 72 political prisoners in ward 12 and 13 of Urmia Central Prison has launched a hunger strike protesting a raid carried out by prison guards and special anti-riot units in this prison on Tuesday.
Read More »Haley Blasts Iran Over Alleged Use of Child Soldiers
VOA – U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley strongly condemned Iran for its alleged recruitment and use of child soldiers in battlefields across the Middle East.
Read More »Open Letter: Reza Khandan Echoes Public Support of an Ailing Farhad Meysami
Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA)- Imprisoned civil rights activist Reza Khandan has published a letter calling attention to fellow activist Farhad Meysami’s mistreatment by prison authorities, who are reportedly unmoved by the steep decline of Meysami’s health since he declared hunger strike on August 1st.
Read More »Prisoner in Shirvan Sentenced to Death
Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA)– Branch 2 of the Shirvan Prosecutor’s Office announced on Tuesday, October 16th that Taleb Govahi, a defendant on a murder case who has been detained in Shirvan Prison since the crime, has been sentenced to death.
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