EU leaders were quick to declare support for the Iranian people as protests erupted, but tough visa and border restrictions don’t demonstrate solidarity. Protestors increasingly need a way out given growing state repression, argues Kourosh Ziabari.
Seven men have been hanged in cases related to the protests but activists say executions have surged in less high-profile cases, particularly over drug and murder convictions, with ethnic minorities disproportionately targeted
Iranians were already divided on many lines before mass protests erupted in 2022. As demands by demonstrators continue to be ignored amid state repression, old cracks are resurfacing to the detriment of pro-democracy efforts, writes Kourosh Ziabari.
Farhad Meysami was arrested in July 2018 and is a doctor and and human rights activist, while Hossein Yazdi was arrested in December last year amid the Mahsa Amini protests.
TEHRAN, Jan 7 Iran executed two men today after they were convicted of killing a paramilitary force member during protests sparked by the death in custody of a young woman, the.