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 him, ...
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October 8, 2019
Iran Blocks Domestic Hosting Companies From Servicing Banned Websites
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October 7, 2019
Children Born to Non-Iranian Fathers Win Right to File for Citizenship—With a Catch
Amendment Authorizes Intelligence Agencies to Investigate Applicants’ Parents Legislation granting a citizenship application option to Iranian children born to foreign fathers was ...
October 7, 2019
Sepideh Qoliyan Said She Was Tortured in Iran, Now She’s Serving an 18-Year Prison Sentence
Female Activist Described Inhumane Conditions of Detention in Video Statement *Warning: This article contains content that could be upsetting or disturbing for ...
October 7, 2019
Women’s Demand for Tickets for Soccer Match Between Iran and Cambodia Surges as Ban is Lifted
Authorities Quadruple Tickets Available to Women After Allotment Sells Out in One Hour Responding to extraordinarily high demand for tickets from women soccer fans, Iranian ...
October 2, 2019
Children With Disabilities in Iran Denied Access to Inclusive Education
Iran's Government Should Allow Kids With Disabilities to Be Educated Alongside Their Peers October 2, 2019 – Children with disabilities face discrimination and significant ...
October 2, 2019
Mother of Slain Son to Serve One Year in Prison for Seeking Justice
Appeals Court Upholds Sentence against Shahnaz Akmali Shahnaz Akmali, the mother of a protester who was killed in a pro-democracy rally, must serve a ...
October 2, 2019
Joint Letter on the Arrests of Activists’ Relatives by the Iranian Government
The undersigned human rights organizations are deeply concerned about arrests of family members of activists, journalists and political prisoners by the Iranian ...
October 2, 2019
Imprisoned Iranian-British Dual National Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe Pleas for Release in New Letter
Unjustly Jailed Mother Relays Torment of Separation from Her 5-Year-Old Daughter Iranian-British dual national Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has made an impassioned plea ...
October 2, 2019
Thousands Sign Petition for Release of British-Iranian Dual National Imprisoned in Iran
Anoosheh Ashoori Serving a 12-Year Sentence on Sham Charges of Espionage More than 47,000 people have signed a petition calling for the release ...
September 27, 2019
Striking Iranian Sugar Plant Workers Add Colleagues’ Freedom to List of Demands
More than three years into ongoing strikes for unpaid wages and benefits, workers of Iran’s biggest sugar plant are now also calling ...
September 26, 2019
Baha’i Woman Blindfolded During Interrogations, Imprisoned Under “National Security” Crimes
Man Pressured to Make False Confession, Charged With National Security Crimes for Running Peaceful Baha'i Social Media Channels A Baha’i woman started serving ...
September 25, 2019
Authorities Deny Prisoner of Conscience Saeed Shirzad Eye Operation, Access to Mother’s Funeral
Prisoner of conscience Saeed Shirzad has been imprisoned for over five years for attempting to help the children of ...
September 25, 2019
Iran Arrests Activist Masih Alinejad’s Brother Amid Crusade to Silence Citizens Based Abroad
September 25, 2019 – Against a backdrop of an ongoing campaign aimed at silencing foreign-based activists, agents of Iran’s Intelligence Ministry arrested the brother of prominent U.S.-based activist Masih Alinejad, she announced on Twitter. “The state’s ...
September 24, 2019
Relatives of Jailed Dual and Foreign Nationals Launch Alliance Against Iran’s “Hostage-Taking” Amid UNGA
The day before Iran’s speech at the 74th session of the UN General Assembly, the families of dual and foreign nationals who were formerly imprisoned in the country as well as former prisoners launched the ...
September 24, 2019
Filmmaker’s Family Blocked From Boarding Flight in Tehran: “Iran is Sick and Making Everyone Sick”
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September 23, 2019
“His Health is Deteriorating” Imprisoned US Navy Vet Undergoes Melanoma Operation in Iran
Imprisoned American navy veteran Michael White is in poor health after undergoing an operation to remove his ...
September 20, 2019
Audio Message From Gharchak Prison Reveals Intense Pressure on Labor Activist Sepideh Qoliyan
Mehdi Qoliyan Acquitted of All Charges After Violent Home Raid On September 14, 2019, the BBC aired an audio file containing the voice ...
September 18, 2019
No Budget or Implementation: Rouhani Government Fails to Implement Disability Rights Law
People with disabilities and activists in Iran signed petitions and held several rallies in 2019 to protest the government's unlawful refusal to allocate a budget for the ...
September 17, 2019
Detained Iranian-British Anthropologist Says Charges Based on Government-Approved Research
Kameel Ahmady Was Held in Solitary Confinement for Nearly a Month, Detention Order Extended Held in solitary confinement since being arrested in Tehran ...
September 16, 2019
Australian Academic Kylie Moore-Gilbert Isolated for Months in IRGC-Controlled High-Security Ward
Iran Has Detained at Least Three Australians in the Last Year September 16, 2019 – Australian academic Kylie Gilbert-Moore has been held for almost a year in Ward 2-A of Tehran’s Evin Prison, controlled ...
September 13, 2019
Iranian Stadium Ban Activists Honored in Wake of “Blue Girl” Tragedy
Minute of Silence Observed for "Blue Girl" Stadium Ban Resister Who Died by Self-Immolation Activists leading the struggle against Iran's ban on women in stadiums ...
September 10, 2019
Death of Iran’s “Blue Girl” Spotlights Senseless Ban on Women in Stadiums
No More Empty Promises: FIFA Should Call on Iran to Lift Ban Once and For All September 10, 2019 – The death of Sahar Khodayari, a woman who set herself on fire in Tehran ...
September 9, 2019
Mass Sentencing of Labor Activists, Journalists Prelude to Reign of Repression Under New Judiciary Chief
Seven Sentenced to Lengthy Jail Terms in Connection with Peaceful Protests September 9, 2019—Less than a year after workers’ rights activists in southwestern Iran publicized evidence that Intelligence Ministry agents had tortured detainees, those ...
September 6, 2019
Female Political Prisoners To Serve Additional Two Years For “Insulting” Supreme Leader
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