Six inmates commit suicide in NW Iran prison
In two days, October 19 and 20, five prisoners committed suicide in Urmia Central Prison, northwestern Iran, protesting inhuman pressures. According to informed reports, one individual by the name [...]
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37 years old prisoner executed at Mashhad Central Prison in Iran
A prisoner sentenced to qisas (retribution-in-kind) for murder, was executed at Mashhad Central Prison on Sunday. IHR previously published news of the execution of a female prisoner at the [...]
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Female prisoner executed at Mashhad Prison in Iran
October 15, 2020: A female prisoner sentenced to qisas (retribution-in-kind) for murder, has been executed at Mashhad Central Prison.
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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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A look at the Iran Regime’s human rights record in 2019
The detainees were subjected to intense physical, mental and psychological torture. The detainees were held in prisons and detention centers for months without a warrant. Many students who were [...]
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Ten hanged including a woman during Rouhani speech
Simultaneous with Hassan Rouhani’s speech at the UN General Assembly, the ruling religious fascism hanged ten prisoners, including a woman, in Gohardasht, Orumiyeh and Sanandaj prisons on 25 and [...]
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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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Political prisoners slapped with new charges for engaging in peaceful protest
Three prisoners in Iran’s Rajaee Shahr Prison are facing new charges for participating in a mass protest at the prison in August 2017...
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After being beaten by Rajaee Shahr Guards prisoner transferred to other prison
Three political prisoners serving life sentences have been transferred from Rajaee Shahr Prison in Karaj, west of Tehran, to Orumiyeh Central Prison in West Azerbaijan Province, 444 miles away, [...]
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International call for immediate release of political prisoners in Iran
Walter Sanchez, the Secretary-General of the International Industrial Workers' Union, and five French labor syndicates called for the immediate release of Mahmoud Salehi and Reza Shahabi, two labor activists [...]
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Inhuman pressure on political prisoner and labour activist in Iran
According to reports, the Iranian regime's judiciary and security authorities have opposed and prevented the transfer of the imprisoned labour activist Mahmoud Salehi to a well-equipped hospital.
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