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November 23, 2016

Political Prisoner With Suspended Sentence Remains Detained While Same Judge Reviews Case

Iran’s Supreme Court has suspended the 15-year prison sentence of ailing political prisoner Hadi Ghaemi and referred it to the Appeals Court, but the 67-year-old ...

November 22, 2016

Iranian MP Compares Prosecutor’s Abrupt Cancellation of His Speech to ISIS Tactics

Following the abrupt cancellation of his speech by a prosecutor, the Iranian Parliament’s Deputy Speaker Ali Motahhari has written to the president calling for an ...

November 21, 2016

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Must Stop Using Dual-Nationals as Hostages

British Government Accused of Putting Business Interest Above Protecting Its Citizens November 21, 2016—Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei should put an immediate end to the practice of the Revolutionary Guard’s Intelligence Organization, ...

November 21, 2016

Activist Who Lost Parents in “Chain Murders” of Iranian Dissidents Summoned to Court

Prominent rights activist Parastou Forouhar, whose parents were slain by agents of the Iranian government during a series of murders of dissidents beginning in the ...

November 21, 2016

Editor Says He Was Wrongly Sentenced to Prison for Posting MP’s Sexist Comments Online

MP Nader Ghazipour Has Also Assaulted a Journalist Hamed Ataee, a news editor from northwestern Iran who has been sentenced to four months in prison for posting a ...

November 18, 2016

Supreme Court to Review Case of Ailing Political Prisoner

Iran’s Supreme Court has agreed to review the case of political prisoner Rayhaneh Haj Ebrahim Dabbagh, who became eligible for ...

November 18, 2016

Rouhani Has Done Nothing to Free Political Prisoners and Is Being Called out for It

A prominent Iranian political analyst has criticized President Hassan Rouhani for reneging on his pledge to free political prisoners and opposition leaders. The centrist ...

November 18, 2016

Location of Imprisoned Spiritual Leader Unknown a Month After He Allegedly Fell Into a Coma

The family of imprisoned spiritual leader Mohammad Ali Taheri has not been informed of his location since October ...

November 18, 2016

Political Prisoner Held in Ward With Violent Offenders Injured in Knife Attack

Political prisoner Amir Amirgholi suffered injuries on his face from a knife attack by two non-political prisoners in Evin ...

November 17, 2016

Iran Draws “Red Lines” Before Talks With EU on Human Rights

Ahead of high-level talks between Iran and the European Union on human rights, the Foreign Ministry in Tehran has declared certain topics, including the ...

November 16, 2016

85 UN Member States Say Iran Must Improve Its Human Rights

Resolution Passes UN General Assembly Third Committee November 16, 2016—The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran welcomes ...

November 16, 2016

Authorities Punish Political Prisoner by Denying Medical Treatment, Visitation Rights

Political prisoner Maryam Akbari-Monfared has been threatened with the revocation of her visitation rights and ...

November 15, 2016

Baha’i Businesses Shuttered Across Iran in Ongoing Persecution Campaign

Dozens of businesses in Iran owned by members of the Baha’i faith have been indefinitely shut down by the authorities after some owners ...

November 15, 2016

Iranian Officials Ignore Demands of Eight Ailing Political Prisoners on Hunger Strike

At least eight political prisoners are currently on life-threatening hunger strikes in Tehran and Karaj to demand better conditions and reviews of their ...

November 11, 2016

Trial of Seven Leading Members of Banned Reformist Party Postponed

Former Politicians Sent Letter to Parliament Criticizing Persecution of Oppositionists The trial of seven former reformist politicians who have been charged with “assembly and collusion ...

November 11, 2016

Pressured by Revolutionary Guards, Court Orders Iranian Teachers’ Rights Leader Back to Prison

Prominent labor union activist Esmail Abdi has been forced to continue serving the remainder of the six-year prison sentence ...

November 10, 2016

Supreme Court Agrees to Review Political Prisoner’s 10-Year Prison Sentence

The Supreme Court of Iran has agreed to review the 10-year prison sentence of Sedigheh Moradi, who was imprisoned ...

November 8, 2016

Judiciary Chief Accuses Rouhani of Hypocrisy Amid Battle Over Freedom of Expression in Iran

Shortly after criticizing attacks on freedom of expression in Iran, President Hassan Rouhani was accused of hypocrisy by Judiciary ...

November 8, 2016

Activist Imprisoned in Iran for Protesting Against Acid Attacks on Hunger Strike

Ali Shariati, who was imprisoned in 2015 for participating in a demonstration in front of Parliament against acid attacks on women, has gone on hunger strike “in protest ...

November 6, 2016

Ailing Music Distributor Refuses Hospital Treatment, Vows to Hunger Strike Until Demands Met

Imprisoned music distributor Mehdi Rajabian, who is currently on hunger strike with his brother Hossein Rajabian, has refused hospital ...

November 4, 2016

Baha’i Artist Sentenced to Five Years in Prison for Teaching Art Classes in His Home Awaits Appeal Results

Shahriar Siroos, an Iranian Baha’i artist who was sentenced to five years in prison for the charge of establishing a group ...

November 3, 2016

Prominent, Ailing Human Rights Lawyer Sees 64th Birthday Pass by in Evin Prison

“I hope my father will be freed soon and his next birthday will not be in Evin Prison,” said Maedeh Soltani, the daughter of ...

November 3, 2016

Briefly Freed After Long Hunger Strikes, Three Teachers’ Rights Leaders Ordered Back to Prison

Prominent teachers’ rights leaders Jafar Azimzadeh, Esmail Abdi, and Mahmoud Beheshti-Langroudi...

November 3, 2016

Elderly Baha’i Man Brutally Murdered Amid Islamic Republic’s “Systematic Hatred” of Baha’is

Sixty-three-year old Farhang Amiri, a Baha’i man that was well-known in his community, was stabbed to death outside his home in the city of Yazd, ...

November 2, 2016

Editor Who Exposed Corruption in Tehran Municipality Remains Detained Despite Vindicating Evidence

Tehran MP Voices Support for Yashar Soltani New information has seriously challenged the credibility of the charges against Yashar Soltani, who ...

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