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...
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