France on Tuesday accused Iran of employing a policy of state hostage-taking and blackmail, as it called for the release of a French couple held in jail for the last two years.Activists have long ...
The surge in executions comes as Iran continues what Amnesty calls Iran’s “war on drugs.” In 2023, more than half – 481 – of the total executions were for drug-related offenses. The mass ...
The World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) is alarmed by recent reports of the rise of execution orders issued against ...
A report by Amnesty International found that executions in Iran had reached an eight-year high in 2023, after the country executed 853 individuals. But in the span of just 10 days, another 37 have ...
The rapper, Toomaj Salehi, was initially arrested after releasing music in support of the 2022 protests over the death of a ...
Iran is using rap music to promote hardline Islamist values ... Salehi was first arrested in September 2021 after his songs ...
Iran executed 853 people in 2023 — the highest number on record since 2015, according to a report in Amnesty International. The surge in executions comes as Iran continues what Amnesty calls a ...
Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, finds solace in Elon Musk's platform, citing anti-American sentiments amidst ...
Regime’s effort to exploit US campus crackdown damaged by treatment of Toomaj Salehi ...
The figure for 2023 was up 48% on the previous year and 56% of executions involved drug-related charges, Amnesty said. Two other NGOs, Iran Human Rights (IHR) and Together Against the Death ...
Iran’s prisons have been “transformed into sites of mass killings”, with the number of executions hitting an eight-year high in 2023, according to a new report by Amnesty International.
Iran’s prisons have been “transformed into sites of mass killings”, with the number of executions hitting an eight-year high in 2023, according to a new report by Amnesty International. Some 853 ...