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amnesty.org – The Iranian authorities have embarked on an execution spree, killing at least 251 people between 1 January and 30 June 2022, according to research by the Abdorrahman Boroumand Centre for Human Rights in Iran and Amnesty International. The organizations warned that if executions continue at this horrifying pace, they will soon surpass the total of 314 executions recorded …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – Faranak Beheshti who was transferred to solitary confinement yesterday, was executed for murder in Urmia Central Prison today. According to information obtained by Iran Human Rights, a woman was executed in Urmia Central Prison on July 27. Her identity has been established as Faranak Beheshti. According to informed sources, Faranak was arrested around five years ago …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – Child bride Soheila Abedi was executed for murder in Sanandaj Central Prison today. According to information obtained by Iran Human Rights, a woman was executed in Sanandaj Central Prison on July 27. Her identity has been established as Soheila Abedi, a child bride sentenced to qisas (retribution-in-kind) for the murder of her husband by Branch One of …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – Political prisoner Maryam Akbari-Monfared who has spent 13 years behind bars without a day of furlough for demanding justice for her four siblings, is facing new fabricated charges of “propaganda” brought by the Ministry of Intelligence. She has been denied medical treatment in Semnan Prison. According to information obtained by Iran Human Rights, the Ministry …

Al-Monitor – Russian President Vladimir Putin, on his second foreign trip since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, visited Tehran and met with Iranian officials on July 19. Although his trip brought much joy to hardliners in Iran, it seems that Moscow got the best of the visit.  The Russian president was warmly received during his short stay in Tehran, at a time …