Human rights

Iran Human Rights (IHR) – A prisoner was executed at Ilam Central Prison on murder charges this morning.

Iran Human Rights (IHR); October 17, 2018: A prisoner was executed at Ferdows County Prison on murder and armed robbery charges last Sunday.

PayvandNews – Iran has allowed an organized group of women to attend a men’s soccer match at a Tehran stadium for the first time in decades, after years of campaigning by activists against a ban on female attendance.

Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) – Attorney and human rights activist Mohammad Najafi was charged with “spreading lies with intent to disrupt the public mind” after travelling to Iran’s Kurdish region to meet with the family of Ramin Hossein Panahi, a political prisoner who was recently executed.

HRW – Public Official Arrested for Speaking Out Against Repression

Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA)- Dozens of citizens were rounded up October 13th and 15th in the Malashieh and Kouy-e Alavi neighborhoods of Ahvaz, the capital of southwestern border province of Khuzestan now known as the site of a violent shooting on a military parade on September 22nd of this year.

Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) – It has been one week since six security agents stormed the home of labor activist and Sanandaj resident Zanyar Dabbaghian, arresting him and transferring him to an undisclosed location.

Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA)- Last week’s plea from the Coordinating Council of Teachers Syndicates in Iran (CCTSI) brought together the voices of learners, educators, and ideologues in a second day of strikes against privatization, minority-language discrimination, judicial persecution of teacher-activists, and educator salaries grazing the poverty line.

Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA)- New details on the executions of Kurdish political prisoners Zanyar Moradi, Loghman Moradi, and Ramin Hossein Panahi has been brought forward by a staff member at the Iranian Prisons Organizations who asked to remain anonymous.

Iran Human Rights (IHR) –  Two Prisoners were executed on murder charges at Shahrekord prison yesterday morning.