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Iran Boxer Sentenced to Death At ‘Imminent’ Risk of Execution: Rights Groups
The World Boxing Council and sporting luminaries including former tennis star Martina Navratilova have called on Iran to spare the life of Mohammad Javad Vafaei-Sani, 30, a silver medallist in the national boxing championship.
Vafaei-Sani was arrested in 2020 over involvement in 2019 protests, charged with membership of the People’s Mujahedin (PMOI, also known by the Persian acronym MEK) organisation, which is banned in Iran, and sentenced to death after being convicted of the capital crime of “corruption on earth”.
This week he was informed that his request for a retrial has been rejected by Iran’s Supreme Court, while his case has now been sent to the office for implementation of sentences, the US-based Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) said.
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Settlement Agreement between the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control and Exodus Movement, Inc.
The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) today announced a $3,103,360 settlement with Exodus Movement, Inc. (“Exodus”) to settle its potential civil liability for 254 apparent violations of OFAC’s sanctions on Iran. Between October 2017 and January 2019, Exodus provided customer support services to users in Iran which in certain instances helped such users access digital asset exchanges through Exodus’s wallet software. The settlement amount reflects OFAC’s determination that the apparent violations were not voluntarily self-disclosed and that 12 of the 254 apparent violations were egregious.
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Iran And the Human Rights Battle: Why Has the World Reacted Again?
In November 2025, the UN Third Committee adopted a bold resolution on human rights violations in Iran. The resolution, which refers to mass executions, arbitrary arrests, discrimination against women and minorities, cross-border intimidation, and the 1988 massacre, once again demonstrated that human rights violations in Iran are not exceptions but a systematic policy.
The condemnation of Iran is the result of years of efforts by victims’ families, human rights activists, and independent organisations such as the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI).
At the UN Third Committee meeting on Iran, Andrew Sigley, the UK’s First Secretary for Human Rights, stated: “Iran continues to target civil society beyond its borders. This activity seeks to silence journalists, activists and others responsible for documenting serious human rights violations. We are committed to working with international partners to combat this malign activity.”
Briefing at the U.S. House of Representatives
As we are approaching Christmas and the New Year, I would like to take this opportunity to wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. I also express my gratitude to the distinguished Representatives for their attention to the situation in my country and for their continued support for the Iranian people in their struggle for freedom and democracy. I must also stress the importance of House Resolution 166, supported by 226 members, “expressing support for the Iranian people’s desire for a democratic, secular, and nonnuclear Republic of Iran,” and urging the free world to “recognize the rights of the Iranian people, the protesters, and the Resistance Units to confront the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and repressive forces to bring about change.”
San Francisco Rally Condemns Executions in Iran, Calls for Release of Political Prisoners
On December 14, 2025, in the wake of Human Rights Day (December 10), members of the Iranian American community in San Francisco held a rally and photo exhibition in solidarity with Iran’s political prisoners. The event, organized by supporters of the Iranian Resistance, denounced the Iranian regime’s escalating use of the death penalty, particularly against political detainees, and joined in the nationwide “No to Execution” campaign.
Freedom-Loving Iranians in Los Angeles Host Exhibition Condemning Executions in Iran
Los Angeles, California — December 14, 2025: Supporters of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) held an exhibition and bookstall to protest the Iranian regime’s increasing use of the death penalty, particularly against political prisoners. The event also expressed solidarity with the “No to Execution” campaign.
Freedom-Loving Iranians in Los Angeles Host Exhibition Condemning Executions in Iran #StopExecutionsInIran #FreePoliticalPrisonershttps://t.co/Vv7HBq6qSM
— Iran Freedom (@4FreedominIran) December 16, 2025
The event called for the complete abolition of capital punishment in Iran and the unconditional release of all political prisoners, especially those at risk of imminent execution. Organizers also urged that senior regime officials be held accountable before an international tribunal for crimes against humanity.
Systematic Violation of the Right to Health in Iran
Universal Health Coverage emphasizes access for all people, everywhere, to essential, quality health services without financial hardship. Extensive and well-documented evidence demonstrates that in Iran this principle has not only failed to materialize but has been systematically violated. Based on official admissions by state authorities, reports published by regime-affiliated media, data collected by the NCRI, and international reactions, this report shows that the situation in Iran does not reflect an isolated crisis or administrative failure. Rather, it reveals a sustained pattern of decision-making and implementation in which public health and human life are subordinated to political, security, and economic considerations. On 20 September 2025, Mohsen Mansouri, Executive Deputy to President Ebrahim Raisi, stated that by the end of Hassan Rouhani’s administration, approximately 700,000 people had died from COVID-19 in Iran.
At Least 66 Fuel Porters Killed in Road Accidents in Iran in 9 Months
According to media reports, over the past nearly nine months, at least 66 fuel porters have lost their lives in road accidents in Iran. A large portion of these fatalities occurred on roads in the southern part of Sistan and Baluchestan province. The state-run Ham-Mihan newspaper reported in its Sunday, December 14 issue that from the beginning of Persian months of Farvardin until mid-Azar of the current year (from March 20 to early December), the identities and deaths of 62 fuel porters on roads in southern Sistan and Baluchestan were recorded, nine of whom were teenagers. According to Ham-Mihan, these figures do not include fuel porters traveling on roads in southern Kerman, Minab, Hormozgan, Bandar Abbas, and other roads in southeastern Iranian provinces, and when these cases are included, the death toll in less than nine months reaches at least 66 people.
Iran Regime on the Brink of a Food Crisis as Inflation, Currency Collapse, and Misrule Push Millions Toward Hunger
Soaring prices, collapsing purchasing power, and acute shortages of foreign currency for imports have pushed Iran to the edge of a food crisis. What was once discussed quietly among experts is now surfacing publicly, even within the ranks of the Iran regime itself. Analysts warn that the convergence of inflation, currency collapse, and environmental stress could ignite widespread hunger—and social unrest. A video circulated widely on social media shows a police officer in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province describing his dire living conditions. In the footage, the officer states that economic pressure has become so severe that he has even contemplated selling his kidney to survive.