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constitutes a crime against humanity." The Iranian government has never "provided any information" on the executions because it has never acknowledged their existence. However, there is indication that government believed the prisoners were being tried according to Islamic law before being executed. According to reports of prisoners who escaped execution, the prisoners were all given a quick legal proceeding – however brief and unfair – with Mojahideen found guilty condemned as moharebs (those who war against God) and leftists as mortads (apostates from Islam). One complaint made against the mass killings was that almost all the prisoners executed had been arrested for relatively minor offenses, since those with serious charges had already been executed. The 1988 killings resembled the 'disappearances' of prisoners in 20th-century Latin America.

3027:, amputation is a punishment for thieves. Article 201 of the Islamic Penal Code, the sentence for a first time robbery is the amputation of four fingers of the thief's right hand; for a second conviction, it's the thief's left foot, (and for the third time, the defendant is sentenced to life in prison). Advocates have noted that it is "difficult, if not impossible ... to walk, even with a cane or crutches" when an offender has lost their right hand and left foot. This was the fate, for example, of five convicted robbers in the Sistan-Baluchistan Province in January 2008 according to the news agency ISNA. Amputation is widespread enough in the IRI to have been used on at least 129 offenders from 2000 to 2020 (according to the Abdorrahman Boroumand Center). On 3 December 2020, 5750: 2853:, "Islamic criminal law became the basis for definition of crimes and their classification" in the IRI. Sharia law as interpreted in the Islamic Republic, calls for inequality of rights between genders, religions, sexual orientation, as well as for other internationally criticized practices such as stoning as a method of execution. In 1984, Iran's representative to the United Nations, Sai Rajaie-Khorassani, declared the Universal Declaration of Human Rights to be representing a "secular understanding of the Judeo-Christian tradition", which could not be implemented by Muslims and did not "accord with the system of values recognized by the Islamic Republic of Iran" which would "therefore not hesitate to violate its provisions." 4368: 4976: 4988: 4576:. An estimated 25,000 Jews remain in the country, although approximately 75% of Iran's Jewish population has emigrated during and since the Islamic revolution of 1979 and Iran-Iraq war In the early days after the Islamic revolution in 1979, several Jews were executed on charges of Zionism and relations with Israel. Jews in Iran have constitutional rights equal to other Iranians, although they may not hold government jobs or become army officers. They have freedom to follow their religion, but are not granted the freedom to proselytize. Despite their small numbers, Jews are allotted one representative in parliament. 3436:, Iran, according to human rights groups, is the world's largest executioner of juvenile offenders. As of May 2009, there were at least 137 known juvenile offenders awaiting execution in Iran, but the total number could be much higher as many death penalty cases in Iran are believed to go unreported. Of the 43 child offenders recorded as having been executed since 1990, 11 were still under the age of 18 at the time of their execution while the others were either kept on death row until they had reached 18 or were convicted and sentenced after reaching that age, including at least one 13-year-old and 14-year-old. 4436:. Sex changes have been legal since the late Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, spiritual leader of the 1979 Islamic revolution, issued a fatwa authorising them nearly 25 years ago. Whereas homosexuality is considered a sin, transsexuality is categorised as an illness subject to cure. While the government seeks to keep its approval quiet, state support has increased since Ahmadinejad took office in 2005. His government has begun providing grants of £2,250 for operations and further funding for hormone therapy. It is also proposing loans of up to £2,750 to allow those undergoing surgery to start their own businesses. 4967:. UNHCR found several positive aspects in the conduct of the Islamic republic with regards to ethnic minorities, positively citing its agreement to absorb Afghan refugees and participation from mixed ethnicities. However, the committee while acknowledging that teaching of minority languages and literature in schools is permitted, requested that Iran include more information in its next periodic report concerning the measures it has adopted to enable persons belonging to minorities to have adequate opportunities to learn their mother tongue and to have it used as a medium of instruction. 3552:

praise of the Islamic Revolution and denunciation or recantation of their former beliefs, former organization, former co-members, i.e. their life. These recantations served as powerful propaganda for both the Iranian public at large – who by the 1980s almost all had access to television and could watch prime time programs devoted to the taped confessions – and the recanters' former colleagues, for whom the denunciations were demoralizing and confusing. From the moment they arrived in prison, through their interrogation prisoners were asked if they were willing to give an "interview." (

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bill establishing special courts for children and adolescents. However, it has not yet been approved by the Council of Guardians, which supervises Iran's legislation to ensure conformity with Islamic principles. During the past four years, the Iranian authorities have reportedly been considering legislation to ban the death penalty for child offenders. Recent comments by a judiciary spokesperson indicates that the proposed law would only prohibit the death penalty for certain crimes, and not all crimes committed by children.

1502: 19356: 3593:", is a study of 50 Iranian torture cases and provides an alarming insight into the brutality of the Iranian authorities in the years since the 2009 elections. The report found that torture was used by state officials as a method of repression, in order to obtain information and that a variety of torture methods were used in a highly systematic way. In one case a woman was raped twice during interrogations and some reported being forced to sign 'confessions' of their involvement in anti-regime activities. 3563:(Discretionary Punishment Law) of the Islamic Republic. Abrahamian argues statutes forbidding 'lying to the authorities' and ability of clerics to be both interrogators and judges, applying an "indefinite series of 74 lashings until they obtain 'honest answers'" without the delay of a trial, make this a legal form of torture. Another scholar, Christoph Werner, claims he could find no Ta'zir law mentioning lying to authorities but did find one specifically banning torture in order to obtain confessions. 2818:) that supervise and subordinate the elected president and legislature/majlis (articles 107–112). And its clauses declaring the rights of women, of expression, of communication and association, of the press – are followed by modifiers such as "within the limits of the law", "within the precepts of Islam", "unless they attack the principles of Islam", "unless the Law states otherwise", "as long as it does not interfere with the precepts of Islam." — what one scholar calls "ominous 1658: 1931: 1307: 4186:. Months-long arbitrary detentions of "peaceful activists, journalists, students, and human rights defenders" and often charged with "acting against national security," intensified. the United Nations General Assembly expressed "deep concern" for Iran's human rights record in December 2008 Following the protests over the June 2009 presidential elections, dozens were killed, hundreds arrested – including dozens of opposition leaders – several journalists arrested or beaten. 3270:, financial compensation paid to the victim or heirs of a victim in the cases of murder, bodily harm or property damage) varies based on the gender and religion of the victim (Muslims and men being worth more). The International Religious Freedom Report reports that in 2004 the IRI parliament and Guardian Council reformed the law to equalized diyeh between Muslim, Christian, Jewish, and Zoroastrian men—but not Baháʼí men, since according to law their blood is considered 2243: 1697: 19394: 5993: 19382: 742: 1853: 15821: 2907: 1892: 2321: 1775: 1541: 15831: 3070:. According to Amnesty International, flogging "amounts" to torture. In the IRI it serves as punishment for a variety of crimes in the IRI—theft, assault, but also "participating in peaceful protests, engaging in extramarital relationships, attending mixed-gender parties and drinking alcohol". At least 2,134 people, (including 17 under the age of 18), were flogged between 2000 and 2020 in the IRI (according to the Abdorrahman Boroumand Center). 2510: 2087: 2547: 2360: 2165: 2048: 2436: 2282: 1970: 1619: 1073: 1034: 2126: 1580: 42: 2473: 2009: 1424: 5979: 1229: 730: 1814: 1385: 1190: 2204: 1268: 881:, there were reports of torture, rape, and even murder committed against protesters, as well as the arrest and publicized mass trials of dozens of prominent opposition figures in which defendants "read confessions that bore every sign of being coerced." The United Nations human rights office stated in October 2012 that Iranian authorities had engaged in a "severe clampdown" on journalists and human rights advocates. 1151: 3478:, what might appear to be "extra-legal" killings in Iran are actually not outside the penal code of the Islamic Republic since the code "authorises a citizen to assassinate another if he is judged to be 'impious'". Some widely condemned punishments issued by the Islamic Republic, though seemingly in violation of the constitution and not publicly acknowledged by the government — the torture of prisoners and the 2399: 1346: 1112: 4114:, who was awarded the 2012 Sakharov Prize by the European Parliament and has been calledd "one of the most important human rights lawyers in the Middle East", was sentenced to eleven years in 2009, later reduced to six. In June 2018, she was arrested and told she had been sentenced to five years in prison, but not "when this prosecution took place, under what charges, and based on what evidence". In 2019, 3447:, the unelected body that examines legislation for "compatibility ... with the criteria of Islam and the Constitution", and vetoes parliamentary bills it finds deficient. In a September 2008 interview President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was asked about the execution of minors and replied that "the legal age in Iran is different from yours. It’s not eighteen ... it’s different in different countries." 4110:, who won the Nuremberg International Human Rights Award, in 2009, served time in prion in 2005 and 2009 and was sentenced to 18-year prison sentence in 2012 "for talking to the press about his clients’ cases and co-founding the Defenders of Human Rights Center." Hadi Esmaeilzadeh, died in prison, in 2014, during a second stint in jail, also for membership in Center for Human Rights in Iran. 5761:, a 16-year-old Iranian girl, fell into a coma after an alleged altercation with morality police regarding her hijab. She is now declared "brain dead." Her case draws comparisons to Mahsa Amini, who died in custody in 2022 after a hijab-related arrest. Protests have erupted, and two journalists, Niloufar Hamedi and Elaheh Mohammadi, received prison sentences for reporting on Amini's death. 5011:." The video was declared an "obscene video clip that offended the public morals and was released in cyberspace," by Tehran's police chief Hossein Sajedinia, and "vulgar" by state media. Authorities forced the young people to repent on state TV, but later released them, possibly because of public opposition to the arrests. As of 21 May 2014 the director of the video is still in custody. 4106:. As of 2018, several prominent human rights lawyers were imprisoned. Attorney Mohammad Najafi faced "national-security charges—and potentially years in prison"—for publicly accusing the IRI government of "covered up the true cause of the jailhouse death of his client, a young protester involved in the recent economic demonstrations, according to the Center for Human Rights in Iran. 3869:

investigation into these events is carried out." International civil society and NGOs urged the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to establish a fact -finding mission to investigate the months-long 1988 massacre during which Iran's government executed an estimated 30,000 political prisoners, mostly activists of the People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI / MEK).

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rights for its citizens—equal rights for women (article 20), and protection of their rights (article 21); freedom of expression (article 23); freedom of press and communication (article 24), freedom of association (article 27); freedom for religious minorities (provided they are Zoroastrian, Jewish, or Christian) "to perform their religious rites and ceremonies."

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leaders—Báb and Baháʼu'lláh—were additional messengers that have appeared after Muhammad. Muslims, on the other hand, assert the finality of Muhammad's revelation. So while Baháʼís describe themselves as members of an independent religion, Iranian law considers them to be claiming to be Muslims while violating a key precept of the religion, and thus heretics.

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violate the principles of independence, freedom, national unity, the criteria of Islam, or the basis of the Islamic Republic". Article 27 grants "Freedom of Assembly": "Public gatherings and marches may be freely held, provided arms are not carried", but limits it again to gatherings "that they are not detrimental to the fundamental principles of Islam".

