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Iranwire – Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence has issued a surreal statement in a bid to legitimize the ongoing mass arrests, imprisonments and property confiscations of Baha’is in Iran. More than 100 members of the peaceful religious minority group, including former community leaders, have been targeted in the past few weeks while the authorities have raided at least 52 homes and businesses …

Iranwire – In a program that aired late on Saturday, Iranian state TV broadcast a “confession”  by Sepideh Rashnu, a 28-year-old writer, journalist and editor, and opponent of forced hijab. It is not clear when, where and in what circumstances the short film was recorded. Rashnu was arrested earlier this month, shortly after a video circulated online of her being accosted …

Iranwire – On July 24, the Iranian Campaign to Support the Rights of People with Disabilities shared a disturbing video that showed violent treatment and neglect of people with serious disabilities at a care center in Ahvaz, Khuzestan province. It included footage of a young woman being restrained on the floor half-inside a bathroom stall, a man having a seizure apparently going …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – Reza Meraji who was sentenced to qisas for murder, was executed in Shiraz Central Prison. According to information obtained by Iran Human Rights, man was executed in Shiraz Central Prison on July 31. His identity has been established as 30-year-old Reza Meraji, who was sentenced to qisas (retribution-in-kind) for murder after being arrested four years ago. At the time …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – Nemat Valipour who was sentenced to qisas for murder, was executed in Sabzevar Prison. According to information obtained by Iran Human Rights, man was executed in Sabzevar Prison on July 31. His identity has been established as 36-year-old Nemat Valipour, a factory worker who was sentenced to qisas(retribution-in-kind) for murder. Informed sources told Iran Human Rights that Nemat …