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Iranwire – A court in Iran has confirmed six-year prison sentences for two labor activists following what the Tehran and Suburbs Bus Company Workers’ Union called an unfair judicial process. The organization said on January 12 that the appeals court hearing was held without the presence of Reza Shahabi and Hassan Saeedi, who were convicted for “propaganda activity against the Islamic republic” …

Iranwire – Shadmaan Ahmadi, a 33-year-old Kurdish protester, was arrested on October 9 when Iranian authorities raided his house in the town of Dehgolan, western Kurdistan Province. Four hours later, the family was told Ahmadi had died after inflicting harm to himself while in detention. But a source close to the Ahmadis told IranWire that the body bore clear signs …

VOA – A recently published report in a U.S.-based magazine says Iran is likely using facial recognition technology to monitor women’s compliance with the country’s hijab law. While there are other ways people can be identified, Wired magazine says Iran’s apparent use of facial recognition technology against women is “perhaps the first known instance of a government using face recognition to impose …

CHRI – Governments around the world should recall their ambassadors from the Islamic Republic in protest against the Iranian government’s hanging of protesters and killing of hundreds of peaceful demonstrators in the streets, and join the growing number of countries that have summoned Iran’s diplomats to directly express their outrage over the country’s actions, the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) …

Iran-HRM – 35-year-old Javad Rouhi from Amol, north Iran, was arrested by security forces in Nowshahr. He was detained on September 22, 2022, for participating in nationwide protests. The Revolutionary Court of Sari sentenced him to death and his family is under pressure to keep silent.According to the order issued by the Sari Revolutionary Court, the pending charges against Javad …