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Iranian Internet of all independent information concerning the political opposition, the women’s movement and human rights". Where the government cannot legally stop sites it uses advanced blocking software to prevent access to them. Many major sites have been blocked entirely such as Google, YouTube Amazon.com, Knowledge, IMDb, Voice of America, BBC.

3651:, and other political prisoners, as Iran introduced a system of temporary releases to reduce the population in severely overcrowded prisons in February 2020. According to UN rights High Commissioner Bachelet, states are responsible for the well-being of all individuals under their care including human rights activists, lawyers and political prisoners. 18453: 2629:. The UNCHR did not pass such a resolution in 2002, when the government of Iran extended an invitation to the UN "Working Group on Arbitrary Detention and the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression" to visit the country and investigate complaints. However, according to the organization 13953:"Lashing people sentenced to various charges such as those caught drinking alcohol is common in Iran but political activists are usually lashed for ambiguous charges such as desecrating Islam or prophets," said an Iranian journalist based in Tehran who asked not to be named. "Lashing Aref for insulting Ahmadinejad is shocking and unprecedented." 5776:

universities, including English literature, English translation, hotel management, archaeology, nuclear physics, computer science, electrical engineering, industrial engineering, and business management. Shirin Ebadi, an Iranian Nobel laureate and human rights lawyer exiled in the United Kingdom, wrote to United Nations Secretary General

3886:, a Canadian-Iranian photojournalist, died while in custody in Tehran's Evin prison. "Iranian authorities arrested her as she was photographing Evin prison. A few days later, Kazemi fell into a coma and died." Doctors examining her body determined that she died from a fractured skull and had been beaten, tortured, and raped. 3471:, these groups set up arbitrary checkpoints around Tehran, uniformed police often refraining from directly confronting these plainclothes agents. "Illegal prisons, which are outside of the oversight of the National Prisons Office, are sites where political prisoners are abused, intimidated, and tortured with impunity." 4127:, journalists and human rights defenders, including the staff of Human Rights Watch, have faced online harassment by Iran-funded troll armies that try to distract people from the human rights abuses committed by the government. Female activists are often subjected to sexist harassment and threats of violence in Iran. 4542:

government jobs, and several hundred have received prison sentences for their religious beliefs, most recently for participating in study circles. Baháʼí cemeteries have been desecrated and property seized and occasionally demolished, including the House of Mírzá Buzurg, Bahá'u'lláh's father. The House of the Báb in

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one of the lawyers of the case, Payam Dorfeshan. At least 16 environmental activists were arrested in April 2018 in Marivan, west of Iran. It has been more than three weeks that the residents of a tourist area called Samaghan Valley in Marivan, have staged a protest gathering against burying the city's waste.

3467:) in the Islamic Republic, "the quasi-official organs of repression that have become increasingly open in crushing student protests, detaining activists, writers, and journalists in secret prisons, and threatening pro-democracy speakers and audiences at public events." Under the control of the Office of the 5184:(CHRI), nine human rights attorneys in Iran were arrested or disbarred in last two years. They were charged with national security-related crimes or banned from practicing law. The CHRI has been maintaining an updated list of lawyers known to have been imprisoned in Iran for their work defending the law. 5508:

In the past few years several people have died in custody in the Islamic Republic, raising fears that "prisoners in the country are being denied medical treatment, possibly as an extra punishment." Two prisoners who died, allegedly after having "committed suicide" while in jail in northwestern Iran –

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issued a warning to "American scientists and academics" against traveling to Iran without 'clear assurances' that their personal safety 'will be guaranteed and that they will be treated with dignity and respect', after Glenn Schweitzer, who has coordinated the academies' programs in Iran for the past

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must be from the "official religion of the country" i.e. Twelver Ja’afari Shiism Non-Muslims are not allowed to serve in representative bodies—aside from the five reserved parliamentary seats—and "cannot hold senior government or military positions, and face restrictions in employment, education, and

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The 1985 press law prohibits "discourse harmful to the principles of Islam" and "public interest", as referred to in Article 24 of the constitution ("Publications and the press have freedom of expression except when it is detrimental to the fundamental principles of Islam or the rights of the public.

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In a 2007 speech to the United Nations, Ahmadinejad commented on human rights only to say "certain powers" (unnamed) were guilty of violating it, "setting up secret prisons, abducting persons, trials and secret punishments without any regard to due process, .... " Islamic Republic officials have also

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Officials of the Islamic Republic have responded to criticism by stating that Iran has "the best human rights record" in the Muslim world; that it is not obliged to follow "the West's interpretation" of human rights; and that the Islamic Republic is a victim of "biased propaganda of enemies" which is

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Iranian constitution Article 13 "Zoroastrian, Jewish, and Christian Iranians are the only recognized religious minorities, who, within the limits of the law, are free to perform their religious rites and ceremonies, and to act according to their own canon in matters of personal affairs and religious

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In Spring 2007, Iranian police launched a crackdown against women accused of not covering up enough, arresting hundreds of women, some for wearing too tight an overcoat or letting too much hair showing from their headscarves. The campaign in the streets of major cities is the toughest such crackdown

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submitted an interim report on Iran's human rights situation. The UN has expressed concern over excessive force against dissidents and protests, including arbitrary executions, as well as arbitrary deprivation of life in detention. It also condemned Iran's execution of child offenders. Guterres also

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The Islamic Republic has often stated that arrested Baháʼís are being detained for "security issues" and are members of "an organized establishment linked to foreigners, the Zionists in particular." Bani Dugal, the principal representative of the Baháʼí International Community to the United Nations,

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or 1998 Serial Murders of Iran. of Iranians who had been critical of the Islamic Republic system in some way. Altogether more than 80 writers, translators, poets, political activists, and ordinary citizens are thought to have been killed over the course of several years. The deputy security official

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whipping, sometimes of the back but most often of the feet with the body tied on an iron bed; the qapani; deprivation of sleep; suspension from ceiling and high walls; twisting of forearms until they broke; crushing of hands and fingers between metal presses; insertion of sharp instruments under the

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complained that "broadly worded 'security laws'" in Iran are used "to arbitrarily suppress and punish individuals for peaceful political expression, association, and assembly, in breach of international human rights treaties to which Iran is party." For example, "connections to foreign institutions,

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Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and other government officials have compared Iran's human rights record favorably to other countries, particularly countries that have criticized Iran's record. In a 2008 speech, he replied to a question about human rights by stating that Iran has fewer prisoners

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In January 2005, the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, which monitors states' compliance with the CRC, urged Iran to immediately stay all executions of child offenders and to abolish the use of the death penalty in such cases. In the summer of 2006, the Iranian Parliament reportedly passed a

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and many of his followers were arrested in Tehran on 8 October 2006. As of 2015 Boroujerdi is in the ninth year of an 11-year prison sentence and despite "multiple health complications, including heart and respiratory problems and kidney stone complications and vision loss from cataracts", is being

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one of the 12 or 13 countries it designated "Enemies of the Internet" for stepped up efforts to censor the Internet and jail dissidents. It is also ranked worst in "Freedom on the Net 2013 Global Scores". Reporters Without Borders also believes that it is the Iranian "government’s desire to rid the

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had imprisoned 50 journalists in 2007 and had all but eliminated press freedom. RWB has dubbed Iran the "Middle East's biggest prison for journalists." 85 newspapers, including 41 dailies, were shut down from 2000 to the end of 2002 following the passing of the "April 2000 press law." In 2003, that

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World Press Freedom Index for 2020, Iran ranked 173th out of 179 nations. "Iran has been one of the world’s most repressive countries for journalists for the past 40 years. State control of news and information is unrelenting and at least 860 journalists and citizen-journalists have been imprisoned

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was arrested in April 2016 and was denied a fair trial or medical assistance in prison. Despite her sentence being completed in March 2021, she hasn't been set free and is now facing a new trial. Similarly, French-Iranian researcher Fariba Adelkhah was arrested in June 2019 and was denied access to

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The environmental activists were arrested by the intelligence agents on 11 March 2018. The state-run ISNA news agency reported on 21 May 2018 that security forces in south of the country have arrested 20 environmental activists, bringing the total number of environmental activists in jail to 75, as

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was sentenced for 30 years in prison, and punished with 111 lashes for forming a news channel for attorneys on a messaging app. In May 2020, A human rights lawyer, Payam Derafshan, was sentenced to two years imprisonment and suspended from practicing law for a period of two additional years. Human

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Abrahamian also argues that a strong incentive for authorities to produce a confession by a defendant (and thus a strong incentive to pressure the defendant to confess) is the Islamic Republic's allowing of a defendant's confession plus judges "reasoning" to constitute sufficient proof of guilt. He

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the 'coffin', and compulsory watching of – and even participation in – executions. Some were placed in small cubicles, blindfolded and in absolute silence, for 17-hour stretches with two 15-minute breaks for eating and going to the toilet. These stints could last months – until the prisoner agreed

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statutes that grant different punishments to Muslims and non-Muslims for the same crime. In the case of adultery, for example, a Muslim man who is convicted of committing adultery with a Muslim woman receives 100 lashes; the sentence for a non-Muslim man convicted of adultery with a Muslim woman is

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or Talion Law). Intentional bodily injury or homicide "resulting in amputation of body organs, infliction of wounds and blinding is entitled to seek retaliation, and death penalty could be imposed by way of retaliation for intentional homicide upon the request of the heirs of the victim – with the

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urging functionaries to reject "the Western notion of human rights." According to Afshari, officials place emphasis on "human" rather than on rights, with the aim of obtaining a "true" human being ("mindful of God's presence and fearful of divine injunctions") before their rights can be considered.

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accused Iranian authorities of committing widespread human rights violations, during the 2019 protests. The nationwide protests were sparked by soaring fuel prices. In response to protests, the government reportedly caused hundreds of deaths with deliberate use of lethal force, in addition to 7,000

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Iran is a party to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) and the convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC). Article 6.5 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) declares: "Sentence of death shall not be imposed for crimes committed by persons

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Company, were arrested by the Iranian security forces. They were held for Three months in Section 2A (solitary confinement) of the Evin prison. Finally on 22 December 2015 at Branch 28 court of the Tehran they were sentenced to six years in prison for "insulting the sacred" and "propaganda against

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Political satirist Kiumars Marzban was sentenced to 23 years in prison for "cooperating with an enemy state" and insulting Iranian authorities in 2019. Marzban is part of an intensified state crackdown in Iran that has resulted in harsh prison sentences for journalists, human rights lawyers, women

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hundreds were arrested and some "reportedly killed by the security forces, although official sources downplayed the scale of arrests and killings. Further arrests occurred, many around events and dates significant to the Azerbaijani community such as the Babek Castle gathering in Kalayber in June,

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Foreign nationals were arrested in Iran on numerous occasions and sentenced in show trials in order to subsequently use these hostages as political leverage against foreign countries. The detainees' confessions and interrogations were carried out, according to those released later (e.g. as part of

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also criticized Cohen's articles. Dr. Eran Lerman, director of the group's Middle East directory, argued that "Cohen’s need to argue away an unpleasant reality thus gives rise to systematic denial". Cohen responded on 2 March, defending his observations and further elaborating that "Iran’s Islamic

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Dozens were reportedly killed and thousands arrested following the June 2009 elections. Human rights workers and international observers put the estimated dead at well over 100. Reports of abuse of detainees include "detainees being beaten to death by guards in overcrowded, stinking holding pens."

