Teacher’s Union Leader Conditionally Released on Parole
Teacher’s rights activist Rassoul Bodaghi, who was imprisoned in Iran for six years for his ...
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Female Journalist, Sentenced to Ten Years, Beaten in Iran Prison
Mother of Afarin Chitsaz’s Describes Brutality Aimed at Forcing a “Confession” The mother of ...
Imprisoned Teacher Begins Hunger Strike to Protest Years Behind Bars for Peaceful Union Activities
Mahmoud Beheshti Langroudi, a teacher and activist who was sentenced to five years in prison and an additional ...
Revolutionary Guards Going after Family Members of Iranian Journalists Living Abroad
Brother of Journalist Sentenced to Five Years in Prison In a long-established practice of ...
Four Iranian Rights Activists Summoned to Appear Together at Appeals Court
Rights activists Omid Alishenas, Atena Daemi, Ali ...
Journalists in Iran Slapped with Long Prison Sentences
Three journalists and the brother of a journalist have been given prison sentences ranging from five to ten years ...
Public Outcry in Iran Over Plan for Increased Morality Police Prompts Review
Deploying 7,000 undercover morality police in Tehran contradicts the principle of the presumption of innocence, Iranian lawyer Ali Rambod told the ...
Revolutionary Guards’ Cyber Attacks Now Directed at Rouhani Cabinet Members
IRGC Actively Recruiting Technical Experts to Staff New Hacking Team April 26, 2016—Iran’s Revolutionary Guards, who have long waged ...
Prominent Human Rights Defender Narges Mohammadi Goes on Trial Behind Closed Doors
The trial of human rights activist Narges Mohammadi, postponed four times since its original date of May ...
Bus Drivers’ Union Leader Awaiting Sentencing for Peaceful Labor Activism
Ebrahim Maddadi, a labor activist and leading member of Tehran’s bus drivers’ union, is awaiting sentencing after standing trial ...
After Losing Kidney to Cancer, Imprisoned Physicist Must Be Treated for Other Illnesses
Omid Kokabee Could Lose His Life After Years of Denied Medical Care in Iran Prison Omid Kokabee, the ...
Young Female Artist’s Prison Sentence Reduced on Appeal, Could Soon Go Free
Prisoner of conscience Atena Faraghdani’s sentence has been reduced on appeal from ...
Mehdi Karroubi: Despite Five Years of House Arrest, He Continues to Speak Out against Abuse of Power in Iran
Former presidential candidate Mehdi Karroubi, who has been living under extrajudicial house arrest for over five years for contesting ...
EU Must Not Ignore Iran’s Human Rights Record, Says Former Political Prisoner
“Do not forget the spilt blood of Iranian youths or the young and old prisoners suffering in small and ...
Imprisoned Physicist Loses Kidney to Cancer, Must Be Released Permanently
Omid Kokabee’s Life Endangered by Years of Denied Medical Care in Iran Prison April 21, 2016—Omid Kokabee, the ...
Iranians May Soon Be Able to Make International Online Transactions
Denials Raise Questions Over Whether Deal Will Go Through A global payment service provider based in the U.S. ...
Imprisoned Young Physicist Stricken with Cancer after Years of Denied Medical Care
April 18, 2016—Prisoner of conscience Omid Kokabee, the young physicist who has been imprisoned in Iran for over five years ...
Hunger Striker in Critical Condition Vows to Continue Strike
Political Prisoner Protests His Imprisonment and Denial of Medical Care Prisoner of conscience Hossein ...
Business Leaders around the World Call for an End to Iran’s Closure of Baha’i Businesses
Read this article in Persian here. Letter to Khamenei Urges Respect for Economic Rights ...
Lawyer Released from Prison in Iran Describes Grim Conditions for Political Prisoners
Prisoners Face Denial of Medical Care, Refusal to Transfer Inmates to Hospital despite Life Threatening Illness, Solitary Confinement Aimed at Extracting False ...
Iranian VP Summoned to Judiciary for Commenting on High Execution Rate of Drug Traffickers
Shahindokht Mowlaverdi, Iran’s vice president for Women and Family Affairs, has been summoned to the Judiciary to explain a ...
Voices from Iran: What are your expectations of President Rouhani?
In this new video, the Campaign asks Iranians from all walks of life inside and outside Iran to share their hopes and expectations of ...
Journalist Afarin Chitsaz Held Incommunicado at Evin Prison for Five Months
Status of Case and Charges against Her Remain Unknown Concern is growing for the well-being of newspaper ...
Disqualification of Elected Female Reformist MP Sparks Heated Debate in Iran
Two weeks have passed since Minoo Khaleghi’s election to Parliament in Iran’s recent elections...
Iranian Internet Freedom and Cyber Security at RightsCon
Fundamental Changes in Content Delivery: Opportunities and Challenges On the first day of the RightsCon conference, hundreds of participants from around the ...