Four Azeri Rights Activists Sentenced to More Than 10 Years in Prison for Peaceful Activism
Four Iranian ethnic Azerbaijanis have been issued long prison sentences for peacefully defending their rights, the Campaign for Human ...
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Arrest of Cleric Imprisoned for Highlighting 1988 Political Prisoners Massacre “Like a Kidnapping”
Ahmad Montazeri (right) with his wife Zahra Amlashi. ...
Largest Trade Union Body Asks Iran’s Leader to End Persecution of Prominent Activist
The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) has written to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei ...
Beaten and Harassed, Dual National Serving 18-Year Prison Sentence in Iran on Hunger Strike
Iranian-American dual citizen Reza (Robin) Shahini, currently serving an 18-year prison sentence in Gorgan ...
Sunni Leader Calls on Khamenei to Investigate Reports of Expedited Executions of Sunni Prisoners
Iranian Sunni cleric Molavi Abdolhamid Ismaeelzahi (right) greets Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei (left). ...
Briefing: Tracking Twitter’s Growing Popularity in Iran
Twitter’s growth in Iran can be tracked through three distinct stages; when it ...
Detained Iranian-Born Swedish Resident Djalali Starts Hunger Strike After Judge Dismisses Lawyers
Iranian-born Swedish resident Ahmadreza Djalali, detained in Iran since April 2016, began ...
Sisters of Imprisoned Activist Atena Daemi Cleared of Revenge Charges Filed by Revolutionary Guards
A court has rejected charges brought by the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Courts (IRGC) against Onsieh Daemi and ...
Iran’s Supreme Leader Cements Hardline Position by Rejecting Offer of National Reconciliation
Some Conservatives Side With Reformist Leader Khatami Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei’s refusal of an offer to achieve “national reconciliation” in Iran by ending ...
Revolutionary Guards Try to Silence US-Based Iranian Dissident by Arresting Her Sister
Update: Leila Haghighatjou was released on February 19, 2017 on bail set at 220 million tomans ($68,000 USD). Leila Haghighatjou, the ...
Opposition Leader’s Son: Khamenei and Rouhani Are Responsible for Extrajudicial House Arrests
The son of Iranian opposition leader Mehdi Karroubi, who has been detained under ...
Intelligence Ministry Violently Arrests Teenage Ethnic Arab Activist in Khuzestan
Ali Kab-Aomair, a 17-year-old ethnic Arab activist, has been held incommunicado since he was violently arrested on February ...
Iran’s Judiciary Commutes Death Sentences of Some Juvenile Offenders
The Iranian judiciary has agreed to commute the death sentences of six people who were sentenced to death ...
Report: Iranian Hackers Target Activists’ Mac Devices With Revamped Malware
State-sponsored Iranian hackers, who had until now focused almost exclusively on civil and human rights-focused users of ...
Iranians Use Twitter to Oppose Flag-Burning and Thank Americans for Resisting Trump’s Travel Ban
A few days before the 38th anniversary of Iran’s 1979 revolution—traditionally commemorated with hardliners ...
Ailing Political Prisoner Imprisoned for Facebook Posts Denied Medical Care
Soheil Arabi, who is currently serving a seven-and-a-half year prison sentence for the ...
In Iran, From Prison to Exile for Posting Jokes on Facebook
After completing a five-year prison sentence in Iran for posting jokes about religion on Facebook, the Judiciary ...
Judge Salavati Threatens Iranian-Born Swedish Resident With Death Penalty On Day One of Trial
Iranian-born Swedish resident Ahmadreza Djalali, who has been detained in Tehran without due process ...
Editor Detained by Iran’s Intelligence Ministry Pleads for Help From Evin Prison
Tahereh Riahi, the social affairs editor of the state-funded Borna News Agency, ...
Iranian-Dutch Dual National and Dissident Imprisoned in Tehran Denied Medical Care
Update: Sabri Hassanpour was released in April 2018. The officials of Evin Prison are denying Sabri ...
Trump’s travel ban is a gift to Iran’s rulers
Marian Vayghan reacts after her uncle is released from a detention ...
Iran’s Intelligence Ministry Arrests Mother of Green Movement Gunshot Victim
Shahnaz Akmali, the mother of a well-known victim of the Islamic Republic’s violent crackdown on ...
Prominent Iranian Directors Decry Censorship After Minister Bans Films From Tehran Fajr Festival
Reza Salehi Amiri became the minister of culture and Islamic guidance in November ...
Iranian University Conceals Evidence of Expelling Baha’i Students for Religious Beliefs
"Death to Baha'is" reads the graffiti spray painted by a vandal on the ...