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5 Iranian Female Activists Sentenced to Over 20 Years in Prison

The human rights organization Hengaw announced on Monday, August 12, that five female activists from Gilan (northern Iran), who were active in media and...

Iranian Political Prisoners Face Escalating Wave of Executions Amid Nationwide Protests

Since Tuesday of last week, August 6, the Iranian regime has executed more than 45 people, with 29 of them in a single day...

Poverty In Iran Causing an Increase in Child Marriage

The state-run donya-e-Eqtesad newspaper reported that economic challenges such as high inflation and income inequality are key factors contributing to child marriage in Iran...

10 Women Murdered in Iran Over 10 Days

The Hengaw Human Rights Organization, in a new report highlighting the rising trend of "femicide" in Iran, announced that in the past 10 days,...

Serious Injury of a Young Iranian Woman Due to Police Shooting  

Arezu Badri, a female car passenger who was injured after being shot by the police in Noor County, has not fully recovered after nearly...

Deputy Officer of Evin Prison Beat Female Prisoners Protesting Execution of Reza Rasaei

Reports from Evin Prison indicate that following an attack by the prison guards on female political prisoners protesting the execution of Reza Rassai, at...

Iran: 22 Prisoners Executed in Ghezel Hesar Prison in One Day

In the early hours of Wednesday, August 7, the execution of 22 prisoners, including seven Sunni prisoners and three Afghan nationals, was carried out...

Women Protest in Iran’s Evin Prison, Attacked by Guards on Prisoners

Following the execution of Reza Rasaei, who was accused of killing the head of the IRGC Intelligence in the city of Sahneh, reports indicate...

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Renewed Protests Erupt in Iran

In recent days, Iran has witnessed fundamental changes in the nature of popular protests. The movement has evolved from...

Rising Crime and Social Breakdown After 47 Years of Clerical Rule in Iran

While Iran's regime has spent much of its resources and capabilities over more than four decades suppressing opponents, silencing...

Seventy-Eight Nobel Laureates Urge UN Action Amid Rising Executions in Iran

A coalition of 78 Nobel Prize laureates has issued a joint appeal to United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres, calling...

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Renewed Protests Erupt in Iran

In recent days, Iran has witnessed fundamental changes in...

Political Prisoner Yahgoub Derakhshan Sentenced to Death for a Second Time

Yahgoub Derakhshan, a political prisoner and supporter of the...

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