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Iran’s Ex-Reformist President Banned From Public Appearances Week After Seven MPs Sentenced to Prison

Iran’s Ex-Reformist President Banned From Public Appearances Week After Seven MPs Sentenced to Prison

October 8, 2017

Former President Mohammad Khatami. Iran’s former reformist President Mohammad Khatami has been banned from making public appearances and receiving political guests for three months. The ...

Senior Reformist Politicians Sentenced to Prison, Banned From Political Activities

Senior Reformist Politicians Sentenced to Prison, Banned From Political Activities

October 6, 2017

Seven prominent Iranian reformist politicians who wrote in an open letter that the judiciary has been given an ...

Rights Activist Barred from University Under Ahmadinejad Faces Same Roadblocks Under Rouhani

Rights Activist Barred from University Under Ahmadinejad Faces Same Roadblocks Under Rouhani

October 5, 2017

Mahdieh Golru: “I have lost hope along with the years of my youth.” Iran’s Intelligence Ministry has blocked formerly imprisoned ...

Exiled Members of Sufi Gonabadi Dervish Order Told to “Repent” or Serve Life in Prison

Exiled Members of Sufi Gonabadi Dervish Order Told to “Repent” or Serve Life in Prison

October 5, 2017

The sentences of a lifetime in exile issued against Mohammad Ali Shamshirzan and Hamid Arayesh ...

Religious Freedom Advocate: “Iran’s Ruling Clerics are Followers of Machiavelli, Not the Mahdi”

Religious Freedom Advocate: “Iran’s Ruling Clerics are Followers of Machiavelli, Not the Mahdi”

October 5, 2017

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Iranian Singer Offered Bribes in Exchange for Cooperating with Rouhani Government

Iranian Singer Offered Bribes in Exchange for Cooperating with Rouhani Government

October 4, 2017

Arya Aramnejad Says Repression Has Continued Under New President Iranian pop singer Arya Aramnejad...

Suffering From Severe Dental Problems, US Resident On “Enforced Hunger Strike” in Evin Prison

Suffering From Severe Dental Problems, US Resident On “Enforced Hunger Strike” in Evin Prison

October 4, 2017

Nizar Zakka, a Lebanese-born US permanent resident imprisoned in Iran since September 2015, has been ...

Attorney Calls Out Local Governor For “Empty” Promises to Iran’s “Kulbar” Border Couriers

Attorney Calls Out Local Governor For “Empty” Promises to Iran’s “Kulbar” Border Couriers

October 3, 2017

An attorney representing Iranian border couriers, “kulbar” in Farsi, has criticized a local governor in northwestern Iran ...

Gorgan Appeals Court Issues Prison Sentences, Fines for Facebook Posts

Gorgan Appeals Court Issues Prison Sentences, Fines for Facebook Posts

October 3, 2017

Three Iranians were issued jail terms and a fine for expressing their views on social ...

Admins of Iranian Pirated Movies Website Arrested After Complaints from “Licensed” Rivals

Admins of Iranian Pirated Movies Website Arrested After Complaints from “Licensed” Rivals

October 2, 2017

A screenshot of the TinyMoviez website. ...

Dozens Arrested in Iran for Celebrating Iraqi Kurdish Independence “Yes” Vote

Dozens Arrested in Iran for Celebrating Iraqi Kurdish Independence “Yes” Vote

October 2, 2017

Security forces detained dozens of people in Iranian Kurdish-populated cities on September 26, 2017 following the “yes” vote in the ...

Former Sunni MP: Rouhani Government Failing to Uphold Minority Rights Despite Supreme Leader’s Call

Former Sunni MP: Rouhani Government Failing to Uphold Minority Rights Despite Supreme Leader’s Call

September 29, 2017

The situation of Iran’s Sunni Muslims has not improved since Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei pointed out in a ...

