{"id":13355,"date":"2019-01-02T14:26:58","date_gmt":"2019-01-02T19:26:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.irandemocratic.org\/public_html\/news\/?p=13355"},"modified":"2019-01-03T16:32:14","modified_gmt":"2019-01-03T21:32:14","slug":"iran-regimes-systematic-violations-of-the-right-to-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.irandemocratic.org\/public_html\/news\/13355\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran Regime’s Systematic Violations of the Right to Life"},"content":{"rendered":"

Executions, arbitrary arrests and killings, death in custody, and unjustified death sentences including Juvenile executions on one side, and inhumane t<\/span>reatment and cruel punishments including a<\/span>mputation, flogging, torture and humiliation are some routine human rights abuses happening in Iran under the mullahs. To this add domestic\u00a0<\/span>crackdown<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>as well as\u00a0<\/span>discrimination<\/span>\u00a0against women and\u00a0<\/span>religious and ethnic minorities<\/span>\u00a0under Rouhani.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"Over 3,000 people were sent to the gallows during Rouhani’s tenure and domestic crackdown has escalated since December 2017 when Nationwide Strike and Protests by workers, teachers, farmers, truckers, students and other strata of the society demanding their basic rights have started.<\/p>\n

Moreover, Iranian authorities have continued crackdown on religious and ethnic minorities and increase suppression of lawyers and civil and human rights activists and the public who are demanding their basic rights. Mistreatment of prisoners, particularly political prisoners, has also escalated during Rouhani’s tenure.<\/p>\n

The followings are just a few examples of the ongoing human rights abuses including executions and public hangings in Iran that have continued for nearly 40 years, particularly following the horrific 1988 massacre of political prisoners<\/a>, because no perpetrators of the prison killings and no officials of the regime involved in this crime against humanity has ever been held accountable.<\/p>\n

Executions<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

Man Hanged at Isfahan Prison<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"A prisoner was hanged at Isfahan Central Prison on Monday, December 17, Iran Human Rights reported<\/a> on December, 22, 2018. According to the IHR sources, prisoner Vahid Jahangiri was sentenced to death for an alleged murder committed seven years ago. \u201cVahid had always denied the accusation. However, he was sentenced to death because of a testimony from a so-called witness,\u201d the source said.<\/p>\n

Vahid was from the Iranian city of Isfahan and the victim was from Golpayegan, but according to the source, the victim was killed in Isfahan.\u00a0The Iranian media outlets have not published any information or news related to the execution.<\/p>\n

Young Woman Executed<\/strong><\/p>\n

A young woman identified as Noushin, 25, was hanged on Saturday, December 22, 2018, the Iranian state-run news agencies reported.<\/p>\n

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It is not clear in which city and prison the execution took place but the young woman had been interviewed by a state-media reporter as she was waiting in the (prison) courtyard for her sentence to be carried out.<\/p>\n

Noushin was convicted of murdering a man, Soheil, who had promised to marry her, but took advantage of her, and subsequently brutalized, blackmailed and forced her into having sexual relations with his friends. (State-run ROKNA news agency \u2013 December 22, 2018)<\/p>\n

According to the NCRI Women Committee, Noushin is one of the 86\u00a0woman that were\u00a0executed during Rouhani\u2019s tenure<\/a>\u00a0so far. She is not the first victim of violence being executed for defending herself and her dignity.<\/p>\n

Unprecedented Crackdown of Independent Lawyers<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

Iranian lawyer Mohammad Najafi has been\u00a0sentenced to another 13 years imprisonment solely\u00a0because of doing his job to defend his clients\u2019\u00a0rights. He was sentenced to three years\u00a0imprisonment a few weeks ago. Human rights\u00a0lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh and her husband are in\u00a0prison facing several accusations. Amirsalar\u00a0Davoudi, the defense attorney of several political and civil activists, is under arrest for\u00a0almost a month, and unprecedented crackdown of Iranian lawyers continues.<\/p>\n

\"\"In a similar event, Iranian human rigths lawyers Arash Keikhorsavi and Qassem Shole-Sa\u2019adi<\/a> were sentenced to 6\u00a0years of imprisonment by branch 15 of Tehran Revolutionary Courts, headed by judge\u00a0Salavati. They are reportedly sentenced to 5 years imprisonment for \u201cillegal gathering\u201d and\u00a0one year for \u201cspreading propaganda against the system.\u201d<\/p>\n

