Christian Convert Repeatedly Imprisoned for his Faith Denied Timely Adjudication
A Christian convert’s appeal against his five-year prison sentence has not been adjudicated more than a year after his third conviction on repeated charges related ...
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June 8, 2016
Ailing Imprisoned Christian Convert Home On Brief Leave Maintains Demand for Permanent Release
Maryam (Nasim) Naghash Zargaran, a Christian convert who has been imprisoned since 2013 while suffering from several ailments, has been home with her family on a ...
June 7, 2016
Campaign’s Letter to Rouhani: Allow Women Spectators to Attend World Volleyball Games in Tehran
Over the past few years, since Iran's national volleyball team rose to international prominence, the authorities have banned women from attending ...
June 7, 2016
Kurdish Political Prisoner Denied Urgent Medical Care
Prisoner of conscience Zeinab Jalalian, condemned to life in prison in northwestern Iran, needs urgent medical treatment ...
June 7, 2016
New Video: Time for Anti-Baha’i Discrimination to End in Iran
State Officials Launch New Wave of Verbal Attacks after Former President’s Daughter Visits Baha’i Prisoner June 07, 2016—The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran and Impact Iran released an animated video today calling for an ...
June 6, 2016
Officials Seek to Confront Iran’s Increasingly Popular “White Marriages”
The increasing popularity of Iranian couples living together without getting officially married has alarmed officials of the Islamic Republic who question the morality of ...
June 6, 2016
New Iranian Bill Aims to Keep Women Out of Workforce
A bill that would reduce the working hours of female employees, which was passed in the last days of Iran’s outgoing Parliament ...
June 3, 2016
Negligence by Major Tech Companies like Google and Telegram Aiding Iran’s Cyber Army
Tech Giants’ Failure to Implement Security Measures Endangers Millions of Users Large technology firms are failing to provide sophisticated and country-specific user security measures, and as a result, are helping Iran’s state agencies target Iranian citizens ...
June 3, 2016
Hardline Council Fires New Shot against Rouhani Administration in Battle Over Social Media in Iran
Directive Forcing Messaging Apps to Store User Data in Iran Would Give Authorities Access to Accounts The directive by Iran’s Supreme Cyberspace Council ...
June 2, 2016
Music Distributors Summoned to Prison: Don’t Forget Us
Mehdi Rajabian, Hossein Rajabian and Yousef Emadi, all managers of BargMusic—one of the main producers and distributors ...
June 2, 2016
Kurdish Political Prisoner Resumes Hunger Strike Despite Risk of Death
Prominent Kurdish human rights activist Mohammad Sediq Kaboudvand has resumed his hunger strike following his hospitalization in ...
June 1, 2016
Women Prisoners Collectively Punished For Baha’i Leader’s Meeting with Activist during Her Furlough
Inmates at the Women’s Ward in Evin Prison have been told that their furloughs (temporary leave) have been canceled and that they ...
May 31, 2016
Hospitalized Christian Convert Returned to Prison Without Treatment
Imprisoned Christian convert Maryam (Nasim) Naghash Zargaran, who had no access to legal counsel during her trial in 2013, was hospitalized in Tehran on ...
May 31, 2016
Iranian Gold Miners Lashed for Protesting Layoffs
Seventeen miners in northwestern Iran have been lashed on orders of the Judiciary after their employer sued them for protesting the firing of hundreds ...
May 26, 2016
Cartoon 145: “The Critic Should Not Be Arrested and Taken to Prison!”
On May 3, 2016, during a speech at the grand opening of Tehran Book Fair, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said, “The critic should ...
May 26, 2016
Activist Imprisoned and Tortured Without Access to a Lawyer for Shouting “Death to Khamenei”
Labor activist Mehdi Farahi Shandiz, imprisoned for shouting “death to [Ali] Khamenei,” Iran’s supreme leader, is being unlawfully held in Rajaee Shahr Prison’s ...
May 26, 2016
Ailing Political Prisoner, Denied Legal Counsel and Medical Care, Sentenced to 39 Years in Prison
Alireza Golipour, imprisoned in Iran since 2012 on national security charges and denied access to a lawyer until May 2016, has been ...
May 25, 2016
Imprisoned Physicist Given Two-Week Medical Furlough After Losing Cancerous Kidney
Imprisoned physicist Omid Kokabee has been granted a two-week medical furlough upon payment of five billion rials ($164,000 USD) ...
May 24, 2016
Kurdish Political Prisoner in Iran on Hunger Strike to Protest New Charges
Mohammad Sediq Kaboudvand, a prominent Kurdish human rights activist who is in his ninth year of incarceration at Tehran’s Evin ...
May 24, 2016
Iran Must End State Persecution of Baha’is, Say Exiled Iranian Political Figures
In the wake of the intense criticism by Iranian officials and religious leaders of Faezeh Hashemi, ...
May 20, 2016
Environmentalist’s Facebook Account Hacked, Used to Deny Her Detention while She Was Still Behind Bars
Zakiya Neysi’s Father Forced to Sign Pledge Prior to her Release The day after environmental activist Zakiya Neysi was arrested ...
May 19, 2016
Leading Iranian Human Rights Activist to Serve Ten Years in Prison
Narges Mohammadi Sentenced for Her Peaceful Activism in Iran May 19, 2016—The prominent Iranian human rights activist Narges Mohammadi ...
May 19, 2016
Young Kurdish Activist’s Mother: “My son is dying in prison”
Prisoner of conscience Afshin Sohrabzadeh, 27, is suffering from cancer in Minab Prison in southern Iran and ...
May 19, 2016
Concerts of Popular Iranian Musicians Canceled Due to Pressure from Religious Conservatives
Two of Iran’s top musicians have been prevented from performing in the city of Neyshabour and other locations in northeastern Khorasan ...
May 19, 2016
Iran Judiciary Vows to Punish Former President’s Daughter for Upholding Baha’i Rights
Faezeh Hashemi, Daughter of Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, Criticized for Meeting with Baha’i Leader A high-ranking member ...