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RFL/RE – Three women from Ukraine, Iran, and Turkey have won Sweden’s Olof Palme human rights prize in 2023 for championing women’s rights and freedoms. Marta Chumalo of Ukraine, Iran’s Narges Mohammadi, and Eren Keskin of Turkey were honored for “their efforts in the fight to secure women’s freedom, in an age when human rights are threatened by war, violence …

Iranwire – Hundreds of people gathered outside a prison in the northern Iranian city of Karaj overnight in an attempt to prevent the reported imminent execution of two young protesters. The opposition activist collective 1500tasvir reported that Mohammad Baroghani and Mohammad Ghobadlou were transferred to solitary confinement at Rejaei Shahr prison, which is often a preliminary step before execution. همزمان …

Iranwire – An Iranian court has sentenced to death three men allegedly involved in the killing of three members of the security forces, the judiciary says, bringing to at least 17 the number of people handed capital punishment in connection with nearly three months of nationwide protests. Four of those convicted have been executed so far. Saleh Mirhashemi, Majid Kazemi …

Iranwire – Iranian security forces have arrested 13 participants in a ceremony held in Tehran to honor a 19-year-old victim of the Islamic Republic’s ongoing brutal crackdown on nationwide protests. Family members and other mourners gathered at Hamidreza Rohi’s grave in Behesht Zahra cemetery on January 7 to mark the 40th day since his death. Special police forces and plainclothes …

Iranwire – The Islamic Republic of Iran’s execution of two more men handed capital punishment in connection with the ongoing nationwide protests has sparked widespread condemnation inside and outside the country. Mohammad Mahdi Karami and Seyyed Mohammad Hosseini were hanged on January 7, Iran’s judicial said, after they were found guilty of killing a member of the paramilitary Basij force …