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September 18, 2017

Baha’i Leader Released from Prison in Iran After 10 Years; Six Other Baha’i Leaders Remain Behind Bars  

Mahvash Sabet Finally Free But State-led Persecution of Baha’i Community Continues September 18, 2017—The Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) welcomes the release of the ...

September 18, 2017

Rouhani’s Broken Promises

Iranian President Rouhani is scheduled to speak this week at the 2017 UNGA in New York, but he won't mention his Broken Promises....

September 18, 2017

Two Political Prisoners on 48th Day of Hunger Strike at Rajaee Shahr Prison as Others Shift to Fast

Peaceful Protestors With Roses Arrested Outside Prison At least two political prisoners remain on the hunger strike they began ...

September 15, 2017

Intelligence Ministry Arrests Woman For Asking About Brother and Infant Niece’s Disappearance

Raheleh Rahemipour has been arrested by the Intelligence Ministry in Iran ...

September 15, 2017

Iranian Journalist Gets Cancer After Being Denied Medical Care in Evin Prison

Iranian journalist Alireza Rajaee lost an eye and part of his face after his sinus cancer was left untreated as a political prisoner in Evin Prison....

September 15, 2017

Imprisoned for Producing Music, Yousef Emadi Sentenced to Another Year Behind Bars

An imprisoned music producer has been sentenced to an additional year in prison on new charges brought by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, ...

September 14, 2017

Iranian-Kurdish Political Prisoner’s Health Suffers Amid Ongoing Denial of Medical Treatment

After nearly a decade behind bars, prisoner of conscience Zeinab Jalalian has developed intestinal problems, yet the authorities continue ...

September 13, 2017

Rouhani’s Intelligence Ministry is Keeping Prominent Rights Lawyer Abdolfattah Soltani in Prison, Says Daughter

Abdolfattah Soltani's daughter, Maede Soltani. Abdolfattah Soltani, who spent ...

September 13, 2017

Imprisoned Teacher’s Rights Activist: I am Legally Entitled to a Public Trial

Iranian labor rights activist Mahmoud Beheshti-Langroudi. An Iranian imprisoned teachers’ rights ...

September 13, 2017

Iranian Labor Activist Peacefully Rejects New Prison Sentence

Labor activist Ali Nejati is refusing to serve a six-month prison sentence for engaging in lawful protests against one of ...

September 12, 2017

Maryam Akbari-Monfared: Political Prisoner and Mother in Evin Prison Iran

Maryam Akbari-Monfared was forced to spend her childhood visiting family members in state prisons and cemeteries. Her three brothers and sister, all political prisoners, were executed without trial in the 1980s, and now Maryam is a political prisoner ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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