Robust international action is urgently needed to halt a horrifying surge in executions that saw Iran’s prisons transformed into sites of mass killings in 2023, said Amnesty International. In a new research briefing
Iran has turned its prisons into sites of mass killing with at least 853 people executed in the Islamic republic in 2023, over half of them on drug-related charges, Amnesty International said on Thursday. The London-based
In the past year, 41 Iranian lawyers have been arrested amid ongoing government crackdowns on dissent. A report published by the Vokalapress website, a specialized news platform focusing on the legal profession
The precarious state of the Iranian regime has reached a point where numerous current officials feel compelled to voice their concerns, with some even issuing warnings to Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei about the imminent
On a table in the living room, Tina - not her real name - has made a display with tealights, pastel-coloured eggs, candles and a little wooden cross. It's her own, intimate way to mark Easter. She ...
April 1, 2024 – The ongoing state persecution of Mashallah Karami, whose son was unlawfully executed following protests that erupted across Iran in September 2022, epitomizes a wider campaign of repression against
Eight women activists imprisoned in Tehran Evin prison have issued a statement holding the Islamic Republic responsible for the death of 20-year-old Sara Tabrizi. Tabrizi, a former political prisoner, was found
Every spring, as temperatures rise, the Islamic Republic tightens its repressive laws on women's attire. However, during Nowruz of 2024, religious and political figures used the Muslim holy month of Ramadan as
Iran’s “decades-long systematic repression” of the Baha’i community “amounts to the crime against humanity of persecution,” Human Rights Watch said in a new report issued on April 1. “Iranian authorities
Information received by Iran International indicates that Sara Tabrizi, a former political prisoner in Iran, has died under suspicious circumstances. The body of the 20-year-old woman was found in her father’s
Kimia Alizadeh, the first Iranian woman to win an Olympic medal, has joined the Bulgarian national taekwondo team after leaving Iran. Bulgarian Taekwondo Federation President Slavtcho Binev praised Alizadeh's potential
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