Both have been sentenced to imprisonment for their peaceful activism. On February 16, authorities arrested photojournalist Noushin Jafari and transferred her to Qarchak prison to serve a revolutionary court sentence for charges of “spreading propaganda against the state” and “insulting the sanctities.” Journalists and media activists currently in prison include Keyvan Samimi and Aliayeh Matlabzadeh, the chair and co-chair of the local nongovernmental organization (NGO) the Society for Defending Press Freedom. Over the past three years, security forces have responded to widespread protests stemming from economic rights issues with excessive and unlawful force, including lethal force, and arrested thousands of protestors.
Iranian authorities severely restricted freedoms of assembly and expression. Freedom of Assembly and Expression, Right to Participate in the Conduct of Public Affairs The government’s response to the pandemic, especially its mismanaged national vaccine procurement plan, has been criticized for its opacity and politicization. Iranian authorities continued their crackdown on peaceful dissent, prosecuting human rights defenders and dissidents while serious human rights violators enjoyed impunity.Įbrahim Raeesi, who became president in unfree and unfair elections in June, previously oversaw the country’s abusive judiciary and is accused of overseeing the mass extrajudicial execution of political prisoners in 1988.ĭeteriorating economic conditions due to US unilateral sanctions and the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic have increased poverty and reduced living standards for millions in Iran.
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