Iran’s Minister of Education Sees “Plot” Behind Videos of Dancing Schoolchildren
Iran’s minister of education has called on the police to trace the “source” of what he described as “disturbing videos” of schoolchildren ...
May 8, 2019
Rouhani Official Met With Students Protesting Law That Criminalizes Social Media Activities
An adviser to President Hassan Rouhani was met with protesters at Allameh Tabataba'i University in Tehran on May 1, 2019, where she ...
May 8, 2019
Official Admits to “Defeated” Attempt to Move Iranians Over to State-Sponsored Messaging Apps
Hamid Fatehi, a deputy minister at the Ministry ...
May 7, 2019
Several Detained Without Access to Counsel One Week After Labor Day Protests
Several workers’ rights activists including teachers who were arrested at rallies in Tehran on May 1 (International Labor Day) and May 2 (Iran’s ...
May 7, 2019
New Chief Justice Appoints Proponent of Public Executions as Tehran Prosecutor General
Iran’s Chief ...
May 6, 2019
Journalists Condemn Arrest of Reformist Reporter Ahead of World Press Freedom Day
Marzieh Amiri, a reporter for the reformist Shargh newspaper, has been in Evin Prison’s Ward 209 under the control of the Intelligence Ministry since she was arrested ...
May 6, 2019
Tweets Against Iran’s Compulsory Hijab Law Land Male Activist in Prison
Political activist Siavash Rezaeian has been told to report to a prison in central Iran for criticizing former Judiciary Chief Sadegh ...
May 3, 2019
Narges Mohammadi Rushed Back to Prison from Hospital Against Doctors’ Orders
Prominent human rights defender Narges Mohammadi was recently taken from Evin Prison to a hospital in Tehran where she was told she ...
May 3, 2019
Charity Worker Who Assisted Flood Victims Arrested in Tehran
Charity worker Akram Nasirian was arrested by unidentified security agents in Tehran for unknown reasons, according to the Telegram channel of the ...
May 3, 2019
Three Writers Tried in Iran on “National Security” Charges
The trial of three board members of the Iranian Writers Association (IWA) was held at Branch 28 of the Revolutionary Court in Tehran on ...
May 1, 2019
Crackdown in Iran: Several Arrested at May Day Protests
A peaceful demonstration by people demanding workers’ rights in front of Iran’s Parliament in Tehran on International Workers’ Day, May 1, 2019, was violently repressed after police and plainclothes security agents attacked the crowd and arrested dozens of workers. ...
May 1, 2019
Security Forces Arrest Protesters in Front of Iran’s Parliament on Labor Day
A peaceful demonstration by people demanding workers’ rights in front of Iran’s Parliament in Tehran on International Workers’ Day, May 1, ...
April 30, 2019
Banned Works at Tehran Book Fair Highlight Iran’s Corrosive Censorship Policies
“People Lack Buying Power, Writers Lack Inspiration,” Says Novelist Several books by dissident authors in Iran were banned from the 32nd Tehran International ...
April 29, 2019
Iran Sets Stage for More Crackdowns on University Students’ Online Activities
University students in Iran could be punished for engaging in online activities deemed by the government as “unethical” following the passage of an ...
April 26, 2019
Imprisoned Lawyer’s Husband Rejects Judiciary’s Accusation of “Exaggerating” Her Heavy Sentence
“The authorities…refuse to accept the fact that they have condemned a woman lawyer to suffer the inhuman act of flogging and a long ...
April 24, 2019
Former Basij Paramilitary Member Sentenced to 13 Years for Creating Online Group
Kamal Jafari Yazdi Had a Change of Heart After the 2009 Protests Kamal Jafari Yazdi, a former staunch supporter of the Iranian government, has been sentenced to 13 ...
April 23, 2019
25 People Arrested at Mixed-Gender Party in Iran
Twenty-five women and men were arrested at a private party near the Iranian city of Gorgan, Golestan Province, on April 19, 2019, judicial ...
April 23, 2019
Workers’ Rights Activists Arrested for Revealing Torture by Intelligence Ministry Held Unlawfully
Lawyers representing workers’ rights activists Esmail Bakhshi and Sepideh Qoliyan say the two are being held unlawfully now that their two-month detention orders ...
April 23, 2019
Prosecutor General’s Cyber Division Launches New Online Censorship Center in Iran
Some Internet Users in Iran Warned of Prosecution for Accessing Blacklisted Websites In 2019, Iranian media outlets began reporting on the sudden appearance ...
April 22, 2019
Sufi Woman Beaten by Inmate in Gharchak Prison
Sufi political prisoner Sima Entesari was beaten by an inmate who claims she was promised a case review if she carried out the ...
April 22, 2019
Detained Defense Attorney to Be Tried on Four Charges for Peaceful Activities
At Least Three Lawyers Currently Imprisoned in Iran Detained defense attorney Amirsalar Davoudi is facing four charges for running a Telegram app channel for lawyers in Iran ...
April 19, 2019
Iranian Actress Asks Minister Why She Was Pulled from Film Set Based on “Order from Above”
Iranian actress Maryam Moghaddam (also referred to as Moqadam), has written an open letter to Iran’s Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Abbas ...
April 19, 2019
Iranians Push Back as Officials Threaten to Block Instagram in Retaliation for Banned IRGC Accounts
In April 2019, Instagram began taking down accounts under the names of current and former members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), stating it was do so in accordance with US sanctions law. Iranian officials responded by threatening to block access to Instagram. Once ...
April 18, 2019
Iranians Push Back as Officials Threaten to Block Instagram in Retaliation for Banned IRGC Accounts
Some Iranian officials have responded to Instagram’s decision to remove accounts it has associated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) by pushing ...
April 18, 2019
12 Conservationists Detained Without Counsel in Iran’s Kurdistan Province
Twelve of the 20 environmental conservationists arrested in Iran’s Kurdistan Province in January and February 2019 remain in detention centers run by the Islamic Revolutionary ...