Human rights

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – Shamsollah Banani, a man sentenced to qisas (retribution-in-kind) for murder, was executed in Ahar Prison. According to information obtained by Iran Human Rights, a man was executed in Ahar Prison on 29 October. His identity has been established as 42-year-old Shamsollah Banani from Takestan in Qazvin. He was sentenced to qisas for murder. An informed source told Iran Human …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – Seven prisoners, most of whom were on death row for murder, were executed in Ghezel Hesar Prison on 1st November. IHRNGO previously reported the execution of two other men including an Afghan national at the prison that day. With two months still remaining in 2023, the number of recorded annual executions has surpassed 600 for the …

iranintl – Amid Iran’s unequivocal support for its proxy Hamas, the regime has pushed Iranian Jews to cut ties with Israel-based friends and relatives. Sources told Iran International Wednesday that an unknown number of members of the community were forced to block their relatives’ phone numbers in Israel and some have left family and group chats on messaging apps, including WhatsApp. …

Iranwire – Iranian authorities are exerting intense pressure on the family of Kian Pirfalak, a nine-year-old boy who was killed during nationwide protests last year, ahead of the one-year anniversary of his death. Kian and several other people lost their lives when government forces indiscriminately fired live ammunition on people during protests in the southwestern city of Izeh on November 16, 2022. …

Iranwire – The daughter of Jamshid Sharmahd, a German-Iranian man sentenced to death in Iran, says his health condition has deteriorated to a point where he can hardly speak or take a few steps. Gazelle Sharmahd made the comments on the social media platform X on November 2, after the inmate was allowed to make a rare phone call to …

HRW – Armita Garawand, a 17-year-old high school student, was reported dead on October 28 by Iran’s state-run Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) and multiple independent news outlets. On October 1, several media outlets reported that Armita fell, unconscious, on the platform of Tehran’s Shohada metro station after being assaulted for not wearing a headscarf by an enforcer of compulsory hijab laws. She was …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – Maryam Foroughmanesh, a woman sentenced to qisas (retribution-in-kind) for murder, was executed in Yasuj Central Prison. According to information obtained by Iran Human Rights, a woman was executed in Yasuj Central Prison on 1 November. Her identity has been established as Maryam Foroughmanesh who was sentenced to qisas for the murder of her husband. A man was reportedly executed …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – Branch 5 of the Tehran Criminal Court has sentenced Leila Kholghi Sakachayi and Abolfazl Barat Vakili to hanging for adultery charges. Branch 12 of the Tehran Criminal Court has also sentenced another woman, Mitra to death for the same charges and the man in the case, Khosro, to lashes. Sex outside of marriage is criminalised …

iranintl – The UN special rapporteur on human rights in Iran, Javaid Rehman, says the Israel-Gaza War bolsters “repression” inside Iran by deflecting attention from internal criticism of the regime.  The comments come as Iran prepares to chair the UN Human Rights Council Social Forum which will come into effect today, a move which has garnered global outrage. “Given the current …

RFL/RE – Renowned Iranian actress Hengameh Ghaziani, known for her public opposition to the mandatory hijab, says she has been summoned to appear in court for her stance against the mandatory hijab law, compounding fears for her freedom after she was arrested last year for participating in a women’s rights protest. In a series of Instagram stories, Ghaziani said she will appear …