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September 12, 2017

Iranian VP for Women’s Affairs Calls Ban on Females in Sports Stadiums “Discrimination”

Three days after Iranian women were barred from entering a stadium in Tehran to watch an international soccer match, President Hassan ...

September 12, 2017

Iranian Union Considers Mass Strike as Imprisoned Labor Activist’s Condition Deteriorates

An Iranian union is considering a mass strike to protest a prominent labor activist being returned to prison to ...

September 9, 2017

Iran’s IRGC Brings “Revenge” Charges Against Man Imprisoned for Facebook Posts and His Wife

An Iranian man imprisoned for his social media postings could face several more years behind bars if he is convicted of new charges ...

September 9, 2017

Evin Prison Director Accused of Denying Outside Medical Care For Imprisoned US Resident Nizar Zakka

Zakka Pressured to Sign Farsi-Language Documents The director of Evin Prison in Tehran, Ali Chaharmahali, is refusing to allow outside medical treatment for imprisoned ...

September 9, 2017

Authorities Ignore Starving Political Prisoners at Rajaee Shahr Prison, Restrict Family Visitations

Former Political Prisoners Implore Judiciary To Consider Prisoners’ Demands Forty days after more than 15 political prisoners went on a mass hunger ...

September 9, 2017

Iran’s Supreme Leader Forbids Discrimination Against Minorities in Rare Outreach to Sunnis

Iranian Sunni cleric Molavi Abdolhamid Ismaeelzahi. Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei ...

September 7, 2017

Rouhani Government Remains on Sidelines Amid House Arrest Controversy

The government of President Hassan Rouhani continues to avoid taking the initiative to resolve the six-and-a-half-year extrajudicial ...

September 7, 2017

Protest Against Killing of Couriers in Iran’s Kurdistan Province Attacked by Security Forces

Local MP Calls for Investigation A protest was met with tear gas in the city of Baneh in northwestern Iran on September ...

September 6, 2017

Iranian Women Banned From World Cup Stadium Game While Female Syrian Fans Allowed Entry

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September 5, 2017

Iran Columnist Serving 10 Years Protests Illegal Prison Sentence Extension

Afarin Chitsaz’s Mother Also Receives Prison Sentence Imprisoned newspaper columnist Afarin Chitsaz has gone on hunger strike to protest the illegal extension ...

September 5, 2017

UK-Iranian Grandfather Marks 78th Birthday in Tehran’s Evin Prison

Iranian-British grandfather Kamal Foroughi saw his 78th birthday pass on September 3, 2017, ...

September 4, 2017

Journalist Loses Eye and Part of His Face to Cancer Untreated While in Prison

Journalist Alireza Rajaee loses an eye ...

September 1, 2017

Imprisoned Labor Activist on Hunger Strike Needs Hospital Treatment, Wife Says

Reza Shahabi and his wife in their home grocery ...

September 1, 2017

Critically Ill Political Prisoner Refused Medical Leave with One Month Left to Serve on Sentence

The lawyer for ailing political prisoner Ehsan Mazandarani has requested his client spend the month remaining for ...

August 31, 2017

Pro-Rouhani and Reformist Social Media Admins Sentenced to Prison in Iran

Six administrators of Iranian reformist political channels on the Telegram messaging network have been sentenced to terms ranging from two to ...

August 31, 2017

Cartoon 173: Hunger Strike in Iran

Iranian cartoonist Touka Neyestani depicts hunger strikes undertaken by political prisoners in Iran in a desperate attempt to make their demands heard....

August 31, 2017

UN Expert Concerned at Condition of Prisoners on Hunger Strike in Iran

GENEVA (31 August 2017)- The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Iran, ...

August 31, 2017

Security Forces Exit Mehdi Karroubi’s Home, As Pledged By Government

Iran’s Intelligence Ministry agents retreated from inside opposition leader Mehdi Karroubi’s home in Tehran on August 29, a day before he ...

August 31, 2017

Education Ministry Withdraws Discriminatory Hiring Guideline

The Iranian Education Ministry is revising its hiring guideline which disqualifies or discourages several classes of citizens from being ...

August 30, 2017

Condition of Hunger Strikers in Iranian Prison Deteriorates while Judiciary Does Nothing

Families Dismayed Over Lack of Critically Needed Medical Treatment at Rajaee Shar Prison August 30, 2017—The medical condition of more than a ...

August 29, 2017

Families Dismayed Over Lack of Attention to Hunger Strikers in Iranian Prisons

Political prisoners Majid Asadi (right) and Jafar Eghdami. The parents ...

August 29, 2017

Namazis Lose Appeal Against 10-Year Prison Sentence

Iranian-American Businessman and His 81-Year-Old Father Remain Held on Unspecified Charges after Sham Prosecution That Lacked Due Process Iranian-American businessman ...

August 29, 2017

In Letter to Judge, Iranian-American Demands Freedom for Himself and Wife

Art Gallery Owners Karan Vafadari and Afarin Neyssari Held on Baseless Charges More Than One Year Without Trial Detained Iranian-American art dealer ...

August 29, 2017

Iran Upholds 10-Year Prison Sentences Against US Resident and Two Iranian-Americans

Iranian-American Businessman and His 81-Year-Old Father Remain Held on Unspecified Charges after Sham Prosecution That Lacked Due Process Iran’s Appeals Court ...

August 28, 2017