Shirin Ebadi: Iran’s 2017 Presidential Hopefuls Have Unacceptable Human Rights Records
Not one of the candidates running for Iran’s presidency has an acceptable human rights record, Iranian ...
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Judiciary Shuts Down Reformists’ Campaign Headquarters in Iran’s Second Largest City
The campaign headquarters of reformists in Khorasan Razavi Province, northeastern Iran, was shuttered on May 2, 2017—three weeks before the country’s presidential and local council elections on May 19, the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) has learned. ...
Political Prisoner Atena Daemi’s Health Worsens Four Weeks Into Hunger Strike Without Proper Care
Atena Daemi, a human rights activist serving a ...
Videos Appear Defending Iranian Presidential Hopeful’s Role in 1988 Prisoner Massacre
Since Ebrahim Raisi announced his candidacy for Iran’s presidency, videos have been ...
Former Political Prisoner: Ruling Elite “Preventing Justice” by Supporting Raisi’s Presidential Bid
Iranian presidential candidate Ebrahim Raisi, who served on a ...
Iranian Female Soccer Player Publicly Decries Ban For Playing Without Hijab
A professional soccer player who once played for the Iranian women’s national futsal team has publicly spoken out against a ...
Iran’s Judiciary Blocks Instagram’s Live Video Service Weeks Before May 2017 Elections
Instagram’s live video feature has been blocked in Tehran by several internet ...
Three Young Men to Serve 12 Years in Prison For “Insulting” Social Media Posts
Three 24-year-olds have been sentenced to 12 years in prison each in Iran for posting critical commentary about ...
Female Former Council Member Advocates For Women Candidates in Iran’s Local Elections
Political parties and factions in Iran should promote more women candidates in the country’s local council elections to ...
Supporters Urge For Release of Ailing Iranian-Americans Siamak and Baquer Namazi Imprisoned in Iran
The American lawyer representing ailing Iranian-Americans Siamak Namazi and his father, Baquer, serving 10-year sentences in Iran for unspecified espionage ...
Political Commentator and Former Political Activist Released From Evin Prison
Issa Saharkhiz Facing New Trial Reformist political commentator Issa Saharkhiz and former political activist ...
Iran’s Other Elections: Local Council Applicants Subjected to Arbitrary Vetting
In a surprising development, a few outspoken and prominent political activists have been approved to run in Iran’s elections for city and village councils on May 19, 2017. However, many well-known activists and reformists have been arbitrarily disqualified. ...
Dual National’s Husband Urges UK to Secure Her Release From Iran
Supreme Court Upholds Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s Five-Year Prison Sentence The husband of Nazanin-Zaghari Ratcliffe, an Iranian-British citizen ...
Former MP: Guardian Council Has “No Legal Authority” to Exclude Religious Minorities From Elections
The Guardian Council’s attempt to ban religious minorities from running in Iran’s nationwide local council elections ...
Student Arrested by Intelligence Ministry Held in Solitary Confinement Without Charge
Payam Shakiba, a political science graduate student at Tehran’s Allameh Tabataba’i University, has been held in ...
Swedish Resident Held in Evin Prison for One Year Denied Lawyer for Third Time
Ahmadreza Jalali, an Iranian-born Swedish resident detained in Evin Prison since ...
IRGC Commander Publicly Criticizes Rouhani’s Refusal to Block Telegram Call Service Before Election
One month before Iranians head to the polls, a senior commander of ...
Eight Baha’is Arrested Without a Warrant by Iran’s Intelligence Ministry and Denied Legal Counsel
Seven Baha’i citizens were arrested by the Intelligence Ministry in Bandar Abbas and Qeshm ...
University Student Groups Decry Security Climate on Campus, Rising Costs and Gender Segregation
Seventy-two student organizations from universities throughout Iran have issued a ...
Former MP Urges Iranian Government to “Trust” and Allow Sunnis to Run For President
In the run-up to Iran’s May 19, 2017 presidential election, a Sunni Muslim former member of ...
Iranian Judiciary Blocks Popular Telegram App’s New Voice Call Service
Iran’s judiciary has ordered internet companies to block the Telegram messaging ...
Low Female Participation Rate in Iranian Elections Symptom of Gender Inequality
Women's rights advocate Nahid Tavasoli is the editor-in-chief of Nafe, an academic women’s periodical. The low number of female participants in Iranian ...
Iranian Media Banned From Covering Ahmadinejad’s May 2017 Presidential Campaign
Iranian media outlets have been ordered to stop reporting on former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s ...
Cartoon 166: From Executioner to Presidential Hopeful
The presidential bid of ultra-conservative cleric Ebrahim Raisi has been strongly criticized by supporters of human rights. In 1988, Raisi ...
“Be My Daughter’s Voice,” Pleads Mother of Hunger-Striking Activist Serving Seven Years
Imprisoned children and human rights activist Atena Daemi...