Reformist Journalist Targeted by Intelligence Agents Awaits Sentence After Kafkaesque Trial
Reformist journalist Farzad Pourmoradi is awaiting sentencing after being tried at Branch 103 of the Criminal Court in ...
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Five Political Prisoners in Iran on Life-Threatening Hunger Strikes in Desperate Bid for Case Reviews
The lives of at least three imprisoned civil rights activists in Iran are perilously in danger after suffering health ...
Protestant Church Property Confiscated in Iran by Khamenei-Supervised Organization
The largest Persian-speaking Protestant community in Iran, Jama'at-e Rabbani, has announced that it has been stripped of ...
Five Gonabadi Dervishes Arrested in Iran Amid Ongoing Persecution Campaign
Five dervishes of the Sufi Gonabadi Order were arrested in the southern Iranian city of Dezful on December 13, 2016 after ...
Iran’s New Basij Militia Commander More Militaristic Than His Predecessor
The appointment of ultra-conservative hardliner Gholam-Hossein Gheibparvar as the new commander of Iran’s ...
Mother Begs Revolutionary Guards Not to Return Her Activist Son to Prison In Heart-Rending Video
A video posted on social media shows the mother of civil rights activist ...
Imprisoned Azeri Rights Activist Loses 44 Pounds 50 Days Into Hunger Strike
Imprisoned Azeri civil rights activist Morteza Moradpour has lost 44 pounds and is suffering ...
Rouhani Supporter Imprisoned for Peaceful Activism Critically Ill After 43-Day Hunger Strike
After 43 days on hunger strike, political prisoner Ali Shariati, a long-time supporter of ...
Six Years into Extrajudicial House Arrest, Green Movement Leaders Still Asking for Trial
Mehdi Karroubi, Mir Hossein Mousavi and Zahra Rahnavard Detained Since February 2011 December 13, 2016—The Judiciary should carry out its ...
Nobel Laureate Shirin Ebadi: Rouhani Directly Responsible for All Intelligence Ministry Abuses
In an interview with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, Iranian Nobel Laureate Shirin Ebadi held President Hassan Rouhani directly responsible ...
Six Years Into Extrajudicial House Arrest, Mehdi Karroubi Repeats Request for First Trial
The Judiciary should carry out its latest “promise—or threat” to put former presidential candidate Mehdi Karroubi, who has ...
Iran’s Cyber Police Tries to Control Popular Social Media App Telegram with Hacking, Permits
A state crackdown on social media ahead of Iran’s 2017 presidential election has resulted in the ...
Briefing: Iran’s Fashion Industry is the Latest Victim of Khamenei’s War on Western Culture
Iran’s brain drain has spread to the fashion sector as designers, photographers, models and other industry professionals emigrate to escape raids, the shuttering of their businesses, arrests and prosecutions under vague laws that restrict freedom of expression. ...
Expelled Student Activist Reminds Rouhani of Unfulfilled Pledge to Let Her Resume Studies
A women’s rights activist and former student who spent nearly two and a half years in prison for her ...
Rights Activist Sentenced to 15 Years Imprisonment in Critical Condition After 45-Day Hunger Strike
Civil rights defender Arash Sadeghi, who is currently serving a 15-year prison sentence for ...
Iranian Government Subdues Politically Charged Student Day With “Happy Shows”
Since its 1979 revolution, Iran’s Student Day has been marked with passionate speeches given in a less restrained political atmosphere on university ...
Anti-Riot Forces Violently Attack Peacefully Protesting Tehran Bus Union Members
Members of one of Iran’s oldest unions who were peacefully demanding their past due housing allowances and other benefits in ...
Iranian Lawyer and Writers Beaten and Arrested at Commeration of Murders of Political Dissidents in 1990s
Police and plainclothes security agents arrested a prominent human rights lawyer and several members of the Writers Association ...
Rights Activist Files Complaint Against Revolutionary Guard Agents for Excessive Force
Agents Attacked Atena Daemi and Her Sister and Used Pepper Spray When Taking Her into Custody The ...
Iranian Official Arrested for Supporting Release of Imprisoned Human Rights Activist
Director in Qazvin Governor’s office asks friends online to support Narges Mohammadi Alireza Rahmani, the director of public relations ...
Sister Breaks the Silence Over Iranian-American and Wife Held for Three Months Without Charge or Counsel
Case fabricated “for the purpose of extortion and property seizure” says US-based family member* December 2, 2016—Karan Vafadari, an Iranian-American national ...
German-Iranian Assistant for Berlin Film Festival Barred from Leaving Iran
The dual national translator for a prestigious film festival was prevented from boarding a flight to Germany at Tehran’s Imam Khomeini International Airport and ...
Women’s Rights Activist Arrested After Attending Workshop in Georgia
Twenty Others Who Attended Women’s Empowerment Workshop Also Questioned Photographer and women’s right activist Alieh Matlabzadeh has been undergoing interrogation in ...
Judiciary and Parliament Clash Over MP’s Questions on Judiciary Chief’s Banking Activities
State Funds Deposited into the Bank Account of Sadegh Larijani At Issue After avoiding a summons for days, Member ...
Sedigheh Moradi Freed from Prison after Serving Five Years “for Nothing”
Appeals Court Throws Away Conviction “The judge looked at my file and ordered my unconditional release. It didn’t even ...