U.S. imposes new Iran sanctions over alleged human rights violation
The United States on Thursday blacklisted several Iranian officials and entities over alleged of human rights violations, including slapping sanctions on a judge it said was involved in the [...]
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Execution of Iran athlete sends deeply disturbing message to protesters
UN human rights experts today strongly condemned the summary execution of champion wrestler Navid Afkari in Iran, raising alarm at the latest execution in a series of death penalty [...]
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Two Kurds in Iran executed amid increasing use of death penalty
There has been an alarming escalation in use of the death penalty against protesters, dissidents and members of minority groups in Iran, Amnesty International said today, following the executions [...]
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Two Kurds executed amid increasing use of death penalty as weapon of repression
There has been an alarming escalation in use of the death penalty against protesters, dissidents and members of minority groups in Iran, Amnesty International said today, following the executions [...]
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Iran human rights monitor Monthly Report May 2020
While the Coronavirus has been ravaging in various provinces across Iran, the regime’s security and judicial apparatus have heightened their persecution of minorities and political and civil rights activists.
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Baha’i woman blindfolded during interrogations imprisoned under false crimes
A Baha’i woman started serving a prison sentence and a Baha’i man was charged with national security crimes for his peaceful social media activities amidst the Iranian judiciary’s ongoing [...]
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Kurdish Iranian political prisoner denied hospitalization for stomach tumor
Imprisoned for more than 25 years, Kurdish-Iranian political prisoner Mohammad Nazari has been denied hospitalization to receive tests for a tumor in his stomach, his lawyer told the Center [...]
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Iran sentences rights defender jail and lashes
Human rights defender Nader Afshari has been sentenced to one year in prison and 74 lashes after being convicted of “disrupting public order” and “propaganda against the state
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Human Rights lawyer Mohammad Najafi facing prison sentence in Iran
Imprisoned human rights attorney Mohammad Najafi was sentenced to two more years in prison in Iran on January 22, 2019—bringing...
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Law student begins his prison term for social media posts
In a continuing assault on freedom of speech—particularly the peaceful expression of views critical....
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Member of Baha’i religious minority in Iran receives heavy prison sentence
Yekta Fahandej Saadi a member of Bahai community in Iran arrested was sentenced to 11 years prison. The verdict was issued....
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