Iranian Political Prisoner Describes Torture To UN Human Rights Official
RFL/RE - An Iranian political prisoner has sent a voice message to Javaid Rehman, the UN special rapporteur on human…
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Iran Releases Teen After Mother’s Interview Goes Viral On Social Media
RFL/RE - A 15-year-old Iranian teenager imprisoned in the central Iranian city of Karaj has been released after an interview…
Iranian Family of Kidnapped, Killed Woman Protester Forced to Lie About Her Death
Iranwire - An unknown number of Iranian protesters were violently arrested or killed in Karaj on November 3, after security…
Iran: 26 people risk execution in relation to protests
Amnesty - At least 26 people are at great risk of execution in connection with nationwide protests after Iranian authorities…
Iran’s Courts Using Death Penalty Charges to Crush Protests
CHRI – At least 11 men have been sentenced to death in the Islamic Republic, and 24 others are facing…
Kurdish Teenage Girl Investigated On Charge Carrying Death Sentence
Iranwire - A human rights group have raised alarm over the fate of a 16-years old Kurdish girl suspected by…
Iranian Protesters Are Illegally Sentenced To Deaths, Legal Experts Say
Iranwire - Two young Iranian men, Mohsen Shekari and Majid Reza Rahnavard, have recently been executed by hanging on the charge of moharebeh,…
Five Iranian Athletes Accused of Plotting Bomb Attack
Iranwire - Iranian authorities are accusing five detained athletes from the southern city of Shiraz of plotting a bomb attack…
Iranian Student Faces Death Penalty After Distributing Chocolates And Hugs
Iranwire - In the early days of Iran’s protest movement calling for more freedoms and gender equality, four young men…
Iran removed from UN women’s rights body after US push
Al-Monitor - Iran was ousted on Wednesday from a women’s rights agency at the United Nations following a successful US…