Torture

Reports from Urmia Central Prison indicate that prison authorities have summoned three inmates and informed them that their amputation sentences...

Iran HRM has obtained an open letter from three prisoners sentenced to amputation—Mehdi Shahivand, Mehdi Sharifian, and Hadi Rostami—who publicly...

Father of Four Dies Under Torture in Iranian Custody, Sparking Outrage in Malekan The death of 48-year-old Ghafar Akbari in...

Torture, Medical Negligence, and Psychological Abuse as Methods of Covert Execution In recent months, Iranian authorities have intensified their use...

Iran has been repeatedly criticized for employing severe corporal punishments, particularly hand amputation, as part of its judicial system. Despite...

On October 31, 2024, Vahid Benami was executed in Naqadeh Prison, Iran, while additional executions took place in Isfahan. Reports...

Reports received by Iran HRM indicate that two prisoners in Iran, Shahrad Teimouri and Mehrdad Teimouri, both of whom were...

A young man named Seyed Mohammad Mir-Mousavi, from the village of Seyed-Mahalleh in the Rudbeneh district of Lāhijān, northern Iran,...

The suppression of security forces against women in Iran, under the pretext of combating improper veiling, began on Saturday, April...

Mehran Akrami, a Kurdish citizen from Takab city, who was arrested during the nationwide protests of 2022 by security forces...