Moreover, human rights lawyer and Sakharov prize winner, Nasrin Sotoudeh<\/a>, was convicted in absentia and sentenced to five years in prison<\/a> after an unfair trial. She is accused of several so-called \u201ccrimes\u201d including accepting the “Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought” given by the\u00a0European Parliament.\u00a0She is also accused of supporting immorality and prostitution by representing Girls of\u00a0Revolutionary Street, encouraging referendum, helping the establishment of home churches,\u00a0her membership in Defenders of Human Rights Center, membership in an abolitionist\u00a0campaign called Step by Step to Stop Death Penalty.<\/p>\n

A few days after Nasrin\u2019s arrest, her husband Reza Khandan was also arrested and faced\u00a0charges like \u201cgathering and collusion against national security, spreading propaganda against\u00a0the system and encouraging immorality and prostitution\u201d by opposing compulsory hijab.<\/p>\n

Mistreatment & Imprisonment<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

Female Student Jailed For Demanding Mother\u2019s Release<\/strong><\/p>\n

Afsaneh Rezaei, a student of Shiraz University, was taken to Adel-Abad Prison on December 24, 2018 to serve a six-month sentence.\u00a0She was first arrested in August for participating in the gatherings in support of her mother who was detained during the strikes of teachers held on November 13 & 14 in over 40 cities in Iran.\u00a0Her mother was a teacher who was arrested in Shiraz for participating in the gatherings and protests of teachers and educators in August 2018.<\/p>\n

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Iranian teachers went on a nationwide strike on November 12 and 13 to demand better working conditions for their poorly paid profession, one month after their last mass protest.<\/p>\n

The Iranian regime’s security and judicial authorities responded to the second round of peaceful teachers\u2019 strikes by arresting and summoning alleged participants in several cities across the nation.<\/p>\n

According to reports<\/a>, following the strike, at least 13 protesters were arrested, more than 30 were summoned for questioning and 50 others were threatened by security agencies over the phone.<\/p>\n

Court Of Appeal Upholds 10-Years\u00a0<\/strong>Prison\u00a0<\/strong>Sentence For Jailed Teacher<\/strong><\/p>\n

Branch 36 of Tehran\u2019s Court of Appeals held on October 24 upheld 10-and-half-year prison sentence for jailed teacher Mohammad Habibi for \u201cassembly and collusion against national security\u201d and \u201cspreadindg propaganda against the state\u201d, 74 lashes, a two-year ban on leaving the country and political and social activities, Iran’s state-run ISNA news agency reported<\/a> on December 24.<\/p>\n

\"\"Trade unionist and welding teacher Mohammad Habibi, a 29-year-old member of the Iranian Teachers\u2019 Trade Association, was first arrested on March 3, 2018 in front of his students outside the school in Tehran where he used to teach.\u00a0Revolutionary Guards agents pepper sprayed and beat him during his arrest and transferred him to an undisclosed location where he remained in solitary confinement until around 19 March.<\/p>\n

During this period, he was repeatedly interrogated while blindfolded and subjected to torture and other ill-treatment including through being slapped in the face, having his head forcibly shaved, and receiving insults and threats against him and his family. He was then transferred to Evin prison and released on bail on April 15.<\/p>\n

In August, he was convicted of several spurious national security-related charges stemming entirely from his human rights activities as a teacher trade unionist, and sentenced to 10 and a half years in prison, 74 lashes, a two-year travel ban and a two-year ban on \u201cmembership in political and social parties, groups or collectives.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Iranian authorities have subjected numerous teacher trade unionists to years of harassment, arbitrary arrest and detention, and lengthy prison sentences following unfair trials, according to Amnesty International.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn addition to Mohammad Habibi, other imprisoned teachers in Iran include Esmail Abdi and Mahmoud Beheshti Langroodi, both of them human rights defenders serving prison sentences for peacefully exercising their rights as trade unionists.\u00a0At least six other teachers were given a nine-month suspended prison sentence and a flogging sentence of 74 lashes in September 2018 for their peaceful participation in gatherings on 10 May 2018,\u201d Amnesty said.<\/p>\n

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For More Details, Click <\/span>Here<\/a> & <\/span>Here<\/a> to Download NCRI Human Rights Bulletin\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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