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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

More than 150 Detained Iranian Protesters Have Requested “Pills,” Reports Committee

Credible Sources Report That Detainees Told to Request Pills to Speed Up Release More than 150 people detained in the ...

January 26, 2018

Detainees Arrested in Iranian Protests Facing Charges That Carry Death Penalty

Some detainees arrested in the protests that broke out in Iran’s Hamadan and Khuzestan provinces in December 2017 are ...

January 26, 2018

Unable to Locate Activists, Iran’s Intelligence Ministry Illegally Detains Their Family Members

The Iranian Intelligence Ministry has illegally detained or summoned close relatives of at least three activists from northwestern Iran since ...

January 25, 2018

Latest Victim of Repressed Iranian Protests Identified as 24-Year-Old Man From Karaj

“They Buried Him Like He Was a Criminal” Hassan Shahin Tarkashvand, a 24-year-old man from the city of Karaj, has been identified as ...

January 24, 2018

She’s a Professional Iranian Singer But is Banned from Singing on Stage in Her Country

“I am a professional Iranian singer but I am ...

January 24, 2018

Local Activist Refutes Official Claims That Young Men Killed by Security Forces Amid Sanandaj Protests Were Armed

Mokhtar Zarei Two young men who were killed by security forces in the city of Sanandaj in ...

January 23, 2018

155 Lawyers Call on Iran’s Judiciary to Stop Restricting Detainees’ Access to Counsel

In the wake of a massive influx of detainees following protests in several Iranian cities at the end of 2017, ...

January 22, 2018

Lawyer “Worried” About Detained Iranian Protesters After Officials Claim Two Committed Suicide

A lawyer representing the families of two detainees who died in custody in ...

January 22, 2018

Death Sentence Against Swedish Resident Ahmadreza Djalali Under Review

Branch 33 of the Supreme Court in Iran is reviewing the death sentence issued to Ahmadreza ...

January 19, 2018

Second Name Revealed in Shooting Deaths Amid Sanandaj Protests

Intelligence Ministry Pressures Families To Refuse Media Interviews Kianoosh Zandi, 24, has been named the second victim in a shooting case ...

January 19, 2018

Man’s Hand Amputated as Punishment for Theft Conviction in Mashhad

A man’s hand was amputated with a guillotine on January 17, 2018, in Central Prison in the city of Mashhad, northeastern Iran, according ...

January 19, 2018

Female Musician Prohibited From Performing on Stage in Isfahan

Iranian singer Salar Aghili performed in the central Iranian city of Isfahan on January 12 ...

January 18, 2018

Majority of Iranian MPs Call For Ban on Foreign Social Media Apps

A majority of Iranian lawmakers have signed a letter calling for a ban on foreign social media apps to support state-led ...

January 18, 2018

Police Arrest Three Gonabadi Dervishes and Injure 10 at Peaceful Rally For Detained Devotees

Ten members of a persecuted Sufi order in Iran were injured and three others arrested in the city of Kowar, Fars Province after police attacked their rally in ...

January 18, 2018

Detained Iranian Protesters Told to Admit Being Drug Addicts to Speed Up Release

Vahid Heydari (right) and Sina Ghanbari were ...

January 16, 2018

Intelligence Ministry Forces Father of Slain Protester to Repeat Authorities’ Version of Events on State TV

Iran’s Intelligence Ministry coerced the father of a dead protester into claiming in front of a camera that his son ...

January 16, 2018

Tehran Prosecutor: “No Discussion” About Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s Release Date

Two day after a former senior British politician expressed ...

January 12, 2018

Iran Unblocks Widely Used Messaging App Telegram After Two Weeks

It took Iranian President Hassan Rouhani nearly two weeks to lift the ban on the widely used Telegram messaging app, after it was blocked amid state-imposed internet disruption ...

January 12, 2018

Intelligence Ministry Agents Intimidate Family of Slain Farmer Killed at Protest

Nematollah Shafiei was a bystander who was shot and killed during protests in Qahderijan, Isfahan Province, on ...

January 12, 2018

President Rouhani Changes Course and Acknowledges Protesters’ Varied Reasons For Discontent

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani struck a more conciliatory tone in reacting for the second time to a wave of protests that ...

January 12, 2018

Iran’s Supreme Leader Condemns Protests as “Devilish Fireworks”

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has condemned the country’s recent nationwide protests as “devilish fireworks” organized by the United States, Israel, regional Arab states and Iranian counter-revolutionaries. “Their intention was to stir things up ...

January 11, 2018