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Defending human rights activists has been called "one of the riskiest jobs in Iran", and harassment and imprisonment of human rights lawyers is an effective way of intimidating dissidents. As of June 2020, nine human rights attorneys have been arrested in Iran since 2018, and at least five of them

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women imprisoned for engaging in political protest has been effective in keeping female college students "less outspoken and less likely to take part" in political demonstrations. The journal quotes an Iranian college student as saying, "most of the girls arrested are raped in jail. Families can't

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According to Abrahamian, torture became commonly used in the Islamic Republic because of its effectiveness in inducing political prisoners to make public confessions. Recorded and edited on videotape, the standard statements by prisoners included not only confessions to subversion and treason, but

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If a man dies without offspring, his estate is inherited by his parents. If both the parents are alive, the mother receives 1/3 and the father 2/3 of the inheritance, unless the mother has a hijab (relative who reduces her part, such as brothers and sisters of the deceased (article 886)), in which

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had been executed between 1971 and 1979, more than 7900 were executed between 1981 and 1985. ... the prison system was centralized and drastically expanded ... Prison life was drastically worse under the Islamic Republic than under the Pahlavis. One who survived both writes that four months under

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Peyman Aref has been lashed 74 times for insulting President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. In a letter to the president during his 2009 election campaign, Aref attacked Ahmadinejad for his crackdown on students who had been politically active at university and barred from continuing with their studies.

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All these categories are problematic in the eyes of human rights groups, and the tension between Sharia supporters and international and domestic pressure is reflected in the 17 January 2019 statement by Iran's Attorney-General, Mohammed Jafar Montazeri: "Unfortunately, so as not be condemned of

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The constitution has been called a "hybrid" of "theocratic and democratic elements". Like many democratic constitutions, it has articles mandating a president and legislature, and regular popular elections to fill their seats (article 6). Also like most modern secular constitutions, it calls for

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While authorities released at least a dozen rights activists and political opposition figures following the president's inauguration, scores of others jailed for their affiliation with banned opposition parties, labor unions, and student groups remain in prison. The judiciary continued to target

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As of 2006, the Iranian government has been attempting to depoliticize Iran's student body or make it supportive of the government by stopping students that hold contrary political views from attending higher education, despite the acceptance of those students by their universities. According to

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Sunnis have complained of lack of Sunnis (who make up around 9% of Iran's population) in the judiciary, heading provincial departments in Sunni-majority regions, in the Supreme Cultural Revolution Council or the Expediency Council. In 2013 Sunni Muslims complained of plainclothes security forces

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stated that "families of the victims have the right to a remedy, which includes the right to an effective investigation of the facts and public disclosure of the truth; and the right to reparation. The Special Rapporteur therefore calls on the Government to ensure that a thorough and independent

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Article 26 of the IRI constitution allows "the formation of parties, societies, political or professional associations, as well as religious societies ... No one may be prevented from participating in ... or be compelled to participate in them;" but it limits this freedom: "provided they do not

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in 1996 numerous moves were made to modify the Iranian civil and penal codes in order to improve the human rights situation. The predominantly reformist parliament drafted several bills allowing increased freedom of speech, gender equality, and the banning of torture. These were all dismissed or

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Due to these actions, the Special Rapporteur of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights stated on 20 March 2006 that she "also expresses concern that the information gained as a result of such monitoring will be used as a basis for the increased persecution of, and discrimination against,

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Islamic law against apostasy—including "heretics"—is thought to be involved in the persecution of the Baháʼí, because Iranian law recognizes all those who accept the existence of God and the prophethood of Muhammad as Muslims. Baháʼís accept both of these precepts, but also maintain their early

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voted to adopt a resolution condemning the Islamic government's disregard of the human rights of its citizens. Later that year, Iran's government announced it would suspend dialogue with the European Union concerning human rights in Iran. On 9 February 2010, the European Union and United States

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In late 2007, Iranian authorities hanged Makwan Mouludzadeh in Kermanshah prison for crimes he is alleged to have committed when he was 13 years of age. According to Human Rights Watch, this was despite the fact that his accusers had recanted their statements and Mouladzadeh had repudiated his

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In May 2020, Iranian authorities sentenced French-Iranian academic Fariba Adelkhah to a maximum prison sentence of six years for "breaching national security and spreading propaganda against the country." The French foreign ministry said Adelkhah's arrest is "unacceptable and called on Iran to

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Also subject to Islamic "government suspicion and hostility" according to Human Rights Watch, is the small Protestant Christian minority in Iran, at least in part because of their "readiness to accept and even seek out Muslim converts" as well as their Western origins. In the 1990s, two Muslim

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Article 23 of the constitution states, "the investigation of individuals' beliefs is forbidden, and no one may be molested or taken to task simply for holding a certain belief." But another article, 167, gives judges the discretion "to deliver his judgment on the basis of authoritative Islamic

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was seized by Iranian authorities, and Payami smuggled a digital copy out of Iran which was subsequently screened in several film festivals. According to experts, the "largest crackdown on Iran’s cinema industry in recent years" took place in May 2022. This included the raiding and arrests of

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have been killed since the Islamic Revolution, with many more imprisoned, expelled from schools and workplaces, denied various benefits or denied registration for their marriages. Iranian Baháʼís have also regularly had their homes ransacked or been banned from attending university or holding

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held in Iranian jails in the summer of 1988. According to Human Rights Watch the majority of prisoners had had unfair trials by the revolutionary courts, and in any case had not been sentenced to death. The "deliberate and systematic manner in which these extrajudicial executions took place

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in 1988, and the widespread use of torture to extract repudiations by prisoners of their cause and comrades on video for propaganda purposes. Also condemned has been firebombings of newspaper offices and attacks on political protesters by "quasi-official organs of repression," particularly

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In August 2012, following years in which Iranian women students have outperformed Iranian male students, 36 universities announced that 77 BA and BSc courses would be "single gender" and not co-ed. Under this policy, undergraduate women are excluded from a wide variety of studies in those

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Perhaps I have a bias toward facts over words, but I say the reality of Iranian civility toward Jews tells us more about Iran – its sophistication and culture – than all the inflammatory rhetoric. That may be because I'm a Jew and have seldom been treated with such consistent warmth as in

4039:(CRC), which states that " sentence of death shall not be imposed for crimes committed by persons below eighteen years of age," Iran continues to execute minors for various offenses: At least four individuals were executed in Iran in 2017 for offenses committed before the age of eighteen. 5706:

According to Amnesty International's 2007 report, "Ethnic and religious minorities" in the Islamic Republic "remained subject to discriminatory laws and practices which continued to be a source of social and political unrest". International organizations and the United Nations petitioned

944:. In the prison literature of the Pahlavi era, the recurring words had been 'boredom' and 'monotony'. In that of the Islamic Republic, they were 'fear', 'death', 'terror', 'horror', and most frequent of all 'nightmare' ('kabos')." According to estimates provided by the military historian 5644:. They have not been charged, and they seem to be prisoners of conscience. The Iran Human Rights Documentation Center has stated that they are concerned for the safety of the Baháʼís, and that the recent events are similar to the disappearance of 25 Baháʼí leaders in the early 1980s. 5014:

In May 2020 two parkour athletes were arrested after an image of them kissing was shared online. According to Tasnim News Agency, officers said "These people were arrested by the police with the judiciary officials' command, because what they did was a sample of 'advocating vice'."

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people were classified by the Judiciary as being homosexual and were thus subject to the same laws. However, in the mid-1980s the Judiciary began changing this policy and classifying transgender individuals as a distinct group, separate from homosexuals, granting them legal rights.

3060:. Stoning is the form of execution for only one crime in Iran - adultery. From 1980 to 2009 150 people were reportedly stoned to death in Iran, but in 2002, authorities placed a moratorium on this form of execution. As of 2018, women were still being sentenced to stoning in Iran. 5784:

over the move, saying that Iran's true agenda was to lower the proportion of female students from 65% to below 50%, which would weaken Iran's feminist movement in its campaign against discriminatory Islamic laws. Some Iranian parliamentarians have also criticized the new policy.

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or discretionary punishment, and comprises any act considered sinful or forbidden under Islamic law, that was not included in the other three categories. The "vast majority" of offences in the Iranian judiciary system "are related to Ta’zirat crimes." In Iran, at least the early

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below eighteen years of age" and the article 37(a) of the convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) provides that: "Neither capital punishment nor life imprisonment without possibility of release shall be imposed for offenses committed by persons below eighteen years of age".

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The Internet has grown faster in Iran than any other Middle Eastern country (aside from Israel) since 2000 but the government has censored dozens of websites it considers "non-Islamic" and harassed and imprisoned online journalists. In 2006 and again in 2010, the activist group

3807:, "Farshid Hakki was reportedly stabbed to death near his house in Tehran and his body then burned. Shortly after the news of his death broke out on social media, on 22 October, Tehran’s police authorities claimed that he had committed suicide by self-immolation. Not unlike its 5424:" campaign or "Campaign for Equality" – an attempt to collect one million signatures "for a petition to push for an end to discrimination against women." According to AI, "Dozens of women have been arrested," suffered harassment, intimidation and imprisonment. One campaigner, 3043:

to the prison to amputate the fingers of six convicts. Other criticism of the punishment are that the victims "can no longer easily button their clothes or do their daily jobs", and if they stole because of poverty loss of a functioning hand increases their financial need.

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confession as being coerced by the police, and despite the fact that the head of Iran's judiciary, Ayatollah Shahrudi, had ordered a unit of the Judiciary to investigate the case and refer it back to the Penal Court of Kermanshah, before any final decision on an execution.

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fingernails; cigarette burns; submersion under water; standing in one place for hours on end; mock executions; and physical threats against family members. Of these, the most prevalent was the whipping of soles, obviously because it was explicitly sanctioned by the sharia.

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According to a 2011 report by the UN special rapporteur on human rights in Iran, human rights abuses in the Islamic Republic appeared to be increasing, and hundreds of prisoners were secretly executed. Iran's deputy ambassador to the United Nations condemned the report.

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Unequal value for women's testimony compared to that of a man, and traditional attitudes towards women's behavior and clothing as a way of explaining rape have made conviction for rape of women difficult if not impossible in Iran. One widely criticized case was that of

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Like other Islamists, Ayatollah Khomeini believed it was essential that Muslims (and eventually everyone) be governed by Islamic law/Sharia. but the uniqueness of his message came in first calling for Sharia/Islamic government to be run by the leading Islamic jurist or

2763:, saying "we have no political prisoners in Iran" because Iranian law does not mention such offenses, ... "The world may consider certain cases, by their nature, political crimes, but because we do not have a law in this regard, these are considered ordinary offenses." 2633:, "when these officials did visit the country, found human rights conditions wanting and issued reports critical of the Islamic government, not only did the government not implement their recommendations", it retaliated "against witnesses who testified to the experts." 4352:

and gunfire. as of 29 November 2022 at least 448 people, including 60 minors, had been killed as a result of the government's intervention in the protests; an estimated 18,170 have been arrested throughout 134 cities and towns, and at 132 universities.

