Iran: Release Political Prisoner Maryam Akbari-Monfared
Behind Bars Unjustly Since 2009, Eligible for Release in 2017 May 20, 2019—Iran must end the cruel and unlawful imprisonment of ...
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May 14, 2019
British Council Employee Aras Amiri Jailed for Refusing to Spy, Says Cousin
Amiri Was Forced to Choose Lawyer from Court-Issued List The UK-based British Council employee Aras Amiri was jailed in Iran for refusing to spy for the country’s ...
May 13, 2019
Paramilitary Force Attacks Tehran University Protest Against Hijab Enforcement Units
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May 13, 2019
Appeals Court Upholds Lengthy Sentence Against Female Activist for Criticizing Chief Justice
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 posts in which ...
May 7, 2019
Several Detained Without Access to Counsel One Week After Labor Day Protests
Several workers’ rights activists including teachers who were arrested at rallies in Tehran on May 1 (International Labor Day) and May 2 (Iran’s ...
May 6, 2019
Journalists Condemn Arrest of Reformist Reporter Ahead of World Press Freedom Day
Marzieh Amiri, a reporter for the reformist Shargh newspaper, has been in Evin Prison’s Ward 209 under the control of the Intelligence Ministry since she was arrested ...
May 3, 2019
Narges Mohammadi Rushed Back to Prison from Hospital Against Doctors’ Orders
Prominent human rights defender Narges Mohammadi was recently taken from Evin Prison to a hospital in Tehran where she was told she ...
May 3, 2019
Charity Worker Who Assisted Flood Victims Arrested in Tehran
Charity worker Akram Nasirian was arrested by unidentified security agents in Tehran for unknown reasons, according to the Telegram channel of ...
May 1, 2019
Security Forces Arrest Protesters in Front of Iran’s Parliament on Labor Day
A peaceful demonstration by people demanding workers’ rights in front of Iran’s Parliament in Tehran on International Workers’ Day, May ...
April 26, 2019
Imprisoned Lawyer’s Husband Rejects Judiciary’s Accusation of “Exaggerating” Her Heavy Sentence
“The authorities…refuse to accept the fact that they have condemned a woman lawyer to suffer the inhuman act of flogging and a ...
April 24, 2019
Memo to Zarif: Stop Taking Dual Nationals as Hostages
April 24, 2019 – Foreign Minister Javad Zarif’s statement today that he has the “authority” to exchange Iranian-Americans imprisoned in Iran with ...
April 24, 2019
Former Basij Paramilitary Member Sentenced to 13 Years for Creating Online Group
Kamal Jafari Yazdi Had a Change of Heart After the 2009 Protests Kamal Jafari Yazdi, a former staunch supporter of the Iranian government, has been sentenced to 13 ...
April 23, 2019
25 People Arrested at Mixed-Gender Party in Iran
Twenty-five women and men were arrested at a private party near the Iranian city of Gorgan, Golestan Province, on April 19, 2019, ...
April 23, 2019
Workers’ Rights Activists Arrested for Revealing Torture by Intelligence Ministry Held Unlawfully
Lawyers representing workers’ rights activists Esmail Bakhshi and Sepideh Qoliyan say the two are being held unlawfully now that their two-month detention ...
April 22, 2019
Sufi Woman Beaten by Inmate in Gharchak Prison
Sufi political prisoner Sima Entesari was beaten by an inmate who claims she was promised a case review if she carried out ...
April 22, 2019
Detained Defense Attorney to Be Tried on Four Charges for Peaceful Activities
At Least Three Lawyers Currently Imprisoned in Iran Detained defense attorney Amirsalar Davoudi is facing four charges for running a Telegram app channel for lawyers in Iran ...
April 18, 2019
12 Conservationists Detained Without Counsel in Iran’s Kurdistan Province
Twelve of the 20 environmental conservationists arrested in Iran’s Kurdistan Province in January and February 2019 remain in detention centers run by the Islamic Revolutionary ...
April 16, 2019
Hijab Protester Vida Movahedi Remains Detained Despite Eligibility for Release
Movahedi Has Served Five Months of Her One-Year Prison Sentence Vida Movahedi, the woman whose public display of peaceful protest ...
April 15, 2019
Save Iranian-Swedish Citizen and Scientist Ahmadreza Djalali
Ahmadreza Djalali, a Swedish citizen of Iranian birth imprisoned in Iran under trumped-up charges, requires urgent medical care. Join Scholars At Risk and the Center for Human Rights in Iran in calling for his release by signing this letter of appeal. ...
April 12, 2019
Anti-Compulsory Hijab Protester, Mother in Widely Shared Tehran Metro Video Both Arrested
Activist Yasaman Aryani was arrested in Tehran on April 10, 2019, after appearing in a widely shared video of women peacefully protesting ...
April 12, 2019
Revolutionary Guards Arrest 11 Arab-Iranian Flood Volunteers in Khuzestan Province
Agents of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ (IRGC) Intelligence Organization arrested at least 11 Arab-Iranian volunteers as they were trying ...
April 10, 2019
University Student to be Flogged, Imprisoned for Insulting Supreme Leader
Supporters Barred from Court Room *Editor's note: Mojtaba Dadashi was taken to prison in the city of Sabzevar on April 13, ...
April 10, 2019
Three Labor Affairs Reporters Remain Detained Three Months After Arrests
Three staff members of Gam news, an independent Persian-language news channel on the Telegram ...
April 8, 2019
Interview: Jailed Navy Vet Repeatedly Taken to Court Without Lawyer or Translator
Michael White Sentenced to 10 Years Imprisonment US Navy veteran Michael White was repeatedly taken to court in Iran without ...
April 8, 2019
Iran: Free Imprisoned Gonabadi Dervishes
Dozens of Sufi Gonabadi dervishes, a persecuted religious minority in Iran, have been sentenced to lengthy prison terms since mass protests in February 2018 turned violent, resulting in the deaths of five members of Iran's armed forces and one Sufi protester. Many dervishes are in ...