Iranian protester Mahmoud Mehrabi, who was arrested in March 2023 for his protests against the regime, was sentenced to death on Sunday by a court in Isfahan, his lawyer, Babak Farsani, reported on X. Mehrabi was charged with “corruption on earth,” a charge often used by the Khamenei regime to target activists and protesters. … Read more
Barcelona, Spain — French Iranian artist Marjane Satrapi, whose graphic novel “Persepolis” tells the story of a girl growing up in post-revolutionary Iran, was awarded Spain’s prestigious Princess of Asturias Prize for Communication and Humanity on Tuesday. The prize jury praised the 54-year-old as “one of the most prominent names in international comics, author of … Read more
A document was leaked from Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) detailing how Nika Shakarami, a 16-year-old girl who disappeared from a protest in 2022 before her body was found a few days later, was molested and killed by the regime’s security forces, BBC reported on Tuesday. Shakarami disappeared from an anti-regime protest in … Read more
Iran has begun intensifying its crackdown on hijab restrictions in several cities in the past week, with violent arrests reported across the country by opposition groups and human rights agencies. The intensified assault on women across Iran comes after the regime announced the “Nour Project.” The project, aimed at “dealing with anomalies,” has involved … Read more
“If I return to Iran then I would be arrested at the airport,” says Ebrahimi during an interview in Hong Kong at the Mira Hotel in Tsim Sha Tsui. Zahra Amir Ebrahimi in Shayda (2023), in which she plays the titular role. Ebrahimi was in Hong Kong this month as part of the 48th Hong … Read more
Iran “bears responsibility” for Mahsa Amini’s “unlawful death” in 2022 that ignited nationwide protests, a U.N. report said Friday. The pronouncement came from a report by the U.N. Fact-Finding Mission on Iran, which said that Tehran used “unnecessary and disproportionate use of lethal force” to repel protestors in the aftermath of the death. Amini was … Read more
An Iranian Baloch human rights activist is at risk of being deported from Sweden to Iran, Iranian human rights organizations warned this week. According to the Baloch human rights organization Haalvsh, the activist Asma MirBalochzahi, also known as Asma Baloch, grew up in Bam in the Kerman province of Iran. According to Haalvsh, MirBalochzahi … Read more
Shervin Hajipour, the Iranian singer whose song Baraye (“For”) became an anthem of the “Women, Life, Liberty” protests in 2022, was sentenced on Friday to three years and eight months in prison and ordered to write a song against the US. The singer was sentenced to eight months in prison for publishing “propaganda against … Read more
A study conducted by the Iranian Culture and Islamic Guidance Ministry that was leaked to Persian press abroad revealed that the majority of Iranians wish for a secular government, Iran international reported last week. The survey asked some 15,800 Iranians aged 18 and up. This study is the most recent in a series of … Read more
Safa Aaeli, the uncle of Mahsa Amini, was sentenced to five years and four months in prison, as well as several other penalties, for supporting protests against the regime that swept Iran after Amini was killed in September 2022, according to the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights. Aaeli was charged with plotting and conspiring … Read more
