Rule Allowing Appeals Hearings without Defendants Present is Blatant Violation of Law
Judiciary Chief and Supreme Leader Hollow Out Appeal Process, Defendants’ Last Line of Defense The decision by Iran’s Judiciary Chief Ebrahim ...
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November 8, 2019
No Action Yet in Parliament on Bill to Ban Broadcast of Confessions During Investigations
Bill Does Not Ban Extraction of Confessions, They Can Still Be Used at Later Stages An Iranian parliamentary bill that aims to stop state-funded media ...
November 7, 2019
Conservationists Slapped with New Charge 22 Months After Being Arrested by Revolutionary Guards
Fate of Detainees Unclear Despite Intervention by Supreme Leader Nearly two years after they were first detained in Tehran, eight conservationists have been charged with “cooperation with U.S. and Israeli enemy states against the Islamic Republic of Iran for the purpose ...
November 6, 2019
Imprisoned Sufi Dervishes Launch Hunger Strike Demanding Freedom of Movement for Ailing Spiritual Leader
More than 70 imprisoned members of the Sufi Gonabadi Order began a hunger strike in early November to honor their ailing spiritual leader Nour-Ali Tabandeh, who had been hospitalized due to complications from his ...
November 4, 2019
Former Political Prisoner Arrested at “Cyrus Day” Celebration
The tomb of Cyrus the Great, a UNESCO protected world heritage site, is located southwest ...
October 30, 2019
Kurdish Female Political Prisoner Denied Medical Treatment, Attendance at Brother’s Funeral
Despite suffering from serious medical problems, the authorities are denying long-time political prisoner Zeinab Jalalian treatment outside the prison’s limited clinic, according to her ...
October 29, 2019
Human Rights Watch: Sanctions Constrain Iranians’ Ability to Finance and Access Humanitarian Imports
U.S. Government Should Establish Viable Channel to Facilitate Permissible Trade to Iran Despite humanitarian exemptions, U.S. economic sanctions on Iran are ...
October 28, 2019
Iran Releases Seven Political Prisoners on Bail Without Explanation
Six Prisoners Posted Extraordinarily High Bail, Unclear Why Fellow Prisoners of Conscience Remain Jailed A Christian convert, four journalists and two ...
October 28, 2019
Intelligence Ministry Pressures Family Members to Cut Ties with Religious Scholar Who Criticized Supreme Leader
Agents Install Surveillance Camera Outside Dr. Ali Asghar Gharavi’s Home Relatives and associates of moderate opposition activist Ali Asghar Gharavi, a prominent religious scholar, have come under increasing intimidation tactics ...
October 24, 2019
Another Mother Denied Visits With Children Under Evin Prison’s New Director
Following additional restrictions imposed on political prisoners in Tehran’s Evin Prison by its newly appointed Director Gholamreza Ziaei, Maryam Akbari-Monfared’s ...
October 23, 2019
Civil Rights Activist Arash Sadeghi Repeatedly Denied Medical Treatment for “Paralyzed” Arm
Rajaee Shahr Prison Director Creating Obstacles to Hospital Transfers Political prisoner Arash Sadeghi is dangerously ill yet Iranian authorities continue ...
October 21, 2019
“I Will Turn My Body Into a Weapon,” Writes Detained Women’s Rights Activist on Hunger Strike
Detained women’s rights activist Atefeh Rangriz has been on hunger strike in Gharchak Prison, south of Tehran, since October 16, 2019, to protest the ...
October 21, 2019
Iranian Actress Matin Sotudeh Summoned to Court for Red Carpet Attire: “The Reaction Shocked Me”
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October 18, 2019
14 Women Activists to Be Prosecuted for Demanding Supreme Leader’s Resignation
The prosecution of 14 women who signed a statement demanding the resignation of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei will begin ...
October 16, 2019
Judicial Order Seeks to Block Iranians’ Access to Google Play App Store
Move Would Limit Iranians to State-Controlled App Store, Vulnerable to State Surveillance, Malware A judicial order to block Google Play in Iran, which would deny millions of ...
October 16, 2019
Reign of Evin Prison’s New Director Begins with Denial of Political Prisoners’ Rights
Female Prisoners of Conscience Denied Phone Contact with Children The appointment of Gholamreza Ziaei, former director of two disreputable prisons in Iran, as the ...
October 15, 2019
Political Prisoner Narges Mohammadi Has Been Separated from Her Children for Five Years and Counting
Imprisoned human rights advocate Narges Mohammadi has not been able to hold her two children since 2015, for nearly five years, her mother ...
October 15, 2019
Tehran University Student Launches Campus Sit-In Against Being Blacklisted for Activism
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October 14, 2019
Iranian Women Artists Showcased in Upcoming Exhibit Curated by Shirin Neshat
Exhibition Extended Until December 14 October 14, 2019 - The Center for Human Rights in Iran is honored to announce an upcoming exhibition of 13 contemporary Iranian women artists in New York City, curated by the ...
October 14, 2019
Death Penalty-Carrying Charge Dropped Against Four Conservationists After Supreme Leader Intervened
The charge of “corruption on earth,” which can lead to the death penalty under Iranian law, has been dropped against four detained conservationists following ...
October 11, 2019
Women Football Fans Decry Restrictions: “Why Didn’t They Let Us All In?”
Women's Tickets Capped at 4,000 Out of 75,000 The soccer match between Iran and Cambodia on October 10, 2019, in Tehran’s Azadi Stadium included the historic presence of thousands of women. However, although the stadium was ...
October 11, 2019
Iran Must Confront Its Child Protection Crisis
On the International Day of the Girl Child, All States Urged to Address Needs of Girl Children Child Marriage, Lack of Protection against Abuse, Juvenile Executions Key Issues in Iran October 11, 2019—On the International Day ...
October 9, 2019
Iranian Women Attend Football Match in Major Challenge to Stadium Ban, But Discriminatory Restrictions Persist
October 9, 2019 – Nearly four decades after women were banned from sports stadiums in Iran, a few thousand tickets were sold to female fans ahead of ...
October 9, 2019
Appeals Court to Rule on Satirist’s Case Without Hearing His Defense
Iran’s Appeals Court, which met last week to review satirist Keyomars Marzban’s appeal against a preliminary court’s harsh sentence against ...
October 8, 2019
Iran Blocks Domestic Hosting Companies From Servicing Banned Websites
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