Landmine Victims Denied Compensation as Border Regions Remain Plagued by Remnants of Iran-Iraq War

Landmine Victims Denied Compensation as Border Regions Remain Plagued by Remnants of Iran-Iraq War

September 29, 2017

An attorney representing people maimed by mines in Iran’s border regions says the victims are not only entitled ...

Outspoken Political Prisoner Maryam Akbari-Monfared Denied Medical Care and Furlough

Outspoken Political Prisoner Maryam Akbari-Monfared Denied Medical Care and Furlough

September 29, 2017

Political prisoner Maryam Akbari-Monfared is being denied specialized medical care despite her worsening health, according to her husband, Hassan Jafari. “Thyroid disease is causing her a lot ...

Q&A: Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s Husband Speaks Out About Dual National’s Imprisonment in Iran

Q&A: Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s Husband Speaks Out About Dual National’s Imprisonment in Iran

September 28, 2017

The husband of imprisoned Iranian dual national Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe speaks to CHRI about her case and their lives since she was arrested by the Revolutionary Guards in April 2016. Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe...

Iranian Bus Drivers and Activists Express Solidarity with Imprisoned Labor Activist Reza Shahabi

Iranian Bus Drivers and Activists Express Solidarity with Imprisoned Labor Activist Reza Shahabi

September 28, 2017

Update:  With assurances from a senior official, labor activist Reza Shahabi ended his hunger strike in Rajaee Shahr Prison on September 27, 2017, after nearly two months of refusing food. “Reza announced the end of his ...

Iran’s Judiciary Sues Telegram CEO to Adopt Censorship Policies

Iran’s Judiciary Sues Telegram CEO to Adopt Censorship Policies

September 28, 2017

A lawsuit has been filed in an Iranian court against the CEO ...

Iranian Teachers’ Rights Activist Facing 14 Years Behind Bars for Peaceful Advocacy

Iranian Teachers’ Rights Activist Facing 14 Years Behind Bars for Peaceful Advocacy

September 27, 2017

Imprisoned teacher’s rights activist Mahmoud Beheshti-Langroudi is facing 14 years behind bars in ...

Political Prisoner Atena Daemi Denied Major Surgery After Authorities Insist on Keeping Her Cuffed

Political Prisoner Atena Daemi Denied Major Surgery After Authorities Insist on Keeping Her Cuffed

September 27, 2017

Imprisoned children’s rights activist Atena Daemi has been denied a major operation after demanding that the authorities fulfill their promise ...

Freed Iranian Baha’i Leader Mahvash Sabet Describes Unjust Trial, Prison Conditions

Freed Iranian Baha’i Leader Mahvash Sabet Describes Unjust Trial, Prison Conditions

September 26, 2017

“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

Iranian Baha’i Students Offered University Enrollment in Exchange For Renouncing Their Faith

September 25, 2017

Two members of the persecuted Baha’i faith in Iran have been offered university enrollment in ...

Workers Peacefully Demanding Unpaid Wages Beaten and Arrested by Anti-Riot Police in Iranian City of Arak

Workers Peacefully Demanding Unpaid Wages Beaten and Arrested by Anti-Riot Police in Iranian City of Arak

September 21, 2017

“Poor workers don’t deserve to be beaten.” Anti-riot police forces stormed peaceful protests by workers at two industrial ...

Family of Man Shot by Iranian Border Guards: Authorities “Lying” About Victim’s Identity

Family of Man Shot by Iranian Border Guards: Authorities “Lying” About Victim’s Identity

September 20, 2017

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The Minister is Wrong: Using Circumvention Tools to Access Censored Websites in Iran is Legal

The Minister is Wrong: Using Circumvention Tools to Access Censored Websites in Iran is Legal

September 20, 2017

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

Persistent Hunger Strikers at Rajaee Sharhr Prison in Iran Denied Medical Care

September 20, 2017

Four political prisoners in Iran’s Rajaee Shahr Prison are being ...

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