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in June 1981, at least 906 government opponents were executed. From June 1981 to June 1985, at least 8,000 were executed. Critics complained of brief trials lacking defense attorneys, juries, transparency or opportunity for the accused to defend themselves. In 1988,

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has also criticized the Islamic Republic's human rights record, expressing concern in 2005, 2007 and on 6 October 2008 presenting a message to Iran's ambassador in Paris expressing concern over the worsening human rights situation in Iran. On 13 October 2005, the

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In 2003 the resolutions began again with Canada sponsoring a resolution criticizing Iran's "confirmed instances of torture, stoning as a method of execution and punishment such as flogging and amputations," following the death of an Iranian-born Canadian citizen,

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In the 1990s there were a number of unsolved murders and disappearances of intellectuals and political activists who had been critical of the Islamic Republic system in some way. In 1998 these complaints came to a head with the killing of three dissident writers

3136:), 2/3s of the estate goes to the heirs which have relationship on the side of the father; and in dividing up this portion the males take twice the portion of the females; however, the 1/3 going to the heirs on the mother's side is divided equally. (Article 924) 3723:

was arrested for the killings and later committed suicide, many believe higher level officials were responsible for the killings. According to Iranterror.com, "it was widely assumed that was murdered in order to prevent the leak of sensitive information about

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Iranian model Bahareh Zare Bahari was stranded for several weeks at Manila's international airport in 2019 after Iran sought her through an Interpol red notice. Bahari criticised the Iran regime, leading to fears that she would be executed if returned to Iran.

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According to a report by the Center for Human Rights in Iran, "the Iranian judiciary's continuing prosecution of independent lawyers under manufactured charges, where nine human rights attorneys in Iran have been arrested or disbarred in the past two years."

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to the interview. Few avoided the interview and also remained sane. Others were forced to join firing squads and remove dead bodies. When they returned to their cells with blood dripping from their hands, Their roommates surmised what had transpired. ...."

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symptoms. She was unjustly jailed in inhumane conditions in May 2015 for her peaceful human rights work. The Iranian authorities risked her health and life by denying her medical care, as she already suffered from serious pre-existing health conditions.

3076:. Under Sharia policy of qisas (retribution), at least one case of punishment by blinding has occurred in Iran, when a man had his eye gouged out following his conviction for throwing acid in a woman's face. The punishment has been attacked as barbaric. 3505:

for the purpose of extracting confession or acquiring information" and the "compulsion of individuals to testify, confess, or take an oath." It also states that "any testimony, confession, or oath obtained under duress is devoid of value and credence."

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that Iran's Islamic government was "a branch of the absolute governance of the Prophet of God" and "among the primary ordinances of Islam," having "precedence over all secondary ordinances such as prayer, fasting, and pilgrimage." According to scholar

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for the government policies that went against Shia historical and his (Sadeq Rouhani's) fatwas. These include: permitting chess as halal and permissible music, which historical Shia fatwas and Rouhani's forbid but are allowed in modern-day Iran, and

5161:, disqualified all but eight of the more than 680 registered presidential candidates using vague criteria that enabled authorities to make sweeping and arbitrary exclusions. (Nonetheless, turnout was high and voters overwhelmingly elected moderate 4554:

replies that "the best proof" that Baháʼís are being persecuted for their faith, not for anti-Iranian activity "is the fact that, time and again, Baháʼís have been offered their freedom if they recant their Baháʼí beliefs and convert to Islam ..."

18978: 4533:, unjustified executions, confiscation and destruction of property owned by individuals and the Baháʼí community, denial of employment, denial of government benefits, denial of civil rights and liberties, and denial of access to higher education. 3735:, a Ministry of Intelligence operative-turned-journalist and reformer, is believed to be in retaliation for his help in uncovering the chain murders of Iran and his help to the Iranian reform movement in general. Hajjarian was shot in the head by 4432:. Currently, Iran has between 15,000 and 20,000 transsexuals, according to official statistics, although unofficial estimates put the figure at up to 150,000. Iran carries out more gender change operations than any country in the world besides 3450:

On 10 Feb 2012 Iran's parliament changed the controversial law of executing juveniles. "In the new law, the age of 18 (solar year) would be for both genders considered and juvenile offenders will be sentenced on a separate law than of adults."

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in Iran, was given a death sentence for "propaganda against the Islamic Republic System." (His sentence was later reduced to 15, and then ten years imprisonment.) A photograph of Batebi holding a bloody shirt aloft was printed on the cover of

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Iran has also been criticized for using stoning as capital punishment, though in 2005, an Iranian judiciary spokesman strongly denied the accusations of stoning and executing minors, describing them as "propaganda against the Iranian state".

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The Iranian human rights group, IHRG, says that at the beginning of February 2020, about 20 inmates in Rajai shahr prison are on death row. The human rights organization asserts Iran's authorities do not divulge the real number executions.

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explains the Islamic Republic's relative tolerance by claiming that if Iranian intelligence services "were to arrest anyone who speaks ill of the government in private, they simply couldn't build cells fast enough to hold their prisoners."

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The vast majority of killings of political prisoners occurred in the first decade of the Islamic Republic, after which violent repression lessened. With the rise of the Iranian reform movement and the election of moderate Iranian president

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members of the Baháʼí faith, in violation of international standards. … The Special Rapporteur is concerned that this latest development indicates that the situation with regard to religious minorities in Iran is, in fact, deteriorating."

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preventing them from gathering and praying in prayer sites (Sadeghiyeh Mosque in northwest Tehran, Saadatabad, in northern Tehran) on Eid, insisting they show "unity" and join Shia in prayer, "despite significant differences in ritual".

2778:, the Islamic Republic's stance about the universality of human rights is founded in its assertion that religion is "the supreme cultural principle". Thus, government ideologues question the universality of human rights, with Ayatollah 19264: 18488: 4681:. Iranian authorities viewed Montazeri's criticism as defending "'the liberals' – a code word for those who espoused Western ideas and criticism of the Islamic Republic." Montazeri later ceased being the designated successor to the 19062: 3304:, which the Islamic Republic claims are "an organized establishment linked to foreigners, the Zionists in particular," that threaten Iran. The International Federation for Human Rights and others believe the government's policy of 976:

of ten years ago has now given way to a bleak political winter. The new government continues to close down newspapers, silence dissenting voices and ban or censor books and websites. The peaceful demonstrations and protests of the

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crimes against the body (bodily injury) or against the person (homicide), such as murder or rape, are considered "private" crimes in Sharia, in the sense that the victim or family of the victim can exercise a right to retribution

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an Iranian-Swedish specialist in emergency medicine. Authorities has been transferred Djalali to solitary confinement in Evin prison and told by the prosecution authorities that his death sentence will be carried out imminently.

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sounded the alarm for the fate of Iranian ecologists currently imprisoned by the Iranian government, some may face execution. Since DiCaprio published his petition some 160.000 have signed to protest the ecologists' detainment.

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have condemned prior and ongoing abuses in Iran in published critiques and several resolutions. The government is criticized both for restrictions and punishments that follow the Islamic Republic's constitution and law, and for

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in 2017, although Iran's population is over twice as large as Saudi Arabia's. In 2017, Iran accounted for 60% of all executions in the Middle East/North Africa while Saudi Arabia accounted for 17% and Iraq accounted for 15%.

3339:– have been arrested and charged with apostasy (though not executed), not for converting to another faith but for statements and/or activities deemed by courts of the Islamic Republic to be in violation of Islam (i.e. of the 3097:

The Iranian legislation does not accord the same rights to women as to men in all areas of the law. Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has stated that gender equality was "one of the biggest mistakes of Western thought."

2621:, in 1985 Iran became "the fourth country ever in the history of the United Nations" to be placed on the agenda of the General Assembly because of "the severity and the extent of this human rights record". From 1984 to 2001, 889:". According to Iranian officials, those who human rights activists say are peaceful political activists being denied due process rights are actually guilty of offenses against the national security of the country, and those 11026: 9946: 2687:

One observation made by non-governmental sources of the state of human rights in the Islamic Republic is that repression is not so severe that the Iranian public is afraid to criticize its government publicly to strangers.

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law in Clause A of its single article. "Discriminatory provisions" against women in criminal and civil laws in Iran were declared "in urgent need of reform," and gender-based violence "widespread" by UN Secretary-General

5937:, but it is "housed in a government building and headed by the chief of the judiciary," and is not considered to be particularly concerned with human rights abuses, according to Nobel peace prize laureate and founder of 18850: 15786: 4829:, for his book criticizing Sunni Islam and Shia-Sunni "unity". Work resulted in riots in Iran's Sunni areas in 1994. He also denounced Ali Khamenei, imprisoned on-and-off since 1996, tortured and put under house arrest. 5499:

authorities intentionally shut down the internet during nationwide protests in November 2019, to hide the true extent of the horrendous human rights violations and actual scale of unlawful killings by security forces.

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Iran retains the death penalty for a large number of offenses, among them cursing the Prophet, certain drug offenses, murder, and certain had crimes, including adultery, incest, rape, fornication, drinking alcohol,

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has also complained that the constitution's prohibition on public demonstrations that "violate the principles of Islam," is "a vague provision used to justify the heavy-handed dispersal of assemblies and marches".

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was temporarily released, followed by her deteriorating health condition due to a long term hunger strike. She was prosecuted for fighting for the rights of women, who were jailed on removing headscarf in public.

5801:(also known as the "Blue Girl") self-immolated and died on 11 September 2019 protesting the unjustified court ruling that sentenced her to six months in jail just for trying to watch her favorite team's match in 5545:, his sentence had been reduced to 15 years in prison. "Several sources told Human Rights Watch that after his arrest in 1999, Mohammadi was severely tortured and ill-treated, leading to serious health problems." 5443:, in which he criticised the president's crackdown on politically active students. An unnamed Iranian journalist based in Tehran commented: "Lashing Aref for insulting Ahmadinejad is shocking and unprecedented." 5924:

was arrested after anti-government protests in 2018. He was subsequently sentenced to eight years in prison on charges of "blasphemy, insulting the former and current leader, and propaganda against the regime".

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in 1994 and 1999. Jewish children still attend Jewish schools where Hebrew and religious studies are taught, but Jewish principals have been replaced by Muslim ones, the curricula are government-supervised, and

4297:, a U.N. Special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran, expressed concern about Farhad Meysami's, hunger strike, which began in August of that year. He as imprisoned for opposing compulsory hijab. 8317: 16452: 9285: 3509:

Nonetheless, human rights groups and observers have complained that torture is frequently used on political prisoners in Iran. In a study of torture in Iran published in 1999, Iranian-born political historian

2870:, in the eyes of Iranian officials, "the survival of the Islamic Republic – and therefore of Islam itself – justified the means used," and trumped any right of the individual. ( 4658:, "hundreds of clerics have been arrested, some defrocked, other left the ranks of the religion on their own, but most of them, including some popular political or intellectual figures such as Hojjatoleslam 15796: 5295:

Journalists are frequently warned or summoned if they are perceived as critical of the government, and topics such as U.S. relations and the country's nuclear program are forbidden subjects for reporting.

