UN Rights Expert Urges Iran to Halt Imminent Execution of Ramin Hossein Panahi
GENEVA (2 May 2018) – A UN human rights expert has urgently called on Iran to halt the death sentence against Iranian ...
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May 1, 2018
Rouhani’s Citizens’ Rights Charter: A Harmful Distraction
This report is essential reading for policymakers and officials charting a forward path with the Islamic Republic. It provides an in-depth review of the Citizens’ Rights Charter and analysis of the political dynamics affecting human rights in Iran. The report establishes that the charter has ...
April 30, 2018
In a Desperate Move to Squash Internet Freedom, Iran Blocks Telegram
Ban Unlikely to Stop Most of Telegram’s 40 Million Users in Iran April 30, 2018--The Iranian Judiciary has ordered internet service providers (ISPs) to block access ...
April 28, 2018
Footage of Minors Being Abused at Disabilities Center in Iran Highlights Lacking Legal Protections
Leaked video footage showing staff members at the Saraye Mehrabani Care Center in the ...
April 27, 2018
Latest State Action Against Telegram in Iran Slows Access, Doubles Cost for Iranians
The latest move by the authorities in Iran against the messaging app Telegram, used by some 40 million Iranians, has resulted ...
April 27, 2018
Indictments Issued Against Dozens in Connection With December 2017 Unrest in Iran
Students protesting in front of ...
April 27, 2018
More than 10 Onlookers Arrested in Area Where Former King’s Remains Allegedly Found
Arrests include former political prisoner Kamran Ayazi and Maryam Shariatmadari More than 10 people were arrested on April 25, 2018 south of Tehran, where construction ...
April 27, 2018
13 Labor Activists Summoned in Iran Ahead of International Labor Day
A week before International Labor Day, when labor rights groups typically hold demonstrations around the world, at least 13 ...
April 27, 2018
Lawyer Who Exposed Cover Up of Client’s Death in Custody Could Be Imprisoned For Years in Iran
Human rights attorney Mohammad Najafi is facing charges from three different courts and years of imprisonment in ...
April 26, 2018
Iranian Hardliners Continue Attacks on Former Environmental Official Kaveh Madani
Western-Educated Water Management Expert Left Iran After Being Arrested by IRGC’s Intelligence Organization Hardline media outlets in Iran with ties to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) have ...
April 25, 2018
Iran Detains Another Iranian British Citizen, Computer Scientist and Antiwar Activist Abbas Edalat
Abbas Edalat (Imperial College of London) April 25, 2018—Abbas Edalat, an Iranian British ...
April 25, 2018
Former Iranian Environmental Official Reveals He Was Spied on Since Returning to Iran
Kaveh Madani: State Supporters “Created Many Problems For Me” In a resignation letter posted on his Twitter account, the former deputy head of Iran’s Department of Environment (DOE) ...
April 24, 2018
Q&A: Abjeez Sisters Band Calls on Iran to End Ban on Women in Stadiums
Melody (left) and Safoura Safavi of Abjeez. The world pop band “Abjeez,” Persian ...
April 24, 2018
Music Video: Iranian Sisters Urge Men to Join Protest Against Iran’s Ban on Women in Stadiums
“Stadium” Released Amid International Campaign to End Iran’s Discriminatory Ban April 24, 2018—The world pop band Abjeez, ...
April 23, 2018
Iranians Criticize Rouhani Officials For Blaming the Victim in Video of Morality Police Assaulting Woman
Several Iranian public figures have criticized Rouhani admin officials for blaming the victim in a ...
April 23, 2018
“Revealing” Preliminary Autopsy Report Omits Cause of Death of Iranian Canadian Who Died in Iranian Prison
Family and UN Officials Have Called for Investigation Into Claims Kavous Seyed-Emami Committed Suicide Two months have passed since Iranian ...
April 20, 2018
Friday Prayer Leader: Farmers in Iran’s Drought-Ridden Isfahan Province Don’t Have the Right to Protest
“As someone who has always been on the farmers’ side, I don’t think they have the right to demonstrate,” ...
April 19, 2018
UN Rights Experts Call on Iran to Annul Death Sentence Against Ramin Hossein Panahi
GENEVA (19 April 2018) – United Nations human rights experts* have called for Iran to annul the death sentence against an Iranian Kurdish prisoner, Ramin Hossein Panahi, amid serious concerns that he has not received ...
April 18, 2018
Khamenei’s Dropping of Telegram Channel Lays Groundwork for Banning Messaging App
Most Iranians Distrust Domestic Messaging Apps, Will Use VPNs to Stay on Telegram Two days after the ...
April 17, 2018
Growing Demands For Apology From Iranian State TV Over Discriminatory Kids Show
At Least 100 People Remain Detained After March 2018 Protests Lawmakers in Iran’s mostly Arab-populated Khuzestan Province have demanded a meeting ...
April 17, 2018
Iranians Lament Loss of Top Environmentalist From Governmental Post
Western-Educated Kaveh Madani Had Returned to Iran to “Help" Fix Country's Environmental Issues Iranian officials and journalists have taken to social ...
April 17, 2018
Senior Official: Telegram App Could Be Blocked “At Any Moment”
Education Ministry Bans Telegram on Campuses On the same day the secretary of Iran’s Supreme Cyberspace Council told a radio program that ...
April 16, 2018
Iranian Education Minister Issues Stern Warning Against UN 2030 Agenda
Iran’s minister of education has warned that any official or non-governmental organization (NGO) that uses educational guidelines...
April 15, 2018
Imprisoned Rights Defender Narges Mohammadi Gives Message of Hope and Strength in Accepting 2018 Andrei Sakharov Prize
April 15, 2018 -- Prisoner of conscience Narges Mohammadi was unable to accept the 2018 Andrei Sakharov Prize in person in Columbus, Ohio where ...
April 13, 2018
Iranian Supreme Court Upholds “Unjust” Death Sentence Against Kurdish Activist
The Supreme Court of Iran failed to fully consider the defense’ arguments before it upheld the death sentence against Iranian Kurdish political rights activist Ramin Hossein Panahi, his ...