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Five Prisoners Hanged in Iran in Accelerating Rate of Executions

August 10, 2016

Hangings Follow Twenty Prisoners Executed Last Week Five prisoners were hanged inside Iran’s Orumiyeh ...

Mother of Executed Iranian Scientist Describes Last Visit With Son Day Before His Death

August 9, 2016

Marzieh Amiri: “I had kept silent only for the sake of my son.” The mother of Shahram Amiri, ...

Cartoon 152: Executions in Iran

August 8, 2016

Iranian cartoonist Touka Neyestani's take on the recent surge in prison executions in Iran....

Anti-Pollution Initiative Stymied by Ban on Women Riding Bicycles in Public

August 8, 2016

Women’s rights activists and environmentalists joined forces in the city of Marivan, in Iran’s Kurdistan Province, after a local ...

Names of Mass Execution Victims in Iran Still Not Released

August 5, 2016

Only 10 of the 20 Sunni Prisoners Killed Are Identified by Authorities Iran is withholding the names ...

Radical Iranian Newspaper Suspended for Lewd Sexual Slurs against Actors

August 3, 2016

The weekly Ya Lesarat, the official publication of the ultraconservative vigilante group Ansar-e Hezbollah, has been suspended by ...

Iran Executes Kurdish Prisoner despite Claim of Forced Confession

August 2, 2016

As Many As 20 Others May Have Been Executed Too Kurdish prisoner Shahram Ahmadi was hanged in the courtyard of Iran’s Rajaee ...

Lawyers Still Languishing in Jails in Iran for Defending Dissidents Under Rouhani’s Watch

August 2, 2016

Campaign Pledges Three Years Ago to Free Political Prisoners Now Ring Hollow Dozens of human rights lawyers who have been imprisoned for ...

Ninety-two Student Groups in Iran Criticize Rouhani for Unfulfilled Promises

August 2, 2016

Ninety-two university student groups have issued a joint letter to President Hassan ...

Reformist Newspaper Editor’s Prison Sentence Reduced on Appeal

July 29, 2016

The seven-year prison sentence of reformist newspaper editor Ehsan Mazandarani has been reduced to two years on appeal, his brother-in-law Sam ...

150 Boys and Girls Arrested in Crackdown on Co-ed Parties

July 29, 2016

One hundred fifty young girls and boys were arrested for attending an “inappropriate mixed-gender” birthday party near the city of Tehran, according to an announcement...

Iran’s Intelligence Ministry Interferes in Case of Imprisoned Christian

July 27, 2016

Case Exposes Judiciary’s Lack of Independence Iran’s Intelligence Ministry has directly ...

Real Target of Tehran’s Demand for Apple to Open Office in Iran is US Sanctions

July 25, 2016

Tehran’s recent ultimatum to Apple, the US tech giant, to open up an office in Iran ...

Arrested Iranian-American from San Diego Held Incommunicado and without Access to Lawyer

July 25, 2016

Charges and Whereabouts of Robin (Reza) Shahini Unknown Iranian-American Robin (Reza) Shahini, the latest victim of a string of arrests and prolonged detainments of dual nationals who have travelled to Iran, ...

Cartoon 149: Worthless Versus Valuable “Likes”

July 23, 2016

At a June 23, 2016 public meeting with poets chosen and invited by his administration, Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei said: "I have heard that some publish their ...

Iran’s Conservatives Lash Out at New Female Fashion Trends

July 21, 2016

Iran’s anti-vice squads, also referred to as the morality police, are particularly busy in the hot summer ...

Harassment of Teachers’ Union Leader Continues with New Summons

July 18, 2016

Rassoul Bodaghi, a senior member of the Iranian Teacher’s Association who has been ...

Cartoon 148: Orlando

July 16, 2016

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 ...