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Iranian Hardliners Continue Attacks on Former Environmental Official Kaveh Madani

Iranian Hardliners Continue Attacks on Former Environmental Official Kaveh Madani

April 26, 2018

 Western-Educated Water Management Expert Left Iran After Being Arrested by IRGC’s Intelligence Organization Hardline media outlets in Iran with ties to the Islamic Revolutionary ...

Former Iranian Environmental Official Reveals He Was Spied on Since Returning to Iran

Former Iranian Environmental Official Reveals He Was Spied on Since Returning to Iran

April 25, 2018

 Kaveh Madani: State Supporters “Created Many Problems For Me” In a resignation letter posted on his Twitter account, the former deputy head of Iran’s ...

Q&A: Abjeez Sisters Band Calls on Iran to End Ban on Women in Stadiums

Q&A: Abjeez Sisters Band Calls on Iran to End Ban on Women in Stadiums

April 24, 2018

Melody (left) and Safoura Safavi of Abjeez. The world pop ...

Music Video: Iranian Sisters Urge Men to Join Protest Against Iran’s Ban on Women in Stadiums

Music Video: Iranian Sisters Urge Men to Join Protest Against Iran’s Ban on Women in Stadiums

April 24, 2018

 “Stadium” Released Amid International Campaign to End Iran’s Discriminatory Ban April 24, 2018—The ...

Iranians Criticize Rouhani Officials For Blaming the Victim in Video of Morality Police Assaulting Woman

Iranians Criticize Rouhani Officials For Blaming the Victim in Video of Morality Police Assaulting Woman

April 23, 2018

Several Iranian public figures have criticized Rouhani admin officials for blaming the victim ...

Friday Prayer Leader: Farmers in Iran’s Drought-Ridden Isfahan Province Don’t Have the Right to Protest

Friday Prayer Leader: Farmers in Iran’s Drought-Ridden Isfahan Province Don’t Have the Right to Protest

April 20, 2018

“As someone who has always been on the farmers’ side, I don’t think they ...

UN Rights Experts Call on Iran to Annul Death Sentence Against Ramin Hossein Panahi

UN Rights Experts Call on Iran to Annul Death Sentence Against Ramin Hossein Panahi

April 19, 2018

GENEVA (19 April 2018) – United Nations human rights experts* have called for Iran to annul the death sentence against an Iranian Kurdish prisoner, Ramin Hossein Panahi, amid serious concerns ...

Khamenei’s Dropping of Telegram Channel Lays Groundwork for Banning Messaging App

Khamenei’s Dropping of Telegram Channel Lays Groundwork for Banning Messaging App

April 18, 2018

Most Iranians Distrust Domestic Messaging Apps, Will Use VPNs to Stay on Telegram ...

Growing Demands For Apology From Iranian State TV Over Discriminatory Kids Show

Growing Demands For Apology From Iranian State TV Over Discriminatory Kids Show

April 17, 2018

At Least 100 People Remain Detained After March 2018 Protests Lawmakers in Iran’s mostly Arab-populated Khuzestan ...

Senior Official: Telegram App Could Be Blocked “At Any Moment”

Senior Official: Telegram App Could Be Blocked “At Any Moment”

April 17, 2018

Education Ministry Bans Telegram on Campuses On the same day the secretary of Iran’s Supreme Cyberspace Council ...

Iranian Education Minister Issues Stern Warning Against UN 2030 Agenda

Iranian Education Minister Issues Stern Warning Against UN 2030 Agenda

April 16, 2018

Iran’s minister of education has warned that any official or non-governmental organization (NGO) that uses ...

Imprisoned Rights Defender Narges Mohammadi Gives Message of Hope and Strength in Accepting 2018 Andrei Sakharov Prize

Imprisoned Rights Defender Narges Mohammadi Gives Message of Hope and Strength in Accepting 2018 Andrei Sakharov Prize

April 15, 2018

April 15, 2018 -- Prisoner of conscience Narges Mohammadi was unable to accept the 2018 Andrei Sakharov Prize in ...

