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Swedish Court Sentences 1988 Massacre Perpetrator to Life Imprisonment: On Thursday, July 14, a Swedish court issued its final verdict against a perpetrator of the extrajudicial executions of 1988. Judge Thomas Sanders sentenced  Hamid Noury to life imprisonment for a “serious crime against international law” and “murder.” “This is a question of exceptionally serious crimes […]

In his report to the forty-ninth session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC), Dr. Javaid Rehman, the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran, wrote about the concerns of violations of human rights imposed by the Iranian regime on the people of Iran. The imposition of the death penalty,

The following is a statement by “Justice for Victims of the 1988 Massacre in Iran” released on 27 January 2022 Hundreds of international human rights and legal experts, including the former head of the International Criminal Court and more than 100 current and former United Nations officials, in letters to the UN Human Rights Council

The authorities in Iran have been blaming economic problems such as poverty, inflation, unemployment, and the depreciation of the rial on sanctions. but will Iran’s economic problems go away if all sanctions are lifted? The reality is that in more than four decades of clerical rule, Iran’s economy have been damaged beyond repair. Past experience

The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) adopted a resolution sanctioning the gross and systematic violations of human rights in Iran in its 76th session on 16 December 2021. The resolution, introduced by Canada and 47 co-sponsors from all regions, passed by 78 votes in favor, with 31 against and 69 abstentions, “Expresses serious concern at

Farmers in Isfahan, central Iran, have been suffering from water shortages for years and their calls on authorities for help have fallen on deaf ears. Protests by groups of farmers have been ongoing but it has escalated in recent months reaching a climax in November when hundreds of farmers started a sit-in on the dried

On Monday, October 25, 2021, Javaid Rehman, the U.N. Special Rapporteur on human rights in Iran, expressed concern over the increasing human rights violations in Iran during United Nations General Assembly’s Third Committee. “A serious impediment for improvement consists of persistent impunity for serious violations of human rights law. The situation is aggravated by the

In a letter to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, 25 Nobel laureates expressed their solidarity and sympathy with the relatives and friends of those executed during the 1988 massacre of the political prisoners in Iran. The Nobel laureates “underscore the need to set up an international commission by the United Nations to investigate this enormous crime.”

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