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Iranwire – Sweden’s Supreme Court has refused to review the life imprisonment sentence for Hamid Nouri, a former Iranian judicial official. “The Supreme Court has now decided not to grant leave to appeal. This means that the judgment of the Court of Appeal stands,” a Swedish court said on March 6. Nouri was convicted of participating in the mass executions of …

Iranwire – During Iran’s 2019 anti-government protests, Mohammad Hossein Erfan, 28, lost an eye and a half to a security forces’ pellets. He returned to the streets during the 2022 demonstrations, where he was beaten, but ultimately succumbed to his older wounds. “How much are your eyes worth? In my country, anything exquisite carries the price of a life,” he …

Iranwire – An Iranian women’s rights and social activist is facing imminent deportation from Sweden back to Iran, amid concerns for her safety. The Swedish Migration Agency is moving forward with Asma Baluch’s deportation, according to a report from the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights on March 5. Baluch, 34, has played a significant role in documenting various crimes committed …

Iranwire – The Islamic Republic of Iran has carried out the executions of two prisoners, amid a significant rise in using the death penalty. Executed on March 4 at Shiraz Central Prison were an Afghan citizen, known only by the first name Iman, and an Iranian national named Mostafa Jamil Samadi, as reported by human rights groups. The Iran Human …

CHRI – UN Urged to Address Crisis at Orumiyeh Prison Cruel and Inhumane Conditions Violate Iranian and International Law March 6, 2024 – The Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) raises urgent alarms over the dire situation within Iran’s Orumiyeh Central Prison, with recent weeks seeing two suicides and two self-immolations, alongside a surge in executions since the beginning …