EU Imposing Further Sanctions on Iran Officials and Entities
BRUSSELS, May 22 (Reuters) - The European Union on Monday imposed new sanctions on Iranian officials and entities for their role in the violent crackdown against public protests in the Islamic republic.
The new sanctions target 5 people...
Iran Government’s Execution of Three Men Over Recent Demonstrations Draws Protests
May 19 (Reuters) - Iran on Friday executed three men it said were implicated in the deaths of three members of its security forces during last year’s anti-government demonstrations, drawing protests at home and abroad.
Majid Kazemi,...
Iran’s Government Executes Three Men Over Recent Protests, Judiciary Says
May 19 (Reuters) - Iran executed three men on Friday over recent protests, the country's judiciary said on Twitter.
Majid Kazemi, Saleh Mirhashemi and Saeed Yaghoubi were executed in the central city of Isfahan, it said.
https://kayhanlife.com/special-reports/analysis-iran-has-executed-225-people-since-late-march/
They were implicated in the...
Iran’s Psychiatric Hospitals Turned Into ‘Torture Centers’ by Government, Students Say
By Natasha Phillips
Students studying psychology at six universities in Iran said the country’s government had turned psychiatric hospitals into “torture centers for young political prisoners,” in a statement published on April 29 to coincide...
U.S. Calls on Iran Not to Carry Out Executions of Three People in Connection...
WASHINGTON, May 18 (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department on Thursday called on Iran not to carry out the executions of three people in connection with their participation in anti-government protests that spread following the death last year...
ANALYSIS: Iran Has Executed 225 People Since Late March
By Ahmad Rafat
The Islamic Republic of Iran has conducted 70 executions in the space of two weeks. It is hanging people at the rate of three a day. Iranian authorities have executed 225 people...
VIDEO: Campaigner Vahid Beheshti Talks About His Health and Hunger Strike From Hospital Bed
For over 70 days Vahid Beheshti was on hunger strike in front UK’s Foreign Commonwealth & Development Office to convince the government to proscribe the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps in the UK. He lost...
UN Rights Office: Iran Has Executed 209 People Since January, Describing Its Record As...
GENEVA, May 9 (Reuters) - Iran has executed 209 people so far this year, a spokesperson for the U.N. human rights office said on Tuesday, describing its record as "abominable" and calling for them to halt.
"The U.N....
Iran Hangs Two Men for Blasphemy
DUBAI, May 8 (Reuters) - Iran has executed two people who had been sentenced to death for blasphemy, the judiciary's news website Mizan reported on Monday, drawing an angry reaction from human rights group Amnesty International.
https://twitter.com/NazeninA/status/1655173850047344640?cxt=HHwWgMCz2Zv2rfgtAAAA
Yousef Mehrdad...
Iran’s Violence Against Women Runs Deep — And Can No Longer Be Swept Away
By Golnaz Fakhari
April 27, 2023 -Analysis-
Sexual violence, specifically rape, has been used as a tool to terrorize civilians in most, if not all, conflicts of the modern age.
Evidence gathered on rape during conflicts since...
