In the first press conference of his second presidential term, Rouhani refused to commit to ending the extrajudicial house arrests of three opposition leaders—a pledge he made four years ago ...
Trade union activists Jafar Azimzadeh and Shapour Ehsani-Rad have been acquitted of the charge of ‘acting against national security’ for peacefully advocating for labor rights ...
A major challenge for newly reelected President Hassan Rouhani is integrating guidelines from a UN agenda into the country’s educational system amid fierce opposition from hardliners ...
Mostafa Daneshjou, a formerly imprisoned lawyer and member of a ...
“Banned from university, businesses sealed, cemeteries desecrated… What rights do Baha’is have as ...
The presidential candidacy of Ebrahim Raisi as depicted by ...
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The chief physician of Evin Prison has refused to hospitalize imprisoned children’s rights activist ...
Assistant Interior Minister Mohammad Hossein Moghimi The ...
The majority of Yarsani candidates seeking seats in Iran’s May 2017 elections for ...
Hardliners Working to Suppress Reformist Leader’s Endorsement of Rouhani Since reformist leader Mohammad Khatami ...
A week after incumbent President Hassan Rouhani criticized Iran’s hardline judiciary, its spokesman has announced that ...
In the run-up to Iran’s presidential election on May 19, 2017, the country’s hardline supreme leader has strongly ...
A member of the Women’s Citizenship Center, a non-governmental organization in Tehran, told the Center for Human Rights in ...
Prominent Kurdish rights activist Mohammad Sadiq Kaboudvand was freed from Evin ...
The family of Tahereh Riahi, an editor who has been detained since December 2016 without charge, is calling on President Hassan Rouhani ...
Letter to Mogherini Condemns Numerous Arrests and Summons May 15, 2017—This week 29 members of ...
A reformist politician and former member of Iran’s Parliament told the Center for ...
Items of Note Khatami Endorses Rouhani Influential reformist leader Mohammad Khatami has thrown his weight behind incumbent President Hassan Rouhani for Iran's May 19 presidential election. “We started on a path with Mr. ...
Ahead of Iran’s elections on May 19 for president and local councils, 29 members of ...
Esmail Abdi, the imprisoned former leader of Iran’s largest teachers’ union, is suffering from ...
A number of prominent reformist politicians have been disqualified from running in Tehran’s City Council election despite being previously approved by ...
Any citizen or candidate who attempts to disrupt the upcoming elections will receive a “hard slap ...
A teacher in a port city in northern Iran has been exiled for singing to his ...