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revealed an October 2005 confidential letter from Command Headquarters of the Armed Forces of Iran to identify Baháʼís and to monitor their activities and in November 2005 the state-run and influential

4951:. Irreligious people are also not recognized and do not have basic rights such as education, becoming member of parliament etc. According to the Iranian constitution, irreligious persons can not become 3778:

was released from prison after more than ten years of confinement, "apparently as a result of the international pressure." About six months later he disappeared after leaving a Christian conference in

4449:, who was executed by the state for 'inappropriate sexual relations', despite evidence she was most probably a rape victim. Women like Atefah were considered subjugates and properties of men in Iran. 18855: 12974: 5284:

number was nearly 100. There are currently 45 journalists in prison a number surpassed only by Turkey with 49. The "red lines" of press censorship in Iran are said to be questioning rule by clerics (

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Since the founding of the Islamic Republic, human rights violations of religious minorities have been the subject of resolutions and decisions by the United Nations and its human rights bodies, the

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On 17 May 2022, the spokeswoman for the United Nations Human Rights Office requested Iran to suspend the execution of Swedish-Iranian academic Ahmadreza Djalali and to commute his death sentence.

3144:"Discrimination here is not just in the constitution. As a woman, if I want to get a passport to leave the country, have surgery, even to breathe almost, I must have permission from my husband." 5459:

and kept in solitary confinement for more than 110 days. She was one of several visiting Iranian Americans prohibited from leaving Iran in 2007. In December 2008, the presidents of the American

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since the Islamic revolution. More than one million Iranians (mostly women) have been arrested in the past year (May 2007 – May 2008) for violating the state dress code according to a May 2008

3172:, saying "Worrying patterns of intimidation, arrest, prosecution and ill-treatment of human rights defenders, lawyers and labour rights activists signal an increasingly severe state response". 17355: 7952: 2734:) is that "notions of democracy and human rights have taken root among the Iranian people" making it "much more difficult for the government to commit crimes" than the Shah's government did ( 7994: 3353:, was found guilty of apostasy for a speech urging Iranians to "not blindly follow" Islamic clerics; Hassan Youssefi Eshkevari was charged with apostasy for attending the reformist-oriented 18825: 4903:, a student of Khomeini but also of Western philosophy, his "stand against Khomeini's political theory and other policies resulted" in his being placed under house arrest from 1980 to 1983. 7740: 4637:

redux. Nor is it a totalitarian state." He also stated that "life is more difficult for them than for Muslims, but to suggest they inhabit a totalitarian hell is self-serving nonsense."

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The following individuals represent a partial list of individuals who are currently, or have in the past, significantly attempted to improve the human rights situation in Iran after the

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Farhad Tajari (deputy chief of the parliament's judicial and legal commission) told the Iranian Labor News Agency that "evidence shows that ultimately 30 people were killed" (source:

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Ehsan Zarrokh (Ehsan and Gaeini, M. Rahman). "Iranian Legal System and Human Rights Protection" The Islamic Law and Law of the Muslim World e-journal, New York law school 3.2 (2009).

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Valiullah Faiz Mahdavi, also died after starting a hunger strike when his appeal for a temporary relief from prison was denied. His cause of death was officially listed as suicide.

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There are also increasingly strong prohibitions on evangelising Moslems. Threats, arrests, prison and torture are common not only for Christians, but for opponents of the regime.

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Among the crimes that may be punishable by death in Iran are '"insulting the prophet," "apostasy," same-sex relations, adultery, and certain non-violent drug-related offenses'.

15323: 13701: 5428:, 23, "was sentenced to nearly three years in prison and 10 lashes for participation in an illegal gathering". Her punishment has been suspended while her case is re-examined. 3622:

who had been jailed for insulting the Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. According to his family Nasiri had been on hunger strike but he was denied medical attention before he died.

3108:, the value of woman's life is half that of a man ("for instance, if a car hit both on the street, the cash compensation due to the woman's family was half that due the man's") 2710:

Islam thrives on debate and discussion ... So freedom of thought and expression is essential to the system, at least within the top circles of religious leadership. And if the

2606:, have issued reports and expressed concern over issues such as the treatment of religious minorities, prison conditions, medical conditions of prisoners, deaths of prisoners ( 14758: 8364: 493: 488: 12361: 11255: 8284: 7763:

United Nations General Assembly. 39th Session. Third Committee. 65th meeting, held on 7 December 1984 at 3 pm New York. A/C.3/39/SR.65. quoted by Luiza Maria Gontowska,

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stated "we certainly have political prisoners and ... people who are in prison for their ideas." Two days later, however, he was contradicted by Judiciary chief Ayatollah

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In March and in May 2008, "senior members" forming the leadership of the Baháʼí community in Iran were arrested by officers from the Ministry of Intelligence and taken to

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Decisions of the United Nations Committee Against Torture under article 22 of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment

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in January 2008. "On 15 January, officials from the detention center contacted Lotfallahi’s parents and informed them that they had buried their son in a local cemetery."

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expressed concern about the potential impacts of Iran's policies aimed at increasing population growth. The report covered the period from 11 June 2021 to 20 March 2022.

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has twice been arrested for his reporting, most recently on 31 July 2011. He is currently in detention, and his whereabouts are unknown. Following his second arrest,

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or stroke. (Iranian authorities maintain that before transferring her to the hospital, she had a heart attack at a police station, collapsed, and fell into a coma.)

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In early 1980, Iran became one of the few countries to ever be investigated by a UN country rapporteur under the UN Special Procedures section. Four years later the

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On 27 June 2018, a teenager named Abolfazl Chezani Sharahi executed at Qom Prison. He was sentenced to death in 2014 on charge of murder while he was 14 years old.

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In November 2007 freelance journalist Adnan Hassanpour received a death sentence for "undermining national security," "spying," "separatist propaganda" and being a

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in accordance with government standards. According to eyewitnesses, including women who were detained with Amini, she was severely beaten, and died as a result of

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sources and authentic fatwa (rulings issued by qualified clerical jurists)." The founder of the Islamic Republic, Islamic cleric Ruhollah Khomeini, who was a grand

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Restrictions and punishments in the Islamic Republic of Iran which violate international human rights norms include harsh penalties for crimes, punishment of

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The Islamic revolution is thought to have a significantly worse human rights record than the Pahlavi dynasty it overthrew. According to political historian

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If the dead man's closest heirs are aunts and uncles, the part of the inheritance belonging to the uncle is twice that belonging to the aunt. (Article 920)

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are a persecuted minority. As late as the early 1900s, wandering Dervishes were a common sight in Iran. They are now much fewer in number and suffer from

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Mass executions and killing of opponents took place during the early years of the Islamic Republic. Between January 1980 and the overthrow of President

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In the inheritance law of the Islamic Republic there are several instances where the woman is entitled to half the inheritance of the man. For example:

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and "became persona non grata with the revolutionary regime", with authorities ordering his picture to be removed from mosques and government offices.

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In what has been called "an act of violence unprecedented in Iranian history" the Iranian government summarily, extrajudicially, and secretly executed

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The aim is to create "the perfect human", something that stands in "sharp contrast with the goal of Western liberalism, which created normal humans."

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than the US and "the human rights situation in Iran is relatively a good one, when compared ... with some European countries and the United States."

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that have taken place in the world since January 2005, 26 occurred in Iran. In 2007 Iran executed eight juvenile offenders. In July of that year,

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prisoner named Javid Dehghan who had been convicted of murder and terrorism along with appeals for other ethnic minority prisoners in late 2020.

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also states this is an innovation from the traditional sharia standard for (some) capital crimes of 'two honest and righteous male witnesses'.

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started a hunger strike demanding the information of whereabouts of their eight detained friends, and also during that time, the prison warden

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the fingers of six men convicted of robbery post the unfair trials and confession based on torture. The authorities & prison officials of

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1 August 2008, "Among Scholars, Resistance and Resilience in Iran, Tradition of dissent survives despite government pressure" By AISHA LABI,

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vigilantes on a student dormitory in retaliation for a small, peaceful student demonstration against the closure of the reformist newspaper,

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Werner, Christoph (1 November 2000). "Review of Tortured Confessions: Prisons and Public Recantations in Modern Iran by Ervand Abrahamian".

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appointed a Special Representative on Iran to study its human rights situation and as of 2001 three men have filled that role. According to

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Hamid Algar, `Development of the Concept of velayat-i faqih since the Islamic Revolution in Iran,` paper presented at London Conference on

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and local elections, dozens of opposition party members were serving prison sentences and prevented from participating. Opposition figures

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Muslim clerical opponents of the Islamic Republic's political system have not been spared imprisonment. According to an analyst quoted by

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rival, the Islamic Republic has a long history of trying to cover up state-sanctioned attempts to physically eliminate its critics, too."

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Stoning is part of Sharia Law that mandates that a stone not be too big to kill too soon, or too small to unnecessarily prolong the death

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Campaign have been "beaten, harassed and persecuted for peacefully demonstrating" and collecting signatures on behalf of their Campaign.

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In June 2008 the Iranian Ministry of Labor stated that the 4,000 member journalists' union, founded in 1997, was "fit for dissolution."

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argued that post-revolutionary Iran was not being ruled as an Islamic state, also criticizing the blanket authorization to mass execute

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codes (in 1983) replaced pre-revolutionary punishments such as fine and imprisonment with "the Sharia-oriented punishment of flogging".

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Iranian-American academic Arzoo Osanloo notes that, "liberal notions of rights are almost hegemonic in Iran today." And journalist

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Nine journalists remain in prison at year’s end and the opposition press has all but been quashed through successive closure orders

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are criminal and punishable by life imprisonment or death after multiple offenses, and the same sentences apply to convictions for

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persons, or sources of funding" are enough to bring criminal charges such as "undermining national security" against individuals.

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approved a resolution against Iranian government's continuous discrimination against women and limitation of freedom of thought.

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In spite of these efforts, the number of child offenders executed in Iran has risen during the past two years. As of July 2008,

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on 29 March 2022. The authorities used pepper spray and excessive force to disperse the women gathered in front of the stadium.

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Human Rights Violations Under the Sharia'a, A Comparative Study of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Islamic Republic of Iran

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Jews have lived in Iran for nearly 3,000 years and Iran is host to the largest Jewish community in the Middle East outside of

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Tamara Abueish. (30 January 2021). "Iran executes Javid Dehghan despite calls from UN, organizations to end killing spree".

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criticized the shoot down of Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 and its subsequent denial by the Iranian Government.

