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October 8, 2018

Five Environmentalists Charged in Iran After Eight Months in Prison

* This article was last updated on October 10, 2018. October 8, 2018 – Five out of the eight environmentalists who have been detained in Iran ...

October 1, 2018

Iran Should Immediately Free Political Prisoner Arash Sadeghi on Medical Grounds

Denial of Medical Care to Political Prisoners Routine in Iran October 1, 2018 – Iranian authorities should immediately free political prisoner Arash Sadeghi so he can receive ...

September 19, 2018

18 Sufis on Strike in Iran’s Great Tehran Penitentiary Issue Three Demands

Eighteen Sufi dervishes of the Gonabadi Order are on hunger strike in Iran’s Great Tehran ...

September 18, 2018

Secretary General: Iran Engages UN But Intensifies Crackdown on Freedom of Assembly and Speech

Mohammad Javad Larijani, the secretary general of the Iranian judiciary's High Council for Human Rights. Following are ...

August 31, 2018

University Student Sentenced to Seven Years Imprisonment in Iran as Another is Ordered to Attend Friday Prayers

As Iran continues to imprison university students for attending protests, a judge in the city of Semnan, ...

August 28, 2018

Iranian American Prisoner in Iran, Baquer Namazi, On Medical Leave

Lawyers File Appeals With Iran’s Supreme Court and the UN Baquer Namazi, an Iranian American dual national who was imprisoned ...

August 24, 2018

Iran Sanctions “Unjust and Harmful,” Says UN Expert Warning Against Generalised Economic War

Mr. Idriss Jazairy, Special Rapporteur on the negative impact of the unilateral coercive measures GENEVA (22 ...

August 23, 2018

Too Little, Too Late: Iran Should Permanently Release Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe

August 23, 2018 - The Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) urges the Iranian Judiciary to turn the three-day furlough it has granted to Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe into permanent and unconditional release. "Three days of ...

August 22, 2018

60 European MPs Call on President Rouhani to Work For Nasrin Sotoudeh’s Release

Iranian defense attorney Nasrin Sotoudeh was detained on June 13, 2018, ...

August 9, 2018

Local Authorities in Iran Say They Will Investigate Shooting Death of Protester in Karaj

A judicial investigation is underway in Iran to determine how 26-year-old shopkeeper Reza Otadi died from a bullet wound during a protest rally near Tehran ...

August 7, 2018

Iran’s Child Protection Bill Includes Kids With Disabilities But Fails to Close Legal Loopholes

A bill in the final stages of Iran’s legislative process addresses the country’s legal vacuum regarding the abuse of children with disabilities but ...

August 6, 2018

Lawyer Calls on President Rouhani to Work For Human Rights Attorney Abdolfattah Soltani’s Release

Abdolfattah Soltani poses for a family photo. His daughter, Homa (right), passed away ...

August 3, 2018

Iranian Parliamentary Group Reports Drop in Support For Strict Hijab

Conservative-Dominated Parliament Compiles Data Showing Failure of State’s Hijab Policy Iran’s Parliamentary Research Center (PRC) has released a report showing decreasing support among ...

July 18, 2018

International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute Condemns Iran’s Jailing of Nasrin Sotoudeh

Iranian defense attorney Nasrin Sotoudeh has been detained in Evin Prison under national security charges since June ...

July 6, 2018

Kurdish Death Row Prisoner in Iran Repeatedly Led to Believe Execution Would Be Carried Out

Photo: Ramin Hossein Panahi has been transferred to an unknown location possibly to face execution. The authorities of ...

June 28, 2018

UN High Commissioner For Human Rights Appalled by Execution of Juvenile Offenders in Iran

Zeid Raad Al Hussein is the high commissioner of the Office of the United Nations ...

June 27, 2018

Widow Hospitalized After IRGC Storms Home of Iranian Canadian Who Died in Iranian State Custody

Tehran Prosecutor Ordered Raid to Gather Footage For a “Film” The widow of an Iranian Canadian environmentalist who recently died in state custody ...

June 25, 2018

Detained Human Rights Lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh Protests “Fabricated” Charges by Refusing to Post Bail

Detained Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh has refused to post bail in protest against the charges that have ...

June 18, 2018

Sufi Prisoner Mohammad Salas Buried After Sudden Execution Without Family’s Permission

Lawyer: Burial Attended by “200 Anti-Riot Agents” Iranian authorities buried the body of Mohammad Salas after he was executed on June 18, ...

June 13, 2018

Prominent Attorney Nasrin Sotoudeh Detained Amid Iranian Judiciary’s Crackdown on Human Rights Lawyers

Iranian human rights attorney Nasrin Sotoudeh previously served three years in ...

June 8, 2018

Rouhani Calls Suspension of Non-Muslim City Council Member “Really Upsetting”

Sepanta Niknam was suspended from the Yazd City Council for being a member of the Zoroastrian faith. Suspended ...

June 8, 2018

Iranian Poet Sentenced and Fined For Posting Photo of Man Injured by Police

Iranian poet and filmmaker Baktash Abtin has been sentenced and fined in Iran for posting a photo ...

June 7, 2018

Third Woman Sentenced to Prison in Iran For Removing Hijab Slapped With More Charges

Civil rights activist Shima Babaei: “They said the hijab is the law and I must respect it. I told them it’s a bad law and I’m protesting against ...

June 7, 2018

Telegram Channel Admin Could Get Death Penalty For “Insulting the Prophet”

Weakened by his hunger strike, prisoner of conscience Hamidreza Amini was transferred to a hospital in hand and ankle cuffs but was returned to prison before the treatment ...

June 6, 2018