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Iranwire – Two Christian converts have been ordered to start serving prison sentences in Bushehr, southwestern Iran. Article 18, a London-based organization advocating for the religious rights of Iranian Christians, and Mohabbat News, a Christian news agency, reported that Sasan Khosravi and Habib Heydari were ordered to report to Bushehr Prison on November 11 after being sentenced by a Revolutionary Court on June 22. They …

Iranwire – Young Iranians, shot in the heads and necks by police firing birdshot and live ammunition. Children hauled out of classrooms by plainclothes agents with stun guns. An order, issued to police via walkie-talkies, that was tantamount to “shoot to kill”. The second day of hearings at the Aban Tribunal, which aims to shed light on crimes committed by the …

Iran-HRM – Prisoners are dealt with as slaves by the authorities of the Central Prison of Karaj, said a prisoner released from this prison. Food and other stuff are provided just enough to keep the prisoner alive. The prisoner said: Food is little and very low in quality. The bread is not edible, at all. The bread is a piece of …

CHRI – One of the few remaining defense lawyers in Iran willing to take on human rights cases, Nasser Zarafshan is an expert at navigating the Islamic Republic’s judicial system, which criminalizes dissent and imprisons lawyers like Zarafshan for doing their job. Usually tried under trumped-up “national security” charges, his cases often involve individuals who’ve been targeted by the state’s sprawling security establishment …

Al-Monitor – Iran is deporting thousands of Afghan refugees who fled the Taliban, including more than 28,000 in the last week of October, the UN’s migration agency said.   The International Organization for Migration (IOM) said Thursday that Iranian and Pakistani authorities have sent back more than 1 million Afghan migrants this year, as others are still trying to escape the …