After being accused of stealing five sheep from a farm owned by a member of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), an Iranian prisoner has had four of his fingers amputated, while the prisoner denies the accusations.
An Iranian prisoner has had four of his fingers amputated after being accused of stealing five sheep from a farm owned by a member of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, a charge the man denies. https://t.co/YfZfIXXhKE
A teenage Iranian boy was murdered by his father over his "feminine" behavior and makeup, putting the dangerous conditions of Iran’s LGBTQIA+ community in the spotlight once again after the honor killing of Alireza Fazeli Monfared by his family members in 2021 made headlines worldwide.
An American porn star has made a lot of noise on social media after her recent trip to Iran, where she posted photos of herself covered from head-to-toe while visiting numerous landmarks in the country’s capital Tehran, including the former US Embassy.
Still reeling from the deadly crackdown on the Women, Life, Freedom protests, Iranians are struggling to understand how an American porn star was allowed to travel to Iran. https://t.co/t9w1le8mcY
The United States Treasury Department announced that the United States and Britain imposed sanctions on a network of people who targeted Iranian dissidents, defectors, and opposition figures for assassination upon Iran’s orders, including members of a notorious outlaw motorcycle gang.
Iran allegedly recruited Hells Angels bikie members to kill dissidents in US, UK https://t.co/1ttT7Tfn2D via @smh
The UK’s charity regulator is investigating videos of antisemitic speeches given by former Iranian generals to British students, as well as footage of "death to Israel" chants at the British premises of an Islamic charity.
Just weeks after two Iranian women were given harsh sentences for refusing to follow Iran’s strict and mandatory hijab law, another protester was put to death for allegedly killing a policeman during a protest near Tehran in 2022 amidst the massive demonstrations against the regime after the death of Mahsa Amini at the hands of Iran’s morality police.
Mohammad Ghobadlou: Iran executes protester with mental health condition https://t.co/moz2uazENP
The Islamic Republic started the year 2024 with more repression against Iranian women after a woman was sentenced to 74 lashes for refusing to follow the regime’s strict Islamic dress code, while another was handed a two-year prison sentence for refusing to wear the hijab.
It’s 2024, but medieval punishments such as amputation for theft continue to live on in Iran. A human rights organization advocating for Iranians learned that authorities have sentenced two suspects to finger amputation after they were accused of theft.
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei stoked controversy over his claims that God once spoke through him, leading to sharp ridicule and criticism by Iranians on social media.
Another Iranian man is facing the death penalty after being arrested and imprisoned for 11 weeks over his online activities. It comes after an elderly fishmonger was arrested in December for singing and dancing in public and posting it on social media.
32-year-old Hassan Khalkhal Zard, a motor courier originally from the northeastern city of Galikesh, in Golestan province, but working in Iran’s capital, Tehran, was arrested last October 1st by intelligence agents of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
