Death Sentences for Three Protestors Confirmed by Supreme Court in Iran Unlawful and Cruel Sentences Reflect Increase in Death Sentences in Political Cases Lawyers’ Last Hope is to Seek Judicial Review, Citing “Serious Flaws” in Rulings July 13, 2020—The death ...
One of the longest-serving political prisoners in Iran, Mohammad Nazari, is eligible for release but is being arbitrarily denied freedom, Mohammad Hossein Aghasi told the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI). Nazari, who is of Kurdish descent, ...
In an open letter published December 9, 2018, 121 Nobel Laureates have called on Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei to ensure that ailing Iranian Swedish dual national Ahmadreza Djalali, a physician and scholar who specializes in disaster ...
Five Death Sentence Issued in Preliminary Rulings, Two Upheld by Supreme Court November 7, 2018—Special courts set up by Iran’s judiciary and approved by Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in August 2018 to try individuals accused of economic ...
Lawyers File Appeals With Iran’s Supreme Court and the UN Baquer Namazi, an Iranian American dual national who was imprisoned in Iran in February 2016, has been on furlough “for a considerable length of time” to receive ...
The Supreme Court of Iran failed to fully consider the defense’ arguments before it upheld the death sentence against Iranian Kurdish political rights activist Ramin Hossein Panahi, his lawyer ...
Three human rights lawyers in Iran have strongly criticized the judiciary’s decision to force defendants held on politically motivated charges to pick their lawyer from an approved list ...
Iran’s Supreme Court has upheld the death sentence issued against Iranian-born Swedish resident Ahmadreza Djalali, who has been imprisoned in Tehran since April 2016 after being arrested by ...