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and the Shí'i ecclesiastical structure of endowments, benefices and fees that sustained the Shí'i clergy– and place Baháʼís

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in cases where they were caused intentionally but a sentence of retaliation could not be pronounced qualify for Blood money/

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Iran has been criticized by human rights groups for "extra-legal" or "extra-judicial" killings and other sanctions. A 2005

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Between 2010 and 2020 there were several public protests in Iran criticizing the government of the Islamic including the

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On 20 December 2018 Human rights Watch urged the regime in Iran to investigate and find an explanation for the death of

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published a report providing detailed evidence of torture being practiced in Iran. "We Will Make You Forget Everything:

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A hypothesis of why human rights abuses in the Islamic Republic are not as severe as those in Syria, Afghanistan (under

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arrests. According to a report, the detainees included children which were subjected to beatings, extreme temperatures,

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Saeed Ghanbari received 80 lashes, and was convicted of consuming alcohol and having sex outside of marriage. Photo by

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style restrictions on basic women's rights such as attending football stadiums. As a result, an Iranian woman named

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Judicial executions in Iran are more common than in any other Middle Eastern state, surpassing Iran's nearest rival—

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In February 2008 the journalist Yaghoob Mirnehad was sentenced to death on charges of "membership in the terrorist

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Unlike most constitutions, it vests sovereignty in God (articles 1–2); it mandates appointed governing bodies (the

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Viscount Brentford, House of Lords, in response to the alleged murder of Bishop Haik Hovsepian-Mehr, 3 March 1994

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Detainees "fingernails ripped off or ... forced to lick filthy toilet bowls." Among those killed in detention was

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Iranian officials have not always agreed on the state of human rights in Iran. In April 2004, reformist president

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claiming Ahmadinejad stole the 2009 election are actually part of a foreign-backed plot to topple Iran's leaders.

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Post-pubescent women are required to cover their hair and body in Iran and can be arrested for failing to do so.

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Iran "leads the world in executing juvenile offenders – persons under 18 at the time of the crime" according to

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This article is only about human rights in Iran specifically since 1979. For a longer-perspective overview, see

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At the international level, a German court ordered the arrest of a standing minister of the Islamic Republic –

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and arrested hundreds of them. In March police beat hundreds of men and women who had assembled to commemorate

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Book title: Death defying: dismantling the execution machinery in 21st century, Author: Pam McAllister, p. 23

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Arbitrary arrest/ fear for safety/possible prisoners of conscience/medical concern/torture and ill-treatment

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Mehsa Amini's death "due to injury to the skull"; A former IRGC commander informed about the forensic report

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Over the years, Iran has detained dual nationality citizens on unproved charges. British-Iranian aid worker

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prisoner exchanges), using torture, among other things. The condition of detention itself amounts to abuse.

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and a boycott of the start of the new academic year over linguistic rights for the Azerbaijani community."

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converts to Christianity who had become ministers were sentenced to death for apostasy and other charges.

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minority "to prison terms and other punishments in trials that violate their basic rights", according to

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Conversion to Islam by non-Muslims is encouraged in Iran, but conversion from Islam to another religion (

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The constitution accords non-Shia Muslims "full respect" (article 12). It also recognizes the freedom of

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Reported abuses falling outside of the laws of the Islamic Republic that have been condemned include the

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There is no written law that restricts women's presence in stadiums, yet a handful of Ayatollahs impose

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that have been and/or are being persecuted in post-1979 Iran for their opposition to the ruling regime:

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Despite being a signatory to the International Convention on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) and the

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When the heirs are children, the inheritance of the sons is twice that of the daughters. (Article 907)

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Differences in blood money for men and women include victims and offenders. In 2003, the parents of

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earlier that day. "At least 20 people were hospitalized and hundreds were arrested," in the attack.

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Scholars disagree over whether at least some forms of torture have been made legal according to the

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The Political Thought of Ayatollah Murtaza Mutahhari: An Iranian Theoretician of the Islamic State

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United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran

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Cohen's depiction of Jewish life in Iran sparked criticism from columnists and activists such as

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Extra-legal acts may work in tandem with official actions, such as in the case of the newsweekly

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in Bandar Abbas, where authorities arrested seven journalists in 2007 for "insulting Ayatollah

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The Roots and Consequences of Civil Wars and Revolutions: Conflicts that Changed World History

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From May to August 2018, revolutionary courts sentenced "at least 208 members" of the Dervish

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and cleric, was jailed in 2007 by the Iranian government for his criticisms of supreme leader

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that would have had Iran joining the international convention on banning torture in 2003 when

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minority religions. But as an Islamic Republic "based on the governance of the jurisprudent (

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exception of the spouse." Accidental or semi-intentional acts that cause bodily harm or death

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era are no longer tolerated: in January 2007 security forces attacked striking bus drivers in

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Human Rights in Iran: The Abuse of Cultural Relativism (Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights)

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and denouncing Ruhollah Khomeini and then Ali Khamenei, put under house arrest, later killed.

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Khomeini on how Laws in Iran will strictly adhere to God's perfect and unchanging divine law

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but whose families reported no signs of behavior consistent with suicidal tendencies – are:

5439:. Activist Peyman Aref was sentenced to 74 lashes for writing an "insulting" open letter to 2876:, or "enemy of God", which in Islamic history often formed a legal category that comprises 19331: 19295: 19290: 19242: 18973: 18222: 16757: 16606: 16538: 16523: 16338: 16177: 16123: 16106: 15853: 15645: 15610: 15565: 15560: 15469: 13910: 12389:"The Thought and Role of Ayatollah Hossein'ali Montazeri in the Politics of Post-1979 Iran" 10445: 9832:"UN rights chief urges Iran to release jailed human rights defenders, citing COVID-19 risk" 9806: 8837: 8581: 8570: 7080: 6171: 6072: 6047: 6042: 5915: 5862:

A 2004 case that gained international attention was the hanging of 16-year-old school girl

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International Decade for a Culture of Peace and Non-Violence for the Children of the World

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Political prisoners who recently died in prison under "suspicious circumstances" include:

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group as well as crimes against national security." Mirnehad was executed on 5 July 2008.

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of political prisoners in the Islamic Republic of Iran. In her report, Special Rapporteur

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Two minority religious figures killed during this era were Protestant Christians Reverend

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Deaths in custody in Iran highlight prison authorities' disregard for life. 20 March 2009

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The Islamic government has not hesitated to crush peaceful political demonstrations. The

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operations, which would have compromised the entire leadership of the Islamic Republic."

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Ayatollahs against tyranny: Men who stood against injustice & religious exploitation

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had issued a ruling permitting gender reassignment, which has since been reconfirmed by

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Source: Letter from Amnesty International to the Shaul Bakhash, 6 July 1982. Quoted in

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released a detailed analysis report calling the Iranian authority to drop the plans to

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human rights issues in the United Nations, we have abandoned some of the divine laws".

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Human Rights & Democracy for Iran __ Iran TV "Confessions" Breach Suspects’ Rights

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Freedom in the World 2009. The Annual Survey of Political Rights & Civil Liberties

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Among those Iranians who have died under suspicious circumstances while in prison are

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Iran: Human Rights in the spotlight on the 30th Anniversary of the Islamic Revolution

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Mother and Wife of Ailing, Imprisoned Labor Leader Plead for His Release. 18 May 2009

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an Iranian American scholar in Iran visiting her 93-year-old mother, was detained in

5071:, this practice has been coupled with academic suspensions, arrests, and jail terms. 4952: 4900: 4837: 4805: 4801: 4779: 4715: 4663: 4182:, beginning in 2005, Iran's human rights record "deteriorated markedly" according to 4140: 4115: 3775: 3686: 3685:, estimates ranging somewhere between 8,000 and 30,000. Since the death of Ayatollah 3511: 3340: 3317: 3278: 3114:

A woman needs her husband's permission to work outside the home or leave the country.

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Imprisoned Cleric’s Life in Danger _ International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran

14292:"Mysterious death of the Political prisoners in Iran. By IHRV | March 25, 2009" 13302:"Emadoldin Baghi freed, but Iran still Middle East's biggest prison for journalists" 12137: 12130:"Baháʼí International Community dismayed at lack of Human Rights Resolution on Iran" 11278:"Mahsa Amini's medical scans show skull fractures caused by 'severe trauma': Report" 11218:"Iranian woman 'beaten' by police for 'improper hijab' dies after coma: State media" 11203: 10576: 9034: 8815: 7347:"Iran Report, A Weekly Review of Developments in and Pertaining to Iran, 3 May 2004" 7252:"UN rights office urges Iran to halt imminent execution of Swedish-Iranian academic" 4758:

to succeed Khomeini. Rouhani later wrote an open-letter denouncing former president

4229:

were also a series of protests criticizing the Islamic Republic of Iran government.

3786:. Six months earlier the man responsible for leading a campaign to free him, Bishop 3439:

A bill to set the minimum age for the death penalty at 18 years was examined by the

2826: 18730: 18670: 18640: 18322: 18016: 17522: 16830: 15845: 12643: 12400: 11988: 11657: 10852:"Iran urged by UN to respect environment activists after wildlife campaigner death" 9653: 9366:

Eléments sur le statut juridique des femmes et la peine de mort des mineurs en Iran

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noting Iran had executed more children between 1990 and 2005 than any other state.

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cnn.com, Iran's leader slams 'arrogant' powers in U.N. address, 25 September 2007

6499:"Reports of Prison Abuse and Deaths Anger Iranians. ROBERT F. WORTH. 28 July 2009" 5007:

for making and posting a video in which they danced and lip-synched to the song, "

2658:

issued a joint statement condemning "continuing human rights violations" in Iran.

19386: 18093: 16343: 15429: 15410: 15318: 15299: 14448: 14128: 14072: 13509: 13335: 13287: 13101: 13002: 12902:"Parkour athletes arrested after image of kiss atop Tehran skyline shared online" 12617: 12266: 11805: 11771: 11738: 11715: 11652: 11629: 11000: 10977: 10677:"No Lawyers, No Justice: Attorneys Imprisoned in Iran for Defending Human Rights" 10468: 9709: 8453: 7880: 7428: 6390: 6305: 6285: 6280: 6260: 6240: 5890: 5863: 5798: 5758: 5432: 5344: 5229: 5147: 5122: 5117: 5098: 5033: 4965:

International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination

4446: 4314: 4241: 4233: 4111: 4074: 4028: 3732: 3659: 3648: 3612: 3350: 3332: 3157: 2877: 2700: 2669: 830:

and homosexuality, execution of offenders under 18 years of age, restrictions on

746: 584: 164: 19355: 15177:"Detained Iranian Activist Dies in Prison in Apparent Brutal Killing by Inmates" 10754: 10563:

Berlin International Film Festival: Iranian film about executions wins top prize

10061: 9151: 4979:

Number of executions in the Islamic Republic of Iran from 2003 to 2013 based on

4767:(sword self-flagellation) or Zanjeerzani (self flagellation with chains) during 4722:

have also faced charges for criticizing the Islamic Republic. Iranian reformist

17833: 17634: 16805: 15353: 13459: 11883: 11761: 10988: 9831: 9730: 9702: 9498: 7953:"Iran: Death by stoning, a grotesque and unacceptable penalty. 15 January 2008" 7683: 6290: 6250: 6213: 6078: 5420:

called on the Iranian government "to stop persecuting people" involved in the "

5384: 5289: 5162: 5151: 5004: 4879: 4723: 4719: 4667: 4659: 4621: 4514: 4506: 3644: 3571: 3468: 3440: 3064:

explicitly states that stones used must be small enough to not kill instantly.

