Metal Band Member Sentenced to Six Years Prison in Iran Accused of Creating “Satanic Music”
Nikan Khosravi, a member of the Iranian metal band “Confess,” left Iran for Turkey to avoid being ...
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43 People Charged in Iran’s Kermanshah Province For Protesting Against the State
Forty-three people have been charged for protesting against the government in Kermanshah, the capital of Kermanshah ...
Iran Cracks Down on Kurdish Activists After Anti-State Protests
At Least Two Activists Facing “National Security” Charges Iran’s cyber police, known as FATA, and the Intelligence Ministry have summoned rights ...
Christian Property in Iran to Be Taken Over by Supreme Leader’s Organization
Very few photographs exist online of Sharon Gardens, a ...
Second Iranian Woman Sentenced to Prison for Protesting Mandatory Hijab
University student will spend a year behind bars for “encouraging corruption” Maryam Shariatmadari, one of the ...
Attorney Blocked From Taking on Human Rights Cases in Iran Calls For Revision of “Flawed” Law
A lawyer representing the family of an Iranian Canadian academic who ...
Supreme Leader’s Comments on “Freedom” in Iran Ring Hollow For Victims of Rights Abuses
A former public defender that worked in Iran on cases involving human ...
Iranian Environmentalists Remain Detained Months After Arrests While Families Seek Answers
At Least 13 Environmentalists Have Been Detained in Iran Since January 2018 Seven environmentalists who were arrested in Tehran nearly ...
Sufi Bus Driver Sentenced to Death in Iran For Killing Policemen
Death of Sufi in Custody Goes Unpunished Updated on April 5, 2018: The Appeals Court in Tehran confirmed the charges against ...
Rouhani Campaigner Among Activists Arrested in Southern Iran For Alleged Opposition to Compulsory Hijab
A former campaign manager for President Hassan Rouhani is among the five activists who have ...
Sixth Baha’i Faith Leader Completes 10-Year Prison Sentence in Iran
Vahid Tizfahm and his wife, Furuzandeh Nikumanesh, reunited ...
Blogger Arrested Amid Iran’s December 2017 Protests Vows to Hunger Strike Until Freedom or Death
Agents Threaten to Arrest Wife For Speaking Out About Peyman Roshanzamir’s Case A blogger who never served a previous ...
Detained Human Rights Lawyer Forced to Choose Counsel From Judiciary’s Approved “List”
Iranian human rights lawyer Mohammad Najafi is facing eight charges for daring ...
Iranian Lawyers: Judiciary’s Mandatory List of Approved Counsel Sets “Dangerous Precedent”
Three human rights lawyers in Iran have strongly criticized the judiciary’s decision to force defendants held on politically motivated charges to pick their lawyer from an approved list ...
Family of Man Who Died in Detention to Sue Judicial Authorities For Burying Him Without Permission
The family of a man who died in police custody in Iran intends to sue judicial authorities for ...
Iran: End Persecution of Families Seeking Truth and Justice For Detainees Who Died in Detention
JOINT PUBLIC STATEMENT 13 March 2018 The Iranian authorities should end their cruel campaign of harassment and intimidation ...
Prominent Iranian Human Rights Lawyer to Appeal Hijab Protester’s Prison Sentence
Narges Hosseini smiles for the camera after being released ...
Shirin Ebadi: Iranian Law “Deliberately Silent” on the Hijab to Leave Room for Harsh Sentencing
Iranian human rights lawyer Shirin Ebadi was awarded the Nobel ...
Iran Considers Lifting Its Nine-Year Ban on Twitter
A meeting of Iran's Supreme Council of Cyberspace. State Body Calls Social Media ...
Iran Should Stop Persecuting BBC Journalists and Threatening Their Families
Ongoing harassment of BBC Persian staff continues despite repeated UN criticism March 12, 2017—The UN should take immediate action on an appeal by the British Broadcasting Service (BBC) urging the Human Rights Council to protect ...
Conservative Iranian Officials Outraged That Little Girls Were Allowed to Dance at Women’s Day Event
Iran’s ultra-conservative prosecutor general has demanded that the organizers of a Women’s Day ...
Woman Who Removed Headscarf in Public Sentenced to Prison as Supreme Leader Tries to Diminish Hijab Protests
Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has described recent demonstrations in Iran against the country’s ...