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☆ Iran rounds up activists and relatives of killed protesters ahead of Mahsa Amini anniversary
  + stars: | 2023-08-23 | by ( Mostafa Salem | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +4 min
CNN —Iran is moving to head off a possible repeat of unrest ahead of the first anniversary of the death of Mahsa Amini, arresting women’s rights activists and family members of people killed during last year’s nationwide protests, local and international human rights groups said Wednesday. More than 300 people were killed in the protests, including more than 40 children, the UN said in November last year. US-based Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) in January placed the number at more than 500, including 70 children. Iran executed seven protesters for their involvement in the unrest, according to the UN’s Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. Meanwhile, Bidarzani, an independent women’s rights group, alleges in social media posts that 11 women’s rights activists and one man were arrested in Gilan province over the last week.
Persons: Mahsa Amini, ”, Shermin Habibi, Fereydoon, Mahsa, Tara Sepehri Far Organizations: CNN, UN, Rights, News Agency, Human Rights Committee, UN’s, Human Rights, Iranian Foreign Ministry, Amnesty, Prosecutors Locations: Iran, HRANA, Gilan province, Tehran, Gilan
☆ Iranian director Saeed Roustaee imprisoned after Cannes Film Festival screening
  + stars: | 2023-08-18 | by ( Leah Asmelash | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +3 min
CNN —Famed Iranian director Saeed Roustaee has been sentenced to six months in prison, according to local reports, after presenting his most-recent film at the Cannes International Film Festival last year. Roustaee screened the film “Leila’s Brothers,” a movie about a family in Tehran trying to make ends meet, in competition for the Palme d’Or, the highest prize awarded at Cannes. Roustaee and “Leila’s Brother” producer Javad Noruzbegi were sentenced to six months for airing the film and “contributing to the opposition’s propaganda against the Islamic regime,” according to Iranian media. “His voice needs to be heard.”“Leila’s Brothers” was previously banned in Iran, as officials ruled the film “broke the rules by being entered at international film festivals without authorisation,” the AFP reported. Though it did not win the Palme d’Or, the film won two other prizes at Cannes, and was nominated for Best International Film at the Munich International Film Festival.
Persons: CNN —, Saeed Roustaee, Roustaee, ”, Palme, Ruben Ostlund’s, Javad Noruzbegi, Martin Scorsese, Francesca Scorsese, Scorsese, “, Jafar Panahi, Tara Sepehri, Panahi Organizations: CNN, Cannes, AFP, Iranian Foreign Ministry, Munich, Human Rights Watch Locations: Tehran, American, Iran
☆ Iran executes second person after mass protests shook the country. 25 more are said to be next.
  + stars: | 2022-12-12 | by ( Sinéad Baker | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
Iran executed a second person in connection to the human rights protests sweeping the country. Witnesses told the court that they saw him do it, Mizan reported, but human rights groups have warned that Iran is conducting sham trials of protesters. His death comes after Iran executed Mohsen Shekari last week, in the first known execution connected to the protests. Shekari was accused of blocking a street in Tehran and attacking a member of Iran's security forces with a machete, according to the Associated Press. Doctors and nurses in Iran told The Guardian last week that security forces are targeting women, firing at their faces, breasts and genitals with shotguns.
☆ Iran sentences first person to death over protests triggered by death of a young woman, Mahsa Amini, in police custody
  + stars: | 2022-11-14 | by ( Charles R. Davis | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
Iran has issued its first death sentence to a protester accused of setting a building on fire. Iran has been rocked by protests following the death of a young woman in police custody. At least 20 other people are also facing potential execution, the outlet said, citing Iranian human rights activists. Thousands of people have been detained across Iran since mid-September, when mass protests began following the death of a 22-year-old Kurdish woman, Mahsa Amini, in police custody. Iran Human Rights, an activist group based in Norway, on Monday accused the Islamic Republic of "using the death penalty to create societal fear."
☆ Cleric killed in restive Iranian city, protests rage on
  + stars: | 2022-11-03 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +6 min
Amnesty International said security forces killed at least 66 people in a crackdown on protesters in Zahedan on Sept. 30. The Sistan-Baluchistan region around Zahedan is one of the country's poorest and has been a hotbed of tension where Iranian security forces have been attacked by Baluch militants. Forty prominent Iranian human rights lawyers publicly criticised Iran's Shi'ite theocracy, saying crackdowns that have crushed dissent for decades will no longer work and protesters seeking a new political order will prevail. Human Rights Watch said Iranian authorities had escalated their assault against widespread dissent and protests by filing dubious national security charges against detained activists and staging grossly unfair trials. Iran has denied allegations by human rights groups that it abuses prisoners.
☆ Iran protests intensify as women burn headscarves in defiance of morality police
  + stars: | 2022-09-21 | by ( Rhoda Kwan | Rhoda Kwan Is A Taipei-Based Journalist. | ) www.nbcnews.com   time to read: +1 min
The death of the 22-year-old Kurdish woman has ignited simmering tensions over social freedoms, drawing thousands to streets across the country and support from around the world. “I think we’re all in awe of the bravery of Iranian women who have long pushed forward their demands despite all the restrictions,” Tara Sepehri Far, senior Iran researcher at Human Rights Watch, told NBC News on Wednesday. Iran’s minister of communications said earlier Wednesday that he had been misquoted after news outlets cited him as saying the authorities might disrupt internet services for security reasons. Authorities on Wednesday confirmed three people, including a member of the security forces, had been killed during the unrest. Hengaw said the toll was at least seven in the country’s Kurdish region alone.
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