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(HRW) – Iranian intelligence and judicial authorities continued their crackdown on dissent in 2021, while lawmakers passed and debated laws that further violate human rights, Human Rights Watch said in its World Report 2022. Over the past three years, security forces have responded to widespread protests stemming largely from economic rights issues with excessive and unlawful force, including lethal force, and arrested thousands …

Iran-HRM – Political prisoner Ebrahim Sediq Hamedani was transferred to solitary confinement in Marivan Prison while on a hunger strike. Mr. Khalil Sedighi Hamedani, 63, and his son Salar, 30, were abroptly transferred on January 7, from Urmia Prison to Marivan and Kamyaran Prisons where they have been incarcerated alongside common criminals. Both have gone on hunger strike since their …

Iran-HRM – The torture and cruel mistreatment of detainees and prisoners in Iran are among the most serious human rights violations in the country’s jails. Iranian security officials routinely subject prisoners to ill-treatment particularly during interrogations. There are noumerous reports of detainees’ deaths during interrogation phase in detention centres run by the ministry of intelligence, the IRGC, and the investigation …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – Brothers Farhang and Yasser Aliollahi who were sentenced to death for drug-related offences, have been executed in Zanjan Central Prison. According to information obtained by Iran Human Rights, two men were executed for drug-related offences in Zanjan Central Prison on the morning of January 11. Their identities have been established as 35-year-old Farhang Aliollahi and …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – Seven death row prisoners who all seem to have been sentenced to qisas (retribution-in-kind) for murder, have been transferred to solitary confinement in preparation for their executions in Rajai Shahr Prison. According to information obtained by Iran Human Rights, on January 10, seven men were transferred to solitary confinement in preparation for their executions in Rajai Shahr …