Eye on Iran’s Protests - April 4, 2024

The Islamic Republic continues to brutally crack down on the Woman, Life, Freedom movement. The United Nations has found, “repression continues two years after nationwide protests,” and over 550 people, including 49 women and 68 children, have been killed in connection with the anti-regime movement.

The Islamic Republic is considering financial penalties for hijab rule violations.

Sepideh Qolyian, a civil rights activist who spent five years in prison, has now published a second book on her encounters from Ahvaz, Bushehr, and Evin prisons.

The IRGC Intelligence Organization has arrested a woman for displaying an Israeli flag in the streets of Tehran.

Samaneh Asghari, an Iranian children's and women's rights activist, was transferred to Evin Prison in Tehran.

The U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee has announced a formal markup hearing for the MAHSA Act, which would require the president to sanction the supreme leader of Iran and the president of Iran and their respective offices for human rights abuses and terrorism.

The Islamic Republic’s judiciary announced that Sereen Badiei Curtis was arrested in Alborz. The Iranian-American dual national was accused of "desecrating sanctities," a crime punishable by death.

In the past year, 41 Iranian lawyers have been arrested amid ongoing government crackdowns on dissent.

An elderly political prisoner was sentenced to death for "insulting the prophet."

The Tomb of Esther and Mordechai was attacked in Iran. The tomb is the most important religious site for Iranian Jews, a small community under severe pressure by the Islamic Republic in Iran.

Evin Prison authorities in Iran have blocked the transfer of mandatory-hijab opponent Sedigheh Vasmaghi to a hospital for urgent treatment, according to imprisoned Nobel Laureate Narges Mohammadi.

In a sinister attempt to wear down resistance to compulsory veiling in the wake of the Woman, Life, Freedom uprising, Iran’s authorities are terrorizing women and girls by subjecting them to constant surveillance and policing.