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February 9, 2018

Revised Law Could Save Thousands on Death Row in Iran

Up to 5,000 people facing death in Iran could be saved as a result of a recently revised law--but there's a catch. Here's the story of an emerging Iranian policy ...

February 8, 2018

UK Resident Detained in Iran by IRGC For More Than a Year Without Charge or Access to Counsel

Mohammad Reza Hashemi-Nabi, a permanent resident of the UK, has been held in solitary confinement in Iran’s Evin Prison ...

February 7, 2018

Authorities Ignore Potential Cancer Diagnosis For US Resident Nizar Zakka, Deny Him Medical Care

"Evin Prison officials are using medicine as a weapon" US permanent resident Nizar Zakka is ...

February 7, 2018

“This is Slavery” 30 Sugar Plant Workers Arrested in Iran For Demanding Unpaid Wages

Police arrested more than 30 protesters on the fourth day of a strike by hundreds of workers on February ...

February 6, 2018

Imprisoned Iranian-American Art Dealer Accuses IRGC of Judicial Interference

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February 6, 2018

Woman Arrested For Removing Hijab in Tehran Refuses to Repent Despite Facing 10 Years in Prison

Narges Hosseini, who was arrested for protesting Iran’s compulsory hijab, refused to appear in court to face charges punishable by up to ...

February 5, 2018

Iranian Hardline Cleric Says Protesters Should be Sentenced to Death

A Friday prayer leader in Tehran has called for the death penalty to be issued to citizens who participated in the ...

February 5, 2018

Shirin Ebadi: Bill That Restricts Protests to Designated Areas in Iran Adds “More Limits” to Freedom of Speech

A proposed bill aimed at designating public spaces in Iran for protests will lead to “more limits” on the people’s right ...

February 4, 2018

29 Arrested in Tehran for Public Protests Against Forced Hijab

Police in Tehran have turned 29 people over to the judicial authorities for taking part in a growing campaign against forced hijab, the hardline ...

February 3, 2018

Hardline Judge Keeps Iranian-American and Wife in Jail by Imposing $27 Million Bail

Family Meets Bail for Wife, but Judge Still Refuses to Release Her The judge presiding over the case of imprisoned Iranian-American gallery ...

February 1, 2018

Parliamentary Delegation Visiting Evin Prison Told 4,534 Were Arrested in Iranian Protests

More than a month after thousands of people were arrested in Iran after weeklong protests erupted across the country beginning in ...

January 31, 2018

“Girls of Revolution St” Protest Ignites Debate on Iran’s Compulsory Hijab

Iranian women protest their country’s ...

January 31, 2018

Opposition Leader Mehdi Karroubi Urges Supreme Leader to “Create the Grounds For Reform”

In a letter written under house arrest, opposition leader Mehdi Karroubi has warned ...

January 31, 2018

Iranians Denounce Acquittal of Quran Reciter Accused of Sexual Abuse

Prominent Quran reciter Saeed Tousi shakes hands with Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. Reformist MP Releases ...

January 30, 2018

Iranian-American Zoroastrian Denounces 27-Year “Unjust” Prison Sentence in Letter From Prison

Update: The couple's sentence was later reduced to 15 years for Karan Vafadari and 10 years for Afarin Nayssari. ...

January 29, 2018

300 Iranian Women’s Rights Advocates Voice Support For Protests, Demand Equality

More than 300 Iranian women’s rights’ activists have expressed support for the recent anti-government protests in Iran and demanded an end ...

January 29, 2018

Iranian Pastor’s Wife Sentenced to Five Years in Prison For “Acting Against National Security”

Judge Ahmadzadeh Has Sentenced 16 Christians to Prison In Less Than A Year Shamiram Isavi, the wife of Victor Bet Tamraz, ...

January 29, 2018

Iranian-Kurdish Activist Sentenced to Death Says He Was Wrongfully Convicted of Drawing a Weapon

Iranian-Kurdish political activist Ramin Hossein Panahi will appeal the death sentence he was issued on January 25, 2018, by ...

January 29, 2018

Iranian Sunni Cleric Faces Travel Restrictions: “It All Comes Down to Intolerance”

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January 26, 2018

Activists Atena Daemi and Golrokh Iraee Beaten and Transferred to Different Prison

Political prisoners Atena Daemi and Golrokh Ebrahimi Iraee were beaten by agents of the Islamic ...

January 26, 2018

40 Iranian MPs Call for Immediate Release of Detained University Students

Forty Iranian lawmakers have written to President Hassan Rouhani and Judiciary Chief Sadegh Larijani urging them to immediately release student detainees ...

January 26, 2018