The Iranian regime is under immense pressure on several fronts – the domestic front, the international front and on the economic front. It is helpless as to how to remedy the situation because it is running out of options, but it always resorts back to cracking down further on the people of Iran
Atrocities Human Rights Violation
Top Iranian judicial official says improper hijab is regime’s red line
In comments carried by the state-run IRNA news agency, Mohammad Jafar Montazeri described “the promotion of the culture of the lack of hijab was one of the enemy’s conspiracies
British Woman held in Iran begins hunger strike
A British-Iranian woman jailed in Tehran for more than three years has begun a hunger strike to protest her detention, her husband said Saturday
Kurd singer sentenced to prison for singing epic Kurdish songs
A Kurd singer who was arrested in mid-February was sentenced to two years of prison on charges of “spreading propaganda” against the state
Child Labor represents prevalent poverty in a volatile society
In a meeting held in Tehran on June 12 which marked the World Day Against Child Labor, Fatemeh Qassemzadeh, head of the Network Aiding Child Laborers, revealed, “The children who come to Tehran from other cities with no identification papers are held in quarantine facilities
Iranian Regime closes hundreds of restaurants for breaking “Islamic principles”
The Iranian regime continues its brutal crackdown on civilian life in the country with the forced closure of hundreds of restaurants and cafes for not observing “Islamic principles
Iran Regime increases pressure on women defying forced Hijab
The Iranian regime’s State Security Forces have increased pressure on women by tightening the rules on compulsory veiling
Human Rights Abuses by Iran on foreign prisoners
On Tuesday, the US State Department released a statement responding to the Iranian government’s release of Nizar Zakka, one of several persons with US citizenship or close ties to the West who have been arrested and sentenced to long prison terms in recent years
Iranian officials as corrupt as ever
Faced with increasing economic pressure, mainly by U.S. sanctions, the Iranian authorities are having to come up with new sources of revenue to make up for its loss
Relatives of protesting and jailed workers harassed in Iran
Workers at the Haft Tappeh Sugar Cane plant say the judicial authorities in Tehran are incessantly harassing their imprisoned co-workers and their relatives
Five prisoners hanged in Iran
Three inmates were hanged in Gohardasht Prison in Karaj on Wednesday, June 12, 2019. Two of the men have been identified as Amir Tahmaseb and Samad Basideh. The prisoners were accused of rape which is punishable by death according to the Iranian regime’s punishment laws. These executions have not been announced by the regime’s state media
