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Iran Arrests 88 Kurdish Citizens in December Amid Widening Crackdown
2025 , January 09
A report from the Hangaw Human Rights Center reveals that Iranian authorities arrested at least 123 citizens in December, with Kurdish citizens making up the majority of those detained. Of the total, 88 individuals—accounting for 71.5% of all arrests—were Kurds. Widespread...
Iran: Supreme Court Upholds Death Sentence for Pakshan Azizi
2025 , January 09
  The Supreme Court of Iran has upheld the death sentence for Pakshan Azizi, a political prisoner currently held in Evin Prison. This verdict, issued by Branch 39 of the Supreme Court, was confirmed despite numerous legal and procedural flaws in the case. Amir...
Transferring a Kurdish citizen to prison to serve a 7-year sentence
2024 , November 20
"Amir Baboli", a Kurdish citizen from Mahabad, who was previously sentenced to prison by the Iranian judicial system, was taken to prison to execute the sentence.  Amir Baboli from the village of "Laj" in Mahabad city, who was sentenced to six...
Iranian Writers' Association Statement on the Death Penalty
2024 , November 20
The Iranian Writers' Association issued a statement on Monday November 18th, 2024 protesting the death sentences of Warisha Moradi and Pakhshan Azizi.  Referring to the bloody repression of October 2019, the statement said, “The Islamic Republic is...
Trump to Nominate Dr. Mehmet Oz, an Erdogan Ally and Genocide Denier, to Run Centers for Medicare and Medicaid
2024 , November 20
President-elect Donald Trump will nominate Turkish-American Dr. Mehmet Oz, an outspoken denier of the Armenian Genocide and an ally of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey, to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid. In a statement announcing Dr. Oz as...
Ekbatan case lawyer: death sentence for some accused in "Ekbatan children" case
2024 , November 13
Babak Paknia, a defense attorney, tweeted that in the Ekbatan case, the judges of Branch Thirteen of the Criminal Court One have issued death sentences for Milad Armon, Alireza Kafaei, Amir Mohammad Khosh-Eghbal, Navid Najaran, Hossein Nemati, and Alireza Bamarzpournak. This...
An Unmonitored and Defenseless Sky
2024 , October 29
An Unmonitored and Defenseless Sky Source: Alan Hamidi The Islamic Republic attempted to downplay the extent of damage resulting from Israel's attack, presenting it as minor and insignificant. This absurd response became even...
The Iran Human Rights Organization condemned the wave of executions in the country in a statement.
2024 , October 23
The Iran Human Rights Organization condemned the wave of executions in the country in a statement and called on the international community to support the "movement against executions in Iran." The organization emphasized that the increase in executions,...
Iran executed a 34 Kurdish political prisoner
2024 , August 07
The Iranian regime executed Reza Rasaei, a 34-year-old Kurdish political prisoner detained...