2979: 2696: 2649: 1663: 343: 14826:"Too late for a reformist momentum? April 19, 2009 by Rasmus Christian Elling" 14799: 13788:"Call on Iranian authorities to drop charges on two musicians and a filmmaker" 13762:"Underground Music Distributors Await Appeal Decision for Six Years in Prison" 13501: 12540:"Iranian opposition figure Mostafa Tajzadeh sentenced to five years in prison" 12404: 9657: 9316:"Iran: Execution of child offender Makwan Moloudazdeh is a mockery of justice" 7782:, Translated and Annotated by Hamid Algar, Mizan Press, Berkeley, 1981 p.30-31 7316: 7198:"Mass arrests, disappearances and torture since Iran's November 2019 protests" 6707:"Human rights fully respected in Iran: Judiciary chief Tehran, April 10, IRNA" 3189:

The details of this exception will be specified by law"), which according to

3111:

The testimony of a male witness is equivalent to that of two female witnesses.

19408: 17484: 16306: 15824: 13688:"Iran Resorts To 'Maximum Repression' In Fighting Perceived Domestic Threats" 13544:"IRAN: Court overturns death sentence but journalist faces espionage charges" 12002: 10863: 9703:

Iran: Guardian Council turns down Majlis bills on women's rights, torture ban

8376: 7490: 6525:

Joe Stork, deputy Middle East and North Africa director (21 September 2009).

6275: 6270: 6245: 6230: 6208: 6126: 5900: 5802: 5720: 5708: 5259: 5201: 4980: 4872: 4822:, for denouncing Ruhollah Khomeini and then Ali Khamenei, under house arrest. 4815:, for denouncing Ruhollah Khomeini, killed. His family was driven into exile. 4768: 4747: 4612: 4546:

has been destroyed twice, and is one of three sites to which Baháʼís perform

4518: 4178:

Political freedom has waxed and waned. Under the administration of President

3865: 3857: 3756: 3501:

Article 38 of the constitution of the Islamic Republic forbids "all forms of

3392: 3297:, ruled "that the penalty for conversion from Islam, or apostasy, is death." 3161: 2961: 2673: 1312: 226: 11341:"Three killed in protests over Iranian woman Mahsa Amini's death in custody" 8691:"'Losing my mind': former beauty queen pursued by Iran fears for her health" 8127:

Spate of Executions and Amputations in Iran by Nazila Fathi, 11 January 2008

7423:

This was seen as "a veiled but unmistakable criticism of the United States"

5392:

the state" through artistic activity, as well as a 200 million Toman (about

4084:

in Iran for crimes that they allegedly committed before being 18 years old.

19360: 19237: 19097: 18098: 17486: 16645: 16601: 16590: 15051:"International Instruments - Juveniles - the International Justice Project" 13938: 13569: 13521: 13168: 11869: 11526: 10317: 8722: 8695: 8594:"Nasrin Sotoudeh: Iran human rights lawyer jailed for 38 years, say family" 8542: 6667: 6586: 5941: 5885: 5630: 5400: 5360: 4783: 4705: 4563: 4543: 4294: 4283: 4279: 4043: 3883: 3879:

an Iranian writer, poet and journalist who died in prison in November 1994.

3808: 3707: 3654:

Iran granted release of thousands of prisoners, over the fear of spread of

3399: 3266: 2937: 2929: 2779: 2775: 2638: 2248: 1702: 614: 594: 365: 72: 12975:"British-Iranian aid worker ends house arrest in Iran but faces new trial" 12648: 11522:"Death toll grows in Iran as Mahsa Amini protests continue for 10th night" 10728: 9807:"IRAN: HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER'S LIFE AT RISK OF COVID-19: NARGES MOHAMMADI" 8947: 8401: 8247:"Resolution on the serious and systematic human rights violations in Iran" 7780:

From Islam and Revolution : Writing and Declarations of Imam Khomeini

5371:

protesting the compulsory hijab rule, labor rights activists, and others.

4939:

According to the official Iranian census from 2006 there has been 205,317

4465:

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women

2831:

These principles/limits/precepts of Islam that differed from those of the

19326: 19140:

Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners (the Mandela Rules)

17377: 16650: 16640: 16424: 16076: 15834: 15098: 13054:"Iran's regime continues persecution of human rights defenders (20 July)" 12176: 11949: 10703:"Iran's regime continues persecution of human rights defenders (July 20)" 9464: 9341: 8980:. Vol. 2 (2nd ed.). Detroit: Macmillan Reference USA. pp. 8945: 8576: 8471:"Women act against repression and intimidation in Iran, 28 February 2008" 6295: 6183: 5984: 5895: 5781: 5777: 5673: 5668:

Converts to Christ and their supporters have faced the death penalty for

5641: 5555: 5456: 5425: 5364: 5311: 5249: 5245: 5237: 5132: 4634: 4589: 4477: 4412: 4236:

took place criticizing alleged voting fraud and irregularities. Also the

3767: 3720: 3523: 3475: 3344:

principle of obeying the political "guardianship" of the leading Islamic

3219: 2945: 2743: 2735: 2731: 2723: 2692: 1936: 1858: 827: 812: 734: 648: 619: 559: 19381: 13814: 13097:"Iran sentences French-Iranian academic to six years in prison – lawyer" 12921:"Iran hält Europäer gefangen: Khameneis Geiseln - DER SPIEGEL - Politik" 12594:"Iranian Reformist faces backlash from hard-liners for criticizing IRGC" 12412: 12388: 11598:"Iran lawmakers demand severe punishment for 'rioters' as protests rage" 10781:"Iranian lawyer and economist found murdered in Tehran - Iran News Wire" 8195: 5828:. International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran states that of the 32 5764: 5629:

newspaper, whose managing editor is appointed by Iran's supreme leader,

5036:

was arrested in June 2019 and was denied access to consular assistance.

4882:, for denouncing Ruhollah Khomeini, his student, put under house arrest. 3357:

in Berlin Germany which was disrupted by anti-government demonstrators.

961:

and leading conservative figures in the Iranian government at the time.

741: 19227: 18292: 17792:

International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)

15438: 15293:‘We are ordered to crush you.’ Expanding Repression of Dissent in Iran. 14689:. Amnesty International Bulletin UA 262/94. 6 June 1994. Archived from 14221: 14219: 13967:""Iranian-American academic held in notorious Iran prison", 9 May 2007" 12753:"Statistical Centre of Iran: 11. Population by sex and religion (2006)" 11583: 11488: 11375: 11281: 11221: 11147:"Reports: 50 'political figures' among Iranian detainees. 30 July 2009" 8101: 6203: 5998: 5905: 5388: 5127: 4940: 4759: 4695: 3615:

and confiscated all her belongings. She was arrested in February 2007.

3312:

challenging traditional Islamic religious doctrines – particularly the

3235: 3194: 3040: 3032: 2949: 2933: 2906: 900:

include the use of lethal force, killing over 300, to unlawfully crush

15422: 14514: 12706:

The Last of the Khans: The life of Morteza Quli Khan Samsam Bakhtiari.

11135:

Reports: 50 'political figures' among Iranian detainees. 30 July 2009

9665: 6467:"Iran reformer says he wants to present rape evidence, 19 August 2009" 5558:

18 March 2009, less than six weeks after starting a 30-month sentence.

4344:

and throughout the country. The government responded with widespread

3860:

and the UN Secretary General to the General Assembly highlighting the

3714:) and his wife in the span of two months, in what became known as the 3542:

Two "innovations" in torture not borrowed from the Shah's regime were

3052: 17402: 16439: 14422: 13739: 12106:. Netherlands Institute of Human Rights. 8 March 2006. Archived from 11851: 11055:

Iran accuses US of meddling after disputed vote. By ALI AKBAR DAREINI

9069:"hrw.org, November 9, 2002 Iran: Academic's Death Sentence Condemned" 7873: 7625:"A Detailed Analysis of Iran's Constitution - World Policy Institute" 6996:"Iran: Investigate Suspicious Deaths in Detention, Release Activists" 6198: 5653: 5435:

was sentenced to 50 lashes for her activities during protests at the

4751: 4701: 4157: 4081: 4023: 3515: 3361: 3294: 2885: 2872: 2714:

can behave that way among themselves in places like the holy city of

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Tortured Confessions: Prisons and Public Recantations in Modern Iran

14216: 14192: 14190: 13662:"Iranian reporter sentenced to two years in prison and fifty lashes" 12857:"'Happy' video dancers, but not director, freed in Iran, group says" 11928: 10995:

Review, Special Issues for 60th Session of the UNHCR, 24 March 2004

9521:

Tortured Confessions: Prisons and Public Recantations in Modern Iran

8224: 7677: 7675: 7302:"The Latter-Day Sultan, Power and Politics in Iran" by Akbar Ganji, 6414:

Tortured Confessions: Prisons and Public Recantations in Modern Iran

6013:

High Council for Human rights, Judiciary of Islamic Republic of Iran

5992: 5808:

Iranian authorities prevented dozens of Iranian women from entering

4293:

In late November 2018, a group of UN human rights experts including

4251:

In 2018, shortage of drinking water in Iranian provinces led to the

18217: 18205: 16835: 14147: 14085:

Report finds online censorship more sophisticated By ANICK JESDANUN

12919:

Anna-Sophie Schneider, Raniah Salloum, DER SPIEGEL (17 July 2020).

12501: 11929:"Amnesty International Outraged at Execution of a 16 Year Old Girl" 11430: 10655:"Iran's Orwellian Arrest of Its Leading Female Human Rights Lawyer" 8620:"Human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh jailed 'for 38 years' in Iran" 8517:"Analyses Private Relations in Iranian Civil Code by ehsan zarrokh" 6948:"UN Experts Call On Iran To Guarantee Rights Of Detained Activists" 5527: 5018: 4804:

to topple the government in 1982 and denouncing the Supreme Leader

4433: 4397: 4389: 4349: 4340:

that spread from Amini's hometown of Saqqez to other cities in the

4278:, the son of an adviser to the conservative presidential candidate 3490: 2957: 2941: 2552: 2515: 2365: 2092: 15406:

Foundation for the Promotion of Human Rights and Democracy in Iran

14295: 7985:

by Ervand Abrahamian, University of California Press, 1999, p. 133

7981:, 6 March 1981. see also: 22 May 1981, 15 October 1982. quoted in 7597:"Francis Fukuyama: Iranian constitution democratic at heart - WSJ" 4420:

is officially recognized in Iran today, and the Judiciary permits

3140:

According to Zahra Eshraghi, granddaughter of Ayatollah Khomeini,

2892:, as a charge "against those who take up arms against the state.") 19135:

Standard Minimum Rules for the Administration of Juvenile Justice

17802: 17392: 17387: 16353: 14187: 13143:"List of Attorneys Imprisoned in Iran for Defending Human Rights" 13024: 10825:"Iran environmental activists sentenced to 18 months behind bars" 10631:"Iran Rights Group Says 20 Convicts Face Possible Execution Soon" 10458:

International Convention on Civil and Political Rights: Article 6

10135:

by Ervand Abrahamian, University of California Press, 1999, p.210

7672: 5813: 5794: 5517: 5348: 4944: 4913: 4692: 4585: 4530: 4393: 3502: 3369: 2925: 2921: 2441: 2287: 2170: 2053: 1975: 1234: 978: 838:(including the imprisonment of journalists), and restrictions on 41: 8443:, by Shirin Ebadi with Azadeh Moaveni, Random House, 2006, p.117 7226:"Iranians tortured and jailed after mass protests, Amnesty says" 6971:"Canadian-sponsored human rights resolution against Iran passes" 4999:

a sign on campus noted a rally against child executions in Iran.

