A 16-year-old boy is facing the death penalty in Iran accused of insulting the hardline Islamic state's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. Teen Amirreza Bagheri - from Tabriz in north-western Iran - is understood to have been seized over anti-government protests sweeping the country. He is facing trial for 'insulting the…
A student and political activist from Iran who was recently released from custody revealed that female inmates were being forced to take medication that sedated them. Leila Hosseinzadeh poses in an undated photo. Leila Hosseinzadeh, a student in prison, reportedly announced a hunger strike after she was banned from seeing…
A jailed Iranian activist has spoken up about torture and forced confessions at the notorious Evin prison in Tehran. Photo shows Sepideh Qolian, undated. In a letter written inside Evin prison in Tehran, Iran, Sepideh Qolian, a prominent female Iranian activist, revealed how prisoners are tortured to extract confessions. (@sepide_qoliyan/Newsflash)…
A dad on death row in Iran following a sham trial has pleaded with officials to let him see his baby daughter before he is hanged. Iranian protester Hasan Firouzi, poses with his baby in undated photo. He was death sentence and his family was told they would be notified…
A leading British female chess judge originally from Iran has been reprimanded for wearing a T-shirt with the anti-hijab slogan 'Women Life Freedom'. Photo shows Shohreh Bayat, an Iranian chess arbiter based in England, undated. She wore pro human rights clothing during the FIDE World Fischer Random Chess Championship 2022.…
