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April 8, 2017

Women Forced to Run Segregated Route in Tehran’s First International Marathon

Forced Separation Angers Iranian Female Runners Tehran’s first international marathon will be remembered as a sex-segregated event with little sign of the Americans who had ...

April 7, 2017

Music Producers Returned to Evin Prison After Request for Extended Medical Furlough Denied

Music producers Mehdi and Hossein Rajabian returned to Evin Prison in Tehran on April 4, 2017 after their request for ...

April 7, 2017

Iran’s Judiciary Chief Forbids Election Protests Ahead of May Vote

A little over a month before Iranians head to the polls on May 19, 2017, Judiciary Chief Sadegh Larijani has warned that a ...

April 6, 2017

Political Prisoner Serving Seven Years Gets Additional 91 Days for IRGC Charges

An additional 91 days were added to civil rights activist Atena Daemi’s seven-year prison sentence...

April 6, 2017

Men and Women Required to Run Separately in Tehran’s First International Marathon

Spokesman Strays From State Line on Hijab Despite interest expressed by foreign female runners, women participants in Tehran’s first international marathon will be ...

April 4, 2017

Iranian Female Billiard Players Banned From Competing for Alleged “Un-Islamic Conduct”

A number of Iranian female billiard players have been banned for a year from competitions for allegedly “violating the Islamic code of conduct” ...

April 4, 2017

Rough Body Searches on Visiting Children Prompts Hunger Strike in Rajaee Shahr Prison

Political activist Jafar (Shahin) Eghdami shaved his head and went on a three-day hunger strike on March ...

April 4, 2017

Iranian-American Initially Sentenced to 18 Years Prison Released on Bail During Appeal

Robin (Reza) Shahini, the Iranian-American man sentenced to 18 years imprisonment in Iran on alleged security charges, has been ...

April 4, 2017

Five Iranian Baha’is Arrested in Isfahan Without Warrant on Unknown Charges

Five Baha’is were arrested at their homes in the city of Isfahan on March 28, 2017, Simin Fahandej, the faith’s spokesperson at the ...

April 3, 2017

Hunger-Striking Political Activist Detained Without Charge Writes Will in Evin Prison

After 24 days on hunger strike in Evin Prison in Tehran, reformist political activist Hengameh Shahidi, detained without charge and denied legal counsel since ...

April 3, 2017

Supporters Mark One-Year Anniversary of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s Imprisonment in Iran

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s colleagues stand around her empty desk at the Thomson Reuters Foundation’s office in ...

March 30, 2017

Rouhani Orders Investigation Into “Suspicious” Pre-Election Arrests After MPs Ask Him for Explanation

A little over a week after reformist members of Parliament asked Iranian President Hassan Rouhani to attend to a spate of arrests ahead of the ...

March 29, 2017

Five-Year Prison Sentence Upheld Against Christian Convert for Missionary Activities

The five-year prison sentence against Christian convert Ebrahim Firoozi for his alleged missionary activities has been confirmed by the ...

March 28, 2017

Young Iranian Death Row Inmate May Soon Receive Sentence Review

The request for a judicial review of the death sentence against 21-year-old Sina Dehghan for “insulting the prophet” of Islam is ...

March 28, 2017

Political Activist and Former Reformist MP to be Tried on New and Undeclared Charges

Outspoken political activist and former reformist member of Parliament Faezeh Hashemi will face a new trial ...

March 24, 2017

Baha’is Imprisoned in Iran for Religious Beliefs Singled Out for Cruel Treatment

A member of Iran’s perseacuted Baha’i faith has expressed serious concerns about two imprisoned ailing family members who are being denied early release ...

March 24, 2017

Young Man Facing Death for Insulting Islam Online Tricked into Signing Confession

Sina Dehghan, sentenced to death for “insulting the prophet” of Islam when he was 19-years-old, was ...

March 23, 2017

MPs Demand Answers from Rouhani on Increasing Arrests Ahead of Elections

President Hassan Rouhani has yet to respond to a letter from four ...

March 23, 2017

Cartoon 164: Freedom of Speech

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March 23, 2017

Reformist Editor Arrested by Security Agents Amid Pre-Election Crackdown

Amid a widening crackdown on journalists and activists in Iran ahead of the country’s May 2017 presidential election, ...

March 21, 2017

Admins of 12 Reformist Telegram Channels Arrested in Iran Ahead of May 2017 Election

Iranian security forces arrested an unknown number of administrators of 12 reformist-aligned Telegram channels on March 14-16, 2017, deleted the channels’ content and changed their names. A number of ...

March 21, 2017

Prominent Lawyers: Judiciary Ad Announcing Prison Time for 10 Iranians in Absentia Unlawful

A classified newspaper advertisement by the judiciary announcing prison sentences for 10 Iranian citizens currently outside the country has no legal ...

March 17, 2017

Former Opposition Leader Aide Refusing Vital Medication During Hunger Strike to Protest Detainment

Reformist activist and former political prisoner Hengameh Shahidi has started a hunger strike ...

March 17, 2017

Amendment Could Save Thousands of Drug Traffickers on Death Row in Iran

If passed by Parliament and the Council of Guardians, an amendment to Iran’s death penalty law could save thousands of drug traffickers currently facing execution. ...

March 16, 2017

Rouhani’s Intelligence Ministry and Khamenei’s IRGC Widen Crackdown Ahead of Election

A growing rivalry between Iran’s Intelligence Ministry and Revolutionary Guards may be the result of a much deeper power struggle. ...

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