Political Prisoner Atena Daemi Denied Major Surgery After Authorities Insist on Keeping Her Cuffed
Imprisoned children’s rights activist Atena Daemi has been denied a major operation after demanding that the authorities fulfill their promise ...
Issues
Freed Iranian Baha’i Leader Mahvash Sabet Describes Unjust Trial, Prison Conditions
“We never betrayed our country and never will.” Mahvash Sabet, a leader of Iran’s persecuted Baha’i faith who was released from Evin Prison on September 18, 2017 after completing a 10-year sentence, said ...
Iranian Baha’i Students Offered University Enrollment in Exchange For Renouncing Their Faith
Two members of the persecuted Baha’i faith in Iran have been offered university enrollment in exchange ...
Workers Peacefully Demanding Unpaid Wages Beaten and Arrested by Anti-Riot Police in Iranian City of Arak
“Poor workers don’t deserve to be beaten.” Anti-riot police forces stormed peaceful protests by workers at two industrial units in ...
The Minister is Wrong: Using Circumvention Tools to Access Censored Websites in Iran is Legal
Iranian Telecommunications Minister Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi was incorrect when he stated recently that using ...
Persistent Hunger Strikers at Rajaee Sharhr Prison in Iran Denied Medical Care
Four political prisoners in Iran’s Rajaee Shahr Prison are being denied medical ...
Wife of Man Imprisoned for Facebook Posts Loses Job After Pressure From IRGC
Every day something bad is happening to him.” Nastaran Naimi, the wife of ...
Iranian Judge Refuses to Take Action Against Father Suspected of Sexually Abusing Daughter
Grandmother Detained For Defending Child in Court A family court judge in Iran has refused ...
Kurdish Activists Detained for Protesting Killing of Border Couriers
Six Kurdish artists and activists are being detained in Dizelabad Prison in Iran’s ...
Pro-Rouhani Activist Arrested on Heels as Iranian President’s Trip to New York for the UNGA
Update: Siavash Hatam was released on bail on September 27, 2017, 10 days after he was ...
Free Iranian Dual National Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe
Iranian-British dual national Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe was sentenced to 5 YEARS in prison in Tehran in a secret trial without due process. This is her story....
Baha’i Leader Released from Prison in Iran After 10 Years; Six Other Baha’i Leaders Remain Behind Bars
Mahvash Sabet Finally Free But State-led Persecution of Baha’i Community Continues September 18, 2017—The Center for Human Rights in Iran ...
Rouhani’s Broken Promises
Iranian President Rouhani is scheduled to speak this week at the 2017 UNGA in New York, but he won't mention his Broken Promises....
Two Political Prisoners on 48th Day of Hunger Strike at Rajaee Shahr Prison as Others Shift to Fast
Peaceful Protestors With Roses Arrested Outside Prison At least two political prisoners remain on the hunger ...
Intelligence Ministry Arrests Woman For Asking About Brother and Infant Niece’s Disappearance
Raheleh Rahemipour has been arrested by ...
Iranian Journalist Gets Cancer After Being Denied Medical Care in Evin Prison
Iranian journalist Alireza Rajaee lost an eye and part of his face after his sinus cancer was left untreated as a political prisoner in Evin Prison....
Imprisoned for Producing Music, Yousef Emadi Sentenced to Another Year Behind Bars
An imprisoned music producer has been sentenced to an additional year in prison on new charges brought by ...
Iranian-Kurdish Political Prisoner’s Health Suffers Amid Ongoing Denial of Medical Treatment
After nearly a decade behind bars, prisoner of conscience Zeinab Jalalian has developed intestinal ...
Rouhani’s Intelligence Ministry is Keeping Prominent Rights Lawyer Abdolfattah Soltani in Prison, Says Daughter
Abdolfattah Soltani's daughter, Maede Soltani. Abdolfattah ...
Imprisoned Teacher’s Rights Activist: I am Legally Entitled to a Public Trial
Iranian labor rights activist Mahmoud Beheshti-Langroudi. ...
Iranian Labor Activist Peacefully Rejects New Prison Sentence
Labor activist Ali Nejati is refusing to serve a six-month prison sentence for engaging in ...
Maryam Akbari-Monfared: Political Prisoner and Mother in Evin Prison Iran
Maryam Akbari-Monfared was forced to spend her childhood visiting family members in state prisons and cemeteries. Her three brothers and sister, all political prisoners, were executed without trial in the 1980s, and now ...
Iranian VP for Women’s Affairs Calls Ban on Females in Sports Stadiums “Discrimination”
Three days after Iranian women were barred from entering a stadium in Tehran to watch ...
Iranian Union Considers Mass Strike as Imprisoned Labor Activist’s Condition Deteriorates
An Iranian union is considering a mass strike to protest a prominent labor activist ...