by Atousa Pilger
Iranian political prisoner Alireza Shir-Mohammad-Ali, 21, was stabbed to death by two Iranian regime operatives in the Greater Tehran Prison on Monday, June 10, 2019.
Amnesty international in a statement described the murder as shocking.
By Azita Carlson
Prominent human rights lawyer and women’s rights defender Nasrin Sotoudeh dedicated her life to peacefully pursuing human rights — including opposition to the discriminatory forced veiling laws, as well as the death penalty.
She was arrested at her home, on charges in connection with her human rights work, on June 13th 2018. Previously, in September 2016, Nasrin Sotoudeh had been sentenced to five years’ imprisonment in a separate case also linked to her human rights work.
by Navid Felker
Islamic funerals follow fairly specific rites, though they are subject to regional interpretation and variation in custom. In all cases, however, sharia law calls for burial of the body as soon as possible, preceded by a simple ritual involving bathing and shrouding in a mortuary. This is then followed by prayer.
by Navid Felker
A member of the editorial board of a magazine called GAM, Sanaz Allahyari, has been held in detention for the past five months. She became ill and her illness has not been diagnosed, nor have the medications prescribed for her helped her situation. She has become extremely weak, her limbs shake, she suffers from GI problems. Sanaz Allahyari has lost 10 kilograms.
By Armin Baldwin
Iran’s Organization of Welfare recently issued a ban forbidding religious minorities from teaching in kindergarten due to a difference in “religious values.” The ban goes contrary to the country’s own laws, and applies to all kindergartens except those used solely by religious minorities.
By Saeed
In a shocking case of Human Rights violation, Iranian political prisoner Ameneh Zaheri Sari, a graduate student in accounting, is being held in Ahvaz Sepidar Prison. She is reportedly being denied medical care.
The prison authorities have allegedly prevented her from receiving medical treatment in a hospital outside the prison, and the prison hospital is unable to provide adequate care for this young woman.