Category: Activists

Ramin Ghashghaie Receives Six-Year Prison Sentence

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Ramin Ghashghaie Garbachi, a resident of Qazvin, has been sentenced to six years in prison by the Qazvin Revolutionary Court. The sentence also includes a travel ban and mandatory residence in Nik Shahr, Sistan and Baluchestan province, for two years. The verdict stipulates that Ghashghaie is given five years for “assembly and collusion to act crime and against national security,” and an additional year for “propaganda against the regime.” If the verdict stands after appeal, Article 134 of the Islamic Penal Code will enforce the five-year imprisonment. If the verdict…

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singer-songwriter Mehdi Yarrahi Arrested

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Renowned Iranian singer-songwriter Mehdi Yarrahi has been taken into custody based on an order from the Tehran Prosecutor’s office. The arrest comes in connection with a song that authorities have deemed “unlawful,” according to ISNA’s report. Recently, the judiciary’s news agency, Mizan, revealed that Yarrahi is facing legal proceedings due to a song that has been judged as “contrary to the values and norms of Islamic society.” It’s worth noting that the singer had previously faced legal restrictions on his personal property rights due to his support for the 2022…

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Trade Union Activist Reza Shahabi Goes on Hunger Strike in Evin Prison

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On Monday, June 13, 2022, Reza Shahabi, trade union activist and a board member of the Syndicate of Workers of Tehran and Suburbs Bus Company started his hunger strike in protest against his prolonged detention. Shahabi who suffers from poor health has been detained in Ward 209 of Evin Prison for over 30 days. According to HRANA, the news agency of Human Rights Activists, on Monday, June 13, 2022, trade union activist Reza Shahabi went on hunger strike to protest against his detention. Last Sunday, Shahabi’s detention was extended for…

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Unjustified summons to judicial authorities and arrest, torture of civil and media activists in different cities of Iran

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Following the violation of human rights and the suppression of protests in Iran, which has become a regular practice in the government, four civil activists critical of the government of the Islamic Republic have been arrested in recent days in Tehran and Karaj. Two political analysts and a human rights defender were also summoned to court. According to numerous reports from reliable sources, Ms. Mehri Entesari and  Yashar Karimi were arrested on December 28, 2020 in Tehran, and Ms. Somayeh Moghadam and Fatemeh Zahraei were arrested on December 30, 2020 by…

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A number of civil and media activists arrested and summoned in different cities of Iran

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Following the ongoing violations of human rights in Iran, three media activists and civil activists critical of the Islamic Republic’s government were arrested in Tehran and Ahvaz in recent days, and two human rights activists were summoned to khuzestan judicial authorities. According to reliable human rights sources, two Ahwazi Arab bloggers and media activists, Reza Bavi and Fouad Sadeghi, were arrested by security agents on October 30, 2020, at Tehran International Airport (Imam) and the next day on October 31, 2020, Kamal Hosseini in front of Chamran University in Ahvaz.…

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Several media activists and bloggers were arrested in various cities in Iran

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Following the severe human rights violations in Iran, four media activists and bloggers critical of the Islamic Republic have been arrested in Tehran and Shiraz in recent days. According to credible sources, following the recent widespread protests against the Islamic Republic authorities and institutions, which began in the third week of November 2019 and spread throughout Iran, a wave of arrests of student and media activists, bloggers, and critics began. On Wednesday, November 19, Hamed Zahraei and Amir Hamzeh Safizadeh were arrested in Shiraz. On Thursday, November 20, Behnam Karimi…

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Another Iranian Lawyer Sentenced to 30 Years of Imprisonment

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Iran Human Rights (IHR); June 1, 2019: Amirsalar Davoudi, a detained member of the Iranian Bar Association who had represented some of the Iranian political prisoners, is sentenced to 30 years in prison by the Iranian authorities. He is accused of several charges and under Iranian law, the longest jail-term among the accusation is applicable. In this case, the lawyer should be in jail for 15 years, a sentence issued by the Revolutionary Court for running a channel on Telegram, a social media application. IHR strongly condemns Mr Davoudi’s verdict…

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Charity Worker Who Assisted Flood Victims Arrested in Tehran

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Charity worker Akram Nasirian was arrested by unidentified security agents in Tehran for unknown reasons, according to the Telegram channel of the Voice of Iranian Women charity organization. Nasirian, who prior to her arrest had worked in flood-impacted areas of the country, made a phone call to her family the following day and said she was being held for interrogations. “My mother Akram Nasirian was arrested on the street on Monday, April 29 [2019] and taken to Evin Prison without anyone informing us,” her son Nima Mehdipour said in a…

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Imprisoned Lawyer’s Husband Rejects Judiciary’s Accusation of “Exaggerating” Her Heavy Sentence

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“The authorities…refuse to accept the fact that they have condemned a woman lawyer to suffer the inhuman act of flogging and a long prison sentence because of activities that were entirely peaceful.” –Reza Khandan, husband of Nasrin Sotoudeh Imprisoned human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh’s husband, Reza Khandan, has rejected Iranian Judiciary Spokesman Gholam-Hossein Esmaili’s claim that the magnitude of the sentence against her has been exaggerated. “They are playing games,” Esmaili said at a press conference in Tehran on April 23, referring to the outcry over the harsh punishment against Sotoudeh for her…

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Woman Arrested For Removing Hijab in Tehran Refuses to Repent Despite Facing 10 Years in Prison

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Narges Hosseini, who was arrested for protesting Iran’s compulsory hijab, refused to appear in court to face charges punishable by up to 10 years, including “encouraging immorality or prostitution.” “Ms. Hosseini did not even appear in court to express remorse for her action. She said she objects to the forced hijab and considers it her legal right to express her protest,” Hosseini’s lawyer, Nasrin Sotoudeh, told the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) on February 5, 2018. Hosseini, 32, has been in detention since January 29, 2018. She was unable to…

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