Detained Protester Reportedly Tortured as Iranian Sugar Mill Workers Demand Unpaid Wages
Detained labor activist Esmail Bakhshi was hospitalized after being tortured under interrogation, according to Iranian labor sources. Bakhshi’s ...
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December 3, 2018
Appeals Court Upholds One-Year Prison Sentence Against Azeri Activist Convicted Without Due Process
An Iranian Appeals Court upheld a one-year prison sentence against Kiumars Eslami for his peaceful activism, alleging he engaged in “pan-Turkish” activities, according ...
December 3, 2018
Jane Goodall Among 132 Conservationists Calling for Jailed Colleagues to Receive Fair Trial in Iran
Dozens of conservation practitioners and scholars, including renowned primatologist Jane Goodall, have issued an impassioned defense of ...
December 3, 2018
Crackdown on Defense Lawyers in Iran: Amirsalar Davoudi Not Heard From Since Arrest
Davoudi Eighth Human Rights Attorney to Be Jailed in Iran in Last Six Months Editor's Update: A one-month detention order has been issued against Amirsalar ...
December 3, 2018
IRGC-Affiliated Media Report Dual National Among Group of Researchers Arrested in Iran
An unknown number of university academics, including a dual national, who allegedly researched state population policies ...
December 3, 2018
Open Letter by Six Families of Dual and Foreign Nationals Imprisoned in Iran
The following open letter was written and signed by six families of dual and foreign nationals who have ...
December 1, 2018
Rouhani Cabinet’s Refusal to Allocate Funding for Disabilities Law Will Harm Millions
Law for the Protection of the Rights of Disabled Persons Requires Designated Funding Current Budgetary Allocations Will Not Allow Implementation of ...
November 30, 2018
Prominent Attorney Nasrin Sotoudeh Facing Additional Charge For Defending Human Rights
Sotoudeh Now Facing 5-Year Sentence, 4 Additional Charges Imprisoned human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh has been slapped with an additional ...
November 29, 2018
Prominent Imprisoned Lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh Hunger Strikes For Fellow Prisoner Farhad Meysami
Imprisoned human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh started a second hunger strike on November 26, 2018, to protest the ...
November 29, 2018
Death of Satirist Alireza Rezaei in Exile Prompts Outpouring of Grief from Iranians Forced by State Repression to Flee Iran
Beloved Blogger Broke Taboos by Writing About Political and Social Issues with Humor November 29, 2018—The death in exile ...
November 29, 2018
UN Experts: Iran Must Protect Women’s Rights Advocates
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November 27, 2018
Activists Welcome FIFA Deadline For Iran to Lift Discriminatory Ban on Women in Stadiums
Iran Only Country in the World That Bans Women From Football Stadiums FIFA Human Rights Body Recommends Using “Existing Leverage” For Iran to Comply With Human Rights Statutes November ...
November 26, 2018
Three Members of Persecuted Baha’i Faith Summoned to Prison in Iran While Five Others Arrested
Dorri Amri (Esmailpour), 44, began serving her one-year prison sentence in Vakilabad Prison in the Iranian city of Mashhad on November 14, ...
November 23, 2018
Iran Must Pass Legislation to Protect Women Against Violence
Bill Languishing for Years, While Women Are Abused with Impunity Women with Disabilities and Other Vulnerable Groups Face Heightened Risk of ...
November 21, 2018
Second Peaceful Teachers’ Strike in Iran Met With Arrests, Summons and Threats
Iranian security and judicial authorities responded to the second round of peaceful teachers' rights strikes by arresting and ...
November 20, 2018
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November 19, 2018
85 Countries Vote to Adopt UN Resolution Urging Iran to Halt Widespread Human Rights Violations
Editor's Note: This resolution was passed December 17, 2018, with 84 voting for, 30 against and 67 in abstention: http://undocs.org/A/73/589/Add.3. Serious Concern Expressed for ...
November 19, 2018
Iranian Police Relocate Buried Corpse of Baha’i Woman Without Family’s Permission
Iranian authorities have relocated the buried corpse of a deceased member of the Baha’i faith to a different cemetery without the ...
November 19, 2018
Steel and Sugarcane Workers Rally in Ahvaz to Demand Unpaid Wages
Workers from the Iran National Steel Industrial Group (NSIG) in Ahvaz, Khuzestan Province, held rallies November 10-14, 2018, demanding ...
November 15, 2018
Banning Imprisoned Lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh From Seeing Her Children is Cruel and Unlawful
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November 14, 2018
Iran’s Execution of Two Traders Convicted in Iran’s New Corruption Courts Is Unlawful
Vahid Mazloumin and Mohammad Esmail Ghassem Both Hanged at Dawn Despite Denials of Due Process and the Right ...
November 13, 2018
Iran Poised to Allow Military Full Control Over Internet, Messaging Apps
Bill Claims to Protect “Digital Borders” by Trampling Internet Freedom, Privacy After repeated denials ...
November 12, 2018
40 Civil Society Organizations Urge UN to Support Resolution on Human Rights in Iran
Forty civil society organizations including the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) have signed a letter urging UN member ...
November 12, 2018
Attorney Must Be Released from Prison in Iran While Case is Under Appeal
Mohammad Najafi May Also Be Flogged Despite Health Concerns November 12, 2018—The attorney Mohammad Najafi is being imprisoned unlawfully while his ...
November 7, 2018
Masoud Kazemi is the Second Journalist to Be Arrested in Tehran Within Two Weeks
Unidentified security agents detained journalist Masoud Kazemi in Tehran on November 5, 2018, making him the second known case of ...