In the morning hours of Thursday, July 15, five convicts were executed in the courtyard of the Central Prison in the city of Oromiah. 

Cthe condemned prisoners are identified as Faisal Saedi, Karam Azizi, Omid Nourani, Abdulrahmen Rendi and Ali Sareban.  The judiciary had convicted all of them of drug trafficking, however the charges have not been confirmed by any independent source. Continue reading »

Kayvan Samimi, chief editor of the banned newsletter Nameh (Letter), received a six-year jail term, and he was also banned from social, political and cultural activities for the next 15 years by the appeals court.

Nasrin Sotodeh, a lawyer representing Mr. Samimi, in discussing the sentencing, said: “Engineer Samimi has not committed an illegal act deserving such harsh punishment; he is only being accused for his belief, which did not go well with the presiding judges, who sentenced him to a six-year jail term and a 15-year ban from any social, political, or even cultural activities, while the big question remains the fact that in in other parts of the world cultural activities are encouraged, yet here, my client is being banned from such activities.  I believe the sentencing itself does speak for many truths”. Continue reading »

In the early morning hours of Monday, July 5, a man and a woman accused of trafficking narcotics were hanged in the central prison in the city of Oromiah.

The condemned man was identified as Mostafa Rahimi, who was hanged along with his mother.  The accusation against two was announced by the judiciary after the execution, which was a sudden event without any prior announcement. Continue reading »

On July 3, Narges Mohammdi, a feminist and a human rights activist, was admitted to the hospital as a result of a downturn in her physical condition.  Earlier, on July 1, Ms. Mohammdi had been released from prison on bond, while suffering from an undisclosed ailment.  However, as her condition worsened, she was taken to the hospital.

Since her release, every few hours Ms. Mohammdi has experienced debilitating muscle spasms, resulting even in a temporary loss of speech. Continue reading »

A week since the destruction of Bahai residences in the village of Eval in Mazandaran province, villagers have not been allowed to enter their village, and their follow-ups have gone unheeded. 

According to investigations, the main individual behind the destruction was an unidentified person with connections to Tehran’s judiciary, enabling him to secure the destruction order from Tehran’s Judiciary council and manage the destruction within 12 hours. Continue reading »