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June 26, 2018

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Alireza, 22, has cerebral palsy. He uses a wheelchair and can only use his right hand. He had to drop out ...

June 26, 2018

Iran: People With Disabilities Face Discrimination and Abuse

Human Rights Watch and the Center for Human Rights in Iran conducted in-depth interviews with 58 women and men with various disabilities, as well as with disability rights advocates and specialists across Iran. The World Health Organization and World Bank estimate that 15 percent of ...

June 26, 2018

Iran’s Judiciary Chief Threatens Protesting Merchants With Execution as Protests Continue

Tehran Demonstrations Against Inflation Turn Political as They Spread to Other Cities The Chief Justice of Iran Sadegh Larijani has threatened ...

June 25, 2018

Detained Human Rights Lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh Protests “Fabricated” Charges by Refusing to Post Bail

Detained Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh has refused to post bail in protest against the charges that have ...

June 22, 2018

Iran-Spain Match Aftermath: Will Iran’s Ban on Women in Sports Stadiums Finally Be Lifted?

Iranian Women Allowed Into Tehran’s Azadi Stadium to Watch World Cup Screening But Official Ban Persists The presence of women in Iran’s Azadi Stadium ...

June 22, 2018

Open Letter: Distinguished Iranian Women Call on FIFA to Demand Iran End Its Ban on Women in Stadiums

June 22, 2018—In an open letter, prominent women of Iranian origin including Nobel Laureate Shirin Ebadi, Oscar-nominated actress Shohreh Aghdashloo and legendary singer ...

June 22, 2018

Child Refugees With Disabilities in Iran Struggle to Access Education and Healthcare

In interviews conducted by the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) ahead of this year’s World Refugee Day...

June 20, 2018

Iran: Stop Imminent Execution of Kurdish Prisoner, Investigate Evidence of Torture and Denial of Due Process

Fear Grows After Bus Driver Was Executed in Iran Despite Similar Concerns June 20, 2018—The Iranian judiciary should immediately ...

June 19, 2018

Iran Telegram Ban Strangles Country Amid Struggling Economy, Protests

This report examines the Iranian Judiciary’s ban on the Telegram messaging app, which as of 2018 was integrated into all aspects of daily life in Iran and had some 40 million active users in the country. It assesses what it means for Iranians’ digital rights, ...

June 18, 2018

Sufi Prisoner Mohammad Salas Buried After Sudden Execution Without Family’s Permission

Lawyer: Burial Attended by “200 Anti-Riot Agents” Iranian authorities buried the body of Mohammad Salas after he was executed on June 18, ...

June 18, 2018

Iranian Lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh Charged With National Security Crimes For Representing Hijab Protesters

Human Rights Lawyer Threatens to Remove Hijab in Protest After Supporters Beaten Outside Prison Detained Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh is facing two national ...

June 18, 2018

Iran Defends Its Record on Supporting Persons With Disabilities But Serious Discrimination Persists

The head of the Welfare Organization of Iran Anoushirvan ...

June 18, 2018

UN Rights Experts: Iran Must Halt Execution of Ramin Hossein Panahi

GENEVA, UN (18 June 2018) – UN human rights experts* have made a fresh call to Iran to annul ...

June 14, 2018

University Student Activists Sentenced to Prison After Being Arrested by President Rouhani’s Intelligence Ministry

University of Tehran student activists Sina Darvish Omran and Ali Mozaffari were each sentenced to eight years in prison on ...

June 14, 2018

60 Steelworkers Arrested in Iran For Demanding Three Months Back Wages

More than 60 workers at the Iran National Steel Industrial Group (INSIG) in Ahvaz, Khuzestan Province, have been arrested for demanding their salaries, ...

June 14, 2018

Baha’i Student Expelled From Iranian University One Year Before Graduation

Soha Izadi was expelled from a university in the Iranian city of Zanjan, 207 miles west of Tehran, in March ...

June 13, 2018

Prominent Attorney Nasrin Sotoudeh Detained Amid Iranian Judiciary’s Crackdown on Human Rights Lawyers

Iranian human rights attorney Nasrin Sotoudeh previously served three years in ...

June 12, 2018

Sufi Detainees Tried En Masse in Iran as Some Launch Hunger Strike Against Denial of Due Process

Eight detained members of the Sufi Gonabadi Order have gone on hunger strike at the Great Tehran Penitentiary (GTP) to protest prison conditions and the ...

June 12, 2018

Who Are the State-Vetted Lawyers Exclusively Allowed to Defend Detainees Facing Political Charges in Iran?

List Not Finalized According to Judicial Official Iran’s judiciary has not released the names of the 20 state-approved lawyers exclusively allowed to represent detainees ...

June 11, 2018

Let Her Sing: Female Vocalist Struggles to Perform in Islamic Republic of Iran

Sepideh Jandaghi is a professional singer who's unable to perform solo in Iran because she's a woman. The Islamic Republic's laws and customs also ...

June 8, 2018

Rouhani Calls Suspension of Non-Muslim City Council Member “Really Upsetting”

Sepanta Niknam was suspended from the Yazd City Council for being a member of the Zoroastrian faith. Suspended ...

June 8, 2018

Iranian Poet Sentenced and Fined For Posting Photo of Man Injured by Police

Iranian poet and filmmaker Baktash Abtin has been sentenced and fined in Iran for posting a photo ...

June 7, 2018

Third Woman Sentenced to Prison in Iran For Removing Hijab Slapped With More Charges

Civil rights activist Shima Babaei: “They said the hijab is the law and I must respect it. I told them it’s a bad law and I’m protesting against ...

June 7, 2018

Telegram Channel Admin Could Get Death Penalty For “Insulting the Prophet”

Weakened by his hunger strike, prisoner of conscience Hamidreza Amini was transferred to a hospital in hand and ankle cuffs but was returned to prison before the treatment ...

June 6, 2018