Telegram CEO Rejects Iranian Government’s Claims of Censorship-on-Demand
The head of Telegram, the most popular social media network in Iran, has again categorically denied making any concessions ...
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Teachers Union Chief to Go on Trial for Peaceful Labor Activities
No Access to Counsel or Family Visits during 7-Month “Temporary Detention” After nearly seven months of “temporary detention” without ...
Reformist Journalist Begins Serving Prison Sentence for Her Writings on Facebook
The well-known reformist journalist Reyhaneh Tabatabaie surrendered herself to Evin Prison authorities on January 12, 2016, to serve ...
Sunni Detainees Still Held a Year After Arrest, Reports of Torture and Forced Confessions
A year after the arrest of more than two dozen Sunni Muslim men in southeast Iran, ...
Detained Poet Describes Being Transported in a Cage and Watched “Like a Murderer”
Two-Day Ordeal Included Solitary Confinement and Incarceration with Criminals The poet Hila Sedighi, who was arrested and ...
Journalist Resumes Hunger Strike to Protest His Continued Detention
After two months of detention, the prominent reformist journalist and political activist Issa Saharkhiz has resumed his ...
Netflix Opening to Iran Ends State Broadcasting’s Decades of Monopoly
The Islamic Republic of Iran’s near total monopoly on the broadcast of film and television series has effectively ended ...
Hila Sedighi Released on Bail
Hila Sedighi was released on bail on the evening of Saturday, January 9 in Tehran. The authorities did not provide any ...
Young Poet Hila Sedighi Arrested at Airport in Tehran, Latest in String of Arrests
Photo by Reza Baharinejad from Hila ...
Popular Telegram Messaging Application Survives Censorship Vote in Iran
State Filtering Body Refuses to Block the Service An official Iranian state censorship body has resisted calls by ...
Soccer Star Arrested for Online Photos With Women despite Evidence His Account was Hacked
Legal Expert Decries Refusal to Release Sosha Makani on Bail till Investigation is Completed Sosha Makani, Persepolis soccer ...
Judiciary Claims No Knowledge of Student Not Heard from Since His Arrest Almost 17 Years Ago
The mother of a student who has not been heard from since soon after his arrest in Tehran in 1999 ...
Persecution of Christian Converts Continues under Rouhani
Christian is Arrested and Taken to Unknown Location Despite President Hassan Rouhani’s pledges during his election campaign in 2013 ...
Judge’s Tirade Bodes Poorly for Independent Music Producers in Iran
An Appeals Court judge has admonished collaborators of a popular music site for ignoring repeated warnings that they were operating illegally and having ...
Highest Ranked Woman in Iran’s Government to Sue Extremist Publication
The Iranian government’s most senior female official plans to take legal action against an extremist publication for comparing her to a prostitute. The weekly Ya ...
Activist’s Health Worsens in Prison As She Awaits Appeal Hearing
A prolonged delay in hearing children’s rights activist Atena Daemi’s appeal against her 14-year prison sentence is causing a serious deterioration ...
Retired Professor, 71, Held in Disease-Ridden Ward, Daughter Says
The daughter of prisoner of conscience Mohammad Hossein Rafiee fears her elderly father is in danger ...
Death Sentence Against Spiritual Center Founder Rejected
Family Hopes for Taheri’s Release at End of Prison Term in 2016 With the lifting of the ...
Popular Iranian Poet Arrested for Third Time amidst Hardline Crackdown against Artistic Community
The well-known Iranian poet Mohamadreza Haj Rostambegloo was released on bail from Karaj’s Central Prison last week, following his third ...
Kurdish News Editor Released on Bail after 60 Days in Prison
Hassan Sheikh Aghaei, the editor of a Kurdish-Persian news site, was released on two billion rials (about $67,000) bail on December ...
No Bail Set or Appeals Court Date as Child Rights Activist Waits in Prison
Imprisoned children’s rights activist Omid Alishenas has been refused bail while waiting for the Appeals Court to hear his case. “Seven ...
Rouhani and Judiciary Clash over Ban on Publishing Images of Former President Khatami
The Rouhani administration and the hardline-dominated Judiciary in Iran are engaged in an increasingly direct confrontation over the ability of Iranian ...
After 20-Day Hunger Strike, Imprisoned Teacher Activist Released on Temporary Medical Leave
The teachers’ union activist Mahmoud Beheshti Langroudi was allowed to leave Evin prison on December 16, 2015, on temporary medical ...
Underground Music Distributors Await Appeal Decision for Six Years in Prison
Two musicians and a filmmaker who were jointly sentenced to six years in prison and fined 200 million rials (about $6,650) ...
Cartoon 131: Choice, Force, and Infiltration
After nearly four decades of tight control on state media such as the Iranian radio and television programming, Friday prayer pulpits, ...