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February 3, 2014

New concerns about the safety of Internet communications have emerged following statements by Iranian authorities about the government’s utilization of new, more complex, and undetectable filtering methods. The new methods used by government organizations not only limit access to Internet websites, but they also put ...

January 31, 2014

A new case with a new charge has been established at the Penal Court against Zanyar Moradi and Loghman Moradi, two Kurdish prisoners sentenced to death on “moharebeh (enmity with God)” charges, Zanyar Moradi’s father told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran. Eghbal ...

January 31, 2014

In an action labor leaders are calling “illegal,” security forces have arrested over 20 workers of the Chadormalu Mine in the central province of Yazd, including the head and the secretary of the labor union, who stopped work as part of a contract negotiation and ...

January 29, 2014

Iran has established a secretariat for the Committee for the Return of Expat Iranians, inside Iran’s Intelligence Ministry, the Deputy Foreign Minister for Consular, Parliamentary, and Iranian Expatriate Affairs Hassan Qashqavi said in an interview with Tadbir News Website. “The Committee’s meetings are regularly held ...

January 24, 2014

The daughter of imprisoned Iranian lawyer Abdolfattah Soltani, who is serving a 13-year prison sentence, told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that if the new Islamic Penal Code is implemented, her father will be eligible for release, along with several other prisoners ...

January 23, 2014

A source close to the family of imprisoned Iranian journalist Kayvan Samimi, 65, who has been hospitalized since November, told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that the new Islamic Penal Code allows for his release, adding that his family hopes he can ...

January 22, 2014

In a statement released today, several UN Special Rapporteurs called on Iran to urgently halt the surge in executions that has been ongoing in Iran since the beginning of 2014. ...

January 22, 2014

The fire that claimed two lives in a clothing manufacturing workshop in central Tehran last week has created much controversy over Tehran’s Fire Department’s handling of the incident, with many, including President Hassan Rouhani, calling for an investigation. The fire has put the spotlight on ...

January 21, 2014

The Islamic Republic of Iran and China have reportedly reached an agreement to begin cooperating on Internet operations, aiming to implement Iran’s “National Information Network,” according to a report on the website of Iran’s Communications and Information Technology. Nasrollah Jahangard, Head of Iran’s Information Technology ...

January 17, 2014

Imprisoned activist Bahareh Hedayat has been experiencing serious health issues that could potentially leave her sterile if left untreated, her husband told the ...

January 17, 2014

The Iranian Judiciary should immediately release imprisoned student activist Bahareh Hedayat before continued imprisonment and lack of adequate medical treatment for her chronic reproductive system problems cause irreversible damage to her health, the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran said today. The Judiciary and ...

January 15, 2014

Iran’s Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Ali Jannati publicly stated that the Iranian Judiciary should join the Rouhani administration in providing more freedom of expression to Iranian media and artists, drawing strong criticism from Iran’s Prosecutor General and Spokesperson for the Judiciary Gholamhossein Mohseni ...

January 14, 2014

Iranian citizens can now learn whether they have been banned from foreign travel, a change in policy from recent years. “Citizens can appear at their local passport offices holding their passports and inquire about whether they have been banned from foreign travel,” the Head of ...

January 10, 2014

Azam Sadat Hosseini, Spokesperson for the coastal city of Behshahr’s City Council in Mazandaran Province in Iran, has been removed from her position because of her participation in the social network Facebook, officially banned in Iran but used by several Iranian officials, including the president, ...

January 10, 2014

Plainclothes officers arrested four Christian converts in a village outside of Tehran on Tuesday, December 31, 2013, a source close to Iran’s Christian converts told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran. Sara Rahiminejad, Majid Sheidaee, Mostafa Nadri, and George Issaian were violently arrested ...