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November 14, 2017

Former MP: Preventing Religious Minorities From Running in Iran’s Local Elections Violates Constitutional Rights

Passing legislation to restrict the rights of religious minorities in Iran would violate their rights as equal citizens, a prominent reformist ...

November 14, 2017

Europe’s Silence on Human Rights in Iran Encourages Further Abuses

EU Parliamentary Delegation Going to Iran Should Use Its Leverage to Engage Iran on Human Rights November 14, 2017—European governments’ blithe disregard for mounting human rights violations ...

November 13, 2017

Residents of Region Devastated by 7.3 Magnitude Earthquake in Iran Still Waiting for Aid

The town of Sarpol-e Zahab one day after the earthquake ...

November 13, 2017

Labor Activist Without Kidneys Returned to Prison Against Medical Advice

Iran’s Intelligence Ministry and the chief prosecutor of Kurdistan Province have refused to accept a medical examiner’s recommendation to hospitalize imprisoned labor activist Mahmoud Salehi, the Center for ...

November 12, 2017

Iran’s Telecommunications Minister Says He’s Looking Into Lifting the State Ban on Twitter

Telecommunications Minister Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi’s Twitter page. Officials ...

November 10, 2017

Iran’s Intelligence Ministry Killed Parastou Forouhar’s Parents. Now It’s Going After Her.

An Iranian activist who has been seeking justice for her parents murdered by Iran’s Intelligence Ministry in 1998, will ...

November 10, 2017

Three Baha’is Barred From University in Iran Sentenced to Five Years in Prison

Three young Iranians who complained to state officials after being denied university education for being followers of the Baha’i faith have been sentenced ...

November 9, 2017

Political Prisoners Urge International NGOs to Investigate Case of Inmate With Suspected Cancer

Three human rights activists held in Rajaee Shahr Prison in Iran have written a letter urging international rights groups to help fellow political prisoner Majid Assadi, who has been denied outside medical treatment despite severe health problems ...

November 9, 2017

IRGC Hackers Target Iranian Journalists Based Abroad With Malware Campaign

Hackers working for Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) targeted journalists based abroad with a malware campaign launched on November 6, 2017 ...

November 7, 2017

34 NGOs Urge UNGA Member States to Support Resolution on Human Rights in Iran

Thirty-four Iranian and international NGOs, including the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI), have sent a joint letter to UN General Assembly member states urging them to support Resolution A/C.3/72/L.41, on human rights in Iran, which will be voted on next week before the ...

November 6, 2017

Iran’s Rouhani Writes to Supreme Leader On Dispute Over Suspended Zoroastrian Council Member

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has condemned the recent suspension of a Zoroastrian member of a city council as “illegal” and asked the supreme leader to intervene in the growing dispute that has highlighted divisions within the state ...

November 5, 2017

Iranian Poet Sentenced to Prison and Flogging For the Charge of “Insulting the Sacred”

Poet and civil rights activist Reza Ekvanyan has been sentenced to three years in prison and 40 lashes for the charges of “propaganda against the state” and “insulting the sacred” by Branch 26 of the Revolutionary Court in Tehran, presided by Judge Mashallah Ahmadzadeh ...

November 5, 2017

Relatives of Slain Kurdish Separatists in Iran Slapped With Long Prison Sentences

The relatives of three alleged members of a banned Kurdish separatist organization in Iran have been sentenced to prison after being accused of ...

November 5, 2017

After 10 Years in Prison, Faith Leader Fariba Kamalabadi Says Baha’is Hope to Serve Iran

In her first interview since being released from Evin Prison on October 31, 2017, Baha’i faith leader Fariba Kamalabadi said Baha’is “love” Iran and want to “serve” their country. “There have been a lot of reports about the ...

November 3, 2017

Iranian State Officials Clash Over Allowing Religious Minorities in Local Elections

Suspended Zoroastrian Councilman at Center of Debate The head of Iran’s judiciary has sided with proponents of banning religious minorities from local elections while ...

November 3, 2017

Thousands of Iranian Death Row Inmates to Receive Sentence Reviews Under Amended Drug Law

Alleged drug traffickers stand in front of narcotics after a police operation. Thousands of ...

November 2, 2017

Website Close to IRGC Says Judicial Attack Against BBC Persian is “Spoils of War”

A website serving as a mouthpiece for Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) has attempted to justify the criminal investigation launched ...

November 2, 2017

Speak Out Against Iran’s Criminalization of Journalism

November 2, 2017 -- The Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) today released a video about the criminal investigation by Iran's judiciary of 152 current and former staff members of BBC Persian. The defendants, all Iranian ...

October 31, 2017

Agents Interrupt Labor Activist’s Dialysis Treatment to Transport Him to Prison

Labor activist Mahmoud Salehi was detained by security agents on October 28, 2017, while undergoing dialysis at ...

October 31, 2017

Judge Refuses to Order Psychological Evaluation That Could Save Man Sentenced to Death as Minor

A judge in Iran is refusing to order a psychological evaluation to determine the maturity level of ...

October 30, 2017

Reformist Newspapers Criticize Guardian Council’s Decision to Ban Religious Minorities From Elections

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October 30, 2017

Hundreds of Iranian Rights Activists Call on Political Prisoner Mohammad Nazari to End Hunger Strike

Mohammad Nazari has been imprisoned since 1994. More than 700 ...

October 30, 2017

Man Imprisoned on Nuclear Program Related Espionage Charges on Hunger Strike

Alireza Golipour has been imprisoned since 2012 for allegedly passing on information about Iran's Natanz nuclear site ...

October 29, 2017

UN experts call on Iran to stop intimidation of BBC staff

GENEVA (27 October 2017) – Civil and criminal proceedings by Iran against BBC Persian staff and contributors must be ...

October 29, 2017

Iranian Mother Sentenced to Prison for Demanding Justice For Slain Son

“Confessions” Obtained by Intelligence Ministry While Shahnaz Akmali Held in Solitary Confinement A court in Tehran has sentenced Shahnaz Akmali...

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