Mahsa Amini

'If you want to execute Mohammadi, dig two graves': Iranian labor activist sentenced to death

Sharifeh Mohammadi, who has been imprisoned since December 2023, has not been granted visits and phone calls by family members.

Iran top court overturns rapper Toomaj Salehi's death sentence, lawyer says

Salehi's songs supported protests sparked by the death in police custody of Mahsa Amini, a young Kurdish Iranian woman arrested for allegedly wearing an "improper" hijab.

By REUTERS
22/06/2024

'The West is next': Iranian activist visits Israel, takes on Iran threat, UN hypocrisy

Iranian human rights activist Lily Moo visited Israel, toured the site of the Nova festival massacre and issued a warning of what Iran would bring to the West.

Iranian protester Mahmoud Mehrabi sentenced to death by regime

Mahmoud Mehrabi is the latest in a series of activists arrested in connection with the 2022 protests who have been sentenced to death.

07/05/2024

Leaked document details how Iranian protester was molested, killed - report

Nika Shakarami disappeared at a protest in Tehran in September 2022 before her body was found a few days later.

Sexual assault and brutal beatings: Iran renews violent hijab crackdown

Videos from Iran showed women struggling as "Morality Police" officers tried to shove them into vans in widespread arrests.

17/04/2024

Mahsa Amini's death in Iran custody was 'unlawful', says UN mission

United Nations fact-finding mission finds that the death of Iranian national Mahasa Amini in 2022 was caused by violence, systematic violence against women is still occurring throughout the country.

By REUTERS
18/03/2024

Iranian Baloch human rights activist at risk of deportation from Sweden - report

The activist and her family were repeatedly threatened by the regime during the protests that swept Iran in 2022.

07/03/2024

Iranian singer who wrote anthem of Mahsa Amini protests sentenced to 3 years in prison

Last year, Shervin Hajipour won the Special Merit Award for Best Song For Social Change for his song Baraye at the GRAMMYs. 

03/03/2024

Majority of Iranians want secular government, leaked study shows

Numbers show that 73% of Iranians want a separation between state and religion. 

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