Human Rights

Amnesty International Decries Another Execution of Juvenile Offender in Iran

London, 31 Jan - Human rights organisation Amnesty International has hit out at the “exceptionally cruel” execution of a juvenile offender in Iran.

Ali Kazemi, 22, was hanged on January 30 in a prison in Bushehr Province.

This execution was illegal under Iranian law, according to Amnesty, because no notice of the execution was given to Kazemi’s lawyer.

Iran: Political Prisoner’s Complaint Letter Against Five Prison Authorities to UN Human Rights Rapporteur

In a letter to the United Nations human rights rapporteur on January 31, the political prisoner Arash Sadeghi, who is on hunger strike, warned about the situation of Atena Daemi and Golkorki Iraee, while accusing five authorities of the Iranian regime's Prisons Organization.

Six Tortured Political Prisoners Transferred To Zahedan Prison

Six political prisoners identified as Mohammad Saleh Shahdadzehi, 30 year old Farooq Anvari, 40-year-old Idris Jamshidzehi, 30-year-old Abdolaziz Sotvan, 27-year-old Mahmoud Sotvan, and 28-year-old Hashem Zardkouhi who is a former bank employee were transferred to Zahedan Prison after nine months of torture at a detention centre run by the Ministry of Intelligence.

An Iranian Woman Asylum Seeker, Deported by Norwegian Government to Iran Was Flogged

Flogging woman 400 The inhumane sentence of 80 lashes for an asylum seeker who was deported back to Iran by the government of Norway in March was implemented in Tehran.

Christian Couple Arrested in Iran

Christians Jailed 400 On Wednesday, September 20, a Christian couple were arrested by security forces after being summoned to the Iranian regime's intelligence office in Tehran. These new Christians are accused of acting in a burial ceremony in Tehran’s Behesht-e Zahra cemetery according to Christian rituals and Christianity.