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Iran-HRM – Iran uses the death penalty against dissidents to terrorize the public Dozens of political prisoners and prisoners of conscience are currently on death row in Iran. These prisoners include dissidents, prisoners of conscience, as well as protesters arrested during anti-regime protests. The Iranian regime’s use of the death penalty against prisoners is intended to intimidate and prevent protests …

CHRI – A grassroots teachers’ rights movement is gaining steam in Iran, where large street protests by teachers are increasingly sprouting across the country. “In Iran’s current economic situation, the financial burden on the teaching community is terrible,” said Sattar Rahmani, the author of several Persian-language books and articles on the movement, in an interview with the Center for Human Rights in …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – An unnamed man was executed in Rajai Shahr Prison after being sentenced to qisas (retribution-in-kind) for murder based on qassameh testimony. According to Hamshahri online, a man was executed in Rajai Shahr Prison in recent days. The unnamed man was sentenced to qisas for murder. At trial, the only witness was deemed ineligible to testify by the judges and as the …

Al-Monitor – Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has been in office for almost six months, and addressing the economic ills of the country has certainly been the government’s top priority. However, drafting appropriate policies is only one piece of a complex puzzle to improve economic conditions. Many experts agree that one problem is the lack of a clear economic doctrine. While criticizing the …

Al-Monitor – The president of Iran’s Wrestling Federation, Alireza Dabir, says he was left with “no choice but to cancel” an Iran-US meet after several visa applications submitted by the Iranian delegation were rejected by American authorities. In a letter to his American counterpart, Dabir lamented the fact that he and five others had been denied their visas and were, therefore, unable …