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Joint NGO Statement to Member States of the United Nations Human Rights Council

HRW – Statement to Member States of the United Nations Human Rights Council : Your Excellency, We, the undersigned Iranian and international human rights organizations, call on your government to support the renewal of the mandate of the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran at the 46th session of the Human Rights Council. We …

Iranian Courts are Unlawfully Banishing Political Prisoners Into “Prison Exile”

CHRI -Iran’s judicial system has a long, documented history of sentencing detainees held on politically motivated charges to “exile”—prolonged banishment to a remote, underdeveloped town or city far from the detainee’s residence—after the completion of a prison sentence. The sentence is intended to isolate prisoners as well as prevent them from interacting with their friends, family, and giving interviews to news outlets, …

Sepideh Gholian Moved to a Prison in South Iran

Iranwire – Civil rights activist Sepideh Gholian has been transferred from Evin Prison in Tehran to a remote facility in Bushehr. A source close to the case told IranWire that the 25-year-old had been escorted out of Evin Prison at midnight on Wednesday, March 10, and arrived at Bushehr the following day. They said she was in handcuffs and chains …

Atlas: The Launch of IranWire’s Website Dedicated to Religious Minorities

Iranwire – IranWire’s Atlas of Religious Minorities website officially started publishing on March 10, 2021. Currently, the site is only available in Persian, but we hope to launch an English-language version soon. IranWire encourages our audience to visit the site and welcomes feedback and suggestions. *** Throughout history, Iran has been home to people with diverse ideas and followers of different religions and beliefs. Regardless …

Impoverished Convict Dies After Receiving the Wrong Medication in Prison

Iranwire – Mehdi Narimani, a young man imprisoned in Greater Tehran Penitentiary for not being able to pay his wife’s dowry, had his 30th birthday on Wednesday, March 3. Three days later he died due to medical neglect. The young inmate was unwell and had been given the wrong medication by prison staff. When he lost consciousness, the lack of resuscitation …

Al-Arabia – The US said on Thursday that it was “very close” to reaching an agreement on the b…

iranintl – Iran is one of the world’s largest jailers of journalists, cementing itself a…

iranintl – In a bid to deny the latest revelations about the state murder of teenager Nika Sha…

iranintl – Israel carried out an airstrike on a target near Damascus Thursday night, in what s…

iranintl – A former Iranian regime operative and ideologue, currently residing in Canada, has …

iranintl – On Teacher’s Day, the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic often boasts tha…

Iranwire – The Islamic Republic’s judiciary executed at least 63 prisoners over the past…

Iranwire – Kurdish political prisoner Sakineh Parvaneh began a hunger strike in Evin Prison on…

Iranwire – The president of Iran’s Shahid Beheshti University, Mahmoud Aghamiri, announc…

Iranwire – Hemin Ahmadi, a 45-year-old Kurdish kolbar, was shot and killed by Iranian border f…

Iranwire – Another student has been summoned by the Evin Prosecutor’s Office for protest…

VOA – Iran is one of the most sanctioned countries in the world. But restrictions imposed by t…

VOA – Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said that efforts underway to norma…

gatestoneinstitute.org – “Hamas sees Western countries such as Germany as a refuge in wh…

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – Yaghoub Amiri, a man on death row for drug-related charges, was e…

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – Ali Ashraf Khani, a man sentenced to qisas (retribution-in-kind) …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – Ahmad Heyrati, a man sentenced to qisas (retribution-in-kind) for…

iranintl – A Bushehr Teachers Union member, Reza Amanifar, was arrested as Iranian educators t…

iranintl – With an approaching run-off election to fill the final 32 parliamentary seats, and …

iranintl – Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei warned about ‘normalization with Israel’ Wednesd…

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