Another Abducted Dissident Sentenced to Death in Iran
Supreme Court Upholds Death Sentence Against Habib Farajollah Chaab After Show Trial Three Foreign Dissidents Have Been Abducted and Sentenced to Death in Iran ...
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October 12, 2022
Oil Workers Condemn Arbitrary Arrests, Pledge to Continue Protests
“We will Not Remain Silent” A union representing oil workers in Iran has published a statement condemning Iranian authorities for arbitrarily arresting their colleagues who have joined the nationwide, anti-state protests that have been ongoing throughout the country since September ...
January 3, 2022
Writer in Coma, Another Political Prisoner Dead after Unjust Imprisonment in Iran
Baktash Abtin (left) and Adel Kianpour (right). Concerns Mount for Prisoners Under Judiciary Chief Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje’i COVID-19 in Crowded ...
July 23, 2021
Khuzestan: Fears Grow of Massive Carnage as Authorities Repeat Deadly Repression of 2019 Protests
New Amnesty Report Highlights Use of Live Ammunition, Killings in Drought-Ridden Province July 23, 2021—With security forces in Iran attacking and killing protesters ...
July 19, 2021
Khuzestan Protests: Iranians Should be Allowed to Air Grievances Without Threat of Death
At Least Three Shot Dead Less Than a Week into Demonstrations Against Water, Power Shortages July 19, 2021—The unlawful killings of protesters by state ...
March 4, 2021
Relatives Visit Ethnic Arab Prisoners in Khuzestan Jail Only to Be Handed Corpses Minutes Later
"They Learned of the Executions When the Bodies of Their Children Were Delivered to Them" Ethnically Arab political prisoners Jasem Heidary, Hossein Silawi, ...
December 20, 2019
“This Verdict Means Any Protest Will Be Considered an Act of Violence”
Nine Labor Rights Activists and Journalists Sentenced to Prison Without Right to Appeal Judiciary Chief Ebrahim Raisi Eliminated Appeal Process with Supreme ...
September 26, 2019
Baha’i Woman Blindfolded During Interrogations, Imprisoned Under “National Security” Crimes
Man Pressured to Make False Confession, Charged With National Security Crimes for Running Peaceful Baha'i Social Media Channels A Baha’i woman started serving a ...
September 9, 2019
Mass Sentencing of Labor Activists, Journalists Prelude to Reign of Repression Under New Judiciary Chief
Seven Sentenced to Lengthy Jail Terms in Connection with Peaceful Protests September 9, 2019—Less than a year after workers’ rights activists in southwestern Iran publicized evidence that Intelligence Ministry agents had tortured detainees, those ...
June 7, 2019
Haft Tappeh Workers Urge International Labor Organization to Investigate Suppression of Labor Protests
*A group of workers in the Iranian city of Ahvaz, Khuzestan Province, have published an open letter calling on the International Labor Organization (ILO) to ...
January 17, 2019
Sham Investigation of Labor Activist’s Alleged Torture Lacks Impartiality, Ignores Witnesses
Iran Must Re-Open an Independent and Impartial Investigation into Labor Activist’s Abuse Multiple Cases of Alleged Torture Must Be Thoroughly Investigated January ...
November 19, 2018
Steel and Sugarcane Workers Rally in Ahvaz to Demand Unpaid Wages
Workers from the Iran National Steel Industrial Group (NSIG) in Ahvaz, Khuzestan Province, held rallies November 10-14, 2018, demanding ...
June 14, 2018
60 Steelworkers Arrested in Iran For Demanding Three Months Back Wages
More than 60 workers at the Iran National Steel Industrial Group (INSIG) in Ahvaz, Khuzestan Province, have been arrested for demanding their salaries, ...
April 6, 2018
Hundreds Arrested as Anger Over State Discrimination Against Iranian Arabs Spills Into the Streets
Ahvaz Friday Prayer Leader Calls For Apology From State TV Over Discriminatory Children’s Show At least 200 people were arrested after a ...
November 14, 2017
Former MP: Preventing Religious Minorities From Running in Iran’s Local Elections Violates Constitutional Rights
Passing legislation to restrict the rights of religious minorities in Iran would violate their rights as equal citizens, a prominent reformist ...
June 29, 2012
UN Special Rapporteurs Condemn Ongoing Executions in Iran
Three United Nations Special Rapporteurs* on Iran, summary executions and torture condemned the recent execution of four members of the Ahwazi Arab minority in Ahwaz’s Karoun Prison in the Islamic Republic of Iran. Following a reportedly unfair trial, they were sentenced to death and executed ...
June 11, 2012
Fear of Secret Executions After 5 Prisoners Transferred to Unknown Location
Five political prisoners sentenced to execution were transferred from the General Ward of Karoon Prison in Ahvaz to an unknown location on Saturday, 9 June. A local source told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that Police Special Forces have been stationed in ...