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Iran’s Intelligence Ministry Tries to Hide Evidence of Massacre of Thousands of Political Prisoners in 1988

Iran’s Intelligence Ministry Tries to Hide Evidence of Massacre of Thousands of Political Prisoners in 1988

August 12, 2016

Recording of Ayatollah Montazeri’s Plea to Stop the Executions is Taken Off Website An audio file of Grand Ayatollah Hosseinali Montazeri—the once ...

Man Imprisoned for Facebook Posts Seeks Reduced Sentence

Man Imprisoned for Facebook Posts Seeks Reduced Sentence

August 12, 2016

Soheil Arabi, whose death sentence for “insulting the prophet” was struck down by Iran’s Supreme Court in 2015 ...

Five Prisoners Hanged in Iran in Accelerating Rate of Executions

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 Central ...

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

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 ...

Cartoon 152: Executions in Iran

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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”

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

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

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

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 ...

New Law Reduces Employment Prospects for Women in Iran

New Law Reduces Employment Prospects for Women in Iran

July 14, 2016

Iran’s Parliament has ratified an amended law that reduces...

Iranian Human Rights Lawyer Quits after Years of State Harassment and Threats

Iranian Human Rights Lawyer Quits after Years of State Harassment and Threats

July 14, 2016

“In this society, lawyers who bear witness to injustice and speak the truth get punished.” Constant ...

70-Year-Old Man Sentenced to Flogging for Demanding Information on Missing Son

70-Year-Old Man Sentenced to Flogging for Demanding Information on Missing Son

July 13, 2016

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

Legal Expert Expresses Outrage over Charges against Renowned Iranian Artist Parviz Tanavoli

July 13, 2016

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

Imprisoned Christian Convert, Eligible for Early Release, on Hunger Strike Until Judiciary Addresses Her Case

July 13, 2016

Christian convert Maryam (Nasim) Naghash Zargaran, imprisoned since 2013, has vowed to ...

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