Fabrication in Iranian Reports on Wall Street Journal Reporter Exposed
Farnaz Fassihi False Allegations Are Attempt to Justify Coming Verdict against Washington Post Reporter Rezaian After a week of attacks ...
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August 17, 2015
Amputations Do Not Prevent Crime, Legal Expert Says
The Iranian Judiciary’s continued practice, under the direction of Sadegh Amoli Larijani, of carrying out amputations as a routine punishment, is not only in direct conflict with ...
August 17, 2015
Imprisoned Human Rights Defender Abdolfattah Soltani Denied Visitation with His Wife
Abdolfattah Soltani, human rights lawyer. Evin Prison authorities have prevented Massoumeh Dehghan from visiting her husband, the imprisoned human rights lawyer ...
August 17, 2015
Banning of Films Continues under Rouhani Administration, 14 Movies Now Forbidden
Banning of Films Continues under Rouhani Administration Despite repeated statements made by President ...
August 13, 2015
Political Activist Should Go Free Says Tehran’s Deputy Prosecutor
Mohammad Hossein Rafiee Mohammad Hossein Rafiee, a 71-year-old political activist has been illegally held in detention since June ...
August 13, 2015
Imprisoned Artist Suffering from Lymphatic Disease
Atena Faraghdani The artist and civil activist Atena Faraghdani has developed signs of lymphatic disease in prison as ...
August 13, 2015
Ailing Student Activist’s Continued Detention Violates Iran’s Own Laws
Bahareh Hedayat’s Continued Detention Violates Iran’s Own Laws Prominent student activist Bahareh ...
August 11, 2015
Rezaian’s Lawyer Prevented from Responding to Prosecutor’s Accusations
The blatant denial of due process on display on the last day of Jason Rezaian’s trial on August 10, 2015, when his lawyer was not ...
August 10, 2015
Rezaian and Other Iranian-American Prisoners Held on Sham Charges Should be Released
Three Iranian-American prisoners, Amir Mirzaei Hekmati, Jason ...
August 10, 2015
Three Hanged in Public in Karaj
Three people found guilty of rape were executed in public in the Golshahr neighborhood of the ...
August 10, 2015
Jailed Human Rights Activist Narges Mohammadi Needs Urgent Medical Care
Sent Back to Prison despite Doctors’ Insistence She Be Seen by a Specialist Imprisoned rights activist Narges Mohammadi’s medical illnesses have reached a critical stage and ...
August 5, 2015
Rouhani Government Suppresses Nuclear Deal’s Critics
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August 4, 2015
Facebook Activist Details How She Received a Seven-Year Prison Sentence in Iran
Naghmeh Shahsavandi Shirazi One of the eight Facebook activists sentenced to long prison sentences in 2013 for social and political commentary posted on their Facebook pages, has asserted that she was ...
August 3, 2015
Cartoon 121: Justice Through Amputation
The Iranian Judiciary carried out a double limb amputation sentence on August 4, 2015, where a convict's foot and fingers were amputated for ...
July 29, 2015
Iran’s State Media Launches Yet Another Attack on U.N. Special Rapporteur
Allegations against Dr. Ahmed Shaheed Unsubstantiated and Questioned by WikiLeaks Ever desperate to discredit the work and person of UN Special Rapporteur for human rights in Iran Ahmed Shaheed, news agencies in Iran run ...
July 27, 2015
Former Reformist Member of Parliament Arrested Upon Return to Iran
A senior adviser to opposition Green Movement leader Mehdi Karroubi was arrested upon his return to Iran six years after the controversial presidential elections that forced him to leave the country. Esmail Gerami Moghaddam, a former Member of ...
July 24, 2015
More than 100 Teachers Detained for Hours for Attempting Peaceful Protest
A planned protest by teachers in front of the Iranian Parliament in Tehran’s Baharestan Square was pre-empted by security forces who detained scores of teachers who arrived to take part ...
July 21, 2015
Peaceful Dissent Denied in Iran by Equating Criticism of the Government with Religious Sin
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July 21, 2015
Hardline Clerics Stop Screening of Film on Shia Religious Figure
Even Religious Topics Do Not Escape Hand of Censorship in Iran A highly anticipated award-winning film about the revered 7th century Shia religious figure, Imam Hossein, has been pulled from cinemas across Iran on the first day of its screening following criticism by conservative religious leaders. “Out of respect for great religious leaders and distinguished religious scholars, the ...
July 21, 2015
Rouhani Government and Conservatives Clash over Laws on Female Dress
More than two-thirds of the members of the Iranian Parliament—216 MPs—have signed a resolution supporting the implementation of a law that requires women to observe strict rules on clothing in public. The Rouhani administration ...
July 20, 2015
Member of Spiritual Group Sentenced to Prison and Lashes
Masoumeh Zia, a member of the Erfan-e Halgheh spiritual group, told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that she has been sentenced to a year in prison and 74 lashes for “disturbing public order” and taking part in a gathering ...
July 20, 2015
Pursue Human Rights in Iran with the Same Vigor as the Nuclear Accord
By Hadi Ghaemi Lobelog.com- The nuclear accord reached this week between Iran and the P5+1 countries represents a resounding victory for diplomacy and peace. It ...
July 17, 2015
Imprisoned Founder of Spiritual Group Awaits Clarification on His Sentence
May Still Face Death Penalty for Peaceful Practice of Beliefs Uncertainty surrounds the sentence of Mohammad Ali Taheri, the imprisoned founder of a spiritual healing and cultural group. The Judiciary spokesman says he has been sentenced but ...
July 15, 2015
“Now comes the time to focus on human rights in Iran,” UN expert welcomes opportunity created by nuclear deal
GENEVA (15 July 2015) – United Nations Special Rapporteur Ahmed Shaheed today called on the Government ...
July 14, 2015
Nuclear Accord with Iran is a Victory for Diplomacy and Peace
Human Rights Must Be Pursued with the Same Vigor July 14, 2015—The agreement between Iran and the P5+1 world powers on the Islamic ...