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Kylie Moore-Gilbert: I Can’t Forget My Fellow Prisoners

Iranwire – Kylie Moore-Gilbert, an Australian researcher who was held hostage in Iran for two years, has published a video in Persian on the anniversary of her release to highlight the plight of those still being held unjustly in the Islamic Republic’s prisons. In tweets accompanying the video, Dr. Moore-Gilbert explained that she had never studied Persian but learnt it during her time in …

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Four Decades of Discrimination Against Sunnis in Iran

Iranwire – During the four decades of the Islamic Republic’s rule in Iran, religious, ethnic and religious minorities have faced various forms of discrimination. Some of this can be traced to laws and to some officials’ interpretations of laws and their enforcement. By looking at the situation in the provinces, where minority populations are higher, and by looking at the …

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Juvenile Offender Arman Abdolali is Buried in Tehran

Iranwire – Arman Abdolali, a young Iranian man sentenced to death for a crime allegedly committed when he was a minor, was hanged on November 24. The execution was carried out despite the weak case against him and pleas to Tehran from human rights organizations to spare his life. The young man was buried in the presence of his parents …

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Execution of tortured youth highlights cruelty of Iran’s qesas system

Amnesty – The execution on 24 November 2021 of Arman Abdolali, a 25-year-old man sentenced to death for a crime that took place when he was a child, exposes the cruelty of Iran’s criminal justice system that facilitates the arbitrary deprivation of the right to life, perpetuates the cycle of violence and perversely seeks to place the responsibility for state-sanctioned …

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Abdolsattar Shehbakhsh and Khan Mohmmad Rahmatzehi Executed in Kerman

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – Two Baluch men named Abdolsattar Shehbakhsh and Khan Mohmmad Rahmatzehi were executed for drug-related offences in Kerman Central Prison. At least 104 prisoners, including a woman, have been executed on drug-related charges in Iranian prisons in 2021. According to Hal Vash and confirmed by Iran Human Rights, two Baluch men were executed in Kerman Central Prison on …

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