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Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO); March 19, 2025 Yaser Jahanbani, a man on death row for drug-related offences, was executed in Hamedan Central Prison. According to information obtained by Iran Human Rights, a man was hanged in Hamedan Central Prison on 16 March 2025. His identity has been established as Yaser Jahanbani from Hamedan who was arrested for drug-related offences and sentenced …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO); March 19, 2025: Morteza Kazemzadeh and Mohammadreza Basiri, two men on death row for drug-related offences, were executed in Semnan Central Prison. According to information obtained by Iran Human Rights, two men were hanged in Semnan Central Prison on 13 March 2025. Their identities have been established as 30-year-old Morteza Kazemzadeh (photo) from a village in Semnan …

Amnesty – In a joint letter, Amnesty International, along with other organizations, calls for the attention of member states of the UN Human Rights Council to the ongoing full-fledged human rights crisis in the Islamic Republic of Iran, and urges their governments to support the renewal of the mandate of the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human …

CHRI – Iran’s Lawyers in a “Perilous Position,” Face Arrest, Torture and Imprisonment Statement Asks UN to Relay Concerns Directly to Iranian Authorities March 18, 2025—In a joint statement released today, the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) and nine international legal associations condemned the intensified state crackdown on lawyers in Iran “simply for defending human rights and respect …

iranintl – The United Nations special rapporteur on human rights in Iran, Mai Sato, has warned that the Islamic Republic is increasing its use of executions as a tool to suppress dissent as she presented her first report to the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva on Tuesday. “The pace is accelerating with at least 169 known executions identified in …