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Iran-HRM – Shahin Naseri, the cellmate of Navid Afkari who had testified in court about the torture of the now executed political prisoner has been handed over to the state Security Force Intelligence, according to Babak Paknia, an attorney involved in Navid Afkari’s legal case. In a tweet September 22 Babak Paknia said that he intended to represent Shahin Naseri, but he …

Radiozamaneh – On the occasion of the reopening of schools in Iran, Zamaneh Media has published a special labor report on numerous challenges that COVID-19 imposes on the Iranian education system and teachers, continuous violations of teachers’ rights, and the demands of the teachers. On 5 September 2020, despite the concerns and warnings about COVID-19, the President of the Islamic …

IranHR.net – UN independent experts expressed alarm at human rights lawyer and woman human rights defender Nasrin Sotoudeh’s return to Evin Prison in Iran this week despite her deteriorating health condition, and called for her immediate release. “It is unfathomable that the Iranian authorities would return Ms. Sotoudeh to prison where she is at heightened risk to COVID-19, as well as …

Iran Human Rights (IHR) – A woman sentenced to qisas (retribution-in-kind) for murder has been executed at Rajai Shahr in Karaj. According to Iran Human Rights, on the morning of Wednesday, September 23, a woman was executed in Rajai Shahr Prison in Karaj. Her identity has been established as Mahtab Shafiei, 32, who had been sentenced to qisas (retribution-in-kind) for …

shabtabnews -In a twitter statement the USCIRF applauds yesterday’s US Treasury action to sanction various pieces of #Iran‘s judicial system responsible for egregious violations of religious freedom. USCIRF applauds yesterday's @USTreasury action to sanction various pieces of #Iran's judicial system responsible for egregious violations of religious freedom. https://t.co/CR4zLEZPHd— USCIRF (@USCIRF) September 25, 2020 https://home.treasury.gov/policy-issues/financial-sanctions/recent-actions/20200924_33…