Iran has approved harsher penalties for espionage and collaboration with Israel and the United States, just days after UN experts warned of a dramatic surge in executions. Experts say the move aims to instill fear in the public and deter unrest.| RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
Iranian authorities have executed over 1,000 people thus far in 2025, the highest number of yearly executions in Iran that the organization has recorded in at least 15 years, said Amnesty International. The organization is calling on the Iranian authorities to establish an immediate moratorium on executions as a first step, and issuing an urgent […]| Amnesty International
This report covers the judicial use of the death penalty for the period January to December 2024. Amnesty International’s monitoring shows an increase by 32% in recorded executions compared to 2023. This does not include the thousands of people believed to have been executed in China, as well as in North Korea and Viet Nam, […]| Amnesty International
Three years after the death of Mahsa Amini, Iranian authorities are still preventing her family from holding a memorial service for the 22-year-old who died while in the custody of Tehran’s morality police for an alleged violation of the law on wearing a head cover.| Europa Liberă România
Iranul a anunțat că aproximativ 120 din cetățenii săi sunt deportați din Statele Unite și se vor întoarce în țară săptămâna aceasta. Hossein Nushabadi, directorul general pentru Afaceri Parlamentare și Consulare din cadrul Ministerului de Externe al Iranului, a declarat pentru agenția de știri...| Europa Liberă România
În zilele tensionate din septembrie 2022 care au urmat morții Mahsei Amini – arestată pentru că ar fi purtat un văl în mod necorespunzător – pe străzile Iranului s-a auzit un slogan nou: „Femei, viață, libertate”. Strigat pentru prima dată la înmormântarea Mahsei Amini în orașul ei natal,...| Europa Liberă România
