Farangis Mazlum, Soheil Arabi’s mother, was brought to the Judgement Enforcement Unit of the Evin Prison in Iran on August 2, 2022. The 55-year-old Mazlum will serve an 18-month custodial sentence for speaking out against her son’s arrest.
A man in Brooklyn was arrested on July 25th after being found armed with a loaded AK-47-type assault rifle outside the home of Iranian journalist and women's rights activist Masih Alinejad.
Alinejad, an Iranian expatriate and women's rights advocate living in New York, has long been a target of the Islamic Republic of Iran for her criticism of the regime in Tehran.
On July 27, the execution of three women was carried out in Iranian prisons. The accused women were all convicted and charged with killing their husbands. These three women were part of a recent execution spree that took the lives of 32 people in a single week.
Soheila Abedi, Faranak Beheshti, and Senobar Jalali were victims of forced marriages.
On July 30, a 28-year-old writer, journalist, editor, and activist of forced hijab appeared on national TV, making her “confession” a few weeks after her disappearance.
The Islamic Republic of Iran has had an unfavorable opinion of having pets over the last few years. The country is now considering a law to ban pets such as dogs, cats, and even crocodiles. The Iranian government plans to approve a new law that will make it illegal for the general population to have animals without a special permit.
The new law that bans and criminalizes abortion in Iran has caused severe distress. Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei's drastic measures to exponentially increase the population have jeopardized women's lives in Iran.
Milad Hatemi, a famous Instagram influencer from Iran, has been indicted for "corruption of earth." Such a charge carries the death penalty in the country. He was allegedly running an online gambling operation.
Amid an intense campaign of the Iranian government on the proper and strict wearing of the hijab, arrests of protesters, mainly women activists, have also started to increase.
Under Iran’s 1980 Islamic Sharia law, women are obliged to cover or disguise their figures by wearing long, loose-fitting clothes, ensuring that this also covers their hair. Women who violate this dress code are met with public rebuke, fines, and even arrests.
A recently published study shows that anti-Hindu content is becoming increasingly visible across social media platforms, from fringe channels like message board 4chan to mainstream Twitter and Reddit.
According to the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance, authorities have taken action against the Tehran-based brand Domino Dairy for an ice cream commercial that shows a "provocative” image of a woman.
