Imprisoned Nobel Laureate in Iran Narges Mohammadi will face trial once again on May 19th, on the charge of “propaganda against the state.”

Mohammadi, who has been a steadfast advocate for basic human rights and peaceful dissent is already serving over 12 years in prison due to

The judge who recently sentenced dissident rapper Toomaj Salehi to death for his music has now issued a death sentence against Mahmoud Mehrabi, a social media page administrator.

This sentence should be immediately rescinded. Mehrabi's only 'crime' was posting content online.

A boy marks the birthday of his brother, Mohammad Ariyan Khoshgovar, at Mohammad's grave in Sanandaj, in Iran’s Kurdistan Province. Khoshgovar was just 17 when he went into a coma after being struck by Islamic Republic forces during a protest in November 2022. He died four months

Resisting by remembering, mothers of victims of the “Woman, Life, Freedom” uprising gathered at the graves of their loved ones in Pakdasht, Tehran Province.

Despite the threat of arrest, they engaged in public mourning, which state authorities view as an act of dissent.

#Iran

For the 16th day, 600 production unit workers refused to eat on the job at the Tabriz oil refinery in northwest Iran on May 16 to demand unpaid wages and benefits.

#Iran #WorkersRights
#پالایشگاه_تبریز

Grave concerns are mounting for a young woman imprisoned in Iran, who has been denied counsel since the onset of her initial imprisonment, repeatedly subjected to torture, and denied proper medical treatment.
iranhumanrights.org/2024/04/tortur…

Amid ongoing persecution of victims of state violence in Iran, Kamal Lotfi has been transferred to the Kamyaran Central Prison in Iran’s Kurdistan province to start a 2-year sentence for seeking justice for his son, slain street protester Reza Lotfi, 20, killed by Islamic

Arbitrarily detained since August 2023, Iranian Kurdish activist Varisheh Moradi went on a hunger strike on May 14th to protest being transferred from Evin Prison’s Women’s Ward to Ward 209, under the control of the Ministry of Intelligence.

Her cellmate, Kurdish activist

An appeal has been lodged with Iran’s Supreme Court to overturn the unjust death sentence against dissident rapper Toomaj Salehi, his lawyer Amir Raesian tweeted.

“A day after the death sentence was announced, Toomaj's phone calls and meetings were cut off because they were

In detention, agents beat توماج صالحی🌋, injected him with an unidentified substance, gave electric shocks to his feet; held a gun to his head & threatened to kill & bury him in a hole in the ground; stomped on his chest; smashed his leg between a car door & injured his eye.

The Islamic Republic of Iran must be held accountable for using executions to sow fear and crush dissent, say four Nobel Peace Laureates including former Iranian Judge Shirin Ebadi.

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#StopExecutionsInIran

Former imprisoned labor activist Esmail Gerami was summoned to Branch 3 of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Court in Tehran and charged with “illegal assembly” and “disturbing order” before being released on bail. His crime? Refusing to sign a pledge not to participate in protests.

The #deathpenalty is still implemented for ordinary crimes in 55 countries. This must end.

We urge all Govt's that use the death penalty to implement an official moratorium, a crucial step towards universal abolition & the defence of human dignity.

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Really happy to see U.S. Treasury's General License D-2 be codified into federal regulation today. This should give compliance teams at big tech companies more assurances to finally open up services such as Google Cloud Platform for hosting circumvention tools for Iran.

Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi remains behind bars with a death sentence looming over his head.

No artist should be given a death sentence for their art.

#FreeToomaj

Most outlets didn't publish this, but director Mohammad Rasoulof mentioned توماج صالحی🌋 in his statement:

“It is a grim reality, and even as I write these words, young rapper Toomaj Salehi languishes in prison under a death sentence.' #FreeToomaj
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Labor activist Mohammad Davari has been taken to Adelabad Prison in Shiraz, southern Iran, to begin a 4.5-year sentence on bogus charges, including “insulting” Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.
#محمد_داوری

“As long as I live, I will remember those days and I will not let you be forgotten, so that they may calm my wounded heart.”

A clip of 23-year-old Hananeh Kia’s engagement, just days before she was killed by Islamic Republic forces in Nowshahr, northern #Iran , amid anti-state

Following the heinous and politically motivated execution of Kurdish political prisoner #KhosrowBesharat in #Iran , grave concerns are rising that Kamran Sheikheh, the last remaining defendant in their case, could face imminent execution.

#کامران_شیخه #نه_به_اعدام