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VOA – Families of several U.S. and British people held in Iran expressed fear for their loved ones Tuesday amid the deadliest unrest in decades in the Islamic Republic. The relatives spoke at a news conference in Washington to demand the release of spouses and parents held in Iran — in at least one case for more than a decade. …

Iran Human Rights – An Iranian woman who according to her family was a rape victim, is scheduled to be hanged at Sepidar Prison in Ahwaz (Ahvaz) early Wednesday morning, December 4. The woman who is identified as Somayeh Shahbazi Jahroei (33) is sentenced to death for murdering a man six years ago. According to one of Somayeh’s relatives, “the …

CHRI – Young Man Killed by Bullet While Stuck in Traffic During Protest in Isfahan Reports of bystanders who were killed by security forces in Iran because they happened to be near protestors continue to mount with the lifting of the state-imposed internet shutdown and news blackout in the country. Arsham Ebrahimi, age 21, died of a bullet wound on …

CHRI – Iran’s security officials have warned the family of Erfan Faeghi, a 21-year-old who died from a bullet wound to the heart on November 17 in south Tehran when he unintentionally drove near a street protest, that if they speak to the media, his body would be exhumed and moved to another location, the Center for Human Rights in …

CHRI – December 3 Marks International Day of Persons with Disabilities The International Day of Persons with Disabilities, begun by the UN in 1992, is observed each year on December 3. Its aim is to “promote the rights and well-being of persons with disabilities in all spheres of society and development, and to increase awareness of the situation of persons …