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Iran Human Rights (IHR) – Mohammad Maleki, a prominent human rights activist, the first president of the University of Tehran after the 1979 revolution and one of the founders of LEGAM (the step by step abolition of the death penalty), has passed away at 87. Iran Human Rights extends its condolences to his family and to the people of Iran. …

Iran Human Rights (IHR) – According to information obtained by IHR, Ahmadreza Djalali’s death sentence was not carried out this morning but he remains at imminent risk of execution. Yesterday, IHR reported that according to his family, he was due to be transferred to Rajai Shahr Prison in preparation for the implementation of his death sentence. Today, authorities informed Ahmadreza’s …

CHRI —The return of Nasrin Sotoudeh to Gharchak Prison, reported today, December 2, 2020, by her husband, is condemned in the strongest terms, the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) said in a statement today. “Nasrin Sotoudeh’s return to prison is a travesty of justice that endangers her life and reflects the Iranian authorities’ complete contempt for the rule of law,” …

The Iranian National Commission for UNESCO honored actress Jaleh Olov, Iranian actor and voice actor with a lifetime achievement award on the margins of the Selfie 20 Short Film Festival in Tehran on Monday. The 93-year-old Olov expressed her thanks to the organizers in a video message screened during the closing ceremony of the festival, and said, “I am proud of …

VOA – The wife of an Iranian-Swedish medical doctor sentenced to death in Iran for alleged espionage says authorities have ordered his transfer to a prison where he could face imminent execution. Speaking to VOA Persian from her home in Sweden on Tuesday, Vida Mehran Nia said she learned earlier in the day that her husband Ahmad Reza Jalali was …