Political Pundit Sadegh Zibakalam Faces Charges For Discussing Politicization of Iran’s Judiciary
Prominent reformist political analyst Sadegh Zibakalam has been slapped with the charges of “propaganda against the state” and ...
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August 14, 2017
Women’s Rights Activist Demands Rouhani Provide Reasons for His Exclusively Male Cabinet
Women’s rights advocate Nahid Tavasoli. President Hassan Rouhani must explain why he didn’t ...
August 14, 2017
Political Prisoner Responds to “Dolled-Up” Evin Prison Visit by Foreign Ambassadors
A political prisoner held in Evin Prison since 2009 has harshly criticized a state-organized “dolled-up” tour ...
August 13, 2017
With Eye on Telegram, Internet Body Says All Social Media Apps Must Store Data Inside Iran
The Supreme Cyberspace Council in session. To improve Iran’s ability to ...
August 11, 2017
Iranian Imprisoned Spiritual Leader Awaiting New Verdict While IRGC Arrests His Followers
Followers of imprisoned Iranian spiritual leader Mohammad Ali Taheri are being arrested by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps ...
August 11, 2017
Reformist MPs Form Committee to End House Arrests After Karroubi’s Hospitalization
Reformist members of Iran’s Parliament have established the Committee to Seek an End to House Arrests ...
August 10, 2017
Iran Executes Man Arrested at 15 Despite Commitment to Stop Executing Juveniles
Prominent Lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh: Case Had “Serious Holes” August 10, 2017–Iran has violated its international obligations by executing Alireza Tajiki, who was 15-years-old when he was arrested and 16 ...
August 9, 2017
Workers at Iranian Sugarcane Company Summoned to Court After Protesting Unpaid Wages
Workers of the Haft Tappeh sugarcane company protest for their unpaid ...
August 9, 2017
Prominent Labor Activist Returns to Prison After Medical Leave “Unapproved” by Prosecutor
Almost three years after he was released, prominent labor activist Reza Shahabi has returned to prison to serve the remainder of a six-year prison ...
August 8, 2017
Iran’s Beleaguered Music Community Urges Rouhani to Prevent Concert Cancellations
Contemporary Iranian music singers Shahram Nazeri ...
August 8, 2017
Azeri Man Facing Prison Time for Peacefully Advocating Ethnic Language Rights in Iran
Facing prison time for his peaceful advocacy of Azeri ethnic rights, Asgar Akbarzadeh has been summoned to the ...
August 8, 2017
Labor Activist Describes Torture and Inhumane Living Conditions at Iran’s Largest Prison
Great Tehran Penitentiary (GTP) Teachers rights activist Rassoul Bodaghi...
August 4, 2017
Families in the Dark as Prisoners at Rajaee Shahr Illegally Moved to High-Security Ward
Rajaee Shahr Prison The sudden transfer of dozens of political prisoners in ...
August 4, 2017
Political Prisoner in Solitary Confinement for Hunger Striking Against Wife’s Detention
Soheil Arabi with his wife and daughter. Political prisoner Soheil Arabi, serving a seven-year prison sentence ...
August 4, 2017
Year-Long Legal Limbo of Swedish Resident Imprisoned in Iran Continues After Judge Calls in Sick
Swedish Embassy Staffers Waited in Courthouse The long-awaited trial of Iranian-born Swedish permanent resident Ahmadreza Djalali, imprisoned in Iran on unspecified ...
August 4, 2017
Some Detained Reformist Telegram Channel Admins Released on Bail Until Trial
CHRI obtained an Instagram photo showing the minister posing ...
August 3, 2017
Rouhani’s Lost Battle: UN 2030 Education Guidelines
In 2015, Iran adopted educational guidelines from the UN 2030 agenda that could substantially improve access to education throughout the country. Two years later, a vicious smear campaign and opposition by the supreme leader has resulted in President Hassan ...
August 3, 2017
Rouhani Could Appoint Surveillance Expert From Ahmadinejad Era to Telecommunications Ministry
Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi could become Iran’s new telecommunications ...
August 2, 2017
Iran Should Immediately Release Critically Ill Opposition Leaders Under House Arrest
Karroubi and Mousavi’s Health in Peril After Six Years of Forced Isolation August 2, 2017—More than six years into their extrajudicial house arrest, the health ...
August 2, 2017
Teachers’ Rights Leader Returned to Prison Despite Judicial Official’s Furlough Pledge
Esmail Abdi’s Six-Year Sentence Influenced by IRGC The former secretary general of the Iranian Teachers’ Trade Association ...
August 1, 2017
Prominent Activists Defy State Ban on Visiting Hospitalized Opposition Leader Mehdi Karroubi
From right to ...
August 1, 2017
Family, US Congress Convince Imprisoned US Permanent Resident to End Hunger Strike in Iran
Nizar Zakka “Under Intense Torture and Pressure” A Lebanese-born US permanent resident who was sentenced in September 2016 to 10 years imprisonment in Iran ended his ...
August 1, 2017
Student Imprisoned for Refusing to Spy for Iran’s Intelligence Ministry Denied Visitation Rights
Imprisoned for refusing to spy for Iran’s Intelligence Ministry, Hamid Babaei has been denied visitation rights at ...
July 31, 2017
Political Prisoners’ Letter to Foreign Ambassadors Who Went on Staged Tour of Evin Prison
Editor's Note: On July 5, 2017, dozens of foreign diplomats based in Iran went on a staged tour of Evin Prison designed ...
July 31, 2017
Judicial Official Threatens Rouhani’s Telecommunications Minister With Criminal Charges Over Telegram
Photo caption: Telecommunications Minister Mahmoud Vaezi (right) and Deputy Prosecutor General Abdolsamad Khorramabadi Iran’s Deputy Prosecutor General Abdolsamad Khorramabadi ...