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April 26, 2019

Imprisoned Lawyer’s Husband Rejects Judiciary’s Accusation of “Exaggerating” Her Heavy Sentence

“The authorities…refuse to accept the fact that they have condemned a woman lawyer to suffer the inhuman act of flogging and a long ...

April 24, 2019

Memo to Zarif: Stop Taking Dual Nationals as Hostages

April 24, 2019 – Foreign Minister Javad Zarif’s statement today that he has the “authority” to exchange Iranian-Americans imprisoned in Iran with the US ...

April 24, 2019

Former Basij Paramilitary Member Sentenced to 13 Years for Creating Online Group

Kamal Jafari Yazdi Had a Change of Heart After the 2009 Protests Kamal Jafari Yazdi, a former staunch supporter of the Iranian government, has been sentenced to 13 ...

April 23, 2019

25 People Arrested at Mixed-Gender Party in Iran

Twenty-five women and men were arrested at a private party near the Iranian city of Gorgan, Golestan Province, on April 19, 2019, judicial authorities ...

April 23, 2019

Workers’ Rights Activists Arrested for Revealing Torture by Intelligence Ministry Held Unlawfully

Lawyers representing workers’ rights activists Esmail Bakhshi and Sepideh Qoliyan say the two are being held unlawfully now that their two-month detention ...

April 23, 2019

Prosecutor General’s Cyber Division Launches New Online Censorship Center in Iran

Some Internet Users in Iran Warned of Prosecution for Accessing Blacklisted Websites In 2019, Iranian media outlets began reporting on the sudden ...

April 22, 2019

Sufi Woman Beaten by Inmate in Gharchak Prison

Sufi political prisoner Sima Entesari was beaten by an inmate who claims she was promised a case review if she carried out ...

April 22, 2019

Detained Defense Attorney to Be Tried on Four Charges for Peaceful Activities

At Least Three Lawyers Currently Imprisoned in Iran Detained defense attorney Amirsalar Davoudi is facing four charges for running a Telegram app channel for lawyers in Iran ...

April 19, 2019

Iranian Actress Asks Minister Why She Was Pulled from Film Set Based on “Order from Above”

Iranian actress Maryam Moghaddam (also referred to as Moqadam), has written an open letter to Iran’s Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance ...

April 18, 2019

Iranians Push Back as Officials Threaten to Block Instagram in Retaliation for Banned IRGC Accounts

Some Iranian officials have responded to Instagram’s decision to remove accounts it has associated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) by ...

April 18, 2019

12 Conservationists Detained Without Counsel in Iran’s Kurdistan Province

Twelve of the 20 environmental conservationists arrested in Iran’s Kurdistan Province in January and February 2019 remain in detention centers run by the Islamic Revolutionary ...

April 17, 2019

Shiite Mystic Released from Prison in Iran After Serving Nine Years, Case Status Unclear

Editor's Note: On April 24, 2019, Judiciary Spokesman Gholam-Hossein Esmaili told reporters that all outstanding sentences in Mr. Taheri's case have been ...

April 16, 2019

Iran’s Parliament Votes to Allow Blind Candidates to Run for Seats

Amendment Requires Guardian Council’s Approval After years of advocacy efforts by defenders of the rights of people with disabilities in ...

April 16, 2019

Hijab Protester Vida Movahedi Remains Detained Despite Eligibility for Release

Movahedi Has Served Five Months of Her One-Year Prison Sentence Vida Movahedi, the woman whose public display of peaceful protest ...

April 15, 2019

Second Iranian Councilman Persecuted for Speaking up for Baha’i Rights

A member of the Isfahan City Council, Mehdi Moghaddari, has been suspended from his seat for six months in part for supporting a ...

April 12, 2019

Prominent Human Rights Defender: Iran is Intensifying Crackdown on Activism to Stifle Dissent

The Iranian government and judiciary are intensifying a nationwide crackdown on civil society and beyond to stifle any form of dissent, ...

April 12, 2019

Anti-Compulsory Hijab Protester, Mother in Widely Shared Tehran Metro Video Both Arrested

Activist Yasaman Aryani was arrested in Tehran on April 10, 2019, after appearing in a widely shared video of women peacefully protesting ...

April 12, 2019

Revolutionary Guards Arrest 11 Arab-Iranian Flood Volunteers in Khuzestan Province

Agents of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ (IRGC) Intelligence Organization arrested at least 11 Arab-Iranian volunteers as they were trying ...

April 10, 2019

University Student to be Flogged, Imprisoned for Insulting Supreme Leader

Supporters Barred from Court Room *Editor's note: Mojtaba Dadashi was taken to prison in the city of Sabzevar on April 13, ...

April 10, 2019

Three Labor Affairs Reporters Remain Detained Three Months After Arrests

Three staff members of Gam news, an independent Persian-language news channel on the Telegram ...

April 9, 2019

Just Released From Prison, Golrokh Iraee Ebrahimi Faces More Time Behind Bars

Newly released from prison, civil rights activist Golrokh Iraee Ebrahimi may have to serve ...

April 8, 2019

Interview: Jailed Navy Vet Repeatedly Taken to Court Without Lawyer or Translator

Michael White Sentenced to 10 Years Imprisonment US Navy veteran Michael White was repeatedly taken to court in Iran without ...

April 5, 2019

Iran’s Telecommunications Minister Accused of Giving Influencers “Perks” to Help Bury Security Ties

Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi Denies Future Presidential Bid Amid rumors that Iran’s Telecommunications Minister Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi is eyeing a future ...

April 5, 2019