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Iranwire – The UN Human Rights Council has started to review Iran’s human rights situation after the presentation of UN Special Rapporteur Javaid Rehman’s report.  Representatives from Canada, Belgium, and the United States led the discussion on Monday, condemning human and women’s rights violations, suppression of protests, executions, and pressure on journalists. The Islamic Republic objected to the American representative’s …

Iranwire – Kazem Gharibabadi, Deputy for International Affairs of the Islamic Republic’s judiciary and head of Iran’s High Council for Human Rights, dismissed the findings of the United Nations fact-finding mission on Iran’s 2022 protests. He called the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) that produced the report a “so-called fact-finding mission” and accused its members of “politicizing human rights and …

Iranwire – Sara Hossain, the head of the United Nations’ independent fact-finding mission on Iran’s 2022 protests, said the Islamic Republic’s authorities had utilized artificial intelligence (AI) to monitor protesters on social media platforms as she presented her report during a session of the UN Human Rights Council Monday in Geneva.  Highlighting that “comprehensive investigations into human rights violations following …

Iranwire – The Islamic Republic’s authorities have sentenced journalist Ali Moslehi to six years and two months in prison, his lawyer said.  According to lawyer Saeed Gholamian, the Kashan Revolutionary Court sentenced Moslehi to 15 months and one day in prison for “insulting the leadership” and to seven months and one day for “propaganda against the Islamic Republic.” In a …

Iranwire – During the nationwide protests sparked by Mahsa Amini’s death in police custody in 2022, thousands of people were detained in Iran. Among them, dozens died under suspicious circumstances shortly after their release from prison. While the Iranian media attributed some deaths to suicide, the mysteries surrounding others remain unresolved. This report explores the stories of these young individuals, …