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Kurdish Prisoner Executed despite Pending Supreme Court Appeal

September 8, 2015

Behrouz Alkhani Brother Says Confession was Elicited under Torture The Iranian Kurdish political prisoner Behrouz ...

Over 40,000 Girls under Age 15 Married Each Year in Iran

Over 40,000 Girls under Age 15 Married Each Year in Iran

September 4, 2015

Official Iranian government statistics show that tens of thousands of girls under the age of 15 are married off by their families ...

Keeping Activist Bahareh Hedayat in Prison is Against the Law Says Legal Expert

Keeping Activist Bahareh Hedayat in Prison is Against the Law Says Legal Expert

September 4, 2015

Political motivations are taking precedence over the law when it comes to activists such as Bahareh Hedayat, who is being kept in ...

Cartoon 122: Two More Years for Bahareh

Cartoon 122: Two More Years for Bahareh

September 4, 2015

The student and women’s rights activist Bahareh Hedayat, imprisoned for over five years in Iran, has been given an ...

Leading Societal Figures in Iran Urge Americans to Support Nuclear Deal

September 1, 2015

More than fifty prominent members of Iranian society have written an open letter to the American people urging them to ask ...

Jailed Activist Diagnosed with Symptoms of Multiple Sclerosis

Jailed Activist Diagnosed with Symptoms of Multiple Sclerosis

August 31, 2015

Atena Daemi, children’s rights and civil activist Family ...

Wife of Imprisoned Pastor Asks US Officials to Obtain Release of Her Husband

Wife of Imprisoned Pastor Asks US Officials to Obtain Release of Her Husband

August 31, 2015

Saeed Abedini American officials must do more to obtain the release of unjustly ...

74 Prominent Iranians Urge Congress to Support Nuclear Deal with Iran

August 31, 2015

The following letter, written by 74 prominent Iranians representing many spheres of civil society, urges members of the ...

Prominent Women’s Rights Activist Held Illegally after Completion of Sentence

Prominent Women’s Rights Activist Held Illegally after Completion of Sentence

August 28, 2015

Bahareh Hedayat Given Two Additional Years in Prison after She Was Due for Release August 28, 2015—The student and women's rights ...

Imprisoned Cartoonist Grateful for International Courage Award

Imprisoned Cartoonist Grateful for International Courage Award

August 24, 2015

Atena Faraghdani Jailed artist Atena Faraghdani has expressed gratitude upon hearing she was awarded ...

Former Tehran Prosecutor Acquitted of Charges in Kahrizak Murders despite Overwhelming Evidence

Former Tehran Prosecutor Acquitted of Charges in Kahrizak Murders despite Overwhelming Evidence

August 24, 2015

Saeed Mortazavi, The former Tehran Prosecutor Mortazavi Verdict Shows Officials Still Enjoy Impunity even in Cases of Torture and Death of ...

Fabrication in Iranian Reports on Wall Street Journal Reporter Exposed

Fabrication in Iranian Reports on Wall Street Journal Reporter Exposed

August 20, 2015

Farnaz Fassihi False Allegations Are Attempt to Justify Coming Verdict against Washington Post ...

Amputations Do Not Prevent Crime, Legal Expert Says

Amputations Do Not Prevent Crime, Legal Expert Says

August 17, 2015

The Iranian Judiciary’s continued practice, under the direction of Sadegh Amoli Larijani, of carrying out amputations as a routine punishment, ...

Imprisoned Human Rights Defender Abdolfattah Soltani Denied Visitation with His Wife

August 17, 2015

Abdolfattah Soltani, human rights lawyer. Evin Prison authorities have prevented Massoumeh Dehghan from visiting ...

Banning of Films Continues under Rouhani Administration, 14 Movies Now Forbidden

Banning of Films Continues under Rouhani Administration, 14 Movies Now Forbidden

August 17, 2015

Banning of Films Continues under Rouhani Administration Despite ...

Political Activist Should Go Free Says Tehran’s Deputy Prosecutor

Political Activist Should Go Free Says Tehran’s Deputy Prosecutor

August 13, 2015

Mohammad Hossein Rafiee Mohammad Hossein Rafiee, a 71-year-old political activist has been illegally ...

Imprisoned Artist Suffering from Lymphatic Disease

Imprisoned Artist Suffering from Lymphatic Disease

August 13, 2015

Atena Faraghdani The artist and civil activist Atena Faraghdani has developed signs of ...

Ailing Student Activist’s Continued Detention Violates Iran’s Own Laws

Ailing Student Activist’s Continued Detention Violates Iran’s Own Laws

August 13, 2015

Bahareh Hedayat’s Continued Detention Violates Iran’s ...

Rezaian’s Lawyer Prevented from Responding to Prosecutor’s Accusations

Rezaian’s Lawyer Prevented from Responding to Prosecutor’s Accusations

August 11, 2015

The blatant denial of due process on display on the last day of Jason Rezaian’s trial on August 10, 2015, ...

Rezaian and Other Iranian-American Prisoners Held on Sham Charges Should be Released

August 10, 2015

Three Iranian-American ...

Three Hanged in Public in Karaj

Three Hanged in Public in Karaj

August 10, 2015

Three people found guilty of rape were executed in public in ...

Jailed Human Rights Activist Narges Mohammadi Needs Urgent Medical Care

Jailed Human Rights Activist Narges Mohammadi Needs Urgent Medical Care

August 10, 2015

Sent Back to Prison despite Doctors’ Insistence She Be Seen by a Specialist Imprisoned rights activist Narges Mohammadi’s medical illnesses have ...

Rouhani Government Suppresses Nuclear Deal’s Critics

August 5, 2015

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Facebook Activist Details How She Received a Seven-Year Prison Sentence in Iran

Facebook Activist Details How She Received a Seven-Year Prison Sentence in Iran

August 4, 2015

Naghmeh Shahsavandi Shirazi One of the eight Facebook activists sentenced to long prison sentences in 2013 for social and political commentary posted on their Facebook pages, ...

Cartoon 121: Justice Through Amputation

Cartoon 121: Justice Through Amputation

August 3, 2015

The Iranian Judiciary carried out a double limb amputation sentence on August 4, 2015, where a convict's foot ...

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