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Unable to Locate Activists, Iran’s Intelligence Ministry Illegally Detains Their Family Members

Unable to Locate Activists, Iran’s Intelligence Ministry Illegally Detains Their Family Members

January 26, 2018

The Iranian Intelligence Ministry has illegally detained or summoned close relatives of at least ...

Latest Victim of Repressed Iranian Protests Identified as 24-Year-Old Man From Karaj

Latest Victim of Repressed Iranian Protests Identified as 24-Year-Old Man From Karaj

January 25, 2018

“They Buried Him Like He Was a Criminal” Hassan Shahin Tarkashvand, a 24-year-old man from the city of ...

She’s a Professional Iranian Singer But is Banned from Singing on Stage in Her Country

She’s a Professional Iranian Singer But is Banned from Singing on Stage in Her Country

January 24, 2018

 “I am a professional Iranian ...

Local Activist Refutes Official Claims That Young Men Killed by Security Forces Amid Sanandaj Protests Were Armed

Local Activist Refutes Official Claims That Young Men Killed by Security Forces Amid Sanandaj Protests Were Armed

January 24, 2018

Mokhtar Zarei Two young men who were killed by security forces in ...

155 Lawyers Call on Iran’s Judiciary to Stop Restricting Detainees’ Access to Counsel

155 Lawyers Call on Iran’s Judiciary to Stop Restricting Detainees’ Access to Counsel

January 23, 2018

In the wake of a massive influx of detainees following protests in several Iranian cities ...

Lawyer “Worried” About Detained Iranian Protesters After Officials Claim Two Committed Suicide

Lawyer “Worried” About Detained Iranian Protesters After Officials Claim Two Committed Suicide

January 22, 2018

A lawyer representing the families of two detainees who died ...

Iranian Protesters Who Died in Custody Accused of Being Drug Addicts

Iranian Protesters Who Died in Custody Accused of Being Drug Addicts

January 22, 2018

 Iranian officials have accused two Iranian protesters who died in custody of committing suicide and of being drug addicts. But a prominent human rights ...

Death Sentence Against Swedish Resident Ahmadreza Djalali Under Review

Death Sentence Against Swedish Resident Ahmadreza Djalali Under Review

January 22, 2018

Branch 33 of the Supreme Court in Iran is reviewing the death sentence issued ...

Female Musician Prohibited From Performing on Stage in Isfahan

Female Musician Prohibited From Performing on Stage in Isfahan

January 19, 2018

Iranian singer Salar Aghili performed in the central Iranian city ...

Majority of Iranian MPs Call For Ban on Foreign Social Media Apps

Majority of Iranian MPs Call For Ban on Foreign Social Media Apps

January 18, 2018

A majority of Iranian lawmakers have signed a letter calling for a ban on foreign social ...

Police Arrest Three Gonabadi Dervishes and Injure 10 at Peaceful Rally For Detained Devotees

Police Arrest Three Gonabadi Dervishes and Injure 10 at Peaceful Rally For Detained Devotees

January 18, 2018

Ten members of a persecuted Sufi order in Iran were injured and three others arrested in the city of Kowar, Fars Province after ...

Detained Iranian Protesters Told to Admit Being Drug Addicts to Speed Up Release

Detained Iranian Protesters Told to Admit Being Drug Addicts to Speed Up Release

January 18, 2018

Vahid Heydari ...

Intelligence Ministry Forces Father of Slain Protester to Repeat Authorities’ Version of Events on State TV

Intelligence Ministry Forces Father of Slain Protester to Repeat Authorities’ Version of Events on State TV

January 16, 2018

Iran’s Intelligence Ministry coerced the father of a dead protester into claiming in front of ...

Iran Unblocks Widely Used Messaging App Telegram After Two Weeks

Iran Unblocks Widely Used Messaging App Telegram After Two Weeks

January 12, 2018

 It took Iranian President Hassan Rouhani nearly two weeks to lift the ban on the widely used Telegram messaging app, after it was blocked ...

Intelligence Ministry Agents Intimidate Family of Slain Farmer Killed at Protest

Intelligence Ministry Agents Intimidate Family of Slain Farmer Killed at Protest

January 12, 2018

Nematollah Shafiei was a bystander who was shot and killed during protests ...

President Rouhani Changes Course and Acknowledges Protesters’ Varied Reasons For Discontent

President Rouhani Changes Course and Acknowledges Protesters’ Varied Reasons For Discontent

January 12, 2018

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani struck a more conciliatory tone in reacting for the second time ...

Iran’s Supreme Leader Condemns Protests as “Devilish Fireworks”

Iran’s Supreme Leader Condemns Protests as “Devilish Fireworks”

January 12, 2018

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has condemned the country’s recent nationwide protests as “devilish fireworks” organized by the United States, Israel, regional Arab states and Iranian counter-revolutionaries.  “Their intention ...

Local Officials in Iranian City Dezful Attempt to Deflect Responsibility for Protesters’ Death

Local Officials in Iranian City Dezful Attempt to Deflect Responsibility for Protesters’ Death

January 11, 2018

A protester died from a bullet wound during a protest in the city of Dezful despite a local ...

Iran Should Launch Independent Investigation of Deaths of Two Protesters in Prison

Iran Should Launch Independent Investigation of Deaths of Two Protesters in Prison

January 11, 2018

“They arrested him and then they beat and killed him. Now they want to destroy his reputation.” January 11, 2018—Iran should launch an ...

Iran Suspends Thousands of Drug-Related Death Sentences After Years of Domestic and International Campaigning

Iran Suspends Thousands of Drug-Related Death Sentences After Years of Domestic and International Campaigning

January 10, 2018

January 10, 2018--An estimated 4,000 prisoners currently on death row in Iran for drug-related crimes could have their death sentences revoked ...

Internet Cut-Off During Recent Unrest in Iran Reveals Tehran’s New Cyber Capabilities

Internet Cut-Off During Recent Unrest in Iran Reveals Tehran’s New Cyber Capabilities

January 10, 2018

Guards at the Gate: The Expanding State Control Over the Internet in Iran provides an in-depth review of Iran’s internet policies and initiatives, in particular, the development of its state-controlled National Internet Network (NIN), which gives the government newly expanded ...

Iranian Human Rights Organizations File Motion in Germany Against Ayatollah Shahroudi for Crimes Against Humanity

Iranian Human Rights Organizations File Motion in Germany Against Ayatollah Shahroudi for Crimes Against Humanity

January 10, 2018

A coalition of Iranian human rights NGOs including Centre for Defenders of Human Rights, Centre for Human Rights in Iran, Impact Iran, Iran Human Rights Documentation Centre, Justice for Iran, ...

Reformist Commentator Calls on Iran’s Government to Reaffirm the People’s Constitutional Right to Protest

Reformist Commentator Calls on Iran’s Government to Reaffirm the People’s Constitutional Right to Protest

January 9, 2018

Formerly imprisoned reformist commentator Issa Saharkhiz has called on Iran’s government and lawmakers to reaffirm ...

Iran Protests: Authorities Keeping Families of Detained Gonabadi Dervishes in the Dark

Iran Protests: Authorities Keeping Families of Detained Gonabadi Dervishes in the Dark

January 9, 2018

Relatives Sleeping Outside Evin Prison Demanding Answers The families of several members of a Muslim Sufi order ...

Reformist MP Pledges to “Seek Answers” on Students Arrested in Iran’s Protests

Reformist MP Pledges to “Seek Answers” on Students Arrested in Iran’s Protests

January 8, 2018

16 Reformist MPs Urge Support For Protesters A top reformist lawmaker has pledged to investigate the arrests ...

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