IHR Publishes Annual Death Penalty Report: Highest Numbers in 15 Years
Iran Human Rights, April 4: Iran Human Rights (IHR) has stated in its most recent annual death penalty report that the real number of executions in Iran in 2012 was […] Related posts: Secret executions...
View ArticleHR Groups Welcome Denmark’s Decision to Stop Funding a UN-Operated Program...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (10 April 2013) – Iran Human Rights, the Iran Human Rights Documentation Center and Justice for Iran commend the decision by the government of the Kingdom of […] Related posts: A...
View ArticleOne Woman in Iran Flogged 100 Times then Hanged
Iran Human Rights, May 25: According to unofficial sources in Iran, at least one woman was hanged on Wednesday, May 22 in Gharchak Prison, located in Varamin (a city near […] Related posts: Sakineh...
View Article25 Prisoners Were Executed in Iran, According to Unofficial Sources
Iran Human Rights, July 3: According to reports from reliable sources in Iran, yesterday and today 25 prisoners were executed in two different prisons in Iran. None of the executions […] Related posts:...
View ArticleThe Execution Wave Continues: Three Official and 11 Unofficial Executions in...
Iran Human Rights, July 6: At least 14 prisoners have been executed according to official and unofficial reports from Iran today. Seven other prisoners were scheduled to be executed today […] Related...
View ArticleIncreasing Concern for 5 Azerbaijani Prisoners of Conscience Entering Third...
Iran Human Rights, July 26: Iran Human Rights is strongly concerned about the health of five Azerbaijani prisoners of conscience who have entered the third week of their hunger strike. […] Related...
View ArticleStatement of 13 Civil Society Organizations Regarding the Five Azeri...
Iran Human Rights, August 15: 13 civil society NGOs including Iran Human Rights published a joint statement concerning the five Azerbaijani prisoners of conscience in their fourth week of hunger […]...
View ArticleDanger of Execution for Ahwazi Arab Activists
Iran Human Rights, August 17: Reports from local sources in Ahwaz (Capital of the southwest Iranian province of Khuzestan) have led to increasing concern among the human rights groups about […] Related...
View ArticleIran Human Rights Strongly Condemns Today’s Massacre of Camp Ashraf Residents
Iran Human Rights, September 2: At least 52 residents of Camp Ashraf (north of Baghdad) have been killed during today’s clashes between the security forces and Camp’s unarmed residents. Residents […]...
View ArticleIran Human Rights Welcomes Release of Nasrin Sotoudeh and Urges For Release...
Iran Human Rights, September 18: The prominent human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh was released from jail on Wednesday along with several other political prisoners who had been jailed in connection […]...
View Article“Mr. Rouhani, Don’t Empty Prisons by Executing Prisoners”
Iran Human Rights, September 27: Several international news agencies published a report on the latest statement by Iranian President Hassan Rouhani regarding the release of several political prisoners...
View ArticleTwo Prisoners Executed Publicly in Northern Iran
Iran Human Rights, October 5: Two prisoners were hanged publicly in the city of Babol (northern Iran) today. According to the state run Iranian news agency Fars the prisoners were […] Related posts:...
View ArticleIranian Father of Two Girls Survives Execution – Still in Imminent Danger of...
Iran Human Rights, October 15: A prisoner was discovered to be alive 24 hours after his execution was carried out and Iranian authorities declared him dead. According to the official […] Related posts:...
View ArticleAlireza M., the Man Who Survived the Execution Will Not Be Hanged
Iran Human Rights, October 23: According to reports from Iran, Alireza M, the 37 year old man who survived a hanging will not be executed again. According to the official […] Related posts: Secret Mass...
View ArticleURGENT- Mass-Execution of Ethnic Prisoners in Iran: At Least 17 People Hanged...
Iran Human Rights, October 26: According to reports from Iran at least 17 prisoners have been executed in Iran today. 16 Prisoners hanged in Zahedan (Iranian Baluchestan) today: According to […]...
View ArticleMass-Executions Continue in Iran-At Least 17 People Executed According to...
