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Children's Rights

June 6, 2016

Officials Seek to Confront Iran’s Increasingly Popular “White Marriages”

The increasing popularity of Iranian couples living together without getting officially married has alarmed officials of the Islamic Republic who question the morality of the ...

May 9, 2016

Sexual Molestation Case Involving 9-Year-Old Exposes Iran’s Weak Child Protection Laws

The family of a nine-year-old girl from a village in northwestern Iran has vowed to pursue legal action against the well-connected male ...

March 24, 2016

“Blood Money” Frees Imprisoned Ranger Who Killed Poacher In Self-Defense

Gholam-Hossein Khaledi, an Iranian park ranger sentenced to death for killing a poacher in 2010, was released on March 18, 2016 after paying 12 billion rials ...

March 10, 2016

Mass Child Marriage Ceremony in Iran Denied by Local Officials

Fifty high school students were married in a mass ceremony in the Iranian city of Parsian, according to local news reports. But ...

February 17, 2016

Prisoner of Conscience Atena Daemi Released on Bail

The civil and children’s rights activist, Atena Daemi, has been released on bail until an Appeals Court hears the objections ...

February 11, 2016

Press Reports Reveal Abuse Against Afghan Students in Iranian Schools

Afghan students are being subjected to physical punishment and discrimination in Iranian schools, according to media reports in Iran that the government has tried ...

December 21, 2015

No Bail Set or Appeals Court Date as Child Rights Activist Waits in Prison

Imprisoned children’s rights activist Omid Alishenas has been refused bail while waiting for the Appeals Court to hear his case. “Seven months have passed since Omid ...

December 1, 2015

Imprisoned Children’s Rights Activist Denied Bail

Saeed Shirzad Saeed Shirzad, a children’s rights activist sentenced to five years in prison, has been ...

September 4, 2015

Over 40,000 Girls under Age 15 Married Each Year in Iran

Official Iranian government statistics show that tens of thousands of girls under the age of 15 are married off by their families each year in ...

June 19, 2015

Child Rights Activist’s Mother Pleas for Help for Son’s Ten-Year Prison Sentence

Ten months after his arrest, children's rights activist Omid Alishenas has been sentenced to ten years in prison for "assembly and collusion and ...

June 15, 2015

Activist’s Mother Decries 14-Year Sentence for Her Daughter’s Peaceful Activities

Atena Daemi, a children's rights and civil activist, was sentenced to 14 years in prison, receiving the combined maximum penalty for each of her charges, as a result of her peaceful activism. In an ...

May 12, 2015

Basij Militias Will Run 2000 Child Care Centers, 25% of All Day Care in Iran

Teaching Islamic Values Becomes Priority in Face of Flagging Public Support Iran's Welfare Organization will allow the Revolutionary Guard’s volunteer paramilitary arm, the Basij, to ...

March 19, 2015

Children’s Rights Activist Charged with “Acting against National Security”

Civil and children’s rights activist Atena Daemi has been formally charged, after six months of “temporary detention” in Evin Prison, a source told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran. ...

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