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Iran Must Not Execute Ahmadreza Djalali

November 25, 2020November 27, 2020 admin

Swedish-Iranian Doctor Was Convicted on Spurious Charges After Unfair Trial November 25, 2020—The reported imminent execution of Ahmadreza Djalali, a Swedish-Iranian doctor and academic who was convicted in Iran on manufactured espionage charges after an unfair trial, must not be carried out, the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) said in a statement today. “The execution of the Swedish doctor Ahmadreza Djalali would demonstrate the Iranian authorities’ complete contempt for any semblance of justice or the rule of law,” said Hadi Ghaemi, CHRI executive director. “We urge the Iranian…

Amnesty: Proposed Iranian Law Restricting Access to Lawyer Would Be Crushing Blow for Justice

May 19, 2019 admin

A contemptible amendment to the Iran’s code of criminal procedure could effectively strip detainees who are facing punishments such as the death penalty, life imprisonment and amputation, of the right to access a lawyer while they are under investigation, Amnesty International announced on Thursday, May 16. An analysis of the bill published by the organization Thursday details how, if passed, the amended law would permit the prosecution to immediately deprive individuals arrested on “national security” and certain other serious criminal charges of access to a lawyer for 20 days, which…

Journalists Condemn Arrest of Reformist Reporter Ahead of World Press Freedom Day

May 7, 2019 admin

Marzieh Amiri, a reporter for the reformist Shargh newspaper, has been in Evin Prison’s Ward 209 under the control of the Intelligence Ministry since she was arrested while covering a Labor Day protest in Tehran on May 1, the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) has learned. Amiri was detained after she went to a detention center on Vozara St. to inquire about workers’ rights activists who’d been arrested at a rally near Iran’s Parliament, according to tweets by Shargh reporters. Judicial authorities have not commented on the reason…

Memo to Zarif: Stop Taking Dual Nationals as Hostages

April 27, 2019 admin

Foreign Minister Javad Zarif’s statement today that he has the “authority” to exchange Iranian-Americans imprisoned in Iran with the US is a glaring admission that these prisoners are being held as political hostages. “If ever there was a question that imprisoned dual nationals in Iran are being used as political pawns, Zarif publicly admitted today that his government has taken these people as hostages,” said Hadi Ghaemi, executive director of the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI). “The foreign minister spoke as though he was trying to make a…

Iran’s Baha’i Problem

April 14, 2019June 23, 2019 admin

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…

Human rights Violation yet to Continue in Iran, Christian Citizens arrested in Karaj, Shiraz, and Tehran

November 27, 2018April 1, 2021 admin

Amid extensive human rights violation in Iran, Some Christian citizens along with some Christian proselytes have been arrested in different cities in Iran, yet to be published their whereabouts and their latest status. “Behnam Ersali and Davoud Rasouli(David), 2 Christian proselytes have been arrested by security forces on November 16th, 2008 and moved to an unknown location.” Iranian human rights activists announced. Plus, Sara Karimaghae, Shohreh Darvishi, Babak Hayati, and Hamid Khobyary were arrested in Babak Hayati’s Place on November 17th, let alone their houses were searched by security forced…

Ongoing uncertainties about recently detained new Christian converts in Iran

June 22, 2018January 13, 2020 admin

In continuation to minorities rights violations in Iran, several Christian new converts have been arrested by undercover authorities with their whereabouts still unknown. According to recent reports, four Christian new converts who were members of Iran’s Church, have been sentenced to be jailed for ten years the Islamic Revolutionary Court, being accused of “promoting Zionist Christianity and managing home churches”. Razmik Zadorian, Shahab Bani Bayat, and Mohammmad Mohaghegh-e-Dolatabadi have been arrested on 17th June 2018 in Karaj suburban area and Shahin Shakib and Vahid Dehghani have also been arrested a…

Iran Execution: Six prisoners, Including a Juvenile Offender, Facing Execution In Days

February 23, 2018February 23, 2018 admin

Iran Human Rights : At least six prisoners from different wards were transferred to solitary confinement at Rajai Shahr Prison to be executed. Omid Rostami, a juvenile offender, is one of the prisoners. According to a close source, on the morning of Monday, February 12, at least six prisoners from different wards were transferred to solitary confinement at Rajai Shahr Prison to be executed. Most of them were sentenced to death on murder charges. Some of them are identified as: Masoud Taghipour from ward 6, Mohammad Saleh Dolatabadi from ward…

“This is Slavery” 30 Sugar Plant Workers Arrested in Iran For Demanding Unpaid Wages

February 7, 2018February 8, 2018 admin

Police arrested more than 30 protesters on the fourth day of a strike by hundreds of workers on February 4, 2018, at a major sugar plant near the city of Shush, in Iran’s Khuzestan Province. In a video message posted on his Telegram channel on February 4, 2018, prominent labor activist Jafar Azimzadeh said the workers at the Haft Tappeh Sugarcane Agro-Industrial Company were being treated like slaves. “Where in the world have you seen workers not being paid their wages that are four times below the poverty line, and then ask the special [security] forces…

Woman Arrested For Removing Hijab in Tehran Refuses to Repent Despite Facing 10 Years in Prison

February 6, 2018February 8, 2018 admin

Narges Hosseini, who was arrested for protesting Iran’s compulsory hijab, refused to appear in court to face charges punishable by up to 10 years, including “encouraging immorality or prostitution.” “Ms. Hosseini did not even appear in court to express remorse for her action. She said she objects to the forced hijab and considers it her legal right to express her protest,” Hosseini’s lawyer, Nasrin Sotoudeh, told the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) on February 5, 2018. Hosseini, 32, has been in detention since January 29, 2018. She was unable to…