Iran Government Executes Protester Charged With Murder
DUBAI, Jan 23 (Reuters) - Iran executed on Tuesday a man charged with killing a police officer and injuring five others after running them over with a car during a nationwide protest movement in 2022, the judiciary's...
Teenager Barzin Hamzeh-Zadeh Was Tortured to Death in Iranian Prison, Hengaw Says
By Natasha Phillips
Barzin Hamzeh-Zadeh, a 16-year-old Kurdish boy arrested in November 2022 during the ‘Woman, Life, Freedom’ protests in Iran, died on Jan. 4 of injuries sustained while being tortured in prison, the human...
Iran’s Government Executes Four Including Woman Accused of Links to Israel’s Mossad
Dec 29 (Reuters) - Iran executed on Friday four people, including a woman, whom it accused of being "saboteurs" with links to Israel's Mossad intelligence service, the Mizan news agency affiliated to the judiciary said.
The executions took...
Islamic Republic’s Human Rights Violations Come Under International Scrutiny
By Ahmad Rafat
The violation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran has become the focus of intense international attention in the past few weeks.
On Dec.10, coinciding with World Human Rights Day in...
Islamic Republic Executes Former Child Bride, According To Her Ex-Cellmate
By Natasha Phillips
The Islamic Republic of Iran executed Samira Sabzian, a victim of child marriage, on Dec. 20, according to a post on X by Mozhgan Keshavarz, an exiled political prisoner who once shared...
Swedish Court Upholds Life Sentence in Iran Executions Case
By Johan Ahlander and Simon Johnson
STOCKHOLM, Dec 19 (Reuters) - A Swedish appeals court on Tuesday upheld a guilty verdict and life sentence given to a former Iranian official convicted last year for his part in a...
UK Sanctions Iran Officials Over Forced Hijab Law
By Natasha Phillips
The UK government sanctioned five men in Iran on Dec. 8 for their roles in the implementation of the Islamic Republic’s forced hijab law. It also sanctioned the men for grave human...
Nobel Peace Prize Winner Says Iranian People Will Prevail Against Rulers
By Nerijus Adomaitis
OSLO, Dec 10 (Reuters) - The Iranian people will ultimately overcome authoritarianism imposed by a government that has lost legitimacy and public support, Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi said from prison in a speech...
Children of Iran Nobel Peace Prize Winner Fear They Won’t See Her Again
STORY/REUTERS: Narges Mohammadi, 51, who is serving multiple sentences in Tehran's notorious Evin prison on charges including spreading propaganda, won the award on Oct. 6 in a rebuke to Tehran's theocratic leaders, prompting the...
Islamic Republic Enables ‘Large Scale Gender Apartheid,’ Says UN Special Rapporteur on Iran
By Natasha Phillips
“Large-scale gender apartheid is being permitted” in Iran, where acts of gender-based violence are being committed, according to Javaid Rehman, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran. He made the...