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Iran-HRM -Workers at the Tehran Oil Refinery say that following their strike to protest the low level of their earnings, the refinery officials distributed a settlement form among 700 workers to expell them from their jobs. Oil workers in different cities have joined a nationwide strike in the oil and petrochemical industries in protest to low wages and difficult working …

Iran-HRM – Arsham (Mahmoud) Rezaei, a civil activist held in Rajai Shahr Prison in Karaj, been denied phone calls by order of Amin Vaziri, the assistant prosecutor in charge of political prisoners. The two-month ban was ordered by Amin Vaziri, the assistant prosecutor in charge of political prisoners, on the pretext of “spreading propaganda against the regime through contacting outside …

Amnesty – Amnesty International is calling on the Iranian authorities to immediately reveal the whereabouts of Falah Heidari, a member of Iran’s disadvantaged Ahwazi Arab minority, and release him immediately and unconditionally as he is arbitrarily detained solely because of his family association with his activist brother and son abroad. On 20 May 2021, Falah Heidari was summoned to the …

Iran Human Rights (IHR) – Hossein Shahbazi, a juvenile offender who was arrested at 17 and sentenced to qisas (retribution-in-kind) for murder during a group fight, is due to be executed in the coming days. In addition to the death penalty being an inhuman punishment and the prohibition of executing juvenile offenders under international human rights law, Hossein’s sentence was …

CHRI – In the latest report on Iran by the UN Secretary-General, the world’s top diplomat stated that the rights situation in Iran “remains of serious concern” and that “impediments to the rule of law and weak justice and accountability mechanisms result in impunity, perpetuate existing [human rights] violations and increase the risk of future violations.” The UN chief continued: “The …