Iranian Supreme Court Upholds “Unjust” Death Sentence Against Kurdish Activist

Iranian Supreme Court Upholds “Unjust” Death Sentence Against Kurdish Activist

April 13, 2018

The Supreme Court of Iran failed to fully consider the defense’ arguments before it upheld the death sentence against Iranian Kurdish political rights activist Ramin ...

Teachers’ Rights Advocate Writes Scathing Letter From Prison on Revolutionary Iran’s Failed Promises

Teachers’ Rights Advocate Writes Scathing Letter From Prison on Revolutionary Iran’s Failed Promises

April 12, 2018

Esmail Abdi Warns Judiciary of the Consequences of Its “Illegal Rulings” Ahead of Hunger Strike Prominent teachers’ rights advocate ...

Iran’s Expediency Council Dragging Its Feet Over Fate of Religious Minority Candidates in Local Elections

Iran’s Expediency Council Dragging Its Feet Over Fate of Religious Minority Candidates in Local Elections

April 12, 2018

Six months have passed and the Iranian government has still not resolved the dispute ...

Swedish Resident Who Tried to March Through Iran With Monarchist Flag Facing National Security Charges

Swedish Resident Who Tried to March Through Iran With Monarchist Flag Facing National Security Charges

April 12, 2018

On March 21, 2017, Kamran Ghaderi, an Iranian-born resident of Sweden, began walking from ...

Iranian State Hackers Launched Attacks on Same Day Supreme Leader Issued Fatwa Forbidding Privacy Violations

Iranian State Hackers Launched Attacks on Same Day Supreme Leader Issued Fatwa Forbidding Privacy Violations

April 11, 2018

On the same day that Iran’s supreme leader issued a religious ...

Iranian Political Prisoner Urges “Contentious People” To Be the Voice of His Imprisoned Wife

Iranian Political Prisoner Urges “Contentious People” To Be the Voice of His Imprisoned Wife

April 10, 2018

Authorities Ignore Golrokh Iraee Ebrahimi’s Life-Endangering Hunger Strike Imprisoned civil rights activist ...

Supreme Leaders Uses Fatwa to Silence Widespread Distrust of Domestic Apps

Supreme Leaders Uses Fatwa to Silence Widespread Distrust of Domestic Apps

April 10, 2018

Religious Ruling Follows News That Widely Used Telegram App Will Soon Be Blocked Following a recent flurry of ...

Rouhani Admin Facing Backlash Over Plan to Give 100 Vetted Journalists Uncensored Internet Access

Rouhani Admin Facing Backlash Over Plan to Give 100 Vetted Journalists Uncensored Internet Access

April 9, 2018

Abbas Salehi, Iran's minister of culture and Islamic guidance. Journalists ...

Inaccessible Louvre Exhibit Highlights Ongoing Challenges For Persons Living With Disabilities in Iran  

Inaccessible Louvre Exhibit Highlights Ongoing Challenges For Persons Living With Disabilities in Iran  

April 7, 2018

A popular exhibition by the Louvre Museum in Paris at the ...

Hundreds Arrested as Anger Over State Discrimination Against Iranian Arabs Spills Into the Streets

Hundreds Arrested as Anger Over State Discrimination Against Iranian Arabs Spills Into the Streets

April 6, 2018

Ahvaz Friday Prayer Leader Calls For Apology From State TV Over Discriminatory Children’s Show At least ...

Iran Poised to Block Popular Telegram Messaging App But Lacks Feasible Alternative

Iran Poised to Block Popular Telegram Messaging App But Lacks Feasible Alternative

April 5, 2018

Decision made at the “highest level” has set the stage for blocking social network used by 40 million. ...

Iran’s Categorization of Autism As a “Special Disease” Is a Double-Edged Sword for Persons With Disabilities

Iran’s Categorization of Autism As a “Special Disease” Is a Double-Edged Sword for Persons With Disabilities

April 4, 2018

The Iranian Parliament’s recognition of autism as a “special disease” will have positive ...

Imprisoned Iranian Baluchi Rights Activist Not Heard From Weeks After Sudden Transfer

Imprisoned Iranian Baluchi Rights Activist Not Heard From Weeks After Sudden Transfer

April 3, 2018

The family of imprisoned Baluchi civil rights activist Emadeddin Mollazehi has not heard from him since he was ...

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