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A group of distinguished Belgian political figures and experts has issued a powerful statement condemning the Iranian regime’s alarming surge in executions. The statement accuses the regime of weaponizing the death penalty to silence dissent and spread fear, citing data from Amnesty International that reveals Iran accounted for 74% of all documented executions globally in […]

At the 106th Congress of Mayors in Paris, held on November 19-21, 2024, 580 French mayors, including Michaël Delafosse (Montpellier), Martine Aubry (Lille), and Jean-Michel Baylet (Valence d’Agen), signed a resounding appeal to end executions in Iran. This initiative, led by the French Mayors’ Committee for a Democratic Iran (CMFID) alongside the Committee to Support

The UN Secretary-General’s report, presented by Ilze Brands Kehris, Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights, to the Third Committee of the General Assembly, raises grave concerns over the deteriorating human rights situation in Iran. The Secretary-General’s report on the situation of human rights in Iran (A/79/509) covering the period from 1 August 2023 to 31 July

On the occasion of the World Day Against the Death Penalty on October 10, the Iran Human Rights Monitor (Iran HRM) shared a post on its X account (formerly Twitter) announcing broad international support for the “Global Call for ‘No to Executions’ in Iran.” According to the post, Iran HRM reported that “1,500 dignitaries from

On the occasion of World Day Against the Death Penalty on October 10, Mai Sato, the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran, expressed deep concern about the alarming number of executions in Iran, particularly highlighting “the use of capital punishment against women activists and supporters of the

In a 2-day campaign in Paris, October 3-4, Iranian community activists organized a photo and book exhibition to raise the awareness of the French public about the ongoing human rights violations in Iran. The exhibition highlighted growing concerns within the Iranian diaspora and among human rights organizations regarding the growing use of the death penalty

Ahead of the 2024 UN General Assembly session, which began on September 24, pro-democracy Iranian diaspora groups, primarily from the Iranian American community, organized a series of week-long rallies outside the UN headquarters in New York. The protests aimed to draw attention to Iran’s deteriorating human rights situation and to urge the international community to

On September 21, 2024, activists and members of the Iranian community organized an impactful exhibition in Southampton to raise awareness about the worsening human rights situation in Iran. The street exhibition, featuring eye-catching posters, drew significant attention from local residents and passersby. Many expressed their shock and outrage at the extent of the abuses occurring