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February 22, 2019

Cyberattacks on Iranian Online Businesses Expose State’s Failed Digital Security Promises

Government Touted “National Information Network” by Promising Improved Digital Protections At least 20 digital media and financial companies in Iran were targeted ...

February 21, 2019

Abuse of 11-Year-Old Child Bride in Iran Sees Some Lawmakers Calling for Reforms

News of an 11-year-old girl in the Iranian city of Ilam being repeatedly raped after being illegally married off to a man four times her age has renewed protests by some members of Parliament against the law that allows child marriage. The child, referred to by ...

February 19, 2019

Niloufar Bayani Absent from Trial After Protesting Prosecution’s Use of Forced “Confessions”

Authorities Interrogated Three People, Warned Them Not to Speak About Cases After protesting the prosecution’s use of false statements she had made under the threat of torture, Niloufar Bayani has been absent from three out ...

February 15, 2019

Inmates in Gharchak Women’s Prison Denied Food and Heating After Being Assaulted by Guards

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February 14, 2019

Imprisoned Journalist Hamed Aynehvand Denied Right to Post Bail in Iran

Aynehvand Denied Legal Counsel by Hardline Judge Mohammad Moghiseh Judicial officials in Evin Prison in Tehran are illegally preventing the release of political journalist ...

February 14, 2019

Sugar Mill Workers Call for International Action to Free Detained Colleagues Esmail Bakhshi and Sepideh Qoliyan

Esmail Bakhshi and Sepideh Qoliyan Pressured to Retract Torture Allegations A union representing workers of the Haft Tappeh sugar mill in the Iranian city of Shush, Khuzestan Province, has called on individuals and international organizations ...

February 14, 2019

Ten Detained Political Activists and Environmentalists Denied Counsel in Iran’s Kurdistan Province

Ten political activists and environmentalists arrested in Iran’s Kurdistan Province between December 31, 2018, and January 6, 2019, ...

February 12, 2019

Unable to Move His Arm, Arash Sadeghi Denied Hospitalization for Infected Biopsy Wound

“What’s certain is that he needs to be urgently hospitalized” Arash Sadeghi, a political prisoner in Iran, has lost ...

February 12, 2019

US Resident Imprisoned in Iran Nizar Zakka Refused to Make False “Confession” on Film

Lebanese-born US resident Nizar Zakka refused to make false statements while being filmed in Evin Prison in ...

February 8, 2019

Swedish-Iranian Scientist Denied Medical Treatment for Demanding to be Transported With Dignity

Ahmadreza Djalali and wife Vida Mehrannia with their child. ...

February 8, 2019

“Ten Years is Enough:” Mother of Canadian Resident Imprisoned in Iran Seeks Pardon

The mother of Saeed Malekpour, a Canadian resident imprisoned in Iran since 2008, ...

February 8, 2019

Family of Late Conservationist Kavous Seyed-Emami Petitions Iran to Respond to State TV Smears

Widow Remains Barred From Leaving Country Despite Expired Travel Ban One year after his father’s suspicious death in Tehran’s Evin Prison, ...

February 7, 2019

Mounting Evidence that Clears Eight Conservationists from Grave Charges, Judiciary Still Relies on Forced “Confessions”

Iran Must Guarantee Fair Trial in Upcoming Court Session on February 12 Year-long Detainment Continues while Judiciary Ignores Conclusions of Supreme National Security Council, Intelligence Ministry and Department of Environment February 7, 2019—In light of the ...

February 5, 2019

Niloufar Bayani

Here's what some Iranians had to say after a conservationist detained in Iran under trumped-up charges for the past year testified in court that she'd been coerced to make false "confessions" under the threat of TORTURE. ...

February 4, 2019

Tehran Art Exhibition Showcases Works by Acid Attack Survivors

Victims Face Social Stigma and Inadequate State Laws and Services “How many more victims should acid take until it’s banned, or ...

January 31, 2019

Labor Activist Ali Nejati Denied Medical Treatment Against Doctor’s Orders

Petition Signed by 800 People Calls on Iran to Release Striking Haft Tappeh Workers Detained labor rights activist Ali Nejati is being denied medical treatment for ...

January 30, 2019

Eight Conservationists Tried in Iran on Basis of Retracted False “Confessions”

First Half of Indictment Lacks Evidence, Relies on Statements Made Under Extreme Duress January 30, 2019 – In their first trial session since being ...

January 30, 2019

Renewed Pressure in Iran to Block Instagram After Activist’s Post About Torture Makes Headlines

A labor activist’s widely read Instagram post alleging he was tortured ...

January 29, 2019

Three Members of Iran’s Writers Association Charged With National Security Crimes for Opposing Censorship

Three senior members of the Iranian Writers Association (IWA) have been charged with national security crimes for ...

January 29, 2019

Autistic Individuals Deprived of Services and Medications Due to Costs, Lack of Insurance

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January 28, 2019

Human Rights Lawyer Mohammad Najafi Facing 19 Years Behind Bars in Iran

Najafi Jailed for Demanding Justice for Detainee Who Died in State Custody Imprisoned human rights attorney Mohammad Najafi was sentenced to two more years in prison in Iran on January 22, 2019—bringing the total number of years he has been ...

January 28, 2019

Concealing Details, Prosecutor Says US Veteran Jailed in Iran Based on “Private” Complaint    

Seven months after American citizen Michael White was imprisoned in Iran, the prosecutor of the city of Mashhad told a state-funded media agency ...

January 28, 2019

Sufi Prisoners Denied Medical Treatment for Painful Pellet Wounds

Prison Official: “We shot to kill you, not to treat you” Two Sufi Muslims imprisoned in Iran’s Great ...

January 22, 2019

Iran: Release Labor Activists Re-Arrested For Revealing They’d Been Tortured

Esmail Bakhshi and Sepideh Qoliyan Both At Risk of Serious Harm January 22, 2019—The arrests of labor activist Esmail Bakhshi...

January 18, 2019

Satirist Keyomars Marzban to Be Tried in Iran Under Hardline Judge Salavati

Iranian satirist Keyomars Marzban, who has been detained in Iran since August 2018, is due to face ...

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