Dual National Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe Has Been Eligible for Release Since 2017 June 18, 2019 – On day four of Richard Ratcliffe’s hunger strike outside the Iranian embassy in London, embassy staff noisily repositioned ...
Alireza Shirmohammadali Was Unlawfully Held in Ward With Inmates Convicted of Dangerous Crimes He Had Gone on Hunger Strike Against Unsafe Prison Conditions Three Months Before His Death The 21-Year-Old Was ...
Rights Activist Remains in Prison with Dangerous Post-Op Infection Husband Reports Mohammadi Is Being Denied Antibiotics June 7, 2019 – The Iranian authorities must immediately transfer prominent human rights activist Narges Mohammadi to ...
Defense Attorney Imprisoned for Social Media Posts June 5, 2019 – Amirsalar Davoudi has become the third known defense attorney to be sent to prison in Iran for his peaceful activities in less ...
Behind Bars Unjustly Since 2009, Eligible for Release in 2017 May 20, 2019—Iran must end the cruel and unlawful imprisonment of Maryam Akbari-Monfared, who has already served nearly 10 years ...
Prominent Members of Iranian Writers Association Each Sentenced to Six Years Behind Bars May 17, 2019—In a glaring repudiation of freedom of expression and the right to peaceful dissent, the Iranian judiciary sentenced ...
Number of Women Political Prisoners Rising in Iran May 13, 2019 – A Tehran appeals court upheld a 7.5-year prison sentence against prominent political activist Hengameh Shahidi based on her social media ...
(9 May 2019) – UN human rights experts* called on Iran to immediately halt the practice of executing child offenders, citing serious concerns for up to 90 individuals who were ...
Xiyue Wang (left) poses for a photo with his son and ...
UN, GENEVA (3 May 2019) – The execution of two 17-year-old boys in Iran on charges of rape and robbery, after a trial that appears to have seriously breached fundamental ...
April 24, 2019 – Foreign Minister Javad Zarif’s statement today that he has the “authority” to exchange Iranian-Americans imprisoned in Iran with the US is a glaring admission that these prisoners are ...
US Sanctions and Iranian Mismanagement Preventing Critically Needed Aid April 4, 2019 –The US and EU should immediately take steps to ensure that Iran receives humanitarian aid to assist disaster relief efforts in the ...
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