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October 28, 2019

Intelligence Ministry Pressures Family Members to Cut Ties with Religious Scholar Who Criticized Supreme Leader

Agents Install Surveillance Camera Outside Dr. Ali Asghar Gharavi’s Home Relatives and associates of moderate opposition activist Ali Asghar Gharavi, a prominent religious scholar, have come under increasing intimidation tactics by Iran’s Intelligence Ministry, the Center for Human Rights ...

October 24, 2019

Another Mother Denied Visits With Children Under Evin Prison’s New Director

Following additional restrictions imposed on political prisoners in Tehran’s Evin Prison by its newly appointed Director Gholamreza Ziaei, Maryam Akbari-Monfared’s visits with her family members have been canceled, the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) ...

October 23, 2019

Civil Rights Activist Arash Sadeghi Repeatedly Denied Medical Treatment for “Paralyzed” Arm

Rajaee Shahr Prison Director Creating Obstacles to Hospital Transfers Political prisoner Arash Sadeghi is dangerously ill yet Iranian authorities continue to prevent his transfer to a hospital, his wife told the Center for Human Rights in Iran ...

October 21, 2019

“I Will Turn My Body Into a Weapon,” Writes Detained Women’s Rights Activist on Hunger Strike

Detained women’s rights activist Atefeh Rangriz has been on hunger strike in Gharchak Prison, south of Tehran, since October 16, 2019, to protest the Intelligence Ministry’s blocking of her release, a source with detailed knowledge of her ...

October 21, 2019

Iranian Actress Matin Sotudeh Summoned to Court for Red Carpet Attire: “The Reaction Shocked Me”

Matin Sotudeh (middle) was dressed in a hijab and buttoned-up, long-sleeved tunic ...

October 18, 2019

14 Women Activists to Be Prosecuted for Demanding Supreme Leader’s Resignation

The prosecution of 14 women who signed a statement demanding the resignation of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei will begin on October 21, 2019, at Branch 26 of the Revolutionary Court. They have been charged with “propaganda against ...

October 16, 2019

Judicial Order Seeks to Block Iranians’ Access to Google Play App Store

Move Would Limit Iranians to State-Controlled App Store, Vulnerable to State Surveillance, Malware A judicial order to block Google Play in Iran, which would deny millions of Iranians access to the world’s largest app store for Android devices, has been issued but not yet implemented, according to investigations by the Center for Human Rights in Iran ...

October 16, 2019

Reign of Evin Prison’s New Director Begins with Denial of Political Prisoners’ Rights

Female Prisoners of Conscience Denied Phone Contact with Children The appointment of Gholamreza Ziaei, former director of two disreputable prisons in Iran, as the new chief of Evin Prison on July 27, 2019, has been followed by ...

October 15, 2019

Political Prisoner Narges Mohammadi Has Been Separated from Her Children for Five Years and Counting

Imprisoned human rights advocate Narges Mohammadi has not been able to hold her two children since 2015, for nearly five years, her mother Ozra Bazargan wrote in an open letter decrying the injustice her daughter is ...

October 15, 2019

Tehran University Student Launches Campus Sit-In Against Being Blacklisted for Activism

University of Tehran student activist Soha Mortezaei’s sign reads, ...

October 15, 2019

Shirin Neshat Curates Iranian Women Artists Exhibit

A new exhibit curated by visual artist Shirin Neshat with artistic advisor Nicky Nodjoumi and organized by the Center for Human Rights in Iran features nearly 100 works by Iranian women artists. Come see it for a limited time ...

October 15, 2019

Women in Iran Make History as Thousands Attend Football Game

Women in Iran made HISTORY on October 10, 2019, when thousands watched a football game in Tehran’s Azadi Stadium. They’ve been banned from purchasing tickets for the past 38 years. ...

October 9, 2019

Iranian Women Attend Football Match in Major Challenge to Stadium Ban, But Discriminatory Restrictions Persist

October 9, 2019 – Nearly four decades after women were banned from sports stadiums in Iran, a few thousand tickets were sold to female fans ahead of an October 10, 2019, World Cup qualifier match between the ...

October 9, 2019

Appeals Court to Rule on Satirist’s Case Without Hearing His Defense

Iran’s Appeals Court, which met last week to review satirist Keyomars Marzban’s appeal against a preliminary court’s harsh sentence against him, is expected to issue a ruling next week without hearing his defense, a source with detailed ...

October 8, 2019

Iran Blocks Domestic Hosting Companies From Servicing Banned Websites

Iran’s deputy prosecutor general in charge of cyberspace announced that ...

October 8, 2019

Education For All

Millions of children with disabilities in Iran are being denied education. Center for Human Rights in Iran & Human Rights Watch interviewed dozens of people in Iran with kids who’ve been denied school enrollment because they’ve been unjustly labeled as “uneducable.” ...

October 7, 2019

Children Born to Non-Iranian Fathers Win Right to File for Citizenship—With a Catch

Amendment Authorizes Intelligence Agencies to Investigate Applicants’ Parents Legislation granting a citizenship application option to Iranian children born to foreign fathers was approved by the country’s legislative watchdog, the Guardian Council, on October 2, 2019. Four years in ...

October 7, 2019

Sepideh Qoliyan Said She Was Tortured in Iran, Now She’s Serving an 18-Year Prison Sentence

Female Activist Described Inhumane Conditions of Detention in Video Statement  *Warning: This article contains content that could be upsetting or disturbing for some readers. Sepideh Qoliyan is currently serving an 18.6-year prison sentence in Iran’s ...

October 7, 2019

Women’s Demand for Tickets for Soccer Match Between Iran and Cambodia Surges as Ban is Lifted

Authorities Quadruple Tickets Available to Women After Allotment Sells Out in One Hour Responding to extraordinarily high demand for tickets from women soccer fans, Iranian authorities have increased the allocation of seats for women at Tehran’s Azadi Stadium ...

October 3, 2019

Children With Disabilities in Iran Denied Access to Inclusive Education

October 2, 2019

Children With Disabilities in Iran Denied Access to Inclusive Education

Iran's Government Should Allow Kids With Disabilities to Be Educated Alongside Their Peers  October 2, 2019 – Children with disabilities face discrimination and significant barriers in getting an education in Iran, Human Rights Watch and the Center for Human ...

October 2, 2019

Joint Letter on the Arrests of Activists’ Relatives by the Iranian Government

The undersigned human rights organizations are deeply concerned about arrests of family members of activists, journalists and political prisoners by the Iranian government. These arrests fit a pattern of intimidation and harassment often undertaken by the Iranian ...

October 2, 2019

Imprisoned Iranian-British Dual National Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe Pleas for Release in New Letter

Unjustly Jailed Mother Relays Torment of Separation from Her 5-Year-Old Daughter Iranian-British dual national Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has made an impassioned plea for her release from prison in a new letter written from her cell in Iran’s ...

September 27, 2019

Striking Iranian Sugar Plant Workers Add Colleagues’ Freedom to List of Demands

More than three years into ongoing strikes for unpaid wages and benefits, workers of Iran’s biggest sugar plant are now also calling for their imprisoned colleagues’ freedom. Hundreds of workers of the Haft Tappeh Sugarcane Agro-industrial Complex in ...

September 26, 2019

Baha’i Woman Blindfolded During Interrogations, Imprisoned Under “National Security” Crimes

Man Pressured to Make False Confession, Charged With National Security Crimes for Running Peaceful Baha'i Social Media Channels A Baha’i woman started serving a prison sentence and a Baha’i man was charged with national security crimes for his ...

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