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Iran-HRM – Anti-riot guards raided political prisoners in Qarchak Prison who are detained in ward 8, taking away Golrokh Ebrahimi Iraee. At least 20 male and female guards accompanied the new warden of Qarchak, Soghra Khodadadi, attacking political prisoners in ward 8. They attacked the prisoners in conditions that they did not have proper covering to face male guards. Some of …

Iran Human Rights (IHR) – A prisoner sentenced to death for “rape and kidnapping” has been executed at Qom Central Prison. According to Iran Human Rights, a male prisoner was executed in the early hours of Thursday morning, December 18. The prisoner, who has been identified as Seyed Shahab Javid, had been sentenced to death on “rape and kidnapping” charges. …

Iran Human Rights (IHR) – A prisoner sentenced to qisas (retribution-in-kind) for murder, was executed at Boroujerd Central Prison. According to Iran Human Rights, a male prisoner was executed at Boroujerd Central Prison on the morning of Thursday, December 18. His identity has been established as Rasoul Ferdows, a 34 year-old Maragheb native, who was on death row for murder. …

Iran Human Rights (IHR)- A new wave of executions has commenced in Iranian prisons after several Baluch prisoners were transferred to solitary confinement in preparation for their executions. Historically, there has been an increase in executions over the Christmas and New Year period when most international organisations and civil society are closed for the holidays. Iran Human Rights warns of …

Amnesty – Responding to the Iranian authorities’ plans to execute a 30-year-old man, Mohammad Hassan Rezaiee, for a crime that took place when he was 16 years old and following a conviction based on “confessions” extracted under torture, Deputy Director for the Middle East and North Africa at Amnesty International, Diana Eltahawy, said:  “After more than 12 years on death row, …