The July 13, 2021 revelation about the indictment by the United State Department of Justice of four Iranians involved in a kidnapping plot targeting Masih Alinejad and other unnamed activists in exile has shocked and dismayed the Iranian diaspora. The Islamic Republic of Iran’s history of politically motivated violence across the world is not new. Since 1979 Iranian agents have carried out attacks against hundreds of refugees, most often with impunity, hence their repetition. Iranian authorities respond to rising discontent and unrest with violence. Protests, which broke over water shortages in Khuzestan…
Read MoreCategory: Human Rights
Detention and Lack of Information about the Situation of Five Gonabadi Dervishes in Tehran and Karaj – Execution of Ten-Year Prison Sentences for Three Other Detained Dervishes
Continuing the violation of the rights of religious and ethnic minorities in Iran, three Gonabadi dervishes were detained on April 11, 2021, and two others were detained by the security forces of the Islamic Republic on the same day. Additionally, the ten-year prison sentences for three other dervishes have been executed after confirmation by the Supreme Court. According to reports from human rights sources in Iran, Zahra Entesari and Maryam Moradi were arrested at their home in western Tehran on Monday, April 11, 2021. On the same day, Hamid Faraji,…
Read MoreArrest and summoning a number of civil and media activists in different cities of Iran
Reports indicate that in recent days, four civil society and media activists critical of the Islamic Republic were arrested in Tehran and Karaj and Two political activists were also summoned to court. According to human rights sources, Mehri Entesari and Yashar Karimi were arrested on December 28, 2020 in Tehran, and Somayeh Moghadam and Fatemeh Zahraei were arrested on December 30, 2020 in Karaj by Revolutionary Guards intelligence agents. According to this report, Mehran Mohammadzadeh and Mahshid Asadi were summoned to the Islamic Revolutionary Tribunal of Tehran on December 30. According…
Read MoreFive civil and media activists arrested and summoned in Tehran and Ahvaz
Human rights sources from Iran have reported that in recent days, three media activists and civil activists critical of the Islamic Republic have been arrested in Tehran and Ahvaz, and two human rights activists have been summoned to khuzestan judicial authorities. According to Iran Human Rights Watch, on October 30, 2020, Mr. Reza Bavi and Fouad Sadeghi, two Ahwazi Arab bloggers and media activists, were arrested at Tehran International Airport (Imam). Kamal Hosseini, an Ahwazi Arab student activist, was also arrested by plainclothes security agents in front of Chamran University…
Read MoreUN: Iran Must Conduct Independent Inquiry into Violence against Protests in November 2019
The Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran must conduct an independent, impartial and transparent inquiry into the violent crackdown against protests in November 2019 and January 2020, and bring human rights violators to justice, a UN expert said today. Javaid Rehman, the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran, said in his annual report delivered to the General Assembly that instead of holding those responsible to account, serious violations targeting protesters continued. “Despite clear evidence that Iranian security forces used excessive and lethal…
Read MoreContinued human rights abuses in Iran, crackdowns and arrests and killings of protesters
As human rights abuses continue in Iran, the detention of civil society, labour, student activists, and women activists and journalists continue in various Iranian cities. Thousands have been detained, hundreds killed, and dozens were missing during recent Iran protests since the third week of November 2019. Iranian regime officials have also cut off Internet networks across the country, preventing leaks of current news and events abroad. News sources report that many students, labour, media, and women’s activists have been abducted and detained in recent weeks. According to reports, on Monday,…
Read MoreIndependent Human Rights Experts Sound Alarmed on Suppression in Iran
Following the protests that began on Friday, 15 November, against the 300 percent increase in gasoline prices across Iran; the Iranian government moved to repress forcefully the people and especially the youth. The United Nations posted an article on its website titled “Independent rights experts sound alarmed at Iran protest crackdown, internet blackout”. The article said in part: “Reports of killed and maimed demonstrators, and a continuing nationwide internet shutdown in Iran’s now week-long protests are of ‘grave concern’, and the Government and authorities must ensure rights of expression and…
Read MoreUprising Against Iran’s Mullahs
Tens of thousands of people have been taking to the streets in Iran since last Friday demonstrating against the regime. The reason: While the Islamist regime funds terrorism throughout the Middle East, it oppresses its own people and exploits the people. The mullahs’ security forces and militias respond to the protests with brute force – and shut down the Internet to cover up the violence. In dozens of cities, demonstrators have been attacking government buildings, state-owned banks, state-owned firms, and the regime’s so-called seminaries, where they activate their reactionary ideology,…
Read MoreIran’s Baha’i Problem
The Islamic Republic of Iran is facing a big problem. As a matter of fact, the problem is so big that the Iranian leadership and State media cannot stop talking about it. They are very very upset, suffering from high levels of stress and anxiety. This problem is so big that it has unified the otherwise divided hardliners and pragmatists who now speak with one voice in the name of all that is holy and sacred. If you guessed that the problem is the highest per capita rate of executions…
Read MoreIran introduces 2,000 new morality police units in response to women’s hijab protests
Iran has introduced 2,000 new morality police units in reaction to what officials call an “increasing defiance” of the compulsory wearing of hijabs. The units, called “resistance groups for verbal and practical response to bad-hijabi women”, were launched recently in the northern province of Gilan as part of a pilot scheme. They are each made up of six women who have the power to arrest and detain those they deem to be flouting the country’s strict veiling laws. The move comes amid a growing backlash by women in the Islamic…
Read More