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Iranian MP Calls Arrests of Protesting Ahvaz Workers “Violation of the Constitution”

Iranian MP Calls Arrests of Protesting Ahvaz Workers “Violation of the Constitution”

December 21, 2018

At Least 31 Steel Workers Remain Detained Eleven workers detained during protests by employees of the Iran National Steel Industrial Group (INSIG) in southwestern Iran between December ...

Dual National Imprisoned in Iran, Kamran Ghaderi, Struggling to Access Medical Treatment for Untreated Tumor

Dual National Imprisoned in Iran, Kamran Ghaderi, Struggling to Access Medical Treatment for Untreated Tumor

December 20, 2018

“He’s Just a Businessman Who Has Done Nothing Wrong” Kamran Ghaderi, an Iranian-Austrian dual ...

Open Letter From Evin Prison: Narges Mohammadi Calls on Tehran Prosecutor to Stop Denying Her Medical Treatment

Open Letter From Evin Prison: Narges Mohammadi Calls on Tehran Prosecutor to Stop Denying Her Medical Treatment

December 20, 2018

Iranian political prisoner Narges Mohammadi has written an open letter calling on Jafari ...

NASA Director Firouz Naderi Calls For Release of Iran’s Political Prisoners

NASA Director Firouz Naderi Calls For Release of Iran’s Political Prisoners

December 18, 2018

The former director of NASA's Solar System Exploration program, Dr. Firouz Naderi, has joined the international call for Iran to release all political prisoners including Nasrin Sotoudeh, Farhad Meysami and Reza Khandan, who were all ...

Delays in Ratification of Bill for Protection of Children Means More Violence and Abuse

Delays in Ratification of Bill for Protection of Children Means More Violence and Abuse

December 18, 2018

Latest Delay: Guardian Council Objects to Punishing Negligent Parents Parliament’s Judiciary Commission Must Find Compromise Language on Parental ...

Why Did Telegram Warn Users That Iranian Versions of the Telegram App—Talaeii and Hotgram—Are “Unsafe”?

Why Did Telegram Warn Users That Iranian Versions of the Telegram App—Talaeii and Hotgram—Are “Unsafe”?

December 17, 2018

Iranian Client Apps Are Violating Telegram's Terms of Service by Failing to Protect User Data December 17, 2018 – ...

Family “Worried” About Ailing, Elderly Labor Activist Held Incommunicado

Family “Worried” About Ailing, Elderly Labor Activist Held Incommunicado

December 17, 2018

The family of ailing labor activist Asghar Firouzi has been extremely “worried” about his condition since he was ...

Iran’s Oil Minister Joins Twitter, Reigniting Calls for All Iranians to Be Allowed to Use Social Network

Iran’s Oil Minister Joins Twitter, Reigniting Calls for All Iranians to Be Allowed to Use Social Network

December 17, 2018

Twitter Banned in Iran Since 2009 But Many Officials Are Active Users Iranians from ...

European Parliament Calls on Iran to “Unconditionally” Release Rights Lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh

European Parliament Calls on Iran to “Unconditionally” Release Rights Lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh

December 14, 2018

December 14, 2018 — Adding its voice to an increasingly international call, the European Parliament has overwhelmingly passed a motion urging the Iranian authorities to “immediately and unconditionally release” prominent human ...

Iran Must Address Crisis of Unpaid Wages, Not Prosecute People Who Demand Their Pay

Iran Must Address Crisis of Unpaid Wages, Not Prosecute People Who Demand Their Pay

December 13, 2018

15 Petrochemical Workers Sentenced to Prison, Flogging for Protesting Unpaid Wages in Latest Ruling Unpaid Wages ...

Iran Set to Execute Third Individual Sentenced by “Corruption Court” For Alleged Economic Crimes

Iran Set to Execute Third Individual Sentenced by “Corruption Court” For Alleged Economic Crimes

December 13, 2018

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Activists Condemn Rouhani Government’s Minimal Proposed Funding For Disability Rights in Iran

Activists Condemn Rouhani Government’s Minimal Proposed Funding For Disability Rights in Iran

December 13, 2018

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Political Prisoner on Hunger Strike in Iran Has Died, Another in Grave Danger

Political Prisoner on Hunger Strike in Iran Has Died, Another in Grave Danger

December 12, 2018

Vahid Sayyadi-Nasiri Was on Hunger Strike to Protest Denial of Counsel and Prison ...

