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Iran Human Rights (IHR) – Yesterday morning, four death row inmates were executed at Rajai Shahr Prison in Karaj. Three of the prisoners had been sentenced to death for murder and one for moharebeh (enmity against God) through armed robbery. According to Iran Human Rights, four male prisoners were executed in Rajai Shahr Prison in Karaj yesterday, Tuesday, October 13. …

Iran Human Rights (IHR) – A prisoner who had been sentenced to qisas (retribution-in-kind) twice and also sentenced to death for murder and rape, has been executed at the Karaj Central Penitentiary. According to the Iran newspaper website, on the morning of Sunday, October 5, a male prisoner was executed at the Karaj Central Penitentiary. The identity of the prisoner …

Al-Monitor – An 11-year-old Iranian schoolboy, Mohammad Mousavizadeh, has committed suicide by hanging from the kitchen of his family’s rented, humble house in the southern city of Dayyer, Bushehr province, leaving the Iranian society in yet another state of disbelief.  The horrifying details were released by Mohammad’s mother, Fatemeh, who earns a living for her three other kids — one of them …

Radiofarda – Iran’s Deputy President for Women and Family Affairs, Masoumeh Ebtekar, says that 30,000 marriages involving girls under 14 occur in Iran every year. On Sunday, Ebtekar referred to an amended bill on reforming the age of marriage, saying that Iran does not have a ceiling for the age of marriage, and 30,000 marriages in the current law of …

The military prosecutor of Tehran province, Gholam Abbas Torki, says that there was no sabotage in the May 2020 accident in which a rocket hit the Konarak support vessel during a naval exercise in waters near the strategic Strait of Hormuz, killing 19 sailors and wounding 15 others. Speaking on Saturday, Torki did not elaborate on the charges or the “field conditions” …