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“He Never Stopped Defending Us”: The Suspicious Death of Lawyer Khosro Alikordi
Human rights lawyer Khosro Alikordi dies suddenly after sustained state pressure, prompting prison protests, a nationwide lawyers’ statement, and scrutiny of Iran’s war on…
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“Orange the World”: One Year of Violence Against Women in Iran
Annual data from Iranian rights groups reveal at least 110 femicides, 63 rapes, 180 “honor killings” and expanding structural, legal and state violence against…
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1,500 Death-Row Prisoners Go on Mass Strike as Executions Surge
About 1,500 death-row inmates in Ghezel Hesar Prison launched a hunger strike against mass executions, declaring: “Our patience has run out from this endless…
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Reza Rasaei, Arrested During “Woman, Life, Freedom” Movement, Was Executed
Reza Rasaei, a detainee from the “Woman, Life, Freedom” movement, has been executed by the Islamic Republic’s judiciary. Rasaei was accused of murdering a…
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Iranian Activist Faces Imminent Execution for Social Media Posts
Mehrshad Kalini, an Iranian physician, was also arrested by the police of the Islamic Republic of Iran. He was protesting against the death penalty…
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Iran’s Prisoners and Activists Launch Hunger Strike Against Executions
61 prisoners in the women’s ward of Evin, Zeynab Jalalian in Yazd prison, Toomaj Salehi in Evin, several former prisoners, families of prisoners, and…
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Keep Hanging!
Yesterday was the 40th day ceremony of the first protestor executed by the Islamic Republic. On September 25th, 2022, 23 year old Mohsen Shekari…
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Topple the Regime
117 days have passed since the death of Zhina Mahsa Amini in the custody of the notorious “morality police”. According to statistics provided by…
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Are Executions by Stoning Back in Iran?
A court in Lorestan province of Iran has convicted a man and a woman of adultery and has punished them to execution by stoning.
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Iran Keeps Defending Executions For Drug Related Charges
Iranian authorities reacted to UN condemnation of executions of prisoners convicted of trafficking drugs.