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August 17, 2018

19 University Students in Iran Issued Long Prison Sentences as One More is Tried in Tehran

Iranian students clash with riot police during an anti-government protest around the University of Tehran, Iran, 30 December 2017. ...

August 16, 2018

Kurdish Death Row Prisoner Transferred to Different Prison, Raising Fears He Could be Executed

A Kurdish man who has been sentenced to death in Iran despite serious concerns about how his case was handled has ...

August 16, 2018

Nasrin Sotoudeh’s Lawyer: “They Came After Her From Three Directions”

Iranian defense attorney Nasrin Sotoudeh has been detained in Evin Prison under national security charges since June 13, 2018. Prominent ...

August 15, 2018

Mother of Detained Activist Hears Her Son Being Beaten Over the Phone

“Why is a Lonely, Elderly Mother Being Targeted Like This?” The mother of Farhad Meysami, a civil rights activist who has been detained in Iran since July 2018, says she ...

August 15, 2018

Imprisoned Iranian Activist Rushed to Hospital, Husband Calls For Her Release

Prominent Rights Defender Has Lost 16 Pounds in Short Time Span The husband of prominent Iranian political prisoner Narges ...

August 15, 2018

Rouhani’s Telecom Minister Has Not Fulfilled Most of the Nine Pledges He Made Since Starting His Post

Since Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi was approved by Iran’s Parliament as the minister of Information and Communications ...

August 14, 2018

Judiciary’s Intensifying Crackdown on Defense Attorneys in Iran Must End

Seven Human Rights Lawyers Detained or Blocked from Working in Iran in Less Than a Year August 14, 2018—An intensifying state crackdown on human rights defenders in Iran, in which the authorities have denied attorneys the ability to represent ...

August 9, 2018

Iran’s Authorities Should Denounce Threat to BBC Made by Iranian News Agency

Mizan News Agency “Incites Violence Against Our Journalists” Says BBC August 9, 2018—The inflammatory statements against the ...

August 9, 2018

State TV of Iran Must End Its Use of Families to Discredit Journalists, Dissenters

State Broadcasts of Family Members Used to Silence Activists (New York, August 9, 2018) – Iranian authorities should immediately stop harassing and ...

August 9, 2018

Local Authorities in Iran Say They Will Investigate Shooting Death of Protester in Karaj

A judicial investigation is underway in Iran to determine how 26-year-old shopkeeper Reza Otadi died from a bullet wound during a protest rally near Tehran ...

August 7, 2018

Iran’s Child Protection Bill Includes Kids With Disabilities But Fails to Close Legal Loopholes

A bill in the final stages of Iran’s legislative process addresses the country’s legal vacuum regarding the abuse of children with disabilities but ...

August 6, 2018

Lawyer Calls on President Rouhani to Work For Human Rights Attorney Abdolfattah Soltani’s Release

Abdolfattah Soltani poses for a family photo. His daughter, Homa (right), passed away ...

August 3, 2018

Iranian Parliamentary Group Reports Drop in Support For Strict Hijab

Conservative-Dominated Parliament Compiles Data Showing Failure of State’s Hijab Policy Iran’s Parliamentary Research Center (PRC) has released a report showing decreasing support among ...

August 3, 2018

Desperate Families Call on Iranian State Heads to Release Detained Environmentalists

Detainees Held For Six Months Without Access to Counsel The families of environmentalists who have been detained in Iran for the ...

August 2, 2018

Iranian Human Rights Lawyer Facing Prison For Criticizing Judiciary

Iranian attorney Mostafa Tork Hamadani has been charged for criticizing the judiciary for barring him and other defense lawyers from defending ...

August 2, 2018

Imprisoned Teacher Denied Hospitalization Amid Two-Month Hunger Strike

After refusing food for nearly two months, imprisoned teacher Rouhollah Mardani’s health is deteriorating in Evin Prison in Tehran, a relative told ...

August 1, 2018

Iran’s Telecommunications Company Illegally Reroutes Telegram App Traffic

Move Designed to Tighten Ban on App But Ineffective in the Long Run In a new move aimed at tightening the state-imposed ...

August 1, 2018

IRGC-Affiliated Media Trying to “Prepare Public Opinion” For Execution of Kurdish Man

Relatives of Ramin Hossein Panahi, a Kurdish man on death row in Iran, have raised concerns ...

July 31, 2018

Nasrin Sotoudeh’s Detention Order Extended Under Two National Security Charges

Iran’s judiciary has extended the detention of prominent human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh, who is facing two national ...

July 31, 2018

Conflicting Reports on Iranian Opposition Leaders’ Freedom From House Arrest

A member of Iran’s Parliament has denied reports that the country’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) has ruled to end the seven-year-long house arrests of ...

July 29, 2018

Man Convicted of National Security Crimes in Iran For Allegedly Promoting His Baha’i Faith

The Appeals Court in Iran’s Kurdistan Province has upheld a one-year prison sentence against Zabihollah Raoufi, who was accused of proselytizing his ...

July 29, 2018

Woman Expelled From Iranian University Just Before Obtaining Degree Because She’s Baha’i

A young Baha’i woman was expelled from Iran’s Islamic Azad University in the city of Isfahan one semester before completing her bachelor’s ...

July 29, 2018

Nine Years After It Was Drafted, Iran’s Parliament Begins Debating Child Abuse Bill

Bill Lacks Enforcement Mechanisms A bill drafted nine years ago in Iran to combat child abuse is finally being debated by Parliament following a number of ...

July 27, 2018

Kurdish Activist Facing Prison Time in Iran For Criticizing Supreme Leader

Kurdish political activist Mokhtar Zarei was summoned and taken into custody in Sanandaj, the capital of Iran’s Kurdistan Province, on July 21, 2018, for criticizing Iran’s Supreme ...

July 27, 2018