Sunday 28 July 2019

Iran Executions: Man Hanged at Shiraz Prison

Iran Executions: Man Hanged at Shiraz Prison

JULY 28, 2019

Iran Human Rights (IHR); July 28, 2019: A prisoner was hanged at Shiraz Central Prison (known as Adel Abad) for murder charges a week ago.

According to HRANA, around a week ago, a man was executed at Shiraz Central Prison (known as Adel Abad). He, identified as Arash Shah-hosseini, was sentenced to death for murder charges. He was arrested three years ago for killing a man during a fight.

His execution has not been announced by the Iranian authorities or media so far.

At least 110 people were executed in Iran in the first half of 2019; Only 37 of the executions have been announced by authorities or Iranian media. Iran Human Rights (IHR) could confirm 73 more through its sources. IHR only reports the unannounced executions if it could confirm those with two separate credible sources. Therefore, the actual number of executions may be even higher than reported.

Iran’s State Broadcaster Discriminates against Women, People with Disabilities and Non-Muslims


JULY 22, 2019

IRIB’s New Job Posting Demands New Hires Be Male, Muslim and Without Disability
In its latest job posting, the Iranian state broadcaster, the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB), listed “complete health and lack of physical disability” and “adherence to Islam and Velayat-e faqih [Iran’s system of clerical rule over the state]” as employment requirements for all its branches, while adding that “being a man” was a requirement in provincial branches.

Kurdish-Iranian Political Prisoner Denied Hospitalization for Stomach Tumor


JULY 22, 2019

Mohammad Nazari Has Been Imprisoned Since 1994

Imprisoned for more than 25 years, Kurdish-Iranian political prisoner Mohammad Nazari has been denied hospitalization to receive tests for a tumor in his stomach, his lawyer told the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) on July 19, 2019.

“Sometime ago, Mohammad started having really bad coughs,” said attorney Mohammad Hossein Aghasi. “A month and a half ago, at my request, he was taken to the hospital and got an MRI and some tests.”

Mohammad Rasoulof’s Films Were Banned in Iran, Now He’s Been Sentenced to Prison


JULY 24, 2019

“We have to pay a price, and every person will pay some price,” says acclaimed filmmaker
July 24, 2019 – The sentencing of award-winning filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof to one year in prison for the content of his films has highlighted the perilous political landscape independent artists must navigate in Iran.

“Iranian cinema has won international acclaim despite stifling censorship and the ongoing persecution of artists,” said Hadi Ghaemi, executive director of the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI).

Monday 8 July 2019


Iran Executions: Prisoner Hanged in Kashan


Iran Executions: Prisoner Hanged in Kashan


JULY 6, 2019

Iran Human Rights (IHR); July 6, 2019: A prisoner hanged at Kashan prison for murder charges.

According to an Iranian website, IMNA, a person hanged at Kashan prison for murder charges recently. The source has not revealed the exact time of the execution. The executed person has been identified as M S and his/her full name or gender remained unrevealed.

The source said the prisoner was sentenced to death for killing a woman four years ago.

According to the Iran Human Rights statistic department, at least 273 people were executed in Iran in 2018. At least 188 of them executed for murder charges.


Evin Prison Protesters Receive Suspended Prison Sentences



JULY 5, 2019

An Appeals Court upheld 91-day prison sentences against 18 people who were arrested while peacefully protesting outside Evin Prison in Tehran but suspended most of the sentences for three years, the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) has learned.

Suspended sentences operate like bail conditions; defendants are expected to keep a low profile and not engage in any form of activism for the duration of their term.

Parliament Faction Links Lacking Accountability to Deaths of Political Prisoners in State Custody

Mostafa Mohebbi, Head of the State Prisons Organization (SPO) in Tehran Province
Mostafa Mohebbi was fired from his position as the head of the State Prisons Organization in Tehran Province in June 2019 after a political prisoner’s death in state custody prompted condemnation by rights groups.

JULY 8, 2019

Defense Attorney: Firing Prison Officials Won’t Keep Political Prisoners Safe 

One month after political prisoner Alireza Shirmohammadali was murdered in the Greater Tehran Central Penitentiary (GTCP) after being unlawfully held in a ward with inmates convicted of violent crimes, two prison officials have been fired while the unofficial policy that precipitated the tragedy remains in place.

The results of a judicial investigation into his death have not been made public. But a parliamentary faction has created a proposal to help counter what it identified as the “serious problem” of prisoners dying in state custody.

Want to support victims of torture? Put the squeeze on Iran

Want to support victims of torture? Put the squeeze on Iran

July 6, 2019

June 26 marked the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, commemorated on the anniversary of the implementation of the United Nations Convention against Torture. For many imprisoned Iranians, it was yet another day of torture by the country’s repressive regime, which has never signed the Convention. If free democracies want to walk the walk in opposing torture, they should increase economic and political pressure on Tehran to stop this barbaric practice.

The Iranian authorities employ a grotesque menagerie of physical and psychological torture methods. They inflict bodily harm through beating; burning; cutting; electrocution; placement into stress positions; sleep deprivation; denial of medical care; and rape, including “virginity” and “sodomy” tests. And they torment victims’ minds through prolonged solitary confinement, mock executionsthreats of rape, and claims that family members are being tortured nearby.