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Iranwire – Hardline news outlets have laid into ex-Iranian prime ministerMir Hossein Mousavi after he accusing Iran’s ruling elite of conspiring to create a hereditary leadership model. In comments published by the news website Kaleme on Tuesday, Mousavi, who was placed under house arrest more than a decade ago, demanded to know: “Have the dynasties of the past 2,500 years come back, …

BBC – In Iran, virginity before marriage is important for many girls and their families. Sometimes men demand a virginity certificate – a practice that the World Health Organization (WHO) deems to be against human rights. But in the past year, more and more people have been campaigning against it. “You tricked me into marrying you because you’re not a …

gatestoneinstitute.org – Samin Ehsani had been running educational courses for Afghan children living in Iran, but who did not have access to education in the country. During the trial, her activities were presented as an example of the charges against her. In Iran, an estimated 300,000 followers of the Baha’i faith are being denied many fundamental rights such as access …

Iran-HRM – A recent wave of executions continued in July 2022 with at least 71 prisoners being hanged at Iran’s prisons. According to the statistics collected by the Iran Human Rights Monitor, at least 31 prisoners were executed on drug charges, 34 were hanged on the charge of murder, four on the charge of rape, and two others on the …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – Mohammad Hossein Alizadeh, an Afghan national who is reported to have been 17 years old at the time of a murder in defence of his cousin against a group attack, was executed in Qom Central Prison. Iran Human Rights is working to verify his age. According to information obtained by Iran Human Rights, an Afghan …