Judge Moghiseh Accused of Cursing at Magazine Editor During Bail Hearing
The former editor-in-chief of the Sedaye Parsi (Persian Voice) political magazine, Masoud Kazemi, was detained on May 22, 2019, after being unable to post bail, ...
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May 22, 2019
Seven to Face Trial in Connection with Labor Protests
Many Denied Access to Counsel, Families Warned to Stay Quiet After months of unlawful prosecution in connection with workers’ rights protests in southwestern Iran, five journalists and two labor activists are due to go on trial at ...
May 20, 2019
Iranian State Malware Continues to Hack Online Accounts of Religious Minority Groups
Malicious Spyware Has Attacked At Least 74 Victims Worldwide, Azeri and Gonabadi Dissidents Among Targets Iranian state agents continue to use malware to hack into ...
May 20, 2019
Iran: Release Political Prisoner Maryam Akbari-Monfared
Behind Bars Unjustly Since 2009, Eligible for Release in 2017 May 20, 2019—Iran must end the cruel and unlawful imprisonment of ...
May 17, 2019
Second Women’s Charity Group Member Who Assisted Flood Victims Is Arrested
Both Women Being Held for Unknown Reasons at Evin Prison A second senior member of the charity group Voice of Iranian Women (VIW), ...
May 17, 2019
Harsh Prison Terms for Three Iranian Authors Who Dared to Criticize the State
Prominent Members of Iranian Writers Association Each Sentenced to Six Years Behind Bars May 17, 2019—In a glaring repudiation of freedom of expression ...
May 17, 2019
New Legislation, If Approved, Will Give Citizenship Rights to Children Born to Iranian Women
In an important step to eliminate a fundamental and longstanding discriminatory restriction on Iranian women and their children, Iran’s Parliament overwhelmingly ...
May 15, 2019
Reformist Magazine Suspended After Advocating Diplomacy to Ease US-Iran Tensions
Tehran’s Culture and Media Court suspended the reformist weekly magazine “Seda” (The Voice) on May 11, 2019, hours after it had published an ...
May 15, 2019
Isfahan Prosecutor Bans “Sinful Act” of Women Riding Bicycles
Citing domestic Islamic religious decrees and common law, Isfahan city prosecutor Ali Isfahani announced on May 14, 2019, a ban on female ...
May 14, 2019
British Council Employee Aras Amiri Jailed for Refusing to Spy, Says Cousin
Amiri Was Forced to Choose Lawyer from Court-Issued List The UK-based British Council employee Aras Amiri was jailed in Iran for refusing to spy for ...
May 14, 2019
Government Unlawfully Failing to Implement Disability Rights Law
A year after Parliament ratified the Law for the Protection of the Rights of Persons With Disabilities, the Iranian government has ...
May 13, 2019
Paramilitary Force Attacks Tehran University Protest Against Hijab Enforcement Units
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May 13, 2019
Appeals Court Upholds Lengthy Sentence Against Female Activist for Criticizing Chief Justice
Number of Women Political Prisoners Rising in Iran May 13, 2019 – A Tehran appeals court upheld a 7.5-year prison sentence against prominent political activist Hengameh Shahidi based on her social media posts in which ...
May 13, 2019
Interview With Literary Figure Alireza Behnam on Censorship
“Authors have learned that they cannot write about things that are against the country’s official religion, or against national security, or anything ...
May 12, 2019
Seven Baha’i Faith Members Sentenced to Three Years Imprisonment in Bushehr
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May 11, 2019
Tehran University Student Speaks Out Against “Virginity Tests,” Inhumane Interrogation Methods
Parisa Rafiei, a student at the University of Tehran, was pressured to take a “virginity test” while in state custody ...
May 10, 2019
Cleric’s Murder Gives Impetus to Calls for Military Control Over Internet
Authorities’ Focus on Political Activists while Violent Individuals Go Unnoticed on Social Media Following the killing of Mostafa Ghasemi, a cleric in the ...
May 10, 2019
Proposal Aims to Allow Authorities to Hold Detainees For at Least 20 Days Without Counsel
On May 5, 2019, the Iranian Parliament’s Judicial and Legal Affairs Committee approved a problematic proposal that would allow detainees accused of ...
May 9, 2019
Iran’s Minister of Education Sees “Plot” Behind Videos of Dancing Schoolchildren
Iran’s minister of education has called on the police to trace the “source” of what he described as “disturbing videos” of ...
May 9, 2019
UN Calls on Iran to Stop Executing Juvenile Offenders
(9 May 2019) – UN human rights experts* called on Iran to immediately halt the practice of executing child offenders, ...
May 8, 2019
Rouhani Official Met With Students Protesting Law That Criminalizes Social Media Activities
An adviser to President Hassan Rouhani was met with protesters at Allameh Tabataba'i University in Tehran on May 1, 2019, ...
May 8, 2019
UN Urges Iran to Release Imprisoned American Scholar Xiyue Wang
Xiyue Wang (left) poses for a photo with his son and wife. ...
May 8, 2019
Official Admits to “Defeated” Attempt to Move Iranians Over to State-Sponsored Messaging Apps
Hamid Fatehi, a deputy minister at the Ministry ...
May 7, 2019
Several Detained Without Access to Counsel One Week After Labor Day Protests
Several workers’ rights activists including teachers who were arrested at rallies in Tehran on May 1 (International Labor Day) and May 2 (Iran’s ...
May 7, 2019
New Chief Justice Appoints Proponent of Public Executions as Tehran Prosecutor General
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