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Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – Jafar Ghaed, a man on death row for murder, was executed in Ahar Prison in East Azerbaijan province. According to information obtained by Iran Human Rights, a man was executed in Ahar Prison on 27 September. His identity has been established as Jafar Ghaed, a 35-year-old man sentenced to qisas(retribution-in-kind) for murder. An informed source told …

iranintl – Hadi Matar, the man who almost killed Salman Rushdie in New York State last year, might appear in court in early 2024, Iran International has learned. Jason Schmidt, the district attorney overseeing the case, told Iran International that a “very important hearing” has been completed in favor of the prosecutor. The defense wanted to “suppress certain statements that …

Iranwire – The 16-year-old Iranian girl who fell into a coma after being pushed by hijab enforcement officers in a Tehran subway station for not wearing a headscarf has been identified as Armita Geravand. The Norway-based Hengaw group, which monitors rights violations in Iran’s Kurdish regions, reported on October 3 that Armita, from western Kermanshah province, is under stringent security …

Iranwire – Iranian authorities have arrested four members of the Baha’i religious minority in central Yazd and transferred them to an undisclosed location. The detainees are Mojgan Basiri, Shokofeh Basiri, Vida Ehrari, and Jamal Qadirzadeh. Security forces raided Mojgan Basiri’s house on Sunday evening and arrested her along with three guests who were at the house.  The agents searched the …

Iranwire – A week after the reopening of Iranian universities, reports from independent student sources indicate a trend of increasing security pressures and the widening scope of repression in universities.  A report published on the Amirkabir Newsletter Telegram channel, which covers news related to this university, said that one day after the professors of the Sharif University Professors Union were …