19th August 2024 - Five female activists from Gilan Province, located in northern Iran along the Caspian Sea, have been sentenced to a total of 20 years and 7 months in prison by the Iranian judiciary.
The activists—(L-R) Nina Golestani, Negin Edalatkhah, Anahita Hejazi, Rozita Rajaei, and Anahita Doostdar —were involved in media and environmental activities. Each of these women was sentenced by the Third Branch of the Revolutionary Court in Rasht, the provincial capital of Gilan.
19th August 2024 - Arezou Badri, a 31-year-old mother of two, was shot by Iranian security forces due to non-compliance with mandatory hijab. She is currently in critical condition at Valiasr Hospital in Tehran, where she recently underwent a second surgery on Thursday, August 15, 2024.
On July 22nd, Badri, who is a mother of 2, was travelling with her friend in their car when police attempted to pull them over with a loudspeaker, giving them a warning about their hijab. When she chose to ignore this warning, police began shooting their car as they were driving off.
30th July 2024 - Professor Javaid Rehman, the UN Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in Iran has issued his final damning report about the Iranian Regime's "Atrocity Crimes and Genocide" before the end of his tenure. In this report which he dedicates "to the victims of 'Atrocity Crimes', their families and their loved ones", Professor Rehman touched on several topics surrounding the Iranian regime's crimes against the people of Iran, paying close attention to the 1980s and the mass killings which took place in that decade which he classifies a "genocide"
29th May 2024 - The United Nations has announced it plans to hold a memorial service on the occasion of the death of Ebrahim Raisi, President of the Iranian regime. Dennis Francis, President of the UN General Assembly wrote a letter to Antonio Guterres, UN Secretary General, requesting that a memorial be held to "pay tribute to the memory of the late President of the Islamic Republic of Iran", on 30th May at the General Assembly Hall in New York.
This comes as a number of members of both the UN and the EU Parliament have sent messages of condolences following the death of Raisi and Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, who was the Foreign Affairs Minister of the regime. At the same time, many more representatives have taken to social media with #NotInMyName to show their stance against these condolences.
The month of March saw several reports published about the situation of human rights in Iran from different organisations, in efforts to expose the Iranian regime's crimes and hold them accountable.
Professor Javaid Rehman, UN Special Rapporteur on human rights violations in Iran, called for international investigations into the 1988 massacre of political prisoners and other emblematic events, including disappearances, executions, and the 2019 protests. Professor Rehman's tenure has been extended, continuing as Special Rapporteur for another term.
The UN-appointed Fact-Finding Mission, probing Iran's 2022 protests, concluded the government's repression and gender discrimination constituted crimes against humanity.
Amnesty International's March 6 report unveiled the Iranian authorities' intensified persecution of women and girls, highlighting testimonies revealing the daily hardships faced due to compulsory veiling laws, reflecting a systematic effort to undermine their resistance.
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