Lawyer: The Ruling against Vahid Afkari had “24 Contradictions and 3 Lies” Despite Inconsistencies and Torture, Supreme Court Refuses to Review 25-year Prison Sentence Nearly a year after the unlawful execution of wrestling champion Navid Afkari, a request ...
“I will pay the price of freedom with my life so that my memory stays in the hearts of freedom seekers and my people.” UN human rights experts have strongly ...
The appointment of Ebrahim Raisi, who participated in “death commissions” that ordered the extrajudicial executions of thousands of prisoners in Iran in 1988, as Iran’s next head of the judiciary, represents a complete repudiation of the rule of law and a reward for those involved ...
Despite being diagnosed with mental and emotional disorders, Mohammad Kalhori is facing imminent execution in Iran for a crime he allegedly committed at the age of 15, his attorney ...
Javaid Rehman was appointed as the third Special Rapporteur ...
Unnamed “special courts for economic crimes” in Iran have sentenced three people to death and condemned 32 others to long prison sentences for allegedly manipulating Iran’s gold and currency markets, Judiciary Spokesman Gholamhossein Mohseni ...
Fears for Ramin Hossein Panahi Grow Despite Torture and Due Process Violation Concerns The execution of a Kurdish death-row prisoner has become more likely, despite credible questions regarding violations of due process ...
A Kurdish man who has been sentenced to death in Iran despite serious concerns about how his case was handled has been transferred hundreds of miles to a prison near Tehran for unknown reasons, ...
Photo: Ramin Hossein Panahi has been transferred to an unknown location possibly to face execution. Lawyer: “Ramin’s case is being processed against ethical standards and existing laws. We have to try ...
