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Political prisoner Mehdi Farahi Shandiz under continued pressure in Karaj Prison

Iran-HRM – Political prisoner Mehdi Farahi Shandiz has been moved to the quarantine of the Central Prison of Karaj since more than two months ago. He is under pressure and restrictions there. Political prisoner Mehdi Farahi Shandiz was relocated from ward 6 to the quarantine of the Central Prison of Karaj in late November, for chanting against the clerical regime’s …

IRAN: BALUCHI MAN FACES IMMINENT EXECUTION DESPITE URGENT NEED FOR A FAIR RETRIAL

Amnesty -The Iranian authorities must immediately halt the execution of Javid Dehghan, a member of Iran’s disadvantaged Baluchi ethnic minority, scheduled to take place in less than 48 hours on 30 January 2021, Amnesty International said in a statement today. Highlighting a shocking catalogue of fair trial violations throughout the investigation, trial and appeal stages, the organization urged the Iranian …

Prisoner Ali Motayyeri Executed in Ahvaz While on Hunger Strike

Iran Human Rights (IHR) – Prisoner Ali Motayyeri, who according to Iranian media, was sentenced to death on charges of “premeditated murder with a religious motive,” has been executed in Sheiban Prison, Ahvaz. According to state-run Tasnim news agency, a prisoner named Ali Motayyeri was executed at Sheiban Prison this morning. He had been sentenced to qisas (retribution-in-kind) and efsad-fil-arz (corruption on earth) for …

Baluch Political Prisoner Javid Dehghan Transferred for Execution

Iran Human Rights (IHR) – Javid Dehghan, a Baluch prisoner on death row on political and security charges, has been transferred to solitary confinement in preparation for his execution at Zahedan Central Prison. According to informed sources, his family are due to pay him their last visit tomorrow, Friday, January 29 and he will be executed on Saturday, January 30. According …

Publication of ‘Studies in Ancient Persia and the Achaemenid Period’

PayvandNews – The Iran Heritage Foundation is pleased to announce the recent publication of a book entitled Studies in Ancient Persia and the Achaemenid Period, edited by John Curtis, the Academic Director of IHF. The book is published by James Clarke & Co and has been sponsored by IHF. The publication has an appreciation and biography of Terence Mitchell, Keeper of …

iranintl – As much of the global media scrambled to decode where Iranians stand on the escalat…

.iranintl – Two weeks into the latest round of violent crackdowns on Iranian women refusing to…

iranintl – An increasing number of Iranian politicians, media outlets, and senior clerics are …

Iranwire – The death sentence handed down to protest rapper Toomaj Salehi has sparked a wave o…

Iranwire – A new report by the Iranian Parliament’s Research Center has named Sistan and…

Iranwire – The Dadban legal group has issued a grave warning regarding the imminent execution …

Iranwire – Forty nurses and operating room staff of a Tehran hospital have collectively resign…

Iranwire – The Islamic Republic of Iran executed four prisoners as death penalties continue to…

Iranwire – Security forces in Iran have arrested three siblings of a young protester killed du…

VOA – Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi said his country has proven the West doesn’t have …

gatestoneinstitute.org – The United States, France, Germany, Russia and Argentina, who had dua…

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – Rapper Toomaj Salehi who was arrested during the “Woman, Life, Fr…

alarabiya – Iran has reduced its military footprint in Syria after a succession of strikes bla…

iranintl – Ali-Reza Asgari, the once distinguished Iranian Major General in the regime’s power…

iranintl – Authorities in Iran have launched a fierce battle with Iranian women over the enfor…

iranintl – The US Senate on Tuesday night unanimously passed a foreign aid package which inclu…

Iranwire – Farshad Dastmardi, a protester in Dehdasht, was subjected to horrific torture tacti…

Iranwire – Samereh Mokhtarpour, a 38-year-old woman from northwestern Salmas, was killed by he…

Iranwire – The Islamic Republic of Iran has executed three more prisoners amid a significant r…

Iranwire – Mashallah Karami, the father of a young man executed last year, was finally given a…

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