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January 18, 2019

Satirist Keyomars Marzban to Be Tried in Iran Under Hardline Judge Salavati

Iranian satirist Keyomars Marzban, who has been detained in Iran since August 2018, is due to face ...

January 18, 2019

Evin Prison Repeatedly Blocking Nasrin Sotoudeh From Seeing Her Children

Defense attorney Nasrin Sotoudeh continues to be denied family visits in ...

January 17, 2019

Sham Investigation of Labor Activist’s Alleged Torture Lacks Impartiality, Ignores Witnesses

Iran Must Re-Open an Independent and Impartial Investigation into Labor Activist’s Abuse Multiple Cases of Alleged Torture Must Be Thoroughly Investigated January ...

January 17, 2019

UN Calls on Iran to Give Zaghari-Ratcliffe and Mohammadi Urgent Medical Care, Release Them Immediately

UN human rights experts* have today called on Iran to urgently provide Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and Narges Mohammadi access to appropriate health care, and reiterated ...

January 15, 2019

UK Foreign Secretary: Iran’s Treatment of Zaghari-Ratcliffe “Breach of Human Rights”

Jeremy Hunt Summons Ambassador to Tehran Following Revelations Iran Pressured Dual National to Spy UK Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt ...

January 14, 2019

Sufi Woman Jailed in Iran Sentenced to 148 Lashes For Criticizing Gharchak Prison Conditions

Elham Ahmadi, an imprisoned member of the Sufi Gonabadi Order in Iran, has been sentenced to 148 lashes ...

January 14, 2019

Musician Ali Ghamsari Banned From Performing in Iran After Refusing to Remove Female Singer

"Our Sing-Along Didn’t Violate Any Rules" After the Iranian authorities banned musician Ali Ghamsari from performing “until further notice” for refusing ...

January 11, 2019

Former Presidential Candidate Karroubi Did Not Receive Saudi Money, Son Says

False Claims Meant to Divert Attention from “Shame” of Eight Years of House Arrest Without Trial A son of ...

January 11, 2019

Nasrin Sotoudeh and Baha’i Political Prisoner Refuse Phone Calls in Solidarity With Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe

Authorities Revoke Phone Privileges, Reduce Food Rations in Evin Prison’s Women’s Ward Two political prisoners held in the same ward ...

January 11, 2019

Famed Iranian Playwright Mohammad Rahmanian Charged for Allegedly Featuring Female Soloist

Complaint Brought by Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Prominent Iranian theater director and playwright Mohammad Rahmanian has been charged with “propaganda against the state” based ...

January 10, 2019

Labor Activist’s Revelation of Torture During Detention Prompts Wave of Reports of Abuse in Iran’s Prisons

Esmail Bakhshi’s lawyer says her client is under intense pressure to retract statements about his torture Labor activist Esmail Bakhshi’s public ...

January 9, 2019

Mother of Imprisoned Activist Describes Beatings and Threats by Interrogators to Kill Family

Atena Daemi’s Mother: “[Torture] is not just Mr. Bakhshi’s story. It’s my daughter’s story, too.” In the wake of revelations of the torture of labor activist Esmail Bakhshi, others have stepped forward to join the ...

January 7, 2019

Iranian Journalist Sentenced to Six Years in Prison Without Lawyer

Revolutionary Court Blocked Hamed Aynehvand From Using Lawyer of His Choice Political journalist Hamed Aynehvand has been sentenced ...

January 4, 2019

Labor Activist Smaeil Bakhshi Tortured by Agents of Rouhani’s Intelligence Ministry

Held Without Access to Lawyer, Bakhshi Beaten During 25-Day Detention January 4, 2018—The beating and torture ...

January 4, 2019

Baha’i Woman Sentenced to 11.9 Years in Prison, Banned From University in Iran

Yekta Fahandej Sa’di was sentenced to 11 years and nine months in prison for her Baha’i ...

January 4, 2019

Judicial Official Announces Order to Block Instagram Less Than a Year After Banning Telegram Messaging App

Judicial Order Tied to Previously Undeclared Policy of App Usage Level Eight months after Iran blocked the country’s most widely used messaging app, Telegram, a deputy prosecutor has announced a judicial order to also ...

January 4, 2019

Stricken With Chicken Pox, Political Prisoner Alireza Tavakoli Hunger Strikes for Medical Treatment

Prisoner of conscience Alireza Tavakoli, currently imprisoned in Tehran’s Evin Prison for ...

January 3, 2019

Open Letter: Mohammadi and Zaghari-Ratcliffe to Hunger Strike for Access to Medical Treatment

Will Take “Other Steps” if Authorities Continue to “Endanger” Their Health Political prisoners Narges Mohammadi and Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe have written an open letter warning that they will go on hunger strike if the authorities continue ...

January 2, 2019

Political Activist Hengameh Shahidi Held for Six Months in Solitary Without Access to Lawyer

Imprisoned political activist Hengameh Shahidi has been held in solitary confinement for six months with extremely limited access ...

January 2, 2019

Food With “Rodent Feces” Served to Political Prisoners in Iran’s Great Tehran Penitentiary

The food served at the Great Tehran Penitentiary (GTP) is unsanitary and has been found to contain rodent ...

December 28, 2018

Peaceful Teachers Protesting Heavy Sentence Against Mohammad Habibi Met With Tear Gas, Arrests

Teachers who were peacefully protesting a fellow colleague’s heavy prison sentence were met with tear gas by anti-riot units who made “several arrests” in the Iranian city of Isfahan on December 27, 2018, a trade ...

December 28, 2018

Outrage After Judicial Parliamentary Committee Rejects Bill to Ban Child Marriages in Iran

Two years after it was introduced to Iran’s Parliament, the parliamentary Committee for Judicial and Legal Affairs has rejected a ...

December 28, 2018

People with Intellectual Disabilities in Iran Lack Crucial Services and Support

Government Does Not Differentiate Between Intellectual and Psychological Disabilities At least 1.5 million people were living with intellectual disabilities in Iran in 2018 but only 350,000 of them were registered with the State Welfare Organization ...

December 26, 2018