Arrest of Mehraveh Khandan Aimed at Forcing Sotoudeh to End Her Hunger Strike in Prison August 18, 2020—Mehraveh Khandan, the 20-year-old daughter of imprisoned human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh, was arrested at ...
Prominent Attorney Seeks Release of Political Prisoners Amid COVID-19 Outbreak August 12, 2020—The imprisoned human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh began a hunger strike on August 11, 2020, to demand the release of ...
Jafar Azimzadeh Should Have Been Released, Instead Given Another 13 Months Now Activist Has Contracted COVID-19 in Iran’s Overcrowded Prisons The prominent labor activist Jafar Azimzadeh, who should have been released from prison ...
Twelve Test Positive, Many Others with Symptoms, None Receiving Proper Treatment Prominent Labor Activists, Lawyer and Journalist Among Those Falling Ill August 11, 2020—Political prisoners in Iran—including prominent labor leaders Esmail Abdi ...
New Fact Sheet Highlights Widespread Rights Abuses, Protests Likely to Continue August 4, 2020—With workers in Iran’s critical oil refining, petrochemicals and drilling industries striking in southern Iran over working conditions and unpaid ...
Evidence Contradicting Guilt Ignored in Effort to Cover Up Security Forces’ Culpability July 31, 2020—Death sentences against five men arrested in Isfahan Province, central Iran, in connection with nationwide protests during ...
Farsi Version (PDF) GENEVA (30 July 2020) – The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, said today she was alarmed by the Iranian Government’s increased pressure on a prominent ...
Husband of Imprisoned Human Rights Attorney Says Tactic Aimed at Silencing Family Reza Khandan: “They want to send a message to those who are willing to go to prison. What we have to ...
Scholar Held at Gharchak Prison Alongside Violent Criminals July 28, 2020—The Australian academic Kylie Moore-Gilbert, who has been imprisoned in Iran on spurious charges since October 2018, has been moved to the ...
Bahareh Hedayat: Those 176 people will not come back to life; neither will those killed in November 2019 July 27, 2020—For her participation in a peaceful gathering to condemn the downing of the ...
Farsi Version (PDF) GENEVA (22 July 2020) – Iran must release human rights defender Narges Mohammadi, reportedly ill with coronavirus symptoms, and other arbitrarily detained individuals before it is too late, a ...
Video is Attempt to Counter Reports That Imprisoned Activist May Have Virus A clip broadcast on Iranian state TV on July 16, 2020, claiming to show imprisoned human rights defender Narges Mohammadi being tested ...