Political Prisoner Arash Sadeghi Denied Hospitalization Despite Loss of Arm Motion
The authorities of Evin Prison are denying political prisoner Arash Sadeghi hospitalization for a serious medical problem. Political prisoner ...
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August 19, 2019
Arrests, Prison Sentences Fail to Stem Growing Public Opposition to Iran’s Mandatory Hijab Law
At Least 12 People Sentenced to Prison Since January 2018 August 19, 2019 – Mounting arrests and prison sentences have not enabled Iran's government to achieve broad public compliance with the country's mandatory hijab law, or stem ...
August 16, 2019
Six-Year Prison Sentence Upheld Against Journalist Who Was Denied Right to Fair Trial
An Appeals Court in Tehran has upheld a six-year prison sentence against political affairs journalist Hamed Aynehvand without holding a hearing, his lawyer, Hossein ...
August 16, 2019
Iran Cracks Down on Instagram Celebrities as It Tightens Noose on Freedom of Speech and Expression
Investigations by the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) indicate that dozens of Iranians with large followings on Instagram—including athletes, fashion ...
August 15, 2019
“Why Should We Be Silent?” Colleagues Condemn Photographer’s Unjust Detention
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August 12, 2019
Supporters of Detained Workers’ Rights Activists Arrested Outside Courthouse
The family of labor activist Roham Yeganeh has not heard from him since he was arrested in front of the Revolutionary Court in ...
August 8, 2019
Major Trade Union Federations Call on Iran to Release Detained Workers’ Rights Activists
The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) and the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL–CIO) have called on Iranian authorities to release detained workers' rights activists including Esmail Bakhshi and ...
August 8, 2019
Detained Conservationists Niloufar Bayani and Sepideh Kashani on Hunger Strike
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August 8, 2019
Three Women Issued Lengthy Prison Sentences for Peacefully Protesting Iran’s Mandatory Hijab Law
Mojgan Keshavarz has been sentenced to 23.6 years in prison while Monireh Arabshahi and her daughter Yasaman Ariyani have each been sentenced ...
August 6, 2019
Swedish-Iranian Scientist on Death Row Unexpectedly Moved to Undisclosed Location
Imprisoned Swedish-Iranian scientist Ahmadreza Djalali was transferred from Evin Prison’s Ward 7 to an undisclosed location on July 29, 2019, his wife, Vida Mehrannia, told the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) on ...
August 2, 2019
Independent News Editor in “Terrible Shape” After One-Month Hunger Strike
Amirhossein Mohammadifar and his wife Sanaz Allahyari, also a journalist, began a hunger strike on July 3, ...
July 29, 2019
Detained Activist Sepideh Qoliyan Loses Consciousness During Hunger Strike
"Sepideh is Very Weak and Fragile and Cannot Walk," Says Father Activist and freelance journalist Sepideh Qoliyan (also known as Gholian) lost consciousness ...
July 22, 2019
Kurdish-Iranian Political Prisoner Denied Hospitalization for Stomach Tumor
Mohammad Nazari Has Been Imprisoned Since 1994 Imprisoned for more than 25 years, Kurdish-Iranian political prisoner Mohammad Nazari has been denied hospitalization ...
July 22, 2019
Iran: Release Four Women Detained at Labor Day Protest
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July 19, 2019
Two Political Prisoners Sentenced to 3.7 More Years in Jail for Protesting Death Penalty
Atena Daemi Illegally Denied Visits Since March 2019 Political prisoners Atena Daemi and Golrokh Iraee Ebrahimi have been told they must serve an additional 3.7 years in prison for the charges of “insulting the ...
July 19, 2019
Richard Ratcliffe: IRGC is Holding My Wife “Incommunicado” in a Psychiatric Ward
Iranian Law Guarantees Prisoners Weekly Visits The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps have been denying Imprisoned Iranian-British citizen Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe all contact with the outside world since she was transferred to the ...
July 17, 2019
Jailed British Council Employee Says She Rejected “Explicit Invitation” to Spy for Iran
Aras Amiri is Serving a 10-Year Prison Sentence Says She Was Imprisoned for Association with British Council Was Not Allowed to Use Chosen ...
July 16, 2019
Zaghari-Ratcliffe Transferred to Psychiatric Ward, Held Incommunicado
Revolutionary Guards Blocking Outside Contact, Says Free Nazanin Campaign Imprisoned Iranian-British citizen Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has been held in the psychiatric ward of the ...
July 12, 2019
Husband and Wife Journalists Hunger Strike to Break “Limbo” of Six-Month Detention
Imprisoned journalists Amirhossein Mohammadifar and Sanaz Allahyari, a married couple, have been on a wet hunger strike since July 4, 2019, in Tehran’s ...
July 10, 2019
UN Seriously Concerned Over Iran’s “Consistent Pattern” of Denying Prisoners Medical Treatment
UN Press Release, GENEVA (10 July 2019) – UN human rights experts today expressed serious concern that Iran continues to deny appropriate healthcare to detainees, despite repeated calls. “Over several months we have communicated to ...
July 8, 2019
Parliament Faction Links Lacking Accountability to Deaths of Political Prisoners in State Custody
Defense Attorney: Firing Prison Officials Won’t Keep Political Prisoners Safe One month after political prisoner Alireza Shirmohammadali was murdered in the Greater Tehran Central Penitentiary (GTCP) after being unlawfully held in a ward with inmates convicted ...
July 2, 2019
Letter: Families Cite Seven Law Violations in Cases of Detained Wildlife Conservationists
Iran’s judiciary has violated at least seven laws in its handling of the cases of eight wildlife conservationists who’ve been detained ...
June 25, 2019
Letter: Political Prisoner Thanks Richard Ratcliffe for Being the “Voice” of Mothers Behind Bars in Iran
Ratcliffe and His Wife Have Been on a Joint Hunger Strike for 11 Days and Counting Their Daughter Will Soon Have to Leave Iran to Start School in the UK Prominent political prisoner Narges ...
June 20, 2019
30 Tehran University Academics Call for Release of Detained Journalist Marzieh Amiri
Thirty scholars and researchers at the University of Tehran have called for the release of detained reporter Marzieh Amiri in a letter addressing Minister of ...
June 20, 2019
At Least 40 Detained in Connection With Protests at Ahvaz Sugar Mill
A group of workers of the Hafteh Tappeh sugar mill company in Ahvaz, Khuzestan Province, published a list of 40 names of colleagues and ...