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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 summoning ...

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 ...

November 7, 2018

Iran’s Corruption Courts Handing Out Death Sentences While Trampling on Rights to a Fair Trial

Five Death Sentence Issued in Preliminary Rulings, Two Upheld by Supreme Court November 7, 2018—Special courts set up by Iran’s judiciary and approved by ...

November 6, 2018

Isfahan Farmers Stage 40+ Day Protest Against Authorities’ Water “Mismanagement”

Hundreds of farmers have been camped out on the eastern and western outskirts of the Iranian city ...

November 6, 2018

Forced Psychiatric Hospitalization Cannot Become New Means of Silencing Dissent in Iran

*Editor's Update: Teachers’ rights activist HashemKhastar was released November 10, 2018, from the psychiatric facility in Mashhad where he had been ...

November 5, 2018

“Cookie Distribution,” Other Peaceful Activities Get Elderly Tehran Bus Driver 5+ Years in Prison

Tehran-based trade ...

November 5, 2018

People With Albinism Struggle to Access Crucial Treatment and Support in Iran

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November 2, 2018

Sufi Prisoners Illegally Being Held With Dangerous Inmates in Tehran Penitentiary, Say Families

Dozens of Sufi prisoners are being illegally held in a ward for drug-addicted prisoners in the ...

November 1, 2018

Mehdi Hajati Banned From Shiraz City Council For Seeking Release of Detained Baha’is

Shiraz City Council member Mehdi Hajati made national news in Iran after he was arrested for seeking the release of two Baha'is ...

October 31, 2018

Iranian Journalist Could Face Death Penalty For Allegedly “Insulting” Shia Prophet

Pouyan Khoshhal Fired From Reformist Ebtekar Newspaper Iranian journalist Pouyan Khoshhal has been arrested in Tehran and charged with a crime that could carry the death ...

October 31, 2018

15 HEPCO Workers in Iran Issued Suspended Prison, Lashing Sentences For Demanding Unpaid Wages

Fifteen staff members of the HEPCO manufacturing company in Markazi Province, Iran, have been issued suspended ...

October 30, 2018

Iran Must Stop Imprisoning Lawyers for Defending Their Clients

Mohammad Najafi is the Seventh Attorney to Be Sent to Prison in Last Six Months, Six Remain Behind Bars October 30, 2018—Iran’s sentencing of attorney ...

October 30, 2018

UN Expert Says Human Rights Should Be at the Heart of the Response to Challenges Faced in Iran

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October 29, 2018

Lawyer Who Sought Justice for Death of Detainee in Iranian Custody Sentenced to Three Years, 74 Lashes

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October 29, 2018

Why Was Teachers’ Rights Activist Hashem Khastar Sent to a Mental Hospital With No Signs of Illness?

Khastar Was Tending to a Garden When “Plainclothes” Agents Arrested Him *Editor's Update: Teachers’ rights activist HashemKhastar was released November 10, 2018, from the psychiatric facility in Mashhad where ...

October 26, 2018