UN chief Michele Bachelet said on Dec.6, “The picture now emerging from Iran is extremely disturbing”. One of the worst incidents took place in the city of Mahshahr in southwest Iran on Nov. 18 when security forces fired at protesters with machine guns, killing at least 23 and possibly many more
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15 years old kid killed by the authorities in Iran
Fifteen-year-old Mohammad Dastankhah was walking home from high school in the city of Shiraz, Fars Province when he was shot and killed by a bullet while local authorities were repressing street protests in his city
French pair held in Iran to face Revolutionary Court
Two French academics detained in Iran for six months have lost a bid to be released on bail and their case will now go before the Revolutionary Court, Iranian media reported
A letter from Soheila Hijab from Evin prison
Soheila Hijab Bid Sarakhsi is a lawyer and human rights activist and a political woman imprisoned in Evin prison
Iranian journalist imprisoned fired and forced into exile over a single word
In October 2018, authorities arrested Pouyan Khoshhal as he drove through the northern Iranian city of Rasht, by the Caspian Sea. The reason for the journalist’s arrest: his use of the word “death” instead of “martyrdom”
Iranian leaders are insulting the intelligence of the Iranian people
Iranian leaders are insulting the intelligence of the Iranian people by issuing statements in which they insist the ongoing wave of street protests is an “enemy conspiracy
Rights organizations urge UN members to condemn Iran human rights violations
In a petition published on December 9 by Amnesty International civil society organizations urged the UN member countries to publicly condemn the grave human rights violations by the Iranian authorities
Nationwide protests in Iran will erupt again
There have been major nationwide Iran protests around every decade in the country, each one more radicalized than the last
November report – Iran human rights
November saw angry protests across Iran over fuel price hike which overshadowed all other issues. The protests began on 15 November after the tripling of fuel prices and rapidly spread to 189 cities in just a few days
Jailed rights defender demands full investigation of Iran protest deaths
Nasrin Sotoudeh, one of the most prominent Iranian human rights defenders has published a statement from prison demanding a full independent investigation of government’s bloody crackdown on November protests that killed hundreds
160 lawyers in Iran ask for investigation into protest deaths
In a letter to the Islamic Republic President Hassan Rouhani, 160 prominent Iranian lawyers have called for an investigation of the deadly mid-November protests in Iran and punishment of those responsible for killing protesters
