Iran: The 1988 Massacre of Political Prisoners, Destruction of the Mass Graves
In the summer of 1988, the Iranian regime secretly executed over 30,000 political prisoners and buried them in unmarked mass graves. The victims were prisoners who did not bow to the regime’s dictatorship. Most victims were members and supporters of the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK) Three decades on, the relatives of the victims are still searching […]
Iran’s Regime Media: The Import of the Most Expensive Vaccine in the World Will Cost Less Than $2 Billion for All Iranians
“How much will it cost to buy the Covid -19 vaccine?” The state-run website Etemad Online wrote in an infographic on August 13, 2021: “The Iranian people now need 50 million doses of Covid -19 vaccine to be safe against the disease,” the state-run website quoted regime officials as saying. Etemad Online then examines four […]
Iran: A Fatwa Which Took the Life of 30,000 Political Prisoners in 1988 Massacre
In a crime against humanity, the Iranian regime secretly executed over 30,000 political prisoners in a 1988 massacre. This massacre was implemented following a fatwa by the regime’s then-Supreme Leader, Ruhollah Khomeini.In just 231 words, Khomeini decided the fate of over 30,000 Iranian youth.The victims of this fatwa were the members and supporters of the […]
The Uprising in Khuzestan and Other Parts of Iran Necessitates an International Response Against the Mullahs’ Regime
On July 23, 2021, Amnesty International’s deputy director for the Middle East and North Africa commented upon Iran’s regime repressive response to protests over water shortages in the Iranian province of Khuzestan by drawing comparisons to the crackdown on an earlier nationwide uprising. “Iran’s authorities have a harrowing track record of using unlawful lethal force,” […]
Crackdown on Iran Water Protests
New protests over water shortages began in Khuzestan two weeks ago on July 15, 2021, but, as is common with protests in Iran, it quickly became about regime change with people chanting slogans like “death to the dictator”, which has become common in anti-regime protests over the past four years. The Iranian regime has responded […]
Iran: June 2021 Human Rights Abuses
In June, the Iranian regime elevated Judiciary Chief and 1988 Death Commission member Ebrahim Raisi to the position of president, and this is actually quite indicative of how human rights abuses were commonplace that month; from executions to religious discrimination. Executions Iran, which has the highest per-capita execution rate in the world, executed at least […]
Iran: Amnesty International Has Published a 48-Page Report on the Torture of Afkari Brothers
Afkari brothers have been tortured in Shiraz solitary confinement for months. Vahid and Habib Afkari are brothers of the wrestling champion Navid Afkari, who have been held in solitary confinement since Navid execution in September 2020. Amnesty International has published a detailed 48-page report on the torture of these brothers. Amnesty writes in the introduction […]
Iran: Arrests of Afkari Family for Protesting
Agents of the Iranian regime have beaten the relatives of two political prisoners(Vahid and Habib Afkari), merely for protesting the conditions that the pair are being held under, according to one of the prisoners. On Sunday, June 13, Saeed Afkari, who is the brother of prisoners Vahid and Habib, tweeted that plainclothes agents attacked his […]
Iran Human Rights in May 2021
The Iran Human Rights Monitor has just released its monthly report into human rights in Iran for May 2021, which contains information about executions, torture, suppression of minorities, and arrests of political activists and religious and ethnic minorities. Here, we’ll look at what that report contained, but we always advise going to read the full […]
Iran’s Regime Executed 118th Woman Under Rouhani
The Iranian regime hanged a woman and her husband in Qazvin Central Prison at dawn on Sunday, 30 May 2021, bringing the total number of women executed during the presidency of Hassan Rouhani to 118; an average of 15 per year over the past eight years. The couple were identified by their last name – […]