Cartoon 157: Narges Mohammadi’s 16-year prison sentence upheld
The Appeals Court has upheld the 16-year prison sentence against prominent human rights activist Narges Mohammadi. She was sentenced to 10 years ...
The Appeals Court has upheld the 16-year prison sentence against prominent human rights activist Narges Mohammadi. She was sentenced to 10 years ...
“As the prosecutor at the time, I deeply apologize and seek forgiveness from the innocent martyrs [Amir] Javadifar, [Mohsen] Rouholamini ...
Lonnie Ali says her husband promoted “good will and understanding between the people of Iran and the United States.” The widow of American boxing legend Muhammad Ali ...
In an open letter from Evin Prison prominent human rights defender Narges ...
Despite statements from some Iranian officials doubting the value of capital punishment, no action has been taken to end or reduce the ...
An attorney has been arrested in western Iran for wearing a T-shirt honoring the Green Movement, an informed ...
“National Internet” Aims to Give State Control Over Iranians’ Access to Information A few months after the Iranian government launched the first phase of its “national information network” (NIN), ...
The execution order against Zeinab Sekaanvand Lankarani, who was married off at 15-years-old to the man she allegedly killed two years later, is being challenged by her public ...
Families of the detainees who died after they were tortured...
Co-Defendants Forced to Unexpectedly Begin Prison Sentences Four months after her husband was unexpectedly forced ...
Open Letter Disproves Judicial Claim About Prisoners’ Rights Imprisoned newspaper editor Ehsan Mazandarani,...
Former political prisoner Navid Kamran has been transported to Evin Prison in Tehran ...
Hospitalized political prisoner and prominent reformist journalist Issa Saharkhiz began a hunger strike on October 2, 2016, to convince the authorities to grant him conditional release. “My father ...
The majority of Iran’s MPs have signed a proposal to amend a current law that would ...
Experts Suspect Intelligence Establishment’s Direct Influence The government of President Hassan Rouhani is preparing to introduce two bills to Parliament that media experts and journalists ...
Other Ailing Dual Nationals Remain in Prison while Denied Due Process “I didn’t feel I ...
Cases Expose Judiciary’s Lack of Independence In another example of the Iranian Judiciary’s lack of independence, an ...
Pattern of Denied Medical Care Continues in Iranian Prisons Imprisoned newspaper columnist Afarin Chitsaz ...
Under Rouhani, “They have changed tactics from hard forms of pressure to milder ones.” The leader of Iran’s largest teachers’ rights organization has said that due to ...
“None of the state agencies confirm or deny anything.” Alireza Piri, a dentist from Tabriz in northwestern Iran who campaigned for former presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi, ...
Mother of Two Young Children Will Be Eligible for Release Only After 10 Years September 28, 2016—The upholding of the 16-year prison sentence against human rights ...
Mother of Two Young Children Will Be Eligible for Release Only After 10 Years An Appeals Court has upheld ...
Zarif Hopes Their Situation Can Be "Resolved Amicably" Iran’s Foreign Minister Javad Zarif said he hoped the situation of detained dual nationals in Iran could be “resolved amicably,” ...
Editor Yashar Soltani, who was initially charged with “spreading lies” after his website published unclassified information about illegal land sales by the Tehran ...
Iranian authorities have ignored requests to reinstate a student expelled from a university because of his faith. Nineteen-year-old Faraz Karin-Kani ...