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iranintl – Fatemeh Sepehri, an Iranian political prisoner and outspoken critic of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, has been subjected to psychological torture by a judiciary psychiatrist. Fatemeh Sepehari’s brother says that Iran’s judicial authorities organized a virtual meeting in Mashhad’s Vakilabad prison with the presence of a “psychological interrogator”, who asked her questions about her childhood. Emphasizing that “this person …

iranintl – As global attention is focused on the Iranian military’s attack on Israel, authorities in Iran have executed at least 9 prisoners in less than a week. Iran, one of the leading executioners globally, has already executed nearly 1000 prisoners since 2023 – with this latest news sparking renewed concerns about the regime’s human rights record. According to human …

iranintl – Several Iran-related bills passed the committee stage of the US Senate Tuesday that enhance sanctions on Iran’s leaders and require the President to sanction ships, ports, and refineries carrying or processing Iranian oil. The bills have to pass a full Senate vote and be signed by the President to become law. But their sponsors were relieved to see …

Iranwire – An Iranian medical student, suspended from the university during the Woman, Life, Freedom movement, was recently summoned to a security institution. Motaharah Gohanei, a final-semester dental doctorate student at Tehran University of Medical Sciences, received a 24-month suspension and exclusion from education. Arrested by the Ministry of Intelligence in October 2022, she was barred from entering the university …

Iranwire – Dina Qalibaf, a student at Tehran’s Beheshti University, was arrested by security forces after she said she was “sexually” abused by the Morality Police. Qalibaf recently posted on social media about being detained by the Islamic Republic’s Morality Police, which enforces dress code regulations. Qalibaf said she was “sexually” assaulted during the arrest. In her social media post, …