Azeri Man Facing Prison Time for Peacefully Advocating Ethnic Language Rights in Iran
Facing prison time for his peaceful advocacy of Azeri ethnic rights, Asgar Akbarzadeh has ...
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Labor Activist Describes Torture and Inhumane Living Conditions at Iran’s Largest Prison
Great Tehran Penitentiary (GTP) Teachers rights activist ...
Political Prisoner in Solitary Confinement for Hunger Striking Against Wife’s Detention
Soheil Arabi with his wife and daughter. Political prisoner Soheil Arabi, ...
Year-Long Legal Limbo of Swedish Resident Imprisoned in Iran Continues After Judge Calls in Sick
Swedish Embassy Staffers Waited in Courthouse The long-awaited trial of Iranian-born Swedish permanent resident Ahmadreza Djalali...
Rouhani’s Lost Battle: UN 2030 Education Guidelines
In 2015, Iran adopted educational guidelines from the UN 2030 agenda that could substantially improve access to education throughout the country. Two years later, a vicious smear campaign and opposition by the supreme leader has ...
Rouhani Could Appoint Surveillance Expert From Ahmadinejad Era to Telecommunications Ministry
Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi ...
Iran Should Immediately Release Critically Ill Opposition Leaders Under House Arrest
Karroubi and Mousavi’s Health in Peril After Six Years of Forced Isolation August 2, 2017—More than six years into their ...
Teachers’ Rights Leader Returned to Prison Despite Judicial Official’s Furlough Pledge
Esmail Abdi’s Six-Year Sentence Influenced by IRGC The former secretary general of ...
Family, US Congress Convince Imprisoned US Permanent Resident to End Hunger Strike in Iran
Nizar Zakka “Under Intense Torture and Pressure” A Lebanese-born US permanent resident who was sentenced in September 2016 to 10 years ...
Student Imprisoned for Refusing to Spy for Iran’s Intelligence Ministry Denied Visitation Rights
Imprisoned for refusing to spy for Iran’s Intelligence Ministry, Hamid Babaei has ...
Political Prisoners’ Letter to Foreign Ambassadors Who Went on Staged Tour of Evin Prison
Editor's Note: On July 5, 2017, dozens of foreign diplomats based in Iran went on a staged ...
Judicial Official Threatens Rouhani’s Telecommunications Minister With Criminal Charges Over Telegram
Photo caption: Telecommunications Minister Mahmoud Vaezi (right) and Deputy Prosecutor General Abdolsamad Khorramabadi Iran’s ...
Iranian Sugar Plant Workers Detained Without Bail After Protesting Unpaid Wages and Benefits
Eight workers at one of Iran’s largest and oldest agricultural companies remain detained ...
Police Arrest Peaceful Participants at Annual Commemoration for Popular Dissident Poet Ahmad Shamlu
Iranian police and security forces dispersed a gathering marking the 17th anniversary of popular poet ...
Detained Opposition Leader Mehdi Karroubi Recovering From Emergency Medical Procedure
Six Years Later, Karroubi Still Awaiting First Trial Former presidential candidate Mehdi Karroubi, under extrajudicial house arrest since 2011, ...
Prisoners’ Families Plead for Stays of Executions Until Vote on Potentially Life-Saving Amendment
The families of prisoners facing imminent execution gathered in front of the judiciary’s headquarters in Tehran ...
Telegram’s Efforts to Increase Download Speed in Iran Raises Questions
Placement of Telegram CDNs in Iran Requires Increased Transparency June 27, 2017—In light of the decision by the messaging application ...
1,600 Teachers Demand Iran’s Judiciary Free Imprisoned Rights Activist
More than one thousand Iranian teachers have issued a statement calling for the release of a teacher imprisoned for peacefully advocating for ...
Sufi Devotee With Heart Disease Denied “Urgent” Medical Care in Bandar Abbas Prison
Despite worsening heart disease, Mohammad Ali Shamshirzan, an imprisoned dervish of Iran’s Sufi Gonabadi Order...
