Iranian State Censorship Body Blocks Websites Belonging to Persecuted Sufi Gonabadi Order
State authorities in Iran have blocked access to websites belonging to the Sufi ...
Issues
Iran’s Telecommunications Minister Pledges To “Get Rid of” Foreign Social Media Despite Past Failed Attempts
President Hassan Rouhani’s Telecommunications Minister Mahmoud Vaezi has refuted criticism that he has been unwilling to block ...
11 Christian Converts Issued Long Prison Sentences in Iran in Less Than Two Months in Sham Trials
The Holy Savior Cathedral church in Isfahan, Iran. Judge Mashallah Ahmadzadeh on Sentencing Spree ...
Married Women in Iran Still Need “Permission” to Travel Abroad Under Amendment to Passport Law
Member of Parliament ...
Pro-Rouhani Journalist Tortured by Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Acquitted of Anti-State Charges
More than two years after his arrest and torture by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), reformist journalist Farzad ...
Activist and Mother of Slain Protestor Summoned to Court Same Day Intelligence Minister Denounces Arrests of Activists
Human rights activist Shahnaz Akmali was summoned to court for unspecified charges on ...
Contradictory Laws Exasperate Debate Over Iranian Women’s Observance of Hijab in Cars
The growing number of women refusing to cover their hair while driving in ...
Staged Visit by Foreign Ambassadors to Iran’s Evin Prison Condemned by Rights Activists
A member of the German embassy enters Evin Prison on a red ...
Political Prisoner Ali Shariati Tricked Into Ending Hunger Strike With False Promise by Judiciary
Imprisoned civil rights activist Ali Shariati has been denied conditional release despite an earlier promise by judicial officials issued in exchange for him ending his hunger strike ...
Rights Activists Urge Rouhani to Nominate Women to His Cabinet
Asieh Amini, journalist ...
Conservative MPs Pressure Culture Ministry to Ban Films Portraying “Realistic Picture” of Modern Iranian Life
A scene from "Atomic Heart" (2014) Director Ali ...
MPs Urge Judiciary to Halt Executions for Minor Drug Convictions Until Death Penalty Law is Amended
The Iranian Parliament’s Legal and Judicial Affairs Committee is calling on the judiciary to halt executions of prisoners ...
Azeri Ethnic Rights Activists Beaten at Peaceful Protest Remain Detained Without Access to Legal Counsel
Iranian police units arrested several ethnic Azerbaijani rights activists at a peaceful protest gathering in Ghaleh Babak in East Azerbaijan Province on ...
Four Christian Converts Sentenced to 10 Years Imprisonment in Trial Lacking Due Process
Three Azeri men from the Republic of Azerbaijan, and one Iranian man--all Protestant Christian converts--have been sentenced to ...
Iranian Supreme Court Judge Describes 1988 Mass Executions of Political Prisoners as “Fair and Lawful”
A senior Iranian judicial official has publicly defended the state’s mass executions of political prisoners and ...
Iran Death Penalty Bill Could Save Thousands on Death Row
Despite resistance from security organizations, a bill that could drastically reduce death penalty sentences for petty drug-trafficking crimes in Iran is scheduled to be debated in Parliament in July 2017. If passed, it could ...
Telegram App Submits to Russian Registration Requirement. Will it Do the Same in Iran?
The announcement by the CEO of the Telegram messaging application that he has agreed to register his firm in Russia ...
Iran’s Supreme Leader Comes to Judiciary’s Defense After Rouhani Criticizes Problematic Arrests
Iran’s supreme leader is continuing his public criticism of newly re-elected President Hassan ...
Elderly Political Prisoner Repeatedly Issued More Prison Time After Completing Sentences
Iranian judicial authorities are refusing to free an elderly political prisoner who was incarcerated for visiting close ...
Persistent Iranian Women’s Movement Chipping Away at State Ban on Females in Sports Stadiums
The peaceful battle by women’s rights activists geared towards ending the ban on female spectators in ...