Cartoon 148: Orlando
Iranian cartoonist Touka Neyestani reacts to the June 12, 2016 shooting at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, in which 49 patrons were killed and 53 more were ...
Issues
New Law Reduces Employment Prospects for Women in Iran
Iran’s Parliament has ratified an amended law that reduces ...
Iranian Human Rights Lawyer Quits after Years of State Harassment and Threats
“In this society, lawyers who bear witness to injustice and speak the truth get punished.” Constant pressure and ...
70-Year-Old Man Sentenced to Flogging for Demanding Information on Missing Son
The wife of Hashem Zeinali, a 70-year-old man who was given a ...
Legal Expert Expresses Outrage over Charges against Renowned Iranian Artist Parviz Tanavoli
Charging the prominent Iranian artist Parviz Tanavoli, who also holds Canadian citizenship, with “disturbing public opinion and ...
Imprisoned Christian Convert, Eligible for Early Release, on Hunger Strike Until Judiciary Addresses Her Case
Christian convert Maryam (Nasim) Naghash Zargaran, imprisoned since 2013, has vowed to ...
Twitter Campaign to Free Narges Mohammadi Draws More than 100,000 Iranians
Hashtag #FreeNarges Skyrockets in Iran despite Official Ban on Twitter More than 100,000 Iranians took part ...
Judiciary Refuses to Review Case of Political Prisoner Who Qualifies for Early Release
Ahmad Karimi Najjar, a political prisoner currently serving the seventh year of his 16-year prison sentence in ...
Commentary: Iran’s Hard-Liners Crack Down as Their Base of Support Narrows
This commentary was originally published in the World Politics Review. Hadi Ghaemi There is a crackdown underway ...
Iran Judiciary Threatens Narges Mohammadi After Her Hunger Strike Gets International Attention
A Judicial official has threatened Narges Mohammadi, a leading human rights ...
Iran’s Judiciary Refuses to Review Case of Political Prisoner Who Qualifies for Conditional Release
Judicial officials are refusing to review the case of political prisoner Mohammad Ali (Pirooz) Mansouri who is ...
Labor Rights Activists Detained Incommunicado in Iranian Kurdish City of Sanandaj
Labor rights activists Hashem Rostami and Mozaffar Salehinia have been imprisoned in Sanandaj, the capital of Iran’s Kordestan Province, for more ...
Guilt by Association: Peaceful Demonstrators Slapped with Suspended Lashing and Prison Sentences
Some of the accused were falsely declared followers of an imprisoned spiritual leader. Fourteen people have been handed ...
Man Who Was Imprisoned in Iran for Posting Jokes on Facebook Denied Timely Appeal Verdict
Soheil Babadi has written an open letter detailing the torture he experienced during interrogations. Computer engineer ...
Prominent Political Prisoner Promised, Though Still Not Allowed, Phone Contact with Children
Taghi Rahmani believes his wife Narges Mohammadi is being mistreated in prison because he fled the country years ago. Iran’s ...
Imprisoned Journalists Granted Brief Reprieve from Prison
After eight months in detention, newspaper columnist Afarin Chitsaz was released from Evin ...
Ailing Political Prisoner Temporarily Released and Promised Retrial Shortly After Judiciary’s Harsh Refusal
Imprisoned labor activist Jafar Azimzadeh was temporarily released on “extendable furlough...
Teacher’s Rights Champion Beaten and Slapped with New Charge after He Attempts to Visit Political Prisoner
A little over a week after teachers’ rights activist Rassoul Bodaghi was conditionally released ...
Imprisoned Human Rights Defender Narges Mohammadi on Hunger Strike to Maintain Contact with her Children
In a desperate bid to gain permission to speak to her children on the phone, the prominent human rights ...
Teachers’ Rights Activist Could Face Three Years in Prison for Visiting Political Prisoner
A little over a week after teachers’ rights activist Rassoul Bodaghi was conditionally released ...
Ailing Political Prisoner Denied Critically Needed Medical Care for Her Diabetes
Held with Violent Criminals at Vakilabad Prison for Criticizing the Government on Facebook Political prisoner Nahid (Omolbanin) Gorji ...
Kurdish Political Prisoner Put in Solitary Confinement to Force Him to End Hunger Strike
Prosecutor: “As long as he continues his hunger strike, he will stay in solitary confinement and will die there.” Kurdish political prisoner Ayoub Assadi has been placed ...
Labor Rights Activist in Critical Condition After 50-Day Hunger Strike
Prominent leftist scholar Noam Chomsky has called for Jafar Azimzadeh’s release Labor rights activist Jafar ...
Pro-Rouhani Newspaper Suspended in Hardline Campaign Against President
A week after Tehran’s hardline chief prosecutor announced he would be suing the editor-in-chief...
Elderly Political Prisoner’s Early Release Blocked Despite Supreme Leader’s Decree
Seventy-two-year-old political prisoner Mohammad Hossein Rafiee has threatened to go on hunger strike if ...