Human rights

Iranwire- An elderly Iranian woman who was prosecuted for speaking out against the extrajudicial execution of her brother in 1983 has been arrested to begin serving a five-year prison sentence. Raheleh Rahamipour, 72, was forced to surrender to the authorities on November 18 despite being physically unfit for imprisonment. The Tehran Revolutionary Court sentenced Rahamipour to six years and two …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – Yasin Zeinoldini, a Baluch man sentenced to death for drug-related charges, was executed in Shiraz Central Prison. According to information obtained by Iran Human Rights, a Baluch man was executed in Shiraz Central Prison (Adel Abad) on 19 November. His identity has been established as 30-year-old Yasin Zeinoldini from Sarbaz. Yasin was arrested for drug-related …

iranhr.net – According to Haal Vsh, a Baluch man was executed in Jiroft Prison on 11 November. His identity has been reported as 24-year-old Fahim Moghabeli who was sentenced to qisas (retribution-in-kind) for  murder. He was arrested around two and a half years ago and had denied the charges. At the time of writing, his execution has not been reported …

iranintl – The chancellor of a university on Iran’s Kish Island has reportedly resigned following a graduation ceremony where female students appeared without head-coverings, defying hijab rules. Photos and videos published on social media showed the majority of girls at a small graduation ceremony on Kish Island’s international campus of Sharif University of Technology wearing graduation hats with their hair …

voanews – Iran has increased repression of its Baha’i minority in recent months by engaging in more than 200 acts of persecution, including the arrests of 19 people last week, the Baha’i International Community, which represents world Baha’is, told VOA on Nov. 13. Simin Fahandej, a BIC representative to the United Nations, provided her organization’s latest assessment of conditions in …

rferl.org – A popular Iranian rapper has been released on bail after spending more than a year in jail for supporting a wave of antigovernment protests sparked by the death in custody of Masha Amini. Toomaj Salehi, 32, posted on X, formerly known as Twitter, on November 18 that he had been freed the same day that the country’s Supreme …

iranhumanrights – An arbitrarily detained woman, facing unjust imprisonment in Iran, has provided a detailed account of her violent abduction amid mass arrests of peaceful protesters who were beaten and coerced into signing forced confessions, as per testimony obtained by the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI). “I had been abducted. The others whom I was talking to were …

iranintl – The Islamic Republic’s government has warned travel agencies in Iran against marketing tours abroad featuring concerts by California-based Iranian pop singers. The directive, issued by the General Directorate of Cultural Heritage, Tourism, and Handicrafts of Tehran Province, targets tours marketed by Iran-based agencies that include performances by diaspora singers that usually take place in neighboring countries. The action …

iranhr – According to information obtained by Iran Human Rights, a Turkmen man was executed in Gonbad Kavous Prison, Golestan province, on 15 November. His identity has been established as Mehdi Bakhshandeh from Karand  who was sentenced to qisas for murder. Mehdi was accused of stabbing a Karand border commander on 25 December 2020. An informed source told IHRNGO: “The …

iranhr – According to information obtained by Iran Human Rights, a man was executed Tabriz Central Prison on 15 November. His identity has been established as 40-year-old Ali Shirzadeh from Jolfa  who was sentenced to qisas for murder. An informed source told IHRNGO: “Ali Shirzadeh was married with a child. He was arrested around three years ago.” At the time …