Iran :3 more to death sentence over anti-hijab protests, tally rises to 17

09 Jan 2023

In the midst of widespread anti-hijab protests, Iran sentenced three further individuals to death on charges that they killed three security forces personnel. Since Mahsa Amini's passing in September of last year, Iran has seen widespread protests. The morality police of the nation arrested Mahsa Amini for reportedly failing to...

Iranian journalist arrested for taking interview of death row inmates’ kins: Report

06 Jan 2023

Iranian authorities arrested a journalist who published interviews with families of death row inmates sentenced in connection with anti-hijab protests, a report said. "Mehdi Beikoghli, head of the political service at Etemad daily, was arrested last night," the newspaper said on its website, AFP reported. Mahsa Amini was killed following...

Iranian footballers arrested at mixed-gender party, released

02 Jan 2023

Local media in Tehran stated that Iranian officials had arrested football players who were attending a mixed-gender party that had been planned in the east of the capital. However, neither their identities nor the precise number of players arrested were given. "Several current and former players of one of Tehran's...

US to put United Nations focus on Iranian protest

29 Oct 2022

The Iranian protests that were triggered by the murder of a young woman in police custody will be the focus of the United Nations next week as the US looks for ways to promote credible, independent investigations into Iranian human rights violations. A note outlining the event, seen by Reuters,...

Iranian teen dies after protesting against wearing of Hijab

11 Oct 2022

Videos of a teen protesting in Tehran against the compulsion for women to wear a hijab, or headscarf, only hours before she died, have appeared online amid the country's fourth week of intense protests. The adolescent girl is shown in a video holding a burning headscarf while standing on a...