Iranian wife killer free while journalist who exposed killer in jail
Eleven months after the murder of a child bride by her cleric husband in Lorestan western Iran, Shargh state-run daily said the cleric is free while the journalist who exposed…
Political prisoner in poor health condition after giving birth
Political prisoner Soada Khadirzadeh has been held in Urmia Prison despite her poor health after giving birth. Branch 3 of the Criminal Court of Mahabad County has set bail of…
Trade union activist Mohammad Ali Zahmatkesh on hunger strike to protest continued detention
Iranian trade union activist Mohammad Ali Zahmatkesh has been on a hunger strike since June 30, in Adelabad Prison of Shiraz. He is protesting his continued detention and his confinement…
Iran sentences Azerbaijani Turkic Minority Rights Activist to Flogging
A court in Iran has sentenced Azerbaijani Turkic minority rights activist Hojjat Esmatzadeh to 50 lashes and two years and six months in prison. According to the verdict, issued in…
Arash Ghaleh Golab, Iranian Journalist Detained During Mourning Ceremony
Poet and journalist Arash Ghaleh Golab has not been allowed to contact his family since he was arrested on May 26, during a protest over the recent collapse of a…
Monthly report May 2022, Iran Human Rights Monitor
May 2022 saw the Iranian regime ratchet up social clampdown in step with the growing discontent and the spread of popular protests. Iranian authorities intensified their crackdown on society amid…
Lethal state crackdown on food protests in Iran amid internet blackouts
Food protests in Iran triggered last week by a sudden hike in prices of essential goods were violently repressed with security forces using lethal force A new wave of nationwide…
Iran arrests dozens during Khuzestan protests, deploys riot police
Internet outages, arrests, and the presence of state security forces throughout the Khuzestan Province have continued after people came to the streets to protest skyrocketing prices of essential goods. On…
Jailed protester killed after being injected with ‘wrong medication’ in prison
Political prisoner Mehdi Salehi Ghaleh Shahrokhi who was sentenced to death for taking part in peaceful protests, died in a hospital today.He suffered a stroke in January after being injected…
Member of Iran’s Teachers’ Trade Association sentenced to prison
Rasoul Bodaghi, a member of the Board of Directors of the Iranian Teachers Trade Association (ITTA), has been sentenced to five years in prison and banned from residing in Tehran…