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Iran: The country executes 12 Prisoners, Rights Group Says
Iran has carried out a mass execution of 12 inmates at a prison in the southeast part of the country, an NGO said on Tuesday, as concern grows over the rising number of executions in the Islamic republic
Iran : des détenus malades qu’on abandonne
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Iran: Troubling execution rates show no sign of slowing down in 2022
Despite sustained international pressure, in 2021, the rate of executions increased 26 percent from the previous year. According to the US-based Human Rights Activists in Iran, 299 individuals were executed that year. Of the 299 documented executions, drug-related offenses continued to account for…Source — Atlantic Council
Iran : Deux hommes exécutés pour homosexualité
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Iran: Execution of Three Prisoners in Isfahan Prison, 12 Executions in 5 Days
At least 12 prisoners were executed between January 9 and 13. Six prisoners were executed in Gohardasht Prison on Wednesday, two brothers in Zanjan on Tuesday, and one in Qazvin on Sunday.The clerical regime’s court in Zahedan sentenced Yazdan Mirzaei 27, to death in Zahedan prison. Mirzaei is a wu…Source — National Council of Resistance of Iran
Iran: Two inmates found dead in Iranian prison south of Tehran
“A committee has been set up to probe the death of Amir-Hossein Hatami in Grand Tehran prison,” penitentiary authorities in the capital announced in a brief statement issued late Saturday. The Ghanoun newspaper said Hatami was a 22-year who worked in Tehran bazaar and had been arrested after gettin…Source — Alarabiya
Iran: Human Rights Watch calls for release of Iranian prisoners as COVID-19 crisis worsens
Human Rights Watch (HRW) warned on Tuesday of the dangerous situation faced by prisoners in Iran as the COVID-19 crisis deepens in the country, calling on authorities in the Islamic Republic to “unconditionally” release prisoners detained for peaceful dissent. “Iran’s prison authorities should unco…Source — Rudaw
Irán impone otro año de cárcel a Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, la iranobritánica que liberó el pasado marzo
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Irán: recluso sometido a 60 azotes y en riesgo de amputación tras intento de suicidio
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Iran : huit prisonniers baloutches et arabes ahwazis sont en danger, dans un contexte de hausse inquiétante des exécutions
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Iran: hell in south Tehran, juvenile prisoners speak out
“The situation is terrible. The water is undrinkable, the washing facilities are faulty, and bathroom breaks are rationed. There’s hot water for half an hour a day. The ward is dirty and full to bursting. A ladleful of lentils and stones, and frozen rotten sausages, is all we get to eat. There are…Source — Iranwire
Irán: detengan la ejecución de un joven arrestado a los 16 años y obligado a “confesar” bajo tortura
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Irán: la ejecución del periodista Rouhollah Zam, un “golpe mortal” a la libertad de expresión
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Irán: seis hombres en peligro inminente de que les amputen los dedos tras juicios injustos y tortura
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Irán: deben detener la ejecución inminente del académico irano-sueco Ahmadreza Djalali
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Iran: situation of women
The situation of women in Ahvaz Sepidar prison is extremely critical. Endless torture and harassment, along with the Coronavirus outbreak, coupled with continuous water and electricity cuts, and the lack of minimum cooling equipment, have made the situation excruciating for female prisoners, especi…Source — NCRI
Iran: Regime seeks pressure on dissidents, minorities through executions
The executions were described by Amnesty International as “an alarming escalation in use of the death penalty against protesters, dissidents and members of minority groups in Iran.”
Iran: Ahwazi detainees’ families stage protests at Shaiban Prison against inhuman treatment
Ahwazi detainees’ families protested outside the infamous Shaiban Prison in the regional capital, Ahwaz, on Saturday May 9, demanding access to their loved ones’ and information on their condition and wellbeing. During their protests, the desperately worried families angrily mocked the regime’s cla…Source — Dur Untash Studies Centre
Iran: temporarily frees 54,000 prisoners to combat Coronavirus spread
Judiciary spokesman Gholamhossein Esmaili told reporters the inmates were allowed out of prison after testing negative for Covid-19 and posting bail. “Security prisoners” sentenced to more than five years will not be let out. The jailed British-Iranian charity worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe may b…Source — BBC
Iran: Sepideh Qoliyan said she was tortured, now she’s serving an 18-year prison sentence
Sepideh Qoliyan is currently serving an 18.6-year prison sentence in Iran’s Gharchak Prison for women after being arrested at workers’ rights protests in the city of Shush, Khuzestan Province, and publicly stating that she and fellow detainees had been tortured in the custody of the Intelligence Mi…Source — Center For Human Rights
Iran: prisoners in Iran’s Gharchak prison for women protest inhumane living conditions
Two hundred inmates in Ward 5 of Gharchak Prison for women in the Iranian city of Varamin have sent an open letter to the head of the State Prisons Organization in Tehran Province protesting the prison’s inhumane living conditions.Source — Iran Human Rights
Iran: family of murdered iranian prisoner demands prison officials be put on trial
The murder prompted protests and calls on social media for judiciary reform, citing the department’s incompetence.Source — Jerusalem Post
Iran: human rights lawyer sentenced to 38 years in prison, her family says
Prominent Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh has been sentenced to 38 years in prison and 148 lashes, according to her family.Source — Egypt Independent
Iran says it has freed 51,000 prisoners
An official said 51,000 Iranian prisoners have so far been released under the recent clemency granted by the Leader of the Islamic Revolution on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution’s victory.Source — Eurasia Review
