Maryam Akbari Monfared, A Brave Woman Standing Like a Mountain against All Odd NCRI Women | August 27, 2023 Political prisoner Maryam Akbari Monfared has received additional sentences based on new charges filed against her by the clerical regime’s Ministry of Intelligence, as she is finishing serving 14 of her 15 years […]
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Iran: International community must stand with women and girls suffering intensifying oppression Amnesty International | 7/26/2023 The Iranian authorities are doubling down on their oppressive methods of policing and severely oppressing Iranian women and girls for defying degrading compulsory veiling laws, Amnesty International said today. In a detailed analysis published today, the organization exposes the authorities’ intensified nationwide crackdown on women and girls who choose not to wear headscarves in public. In the latest escalation on 16
Stop the Execution Spree in Iran Amnesty International | June 1, 2023 The Iranian authorities are carrying out a horrific state-sanctioned killing spree under the guise of judicial executions. Those executed include people convicted of drug-related offences, protesters, political dissidents, and members of oppressed ethnic minorities. Call for states to urgently intervene to pressure the
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Iran: Khamenei Sets Unprecedented Execution Record The National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) | May 7, 2023 Khamenei Sets Unprecedented Execution Record to Avoid Overthrow 16 executions on Thursday, 44 executions in one week, including 23 Baluch compatriots In an effort to save his regime from being overthrown, Khamenei has set
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Who is poisoning Iran’s schoolgirls? Is the regime responsible — and does Russia play a role? Stimson Center | April 27, 2023 Editor’s note: While the Stimson Center rarely publishes anonymous work, the author of this commentary is a Tehran-based analyst who has requested anonymity out of legitimate concern for their
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Iran executions up 75% as Tehran seeks to ‘instill fear’ in protesters, rights groups say CNN | By Kareem El Damanhoury and Joseph Ataman | April 14, 2023 CNN – Iran executed at least 582 people last year, a 75% increase on the previous year, according
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Iran: Deliberate poisoning of schoolgirls Iran: Deliberate poisoning of schoolgirls further evidence of continuous violence against women and girls United Nations | 16 March 2023 GENEVA (16 March 2023) – UN experts* today expressed outrage at the deliberate poisoning of more than 1200 schoolgirls in Iran’s major cities and the State’s failure
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MEPs Call for UN Probe of Iran Student Poisonings By AFP – Agence France Presse | March 16, 2023 The European Parliament on Thursday demanded a UN investigation into the poisoning of thousands of school girls in Iran, accusing Tehran of trying to suppress reports of the incidents. In a
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Iran: Deliberate poisoning of schoolgirls Iran: Deliberate poisoning of schoolgirls further evidence of continuous violence against women and girls United Nations | 16 March 2023 GENEVA (16 March 2023) – UN experts* today expressed outrage at the deliberate poisoning of more than 1200 schoolgirls in Iran’s major cities and the State’s failure
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CHILD DETAINEES IN IRAN SUBJECTED TO FLOGGING, SHOCKS AND SEXUAL VIOLENCE CHILD DETAINEES IN IRAN SUBJECTED TO FLOGGING, ELECTRIC SHOCKS AND SEXUAL VIOLENCE IN BRUTAL PROTEST CRACKDOWN Amnesty International | March 16, 2023 Iran’s intelligence and security forces have been committing horrific acts of torture, including beatings, flogging, electric shocks, rape
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