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Government Killing of Anahita Amirpour by Plainclothes Officers’ Gunfire

Iran-HRM – On the evening of Friday, January 19, 2024, a 20-year-old woman named Anahita Amirpour was killed in the Nezamabad area of Borujerd as a result of direct gunfire by plainclothes officers of the Borujerd Intelligence Department. According to reports received by Iran Human Rights Monitor (IranHRM), Anahita Amirpour, a first-semester student of Physical Education at the Islamic Azad …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – Massoud Rigi, a Baluch man on death row for murder, was executed in Zahedan Central Prison. According to Haal Vsh, a Baluch man was executed in Zahedan Central Prison on 22 January. His identity has been reported as 24-year-old Massoud Rigi from the Shirabad region of Zahedan. He was arrested over two years ago in …

Amnesty – The Iranian authorities’ executions of two men after egregiously unfair trials mark a harrowing descent into new realms of cruelty, said Amnesty International today. On 23 January 2024 at dawn, the authorities arbitrarily executed Mohammad Ghobadlou, a 23-year-old protester with a mental disability, following a process and ruling shrouded in secrecy. On the same day, they also arbitrarily executed Farhad …

CHRI — The execution today of 23-year-old street protester Mohammad Ghobadlou is a stark reminder of the Islamic Republic of Iran’s broken and twisted judicial process, where defendants are sent to the gallows without due process as the state uses state-sanctioned killings to stamp out dissent, said the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI). “The killing of Mohammad Ghobadlou …

Iranwire – The Islamic Republic’s authorities have executed another young protester in connection with the Woman Life Freedom movement amid a spike in executions in the country. The Mizan news agency, which is affiliated with the judiciary, announced the execution of Mohammad Ghobadlou on January 23. Ghobadlou’s execution was the ninth reported by the authorities since the nationwide protests started …

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