Governmental, security, cyber and insecure accounts are part of the executive arm of security and advertising apparatuses to advance propaganda and governance goals in cyberspace, which should be blocked and boycotted. Their goals can be summarized as follows: 1- Creating distrust towards political activists and people towards each other. 2- To divert public opinion from […]
According to information obtained by Etemad News, a reliable source reported severe mistreatment of children in an orphanage facility operated by clergy, under the supervision of the State Welfare Organization of Iran. A former trainer disclosed that in one instance, this 7 seven year olds hands and feet were deliberately burned using a clothing iron, […]
Belgium and Islamic Republic conducted a prisoner exchange Friday in Oman, with officials saying Tehran released a Belgian aid worker in exchange for an Iranian diplomat convicted of attempting to bomb a meeting of exiles in France. Olivier Vandecasteele, had been freed in exchange for terrorist Assadollah AssadiMr Vandecasteele was sentenced to 40 years in […]
Hossein Shahbazi, 22, is at risk of imminent execution in relation to a crime that took place when he was just 17 years old. His trial was grossly unfair and his torture-tainted“confessions” were used to convict him. Iranian authorities have scheduled his execution for Sunday 28 May, in violation of the absolute prohibition on the […]
The three men – Saeed Yaghoubi, Saleh Mir-Hashemi, and Majid Kazemi were charged with ‘moharebeh’, meaning “war against God”, a vague religious concept, for their alleged role in the shooting of three government agents during a day of protests at Khane-ye Esfahan neighborhood on November 16. The ‘Khane-ye Esfahan case’ involves several other protesters. Another […]
Zahra Kazemi was born in Iran in 1948 but later emigrated to Canada and became a citizen in 1993. She worked as a freelance photojournalist, covering conflicts and social issues in various countries, including Iran. In June 2003, Kazemi traveled to Iran to cover the presidential elections and document the country’s political and social climate. […]
Based on the reports compiled by HRANA, the death sentences were carried out in several prisons, including Rajai Shahr (Karaj), Ghezel Hesar (Karaj), Urmia, Salmas, Ardabil, Dastgerd (Isfahan), Vakilabad (Mashhad), Neishabur, Torbat-e-Jam, Rasht, Yazd, Birjand, Qazvin, Minab, Bandar Abbas, Zahedan, Khorramabad, and Iranshahr. Out of the 57 executed prisoners, 36 were convicted of drug-related charges, […]
Iran executed a Swedish-Iranian dissident convicted of leading an Arab separatist group accused of attacks, including one on a military parade in 2018 that killed 25 people. Habib Farajollah Chaab was sentenced to death for being “corrupt on earth”, a capital offence under Iran’s strict interpretation of Islamic law. State broadcaster IRIB reported his execution […]
Honour Killing in Iran Honour killing is a highly controversial and unfortunate practice that still occurs Iran, as well as in other countries around the world. Honour killing is a form of violence that is typically committed against women by family members, usually males who believe that the woman has brought shame or dishonour upon […]
On March 12, 2019, Sahar Khodayari, an Iranian soccer fan nicknamed “The Blue Girl” after the colors of her favorite team Esteghlal, disguised herself as a man to attend a soccer match between Esteghlal and Al Ain from the UAE in Tehran’s Azadi Stadium. Disguising herself as a man was the only way she could […]