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Al-Arabia – The UN Human Rights Council denounced Tuesday the rising numbers of executions in Iran, including of people who received the capital punishment in connection with protests that have rocked the country. The top United Nations rights body approved a resolution voicing “deep concern at the reported surge in the number of executions, including of individuals sentenced to death …

Iranwire – A viral video appearing to show an Iranian man attacking two unveiled women in a shop in the holy city of Mashhad has provoked widespread anger. Video footage posted on March 31 purportedly shows the man assaulting the two female customers, who were not wearing the mandatory hijab, or Islamic head scarf, following a verbal altercation. The man …

RFL/RE – The Taliban government is compiling a list of Iranian nationals imprisoned in Afghanistan for possible release following Tehran’s recent handover of hundreds of Afghan prisoners. Taliban Prosecutor-General Shamsuddin Pahlawan met with Iran’s deputy ambassador to Afghanistan, Hasan Mortazavi, in Kabul on April 3 to discuss the ongoing prisoner-release efforts.The development comes amid increased diplomatic activity between the Taliban government and …

Iranwire – Amnesty International is calling on Iran’s authorities to immediately release a German-Iranian political dissident who has been sentenced to death following a “grossly unfair” trial, or at least reveal his fate and whereabouts and give him adequate medical care. The London-based human rights watchdog said on April 3 that the authorities have subjected Jamshid Sharmahd to an enforced …

Iranwire – A new coalition of five exiled Iranian opposition parties have launched a charter setting out their vision for a secular democratic system of government in Iran after the downfall of the Islamic Republic. The 10-point document, presented at a press conference in London on April 3, states that such a regime would allow the foundation of a “nation-state” …