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Tag : Iran November 2019 protests

November 15, 2021

Iran Atrocities Tribunal on November 2019 Massacre: A Major Step towards Seeking Justice

International Community Must Finally Act with One Voice to Address these Crimes Evidence of the Islamic Republic’s Top Officials Directly Involved in the Atrocities November 15, 2021 -- The Iran Atrocities Tribunal (or “Aban Tribunal”), an independent People’s Tribunal ...

November 14, 2021

“They’re Torturing Me Without Touching Me” Says Unarmed Protester Shot by Iranian Security Forces

Two years after Iran’s massive November 2019 protests, the government has yet to respond to questions about its deadly use of force to suppress the demonstrations, which occurred in more than 200 cities, leaving hundreds dead and thousands injured ...

November 10, 2021

Two Years After Iran’s Massacre of Protesters, Officials Who Oversaw Killings Now Lead Government

No Accountability for Hundreds Killed, Thousands Injured and Arrested International Community Must Demand Independent Investigation and Justice for Victims November 10, 2021 -- Two years after Iran’s security forces violently crushed mass protests that erupted across the country, ...

November 13, 2020

Two Students Sentenced to Prison for Peaceful Protest During November 2019

Issued on Anniversary of Protests, Six-Year and One-Year Sentences May Be Warnings to Others  24-Year Prison Sentence Upheld for Peaceful Campaigner against Compulsory Hijab University of Tehran student Marjan Eshaghi has been slapped with a one-year prison sentence, plus ...

May 26, 2020

“They Aimed at My Son’s Head”: Report Reveals Carnage in Crushed Iran Protests

May 27, 2020 — A new report released today by the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) documents the extraordinary state violence that was used against protesters in Iran during the unrest that gripped the country ...

February 13, 2020

Evin Prison Sees Inmate Transfers, Construction as Authorities Prep for More Protest Crackdowns

Iranian authorities have transferred a large number of inmates out of Evin Prison in Tehran—notorious for holding political prisoners—to other prisons and implemented further security measures in Evin in preparation for more sudden influxes of detainees like those ...

February 10, 2020

Detained Protestors in Iran: Beaten, Tortured, Forced to “Confess”

February 10, 2020 – Detainees held in Iran since the November 2019 street protests—including juveniles—are being beaten, forced to make self-incriminating statements and held in inhumane incarceration conditions, and their families are not being informed of their ...

January 30, 2020

Brother of Killed Protester “Refused” Pressure to Absolve Iranian Government on State TV

Iranian government agents pressured at least one family member of Nasser Rezaie, a protester who died after being shot at a street demonstration in the city of Karaj on November 17, 2019, to falsely describe Nasser as a passerby who was shot by “rebels,” his ...

January 17, 2020

Family of Man Killed in Iran’s November Protests: “We Want Justice”

Victim Was Caregiver of Mother, and Brother With Down Syndrome The family of Mohammad Hashamdar, who was killed by a bullet in Behbahan, in Khuzestan Province, on November 16, 2019, during the ...

December 29, 2019

These Women and Men Inspired Us All

A grieving mother who vowed to continue pursuing her slain son’s pursuit of freedom. A housewife who lost her life while trying to save a victim of state violence. A prisoner of conscience who ...

December 27, 2019

Cemetery Becomes Battleground as State Forces Detain Supporters of Slain Protester

The grandmother of Pouya Bakhtiari, a 27-year-old man who was gunned down at a street protest on November 16, 2019, said the family’s home in Karaj, west of Tehran, was surrounded by security forces to prevent ...

December 20, 2019

“He Was Hit in the Back by a Bullet,” Says Relative of Slain Protester from War Veteran Family

The family of Borhan Mansournia, who was shot by a bullet in the city of Kermanshah on November 16, 2019, are filing a lawsuit to find and punish the killer, a relative told the Center for Human ...

December 20, 2019

Family of Marivan Man Found in Dam: “We Are Sure He Died in Detention Under Torture”

*Warning: This article contains details that may be disturbing to some readers. The family of 25-year-old Ershad Rahmanian, whose body was found in the Garan Dam near the city of Marivan, Kurdistan Province, believes he died under torture ...

December 20, 2019

“They Told Us to Say He Had Died in an Accident,” Says Mother of Man Slain in Shiraz Protests

The mother of Alireza Anjavi, who died after being shot in the forehead on November 16, 2019, as the authorities repressed protests in the city of Shiraz, Fars Province informed the Center for Human Rights in Iran ...

December 16, 2019

23 Rights Organizations Urge UN to Take “Urgent Action” on Iran Protest Deaths

December 16, 2019 -- A coalition of international human rights organizations including the Center for Human Rights in Iran has called on the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) to launch an independent inquiry and demand accountability for ...

December 13, 2019

Shiraz Protests: “They Killed Our Boy with a Bullet on Our Own Street”

Family Ordered to Conceal Shiraz Man’s Death at Protest Iranian authorities pressured the family of Bahman Jafari, who died from a bullet wound to his heart on November 17, 2019, while state forces were trying to crush a ...

December 12, 2019

“Today I Have Sons and Daughters Throughout Iran,” Says Slain Protester’s Mother Sentenced to Prison

Shahnaz Akmali Summoned to Jail After Visiting Fellow Victim’s Family Less than a month after hundreds of people were killed in the Iranian authorities’ crackdown on November’s mass street protests, a court in Tehran summoned the mother ...

December 11, 2019

“How Could They Shoot at a Kid?” Authorities Shirk Responsibility After Teen Killed on Way Home from School

Fifteen-year-old Mohammad Dastankhah (also spelled Dadsetankhah) was walking home from high school in the city of Shiraz, Fars Province when he was shot and killed by a bullet while local authorities were repressing street protests in his ...

December 11, 2019

“My Brother Was a Passerby… We Want them to Tell Us Why They killed Him”

Family of Bystander Killed During Protests Demands Answers Reports of the shooting deaths of bystanders not involved in the recent protests in Iran in mid-November continue to grow, indicating the breadth of the indiscriminate firing of live ammunition ...

December 10, 2019

State Forces Buried Man Killed in Iran Protests Against Family’s Wishes

Victim Hamid Taheri's Relatives Forced to Sign "Pledge of Silence" Hospital authorities in the city of Islamshahr, Tehran Province, transferred the body of Hamid Taheri to state security forces without his family’s permission after he died from a ...

December 9, 2019

Interview with CNN’s Christiane Amanpour: Iranian Art in the Shadow of a Crackdown

Violent state repression of protests in Iran is not unique, yet the lethal means government forces used to repress recent protests that broke out across dozens of cities reached new heights this year, resulting in at least 208 deaths between November 15, ...

December 8, 2019

Mother of Slain Protestor: “Why Did They Shoot at My Son’s Head?”

“My son was only defending the rights of his people” The family of Pouya Bakhtiari, a 27-year-old man shot and killed by security forces in the Mehrshahr district of Karaj, west of the capital Tehran, on November 16, ...

December 8, 2019

Teenager Killed in Isfahan During Protests Delivered to Family in a Shroud

“Who should we complain to? Our child is under the ground” The body of teenager Mohammad Javad Abedi was delivered to his family wrapped in a shroud and ready for burial several days after he was killed by ...

November 19, 2019

Lethal and Excessive Force Against Protestors in Iran Must Cease, News Blackout Must End

November 19, 2019—The authorities’ use of excessive force against protestors in Iran, which has included the use of live ammunition and has resulted in dozens of deaths, is a blatant and unjustifiable violation of international law and must cease, the Center for Human Rights in ...

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