RFL/RE – For the past two years, Mahboobeh Ramezani has been grieving the loss of her son while calling for justice over his death at the hands of Iran’s security forces. Pejman Gholipur was shot and killed during a November 17, 2019, protest in Tehran triggered by a sudden rise in the price of gasoline. He was 18. Ramezani has …
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Videos: Tear Gas and Shots Fired on Isfahan Protesters
Iranwire – Farmers and citizens in Isfahan continued to protest on Friday, November 26. Videos posted on social media show security and law enforcement officers dispersing a mass gathering of demonstrators with large volumes of tear gas and what appeared to be birdshot on the dried-up Zayanderud riverbed. Earlier on Friday morning, footage was also shared showing people on motorcycles …
Read More »Kylie Moore-Gilbert: I Can’t Forget My Fellow Prisoners
Iranwire – Kylie Moore-Gilbert, an Australian researcher who was held hostage in Iran for two years, has published a video in Persian on the anniversary of her release to highlight the plight of those still being held unjustly in the Islamic Republic’s prisons. In tweets accompanying the video, Dr. Moore-Gilbert explained that she had never studied Persian but learnt it during her time in …
Read More »Juvenile Offender Arman Abdolali is Buried in Tehran
Iranwire – Arman Abdolali, a young Iranian man sentenced to death for a crime allegedly committed when he was a minor, was hanged on November 24. The execution was carried out despite the weak case against him and pleas to Tehran from human rights organizations to spare his life. The young man was buried in the presence of his parents …
Read More »Iranian Security Forces Set Protesters’ Tents On Fire In ‘Clean-Up’ Operation In Isfahan
RFL/RE – Tents set up last week by Iranian farmers in a dry river bed in Isfahan, Iran’s third-largest city, to protest against water cuts have been set on fire by riot police, and shots could be heard in the area. The site was being “cleaned up” by the city’s municipality after the tents were set on fire overnight by …
Read More »‘Give Isfahan Life!’ Water Shortages Unleash Waves Of Protest In Iran
RFL/RE – A trickle of water in southwestern Iran has turned into a torrent of protests against the clerical establishment in Tehran.Just months after the authorities resorted to deadly force and empty promises to tamp down mass protests, locals in the region have joined farmers to demand government action to replenish water supplies drained by decades of mismanagement.Videos show tens …
Read More »Ebrahim Mehranfar: Who is the Judge Overseeing Iran’s Flight 752 ‘Show Trial’?
Iranwire – The behind-closed-doors military trial of 10 people accused in the downing of Ukrainian Airlines Flight 752 began on Sunday, November 21, 2021. The defendants weren’t publicly named, and the victims’ families were not allowed into the courtroom. They could only stand outside the Armed Forces’ judicial complex in Tehran, holding up pictures of their loved ones, whose lives were cut short by …
Read More »Challenges Facing Iran’s Jewish Minority Attract Scrutiny After Rabbi’s US Visit
VOA — The challenges facing Iran’s tiny Jewish minority drew increased U.S. media scrutiny this month, as the chief rabbi in the Islamic Republic ended a five-week tour of U.S. Jewish communities by making rare public remarks about the situation of his community. Yehuda Gerami presented a mixed picture of Jewish life in Iran as he spoke to American Jews …
Read More »UN Human Rights Office Condemns Execution of Juvenile Offender Arman Abdolali
Iranhr – UN Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner spokesperson Liz Throssell today condemned the execution of juvenile offender Arman Abdolali in Rajai Shahr Prison, Iran. We condemn the execution today in Iran of Arman Abdolali, who was below the age of 18 at the time of his alleged crime. It is deeply alarming and shocking that his hanging went …
Read More »Iran executes man jailed for murder as minor
Al-Monitor – An Iranian man convicted of murdering his girlfriend when he was a teenager was executed on Wednesday, despite an international outcry over his death sentence. Arman Abdolali, 25, was hanged at dawn at the Rajai Shahr prison in the city of Karaj, west of Tehran, according to Iran’s Mizan news agency. Iranian authorities had accused Abdolali of murdering his girlfriend, …
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