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Iran-HRM – Over 1,500 indictments for detained protesters Parham Parvari, a detained protester in Evin Prison, made a brief call to his family on Sunday, November 13, 2022, and informed them that he had been charged with moharebeh (waging war on God). Parham Parvari, a 25-year-old swimming champion and coach from Saqqez, was charged with moharebeh at the Prosecutor’s Office …

CHRI – Heeding calls by human rights organizations including the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI), 16 UN-appointed independent human rights experts have called on Iranian authorities to stop indicting people with charges punishable by death for participating in peaceful demonstrations. Following is the complete UN press release (Persian version here). GENEVA (11 November 2022) — UN experts* today urged Iranian authorities to …

Shabtabnews – The White House on Monday expressed concerns over reports of mass arrests, sham trials and a recent death sentence issued in Iran, where authorities appear to be escalating their crackdown on the anti-government protest movement.  “The eyes of the world are on Iran,” national security adviser Jake Sullivan said in a statement. “The human rights abuses inflicted by …

The ongoing nationwide protests in Iran, sparked by the death of a 22-year old Mahsa Jina Amini while in the custody of the morality police, will soon be entering its third month and there are no signs of consensus between the government and the people. In fact the people and the Iranian regime seem to be further away from one …

RFL/RE – Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) has fired on targets in Iraq’s northern Kurdish region, the latest round of attacks on the area in recent weeks. Iranian media, including, IRNA, Tasnim and the Fars news agency, which is affiliated with the IRGC, said bases of “terrorist groups” in the Kurdish region of Iraq were targeted with missiles and …