Human rights

Iranwire – The 37th branch of the Court of Appeal in Fars province has issued a verdict sentencing eight teachers’ union activists to a collective prison term of 37 years, accompanied by additional punitive measures. This ruling, disclosed to the board members of the Fars Teachers’ Association, not only encompasses prison sentences but also includes restrictions on their use of …

Iranwire – The home and school of Kokab Badaghi Pegah, a teacher and union activist in Izeh city, were simultaneously raided by plainclothes officers on an unusual inspection on October 25.  During the raid, some of her personal and electronic possessions were confiscated. The Coordinating Council of Iranian Educators reported the incident, stating that a group of plainclothes agents visited …

Iranwire – The Delpasand family in Türkiye is on a quest for an ordinary life – a fundamental human right unjustly denied to them in their homeland. The family’s odyssey began on a fateful night, November 15, 2022, when their car passed into the crosshairs of security forces on a Rasht city street. The streets of the central Golsar neighborhood …

Iranwire – Authorities in Iran’s notorious Evin Prison have transferred political prisoner Hossein Razzaq to the general ward, a day after violently beating him in Ward 209, used for political prisoners, and overseen by the Ministry of Intelligence.   Razzaq had suffered a severe beating at the hands of several intelligence agents, while his hands and feet were shackled behind …

Iran-HRM – A 23-year-old Kurdish man named Vahed Ghaderi, a citizen of Saqqez, was killed as a result of a direct shooting by agents of the IRGC Intelligence in Saqqez-Marivan Road on Sunday, October 22, 2023. The IRGC intelligence agents chased the young man, who was a freelance merchant, at 3 a.m. on Sunday, October 22. Vahed Ghaderi was consequently …

Iranint- The sentencing of two journalists for reporting Mahsa Amini’s death in custody has sparked outrage among many Iranians, who deem the charges groundless and unjust. “I wish the judiciary would explain, in simple terms, how Elaheh Mohammadi and Niloofar Hamedi ‘collaborated with the hostile government of the United States’ so that others would learn a lesson and not commit …

iranintl – Iranian authorities are trying to discreetly bury a teenage girl injured in an encounter with hijab police and is near death in a bid to prevent fresh protests. Iran International has learned that Armita Gravand’s family is being pressured by the authorities to relocate her body in silence from Tehran to Jafar Abad, Kermanshah, in the event of …

RFL/RE – Iranian-Kurdish political detainee Naeb Askari has again been sentenced to death by the Revolutionary Court of Urmia after the charge against him was changed to armed rebellion from an initial conviction for “enmity against God” that he appealed. The human rights watchdog HRANA said on October 23 that the conviction was based on Askari’s affiliation with a Kurdish political party, …

Iranwire – The International Sports Press Association (AIPS) has condemned the sentencing of two Iranian journalists to a total of 25 years in prison. “We cannot accept this condemnation because true journalism is not a crime,” the AIPS said in a statement on October 22. “This must be clear and we ask all colleagues to mobilize to defend our freedom of expression.” The 15th …

Iranwire – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on human rights defenders has called on the Islamic Republic to stop the widespread persecution of journalists and activists after two reporters were sentenced to a combined 25 years in prison. “Disturbed by Iran’s sentencing of journalists Elahe Mohammadi and Niloofar Hamedi to 12 and 13 years and lawyer Saleh Nikbakht to 1 year, for their work on Mahsa …