Iran’s IRGC Brings “Revenge” Charges Against Man Imprisoned for Facebook Posts and His Wife
An Iranian man imprisoned for his social media postings could face several more years behind bars if he ...
Issues
Evin Prison Director Accused of Denying Outside Medical Care For Imprisoned US Resident Nizar Zakka
Zakka Pressured to Sign Farsi-Language Documents The director of Evin Prison in Tehran, Ali Chaharmahali, is refusing to allow ...
Authorities Ignore Starving Political Prisoners at Rajaee Shahr Prison, Restrict Family Visitations
Former Political Prisoners Implore Judiciary To Consider Prisoners’ Demands Forty days after more than 15 political prisoners went on ...
Iran’s Supreme Leader Forbids Discrimination Against Minorities in Rare Outreach to Sunnis
Iranian Sunni cleric Molavi Abdolhamid Ismaeelzahi. ...
Rouhani Government Remains on Sidelines Amid House Arrest Controversy
The government of President Hassan Rouhani continues to avoid taking the initiative to resolve the ...
Protest Against Killing of Couriers in Iran’s Kurdistan Province Attacked by Security Forces
Local MP Calls for Investigation A protest was met with tear gas in the city of Baneh ...
Iran Columnist Serving 10 Years Protests Illegal Prison Sentence Extension
Afarin Chitsaz’s Mother Also Receives Prison Sentence Imprisoned newspaper columnist Afarin Chitsaz has gone on hunger strike ...
UK-Iranian Grandfather Marks 78th Birthday in Tehran’s Evin Prison
Iranian-British grandfather Kamal Foroughi saw his 78th birthday ...
Imprisoned Labor Activist on Hunger Strike Needs Hospital Treatment, Wife Says
Reza Shahabi and his ...
Critically Ill Political Prisoner Refused Medical Leave with One Month Left to Serve on Sentence
The lawyer for ailing political prisoner Ehsan Mazandarani has requested his client ...
Pro-Rouhani and Reformist Social Media Admins Sentenced to Prison in Iran
Six administrators of Iranian reformist political channels on the Telegram messaging network have been sentenced to ...
Cartoon 173: Hunger Strike in Iran
Iranian cartoonist Touka Neyestani depicts hunger strikes undertaken by political prisoners in Iran in a desperate attempt ...
UN Expert Concerned at Condition of Prisoners on Hunger Strike in Iran
GENEVA (31 August 2017)- The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human rights ...
Security Forces Exit Mehdi Karroubi’s Home, As Pledged By Government
Iran’s Intelligence Ministry agents retreated from inside opposition leader Mehdi Karroubi’s home in Tehran on August ...
Education Ministry Withdraws Discriminatory Hiring Guideline
The Iranian Education Ministry is revising its hiring guideline which disqualifies or discourages several ...
Condition of Hunger Strikers in Iranian Prison Deteriorates while Judiciary Does Nothing
Families Dismayed Over Lack of Critically Needed Medical Treatment at Rajaee Shar Prison August 30, 2017—The medical ...
Families Dismayed Over Lack of Attention to Hunger Strikers in Iranian Prisons
Political prisoners Majid Asadi (right) and ...
Namazis Lose Appeal Against 10-Year Prison Sentence
Iranian-American Businessman and His 81-Year-Old Father Remain Held on Unspecified Charges after Sham Prosecution That Lacked Due Process ...
In Letter to Judge, Iranian-American Demands Freedom for Himself and Wife
Art Gallery Owners Karan Vafadari and Afarin Neyssari Held on Baseless Charges More Than One Year Without Trial ...
Iran Upholds 10-Year Prison Sentences Against US Resident and Two Iranian-Americans
Iranian-American Businessman and His 81-Year-Old Father Remain Held on Unspecified Charges after Sham Prosecution That Lacked Due ...
Soheil Arabi Resumes Hunger Strike to Protest Harassment of His Family
Prisoner of conscience Soheil Arabi has restarted his hunger in Tehran’s Evin ...
Taheri’s Death Sentence Will Not Stand, Says Hopeful Lawyer
The lawyer for imprisoned Iranian spiritual leader Mohammad Ali Taheri is optimistic that the ...
Tehran Prosecutor Calls Hunger Strikes “Threats” Amid Mass Strike at Rajaee Shahr Prison
“Prisoners must endure their punishment to the fullest” Tehran Prosecutor Abbas Jafari Dowlatabadi has described hungers strikes undertaken by prisoners as ...