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Iranwire – More than 1,077,000 female child marriages have been registered in Iran in the last eight years, including 13,500 involving girls under the age of 13, with an untold number more taking place off the books. The Civil Registration Organization’s annual report for 2021 notes that the number of marriages involving girls under the age of 18 increased by …

Iran-HRM – March 2022 saw the continuation of human rights violations and repression on civil society by the Iranian regime.   In March every year Iranians celebrate Nowruz. It is a two-week celebration beginning from March 20, that marks the beginning of the Persian New Year and the official beginning of spring. But the ruling regime increased its repression on …

Iran-HRM – With 39 executions carried out in March 2022, the Iranian regime demonstrated its flagrant assault on human rights and the right to life. Nineteen of those who have been executed were sentenced to death for murder while 20 others were hanged for drug related charges. Meanwhile, 20 out of the recent 40 executions were carried out in Adelabad prison …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – Four men were executed in Arak Central Prison after being sentenced to death for drug-related offences. According to information obtained by Iran Human Rights, four men were executed in Arak Central Prison on the morning of March 27. Sentenced to death on drug-related charges, they have been identified as 31-year-old Mohammad Najari from Arak, Hamid …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – The United Nations Human Rights Council today voted to extend the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran.  At today’s UN Human Rights Council session, the resolution to extend Javaid Rehman’s mandate by a year was passed with 19 votes for, 12 votes against and …