4917: 4868:, for denouncing Ali Khamenei, imprisoned on-and-off since 1994. 3372:

prisoners when they demanded their confiscated belongings back.

3083:

revealed constant beatings and draggings of prisoners by staff.

18282: 18200: 18170: 18135: 17704: 17679: 17665:

UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA)

17556:

Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

17372: 16559: 16316: 14066:"Web 2.0 versus Control 2.0 - The Enemies of the Internet 2010" 13117:"Iran's regime continues persecution of human rights defenders" 11757:

Iran's state murder of gays: Victims framed for kidnap and rape

11695: 11248:"IranWire Exclusive: Morality Patrol Beats a Woman into a Coma" 10462:

Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

9487: 8077:"Iran authorities amputate man's hand as punishment for thefts" 7185:

Obama, European Union combine to condemn Iran over human rights

6008:

Controversies surrounding the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps

5626: 5352: 5106: 4924: 4764: 4698: 4573: 4472: 4310: 4240:

were a series of demonstrations against corruption and alleged

4019: 3798: 3783: 3239: 3061: 3024: 2861:, and later after he came to power, declaring in an early 1988 2711: 2707: 2209: 2131: 1624: 1585: 1507: 1390: 1273: 1195: 1078: 1039: 982: 866:

in the 1990s, allegedly by "rogue elements" of the government.

14953:"'Women Should Not Be in Stadiums' Says 99-Year-Old Ayatollah" 14849:"Iran says girl who collapsed on Tehran metro is 'brain dead'" 14560:"Document – Iran: Arbitrary arrests / Prisoners of conscience" 14122:

Independent news website closed, blog platform briefly blocked

11732:

Netherlands: Asylum Rights Granted to Lesbian and Gay Iranians

11459:"Iran blocks capital's internet access as Amini protests grow" 9152:"Iran > Constitution. Chapter III The Rights of the People" 7681: 5672:, been tortured or been murdered in suspicious circumstances. 4123:

on 17 October 2018 and was later found dead. According to the

3689:

there have been fewer government sanctioned killings in Iran.

18180: 17680:

UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)

16472: 15413:

Mission for Establishment of Human Rights in Iran (MEHR Iran)

14049:"Censorship fears rise as Iran blocks access to top websites" 14012:"Censorship fears rise as Iran blocks access to top websites" 13884:"BBC News, Iran 'targeting' women activists 28 February 2008" 13866:"In Iran, a New Wave of Repression Hits Acclaimed Filmmakers" 11907:"Women in Iran Deem Rape Laws Unfair, 12/21/03 By Shadi Sadr" 10146:"Pour-Mohammadi and the 1988 Prison Massacres, December 2005" 10005:"Killing of three rebel writers turns hope into fear in Iran" 9135:"Gonabadi Dervish women brutally beaten up in Qarchak Prison" 7863: 6527:"Iran: Appoint Special UN Envoy to Investigate Rights Crisis" 5633:, ran nearly three dozen articles defaming the Baháʼí Faith. 4625: 4468: 4457: 4322: 4168: 3779: 3740: 3256: 3123:

case she shall receive 1/6, and the father 5/6. (Article 906)

3104: 3036: 2969: 2916: 2862: 2478: 2404: 2014: 1741: 1429: 1351: 1156: 1117: 941: 15125:"Iran executed teen Abolfazl Chezani Sharahi arrested at 14" 13925: 12195:"Roger Cohen's Very Happy Visit with Iran's Jews (Feb 2009)" 11403:"Iranian coroner denies Mahsa Amini died from blows to body" 10113:"Why Iran took so long to react to Jamal Khashoggi's murder" 9858:"Iran temporarily frees human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh" 8718:"Philippines grants asylum to Iranian woman held in airport" 7030:

Human Rights in Iran : The Abuse of Cultural Relativism

5788: 5054:

report, after May 2006 widespread demonstrations related to

3102:

In the section of the penal code devoted to blood money, or

2738:). Writing about the reform period during the presidency of 2594:. In addition, non-governmental human rights groups such as 17650:

Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR)

17645:

Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE)

17382: 15324:

REALITE-EU Human Rights Violations and Torture in Iran 2009

13639:"Urgent Action: Increasing concerns for safety of Goudarzi" 13455:

Journalist Sentenced to Death in Iran, Accused of Terrorism

11489:"اعتراضات در ایران؛ شمار کشته‌شدگان به دست‌کم ۱۰۰ تن رسید" 10850:

Watts, Jonathan; Dehghan, Saeed Kamali (15 February 2018).

9178:"Three Decades of Islamic Criminal Law Legislation in Iran" 8946:

International Federation for Human Rights (1 August 2003).

8043:"Three Decades of Islamic Criminal Law Legislation in Iran" 8009:"Three Decades of Islamic Criminal Law Legislation in Iran" 7920:"Three Decades of Islamic Criminal Law Legislation in Iran" 7707:"Three Decades of Islamic Criminal Law Legislation in Iran" 7125:"MEPs review progress on human rights in the world in 2007" 6823: 6821: 6550: 5583: 5496: 5484: 4778:, put under house arrest for voicing his opposition to the 4726:

also faced backlash during this period for criticizing the

4522: 4156:

were sparked by an attack by an estimated 400 paramilitary

3608: 3600: 3132:

If the deceased leaves ancestors and brothers and sisters (

2881: 1819: 15151:"Iranian political prisoner reportedly murdered in prison" 14148:"Internet Filtering in Iran in 2004-2005: A Country Study" 13911:"Young Political Activist Receives 50 Lashes for Blogging" 13246: 11121:"UN committee criticizes Iran for Human Rights Violations" 9007:"The Specter of Ideological Genocide: The Baháʼís of Iran" 8196:"Three Iranian Prisoners Amputated as Barbaric Punishment" 7913: 7911: 7909: 7010:"2018 will go down in history as a year of shame for Iran" 6913:"The Specter of Ideological Genocide: The Bahá'ís of Iran" 5855:

has recorded over 130 children facing executions in Iran.

5154:

remained under house arrest or detention as of late 2013.

5032:

consular assistance. Similarly, French-Iranian researcher

4579:

Iran's official government-controlled media published the

4521:, have stated that the members of the Baháʼí community in 3226:

to perform their religious rites and ceremonies, and five

2896: 15396:

Guardian Newspaper – Special Report – Death of a Teenager

13169:"UN Report Portrays Grim Picture Of Human Rights In Iran" 12364:. Iran-press-service.com. 10 October 2006. Archived from 11848: 11809: 11313: 11311:[Above all, Iran's opposition has one weakness]. 10946: 10942:"Iran sacks police chiefs over student protest crackdown" 10446:

Iran and Saudi Arabia: Laws that Treat Children as Adults

9035:"Human Rights Watch: Religious minorities in Iran (1997)" 8916:"22 May 2008. "Iran 'plans to destroy Baha'i community'"" 8519:. Legal-articles.deysot.com. 7 April 2007. Archived from 5732: 5356: 4471:) in 2003, since the convention contradicted the Islamic 3666: 3533:

Torture techniques used in the Islamic Republic include:

3204:

The Philippine government eventually granted her asylum.

2771:

attacked Israeli violations of Palestinian human rights.

2715: 2641:, in an Iranian prison. The resolution has passed in the 15344:

Freedom House: Freedom in the World Country Report: Iran

14721:. UK Parliament Hansard. 3 March 1994. pp. 1183–204 14463:"A Faith Denied: The Persecution of the Baha'is of Iran" 11099:"16th June 2009, End Violence against Peaceful Protests" 10803:"Social Media Harassment of Iran Researchers, Activists" 9169: 7955:. Amnesty International. 15 January 2008. Archived from 7063:

The Bahá'ís of Iran: The Minority Rights Group Report 51

6818: 6611:

Iran Engaged in 'Severe Clampdown' on Critics, U.N. Says

4588:

is no longer recognized. According to Jewish journalist

4193:

In mid-November 2018 United Nations' General Assembly's

4171:

issued a violent crackdown on the activists celebrating

3631:

reported that imprisoned Iranian human rights defender,

3591:

New Evidence of Torture in Iran Since the 2009 Elections

3496: 3454: 15400: 14898: 14874:"Report: Women banned from Iranian university programs" 14170:"Iran blocks use of tool to get around Internet filter" 13702:"Iran: Filmmaker faces prison after three-minute trial" 11554:"76 deaths, 1,200 arrests in Iran response to protests" 11491:اعتراضات در ایران؛ شمار کشته‌شدگان به دست‌کم ۵۰ تن رسید 11074:"Iran hard-liners warn Ahmadinejad he could be deposed" 10911:"DiCaprio Again Appeals For Release Of Iran Ecologists" 10648: 10646: 10644: 9532: 9286:"Background Information: Stop Child Executions in Iran" 8102:"Iranian authorities cut off a man's hand for stealing" 8034: 8000: 7906: 7698: 3782:

and his body was found 5 July 1994 in a forest West of

3599:

International, reports that the widespread practice of

3156:

In March 2019, a prominent Iranian human rights lawyer

2786: 16534:

Human rights violations against Palestinians by Israel

13332:"Reporters without Borders, Iran – 2003 Annual report" 12136:. Religion News Service. 14 April 2005. Archived from 8860:"2018 Report on International Religious Freedom: Iran" 8566:

Iran vows crackdown on 'inappropriately' dressed women

8218: 8216: 7033:. University of Pennsylvania Press. pp. xvii–xx. 5947:

Other human rights organisations based in Iran include

4649: 3647:

urged Iran to immediately release human rights lawyer

2750: 19370: 17690:

UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA)

15349:

Freedom House: Freedom of the Press 2010 Report: Iran

15328: 14967:"Woman Banned from Stadiums in Iran Attempts Suicide" 14789:, National Council of Resistance of Iran, 6 May 2007. 14554: 13934:"Iranian lashed 74 times for 'insult' to Ahmadinejad" 13931: 13368: 12075: 10537:"Middle East | Iran denies execution by stoning" 9594:

In the Labyrinth of Blood: Eleven Eyewitness Accounts

8948:"Discrimination against religious minorities in Iran" 8441:

Iran Awakening : A Memoir of Revolution and Hope

8415:"Iran President Rouhani urges equal rights for women" 7746:. Norwegian Institute of Human Rights. Archived from 7741:"Refah Revisited: Strasbourg's Construction of Islam" 6660:

Iran has best human rights record in the Muslim world

5765:

Restricting women from attending certain universities

5526:, also 27, died in a detention center in the town of 3480:

execution of thousands of political prisoners in 1988

19093:

Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons

19043:

International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

17546:

Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

15875: 13610: 13565:

Iran journalists union to resist government pressure

10641: 9185: