EU designates 8 Iranian senior officials and 3 prisons over human rights abuses
The EU has adopted Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/584 and Council Implementing Decision (CFSP) 2021/585, which designate 8 officials and 3 prisons under the EU’s sanctions regime concerning serious human rights abuses in Iran. They have been listed over their roles in the “violent response” to demonstrations held in Iran
Read MoreExclusive: EU set to sanction more Iranians for rights abuses, first since 2013, diplomats say
BRUSSELS/PARIS (Reuters) – The European Union is set to agree to sanction several Iranian individuals on Wednesday for human rights abuses, the first such measures since 2013, three EU diplomats said. FILE PHOTO: The Iranian flag waves in front of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) headquarters, before the beginning
Read MoreIran: Women and girls treated as second class citizens, reforms urgently needed, says UN expert
GENEVA (8 March 2021) – Women and girls continue to be treated as second class citizens in Iran, a UN expert says in a report to the Human Rights Council, citing domestic violence, thousands of marriages of girls aged between 10 and 14 each year and continuing entrenched discrimination in
Read MoreIran: increased executions are a manifestation of the regime’s impasse
Iran, February 20, 2021—On Wednesday, Iranian authorities executed seven prisoners in Gohardasht prison, Karaj. Among the executed prisoners was a 42-year-old mother of two. On Monday, February 15, the regime carried out two other executions in Birjand. Two days earlier, a prisoner was hanged in Meshginshahr. Therefore, in only five
Read MorePolitical Prisoners Denied Medical Care in Iran
One of the longest detained political prisoners in Iran is suffering from severe and painful burns on his neck and back after being suddenly covered in boiling water whilst taking a shower, but the prison authorities refused to take him to the hospital, which has led to the infection of
Read MoreIran: Baluchi man faces imminent execution despite urgent need for a fair retrial
The Iranian authorities must immediately halt the execution of Javid Dehghan, a member of Iran’s disadvantaged Baluchi ethnic minority, scheduled to take place in less than 48 hours on 30 January 2021, Amnesty International said in a statement today. Highlighting a shocking catalogue of fair trial violations throughout the investigation,
Read MoreIran’s regime executes second wrestler within 5 months
It is unclear whether the Islamic Republic authorities forced Hosseini to confess to a crime he did not commit. By BENJAMIN WEINTHAL JANUARY 25, 2021 19:57Email Twitter Facebook fb-messenger Old rope with hangman’s noose (illustrative). The Iranian regime’s lethal assaults on decorated Iranian athletes continued unabated, with the execution of
Read MoreIRAN: INTERNATIONAL ACTION NEEDED TO BREAK AUTHORITIES’ CYCLE OF PROTEST BLOODSHED
On the third anniversary of the nationwide protests of December 2017 and January 2018, Amnesty International renews its calls for justice for the dozens of protesters, including children, who were killed by Iran’s security forces across the country, and their bereaved families. The organization also stands in solidarity with those
Read MoreNurses, oil and mine workers, protest unpaid wages
Iran, January 7, 2021—On Monday, January 5, the staff and nurses of hospitals in different cities of the country, including Khuzestan, Isfahan, Yazd and Karaj, gathered in their workplaces, seeking answers for their pending demands. Nurses in Khuzestan province, southwest Iran, held a rally in front of the governor’s office,
Read MoreIran’s society is on the verge of an explosion
Iran, December 24, 2020—The majority of Iran’s population live in poverty. Among the struggling communities are the retirees, whose income after 30 years of hard work is at one fifth of Iran’s poverty line, valued at about 100 million rials (approx. $380). The situation has led to constant protests in
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