Iran Elections: The Ten Commandments
Political satire by Ebrahim Nabavi “My opponents should definitely vote in the elections, but there’s no need for them to ...
Political satire by Ebrahim Nabavi “My opponents should definitely vote in the elections, but there’s no need for them to ...
First they called it “white marriage,” now it’s “black coupling.” But no matter how Iranian officials choose to denigrate the upward trend ...
Updated on January 26, 2017: Bahman Daroshafaei’s one-year prison sentence for “propaganda against the state” has been reduced to a five million toman ...
Bahman Daroshafaei, a former journalist and translator, was arrested on February 3, 2016 at his home in Tehran under ...
An attack last week on one of Iran’s most famous actresses by hardline vigilantes has been condemned by the Ministry ...
Courtesy of BBC Persian Twenty-four Baha’is from northeastern Iran have been ...
The prominent Kurdish human rights activist, Mohammad Sediq Kaboudvand, has been recommended for conditional release ...
Three months after their arrests, journalists Issa Saharkhiz and Ehsan Mazandarani...
February 1, 2016— Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau should extend all efforts to obtain the release of Saeed Malekpour, a Canadian resident ...
The student of a spiritual leader in Iran who has been imprisoned for his alternative beliefs, has been summoned to court ...
This op-ed was originally published in French. By Hadi Ghaemi This week, President Hassan Rouhani will visit Europe, including France, his first trip ...
The family of prisoner of conscience Mostafa Azizi is calling on Canada to exert more pressure on Iran to release ...
Iranian cartoonist Touka Neyestani's look at the widespread arbitrary disqualifications of female and reformist candidates by the Islamic Republic ...
A coalition of Iranian artists have called for the immediate release of three music producers sentenced to six years in prison ...
Increased foreign investment and access to foreign companies’ technology products in Iran now that sanctions against Tehran have been lifted will not ...
The release of Iranian-Americans in the recent prisoner exchange between Iran and the United States has given hope to the ...
“Why has the Islamic Republic agreed to the release of Iranian-American prisoners but they won’t free our own prisoners who ...
While expressing joy at Iran’s recent release of four imprisoned Iranian-Americans, Nobel Peace laureate Shirin Ebadi has called on the ...
Prisoner of conscience Atena Faraghdani and her lawyer, Mohammad Moghimi, have been acquitted of “illegitimate relations” for shaking hands during ...
On January 16, 2016, the Islamic Republic of Iran released four prisoners with dual Iranian and American citizenships, in return ...
The wife of the prominent lawyer Mohammad Seifzadeh, who has been imprisoned since April 2011 for his work defending human ...
Imprisoned journalist Saeed Razavi Faghih has been threatened with retribution for writing letters complaining about abuse inside Rajaee Shahr Prison and could be facing new trumped-up charges. “About a ...
Steps Towards Reconciliation with the West Are Good but Iran Needs National Reconciliation As Well January 16, 2016—The International Campaign for Human Rights ...
UPDATE: This post was updated on January 19, 2016, to reflect that additional organizations have signed the letter. A total of 16 organizations ...