Radiofarda – The Islamic Republic’s judiciary has upheld the death sentence for an ethnic minority Kurdish citizen of Iran, his lawyer says.
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Hundreds Of Iran Quake Survivors Live In Makeshift Tents After 11 Months
Iran-HRM – Eleven months after the devastating earthquake in November 2017, 30% of tenants in the quake-stricken areas continue to live on the streets, the mayor of Sarpol-e Zahab in Iran’s western province of Kermanshah admitted.
Read More »Detained Christian Convert Denied Medical Treatment
Iran-HRM – Political prisoner Ebrahim Firouzi, held at Rajaie Shahr Prison, has been denied adequate medical access despite severe toothache. He has been imprisoned since 2014 without a single day of leave.
Read More »Iranian Activists Call For Abolition Of The Death Penalty In Iran
Iran-HRM -Iranian Activists call for abolition of the death penalty in Iran
Read More »Iranian Authorities Deliberately Denying Political Prisoners Medical Care
Iran-HRM – The lives of multiple political prisoners are currently in danger as Iranian authorities are deliberately denying them adequate medical access. The authorities have a have a track record of denying prisoners medication, as a form of punishment. Political prisoners Majid Asadi, Arash Sadeqi, Hassan Sadeqi, Mohammad Banazadeh Amirkhizi and Mohammad Habibi are among those denied treatment.
Read More »Merchant Arrested Amid Rumors of Impending Market Strike
Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA)- Security forces in Tabriz arrested Azerbaijani activist Mohammad Abdolmohammad-Zadeh Namrour on Wednesday, October 10, 2018, and transferred him to an undisclosed location.
Read More »Citing Constitutional Trespass, Abbas Lasani Rejects Court’s Second Summons
Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) – Azerbaijani activist Abbas Lasani’s public dissent with the Iranian judicial system continued this week with his spurning, via open letter, of a second court subpoena that he decries as illegitimate. “I will not abide by the rule of tyranny, and thus I express my protest and rebellion against this illegal process, and against your …
Read More »Six Members of Yamani Religious Group Arrested in Izeh
Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) – After a month of interrogations, six citizens arrested by security agents in the city of Izeh on September 8th have been accused of “contact with the ‘Mahdaviat’ religious group” and transferred to Izeh prison in the southwestern province of Khuzestan.
Read More »Imprisoned Sufi families are prohibited from visiting Dr Noor Ali Tabandeh
Shabtabnews – The Iranian security agents arrested the families of imprisoned Sufis, who tried to visit the house of Dr. Noor Ali Tabandeh, the leader of Gonabadi Sufis. Dr. Noor Ali Tabandeh, who has been under house arrest for eight months, is prevented from leaving his house or having visitors.
Read More »Great Tehran Penitentiary Imposes Information Blackout on Eight Sufi Detainees Held in Solitary Confinement
CHRI – It has been more than a month since the wife of a Sufi Gonabadi Dervish held in Iran’s Great Tehran Penitentiary (GTP) has heard from her husband after he was put in solitary confinement with seven other Sufi detainees.
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