Plea from Death-Row Prisoners in Iran’s Qezel Hesar Prison
Prisoners Will Endure Collective Hunger Strike Each Tuesday In an urgent, open letter appeal, a group of political and non-political prisoners facing death sentences ...
Tag : Stop Executions in Iran
January 25, 2024
Iran: Amid Surging Executions, Civil Society Registers Unprecedented Plea to Abolish Death Penalty
Mass Hunger Strike Launched by Women Prisoners of Conscience Spreading Quickly January 25, 2024 – The surge in executions in Iran has triggered a passionate ...
January 12, 2023
Governments Worldwide Should Recall Ambassadors from Iran
Executions of Protesters Continuing; Forceful Action Urgently Needed EU and At Least Eight European Countries Summon Iran’s Ambassadors January 12, 2023 – Governments around the world should recall their ambassadors from the Islamic Republic in protest against the Iranian ...
January 4, 2023
Iranian Athletes Killed, Tortured, Sentenced to Death for Supporting Protests (Updated)
Editor's Note: This article is regularly updated with new information. January 4, 2023 – The Islamic Republic’s persecution of athletes for peacefully supporting anti-state ...
August 31, 2021
Tortured, Sentenced to Death Without Lawyer: Iran Must Halt Execution of Political Prisoner
Heidar Ghorbani Should Be Granted Case Review August 31, 2021 – Iran’s judiciary should stay an execution order against political prisoner ...
January 13, 2021
Athletes Appeal to Save Life of Wrestler on Death Row
On January 9, 2021, a press report was published in Iran about the imminent execution of 29-year-old wrestler Mehdi Ali-Hosseini ...
November 25, 2020
Iran Must Not Execute Ahmadreza Djalali
Execution Reported to Be Imminent, Wife Has Received Farewell Call Swedish-Iranian Doctor Was Convicted on Spurious Charges After Unfair Trial November 25, 2020—The reported imminent ...
October 27, 2020
UN: Iran Must Conduct Independent Inquiry into Violence against Protests in November 2019
“Nasrin Sotoudeh and all other individuals arbitrarily detained must be immediately released” The UN’s top expert on Iran, Javaid Rehman, the UN Special Rapporteur ...
October 1, 2020
Prisoner on Death Row Not Allowed to Attend Funeral of Grieving Father Who Committed Suicide
Father of Amirhossein Moradi Distraught Over His Son’s Unjust Death Sentence Iranian authorities have rejected requests by Amirhossein Moradi, who ...
September 29, 2020
Witness to the Torture of Executed Champion Wrestler Navid Afkari Held Incommunicado
Shahin Naseri Transferred to Police Security Unit, Told Not to Testify in Court Witness States He Saw Afkari Being Severely Beaten with Metal Rod Shahin ...
July 15, 2020
Two Kurdish Political Prisoners Executed Despite “Serious Questions” in the Case
Both Executed without Notifying Their Families or Lawyers Politically Motivated Executions in Iran Continue to Increase Despite serious questions regarding evidence of guilt, two Kurdish ...