CHRI – Houshmand Alipour and Mohammad Ostad-Ghader Held at Intelligence Ministry’s Sanandaj Center
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Teachers Strike Sees Classes Canceled Across Iran
Radiofarda – Iranian teachers went on strike October 14 and 15, holding sit-ins at elementary and high schools across the country to demand better pay and conditions and an end to the detention of education activists.
Read More »Iran Environmentalists In Prison For Months ‘Without Sufficient Evidence’
Radiofarda – Almost ten months after the detention of several Iranian environmentalists, the spokesman of the Islamic Republic’s judiciary says that no indictment has been issued for them.
Read More »Iranian Political Prisoner Calls For Stop Of Death Sentence
Iran-HRM – On World Day Against Death Penalty Iranian political prisoner call for stop of death sentence
Read More »Christians Sentenced to Death Under Sharia Law
gatestoneinstitute.org – In response to the latest abuses against Christians, Amnesty International has initiated an “urgent action” appeal. It has called on the Iranian regime to “quash the convictions and sentences of Victor Bet-Tamraz, Shamiram Isavi, Amin Afshar-Naderi, and Hadi Asgari, as they have been targeted solely for the peaceful exercise of their rights to freedoms of religion and belief, …
Read More »Zahra Majd Sequestered for Opinions of her Dissident Spouse
Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA)- Upon her arrival to Iran via the Isfahan airport on Thursday, October 11th, security forces arrested Zahra Majd — wife of Mohammad Hedayati, a critic of Iran’s ruling clergy — along with her children, ages three and five.
Read More »Two Executed, One Pardoned in Shahr-e Kord
Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) – On the morning of October 14th, Saleh Dehkordi, 38, and Yarali Noori, 40, were executed in Shahr-e Kord Prison. In the eleventh hour, Davoud Shokri, 26, was pardoned by family members of the plaintiff on his case.
Read More »Clashing Zahedan Prisoners Beaten, Forcefully Undressed
Human Rights Activist News Agency (HRANA) – On Friday, October 12th, fights that broke out amid the stifling conditions of Zahedan Prison landed 29 prisoners in quarantine. The next day, quarantined prisoners were taken to the prison yard, forcefully undressed, beaten by prison guards, and left outside until morning.
Read More »Afshin Hossein Panahi Released on Furlough
Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) – Political prisoner Afshin Hossein Panahi was released on furlough from Sanandaj Prison on Saturday, October 13, 2018.
Read More »Photographers Arrested For Posting ‘Modelling’ Images
Radiofarda – Several photographers have been arrested in Shiraz, 481 km (298 miles) south of Iran’s capital, Tehran, for posting “obscene” pictures and images described as “modelling” on their Instagram accounts.
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