Calls by Iranian Poet, Baktash Abtin for People to Stand Up and Fight for Their Rights
While serving a six-year sentence in prison for charges of ‘illegal assembly and collusion against national security’ and ‘spreading propaganda against the state’, Iranian poet and documentary filmmaker, Baktash Abtin has died from Covid-19 in hospital whilst still in detention. The 47-year-old, who had been routinely deprived of necessary healthcare during his prison sentence, was […]
Iran Was Plagued by Systemic Human Rights Violations Throughout 2021
As people around the world welcomed the new year over the weekend, for the people of Iran, the end of 2021 signified another year approaching that would be just as challenging as the previous one. The situation of human rights in Iran deteriorated drastically last year, and in the midst of it all, the Iranian […]
Iranian Political Prisoner, Adel Kianpour on Hunger Strike, Dies in Ahvaz Prison
Iranian political prisoner Adel Kianpour died Saturday, January,1, 2022, after a week of hunger strike without receiving medical care. Kianpour was arrested by security forces in Kurdistan province in August 2020 after returning to Iran. He was charged with membership in opposition groups but was later released as the charges were not proven. He was […]
Life of Iranian Political Prisoner, Mehran Gharahbaghi in Danger
The Iranian regime’s judiciary in Khuzestan has filed new charges against political prisoner Mehran Gharahbaghi. The charges include “corruption on earth,” “propaganda against the state,” and “membership of Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK/PMOI)”. Gharabaghi was arrested in December 2019 and transferred to Behbehan Prison after a month of interrogation and torture. In July, he was suddenly transferred […]
Iran: Political Prisoner Leila Hosseinzadeh Suffering Inhumane Conditions in Prison
Political Prisoner and student activist Leila Hosseinzadeh has been held in inhumane conditions since her arrest on December 7, 2021. Security forces arrested Hosseinzadeh and nine friends at gunpoint in Shiraz. She was held incommunicado in an intelligence department detention center and subjected to torture. Her family did not have any news about her or […]
39, Including 7 Women, 3 Juvenile Offenders, Executed in one Month in Iran
The Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) issued a statement on December 23, 2021,regarding the executions in Iran under the rule of a religious dictatorship within just one month. Full text of the statement as follows: On Sunday, December 19, 2021, the clerical regime executed a female prisoner named Fatemeh Aslani in Isfahan […]
The Secret Execution of Kurdish Political Prisoner Haidar Ghorbani
Political prisoner Haidar Ghorbani was executed by the Iranian government in Sanandaj prison at dawn on Sunday, December 19, 2021. According to social media reports, Haidar Ghorbani was executed without prior notice by the order of the regime’s judiciary. The state-run Tasnim news agency, affiliated with the Revolutionary Guards’ Quds Force, wrote about this event: […]
68th UN Resolution Condemns Human Rights Violations in Iran
The Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) issued a statement on December 16, 2021, in regard to the UN Resolution condemning human rights violations in Iran. Full text of the statement as follows: 68th UN Resolution condemning the gross and systematic violation of human rights by the Iranian regime was adopted […]
Alarming Number of Women Executed in Iran
At least 15 women have been executed this year in Iran, human rights activists have told AFP. Most women executed in Iran recently have been hanged for murder, mainly cases over the killings of a husband or partner. Iran’s regime carries out retribution hangings without considering extenuating circumstances such as domestic violence. A recent case […]
Iran: Political Prisoners on Hunger Strike in Urmia Central Prison
Forty-seven political prisoners in Urmia Central Prison in northwest Iran went on hunger strike after being transferred to a high-security ward. The high-security ward lacks basic facilities and is very small. It has been designed to torture and harass political prisoners. The warden seeks to isolate the transferred inmates from other political prisoners. Urmia Central […]