Women and Girls with Disabilities Face Twice the Domestic Violence but State Provides Few Protections in Iran

Women and Girls with Disabilities Face Twice the Domestic Violence but State Provides Few Protections in Iran

December 12, 2018

“If I had a [state-provided] nurse to help me with personal daily chores, I would ...

Political Prisoner Saeed Shirzad Could Lose Kidney From Lack of Proper Medical Care  

Political Prisoner Saeed Shirzad Could Lose Kidney From Lack of Proper Medical Care  

December 12, 2018

Iranian political prisoner Saeed Shirzad could lose a kidney if Iranian authorities continue to ...

Student Activists Educate Iran’s President About Political Repression at University Campuses

Student Activists Educate Iran’s President About Political Repression at University Campuses

December 10, 2018

Four months after 19 university students in Iran were issued harsh prison sentences...

Haft Tappeh Labor Activists Beaten at Khuzestan Intelligence Ministry Center, Say Relatives

December 8, 2018

Editor's Update: Esmail Bakhshi was released on bail on November 21, 2018, and Sepideh Gholian on December 18. Both ...

Imprisoned Human Rights Lawyer Mohammad Najafi Slapped With Additional Charges

Imprisoned Human Rights Lawyer Mohammad Najafi Slapped With Additional Charges

December 7, 2018

Imprisoned human rights lawyer Mohammad Najafi appeared at ...

Iranian Authorities’ Refuse to Allow Christian Convert Ebrahim Firoozi to See Dying Mother

Iranian Authorities’ Refuse to Allow Christian Convert Ebrahim Firoozi to See Dying Mother

December 7, 2018

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Imprisoned Activist Reza Khandan Defies Politically Motivated Charges, Demands Public Trial

Imprisoned Activist Reza Khandan Defies Politically Motivated Charges, Demands Public Trial

December 6, 2018

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Two Academics Who Held Australian Postings Detained, Summoned in Iran

Two Academics Who Held Australian Postings Detained, Summoned in Iran

December 4, 2018

At Least Four Academics and One Scientist With Foreign Ties Detained in Iran Since 2016 *Editor's ...

Detained Protester Reportedly Tortured as Iranian Sugar Mill Workers Demand Unpaid Wages

Detained Protester Reportedly Tortured as Iranian Sugar Mill Workers Demand Unpaid Wages

December 3, 2018

Detained labor activist Esmail Bakhshi was hospitalized after being tortured under interrogation, according ...

Appeals Court Upholds One-Year Prison Sentence Against Azeri Activist Convicted Without Due Process

Appeals Court Upholds One-Year Prison Sentence Against Azeri Activist Convicted Without Due Process

December 3, 2018

An Iranian Appeals Court upheld a one-year prison sentence against Kiumars Eslami for his peaceful activism, alleging he ...

Jane Goodall Among 132 Conservationists Calling for Jailed Colleagues to Receive Fair Trial in Iran

Jane Goodall Among 132 Conservationists Calling for Jailed Colleagues to Receive Fair Trial in Iran

December 3, 2018

Dozens of conservation practitioners and scholars, including renowned primatologist Jane Goodall...

Crackdown on Defense Lawyers in Iran: Amirsalar Davoudi Not Heard From Since Arrest

Crackdown on Defense Lawyers in Iran: Amirsalar Davoudi Not Heard From Since Arrest

December 3, 2018

Davoudi Eighth Human Rights Attorney to Be Jailed in Iran in Last Six Months Editor's Update: A one-month ...

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