Iran Human Rights, October 30: One prisoner was hanged in the prison of Semnan (Northern Iran) according to the Iranian state media. Meanwhile unofficial sources have reported 16 other executions […]...
View ArticleJoint Statement Calls for UN, EU and International Community to Put Death...
Iran Human Rights, November 4: According to reports from Iran the Kurdish political prisoner Shirko Moarefi was executed in the prison of Saghez (western Iran) this morning. The state run […] Related...
View ArticlePeaceful Protest Against the Death Penalty in Front of the Iranian Parliament...
Iran Human Rights, November 26: Following the execution wave in the past months in Iran, families of death row prisoners gathered today outside the Iranian Parliament, Majles, in a peaceful […] Related...
View ArticleTen Men and One Woman Executed in Iran Today- One Man Hanged in Public on Sunday
Iran Human Rights, November 26: According to reliable sources in Iran eleven prisoners, among them one woman, were hanged in the Ghezelhesar prison of Karaj (west of Tehran). The female […] Related...
View ArticleIncreasing suppression of the Bahaí citizens in Iran
Iran Human Rights, November 27: According to reports from reliable sources in Iran, one of the classes belonging to Bahai’ Institute of Higher Education (BIHE) in Karaj (west of Tehran) […] Related...
View ArticleAFTER GENEVA, THE WORLD MUST FOCUS ON IRAN’S DETERIORATING HUMAN RIGHTS
Iran Human Rights, December 1: Iran Human Rights (IHR) issued a statement addressing the deteriorating human rights situation in Iran. Press Release: AFTER GENEVA, THE WORLD MUST FOCUS ON IRAN’S […]...
View ArticleIran Human Rights Condemns execution of four Ahwazi political prisoners
Iran Human Rights, December 5: Four Ahwazi Arab political prisoners have been executed, according to reports received by Iran Human Rights (IHR). The executions are also reported by BBC Persian […]...
View ArticleUN rights experts urge the Iranian authorities to stop the executions
Iran Human Rights, January 22: Following the recent wave of executions in Iran, where at least 40 people were executed in the first two weeks of January 2014, the United […] Related posts: FIVE PEOPLE...
View ArticleIranian Authorities Threaten Citizen Journalist with Rape for Her Facebook...
Iran Human Rights, June 12, 2015: It was January 27, 2015, Naghmeh Shahi Savandi, a citizen journalist from Kerman, arrived home from a day of shopping to be confronted by […] Related posts: One Woman...
View Article13 Prisoners Hanged to Death in Iran- One Hanged in Public
Iran Human Rights, June 12 2015: According to official reports from Iran, 13 prisoners were hanged to death between Wednesday and Thursday. A state-run newspaper in Iran reported on the […] Related...
View ArticleTwo Prisoners Hanged to Death in Rasht on Saturday
Two Prisoners with drug related charges were hanged to death in Rasht on Saturday Iran Human Rights, June 15, 2015: According to official reports from the Department of Justice in […] Related posts:...
View ArticleKurdish Political Prisoner Executed Amid Allegations of Unfair Trial
A Kurdish political prisoner from Mahabad has been hanged to death by Iranian authorities Iran Human Rights, June 15 2015: According to unofficial reports, Mansour Arvand, a Kurdish political prisoner...
View ArticleTwo Public Executions on Tuesday in the North and South of Iran
Iranian Authorities Carry Out Two Public Executions While People Watch. Iran Human Rights, June 16 2015: According to official reports in Iran, two prisoners were hanged to death in public […] Related...
View ArticleTwo Women Sentenced to Death Pardoned by Plaintiffs
Plaintiffs have helped save two women from death row in Iran through a pardon Iran Human Rights, June 5, 2015: During a recent meeting of “peace and reconciliation” between prisoners […] Related posts:...
View ArticleUN expert calls for focus on human rights in Iran after the nuclear deal
GENEVA (15 July 2015) – United Nations Special Rapporteur Ahmed Shaheed today called on the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran and the international community to seize the opportunity […]...
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