Currently Imprisoned

May 9, 2018

800 Iranian Environmentalists Call on President Rouhani to Uphold the Rights of Detained Colleagues

Detainees’ Families Still Seeking Answers More Than Three Months Into Loved Ones’ Arrests President Hassan Rouhani has not responded to a ...

May 8, 2018

Iranian Opposition Leader Under House Arrest Declines “Limited” Lifting of Restrictions

Zahra Rahnavard Demands Unconditional Freedom For Herself and Fellow House Arrest Detainees Zahra Rahnavard, an Iranian opposition leader ...

May 4, 2018

Execution of Iranian Kurdish Activist Suspended But Niece Commits Suicide

Nishtiman Hossein Panahi (left) committed suicide on May 2 after being harassed by agents of Iran's Intelligence Ministry and ...

May 3, 2018

Grim Photo of Swedish Resident Imprisoned in Iran Surfaces Amid Heightened Concerns For His Life

A photo of imprisoned Swedish resident and scientist Ahmadreza Djalali in which he appears thin and ...

May 3, 2018

Reformists Look On as Former Rouhani Campaign Manager Ordered to Serve Two-Year in Prison For Poem

High School Teacher Prosecuted For Satirical Poem About Shia Imam A former campaign manager for Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has been ordered to serve a two-year ...

May 2, 2018

British Council Employee Being Held Without Access to a Lawyer by Iran’s Intelligence Ministry

Agents of Iran’s Intelligence Ministry have arrested a London-based employee of the British Council, Aras Amiri, and are holding her without access ...

April 27, 2018

Indictments Issued Against Dozens in Connection With December 2017 Unrest in Iran

Students protesting in ...

April 27, 2018

13 Labor Activists Summoned in Iran Ahead of International Labor Day

A week before International Labor Day, when labor rights groups typically hold demonstrations around the world, at least 13 ...

April 27, 2018

Lawyer Who Exposed Cover Up of Client’s Death in Custody Could Be Imprisoned For Years in Iran

Human rights attorney Mohammad Najafi is facing charges from three different courts and years of imprisonment in ...

April 25, 2018

Iran Detains Another Iranian British Citizen, Computer Scientist and Antiwar Activist Abbas Edalat

Abbas Edalat (Imperial College of London) April 25, 2018—Abbas Edalat, an Iranian British ...

April 17, 2018

Growing Demands For Apology From Iranian State TV Over Discriminatory Kids Show

At Least 100 People Remain Detained After March 2018 Protests Lawmakers in Iran’s mostly Arab-populated Khuzestan Province have demanded a meeting ...

April 15, 2018

Imprisoned Rights Defender Narges Mohammadi Gives Message of Hope and Strength in Accepting 2018 Andrei Sakharov Prize

April 15, 2018 -- Prisoner of conscience Narges Mohammadi was unable to accept the 2018 Andrei Sakharov Prize in person in Columbus, Ohio where ...

April 13, 2018

Iranian Supreme Court Upholds “Unjust” Death Sentence Against Kurdish Activist

The Supreme Court of Iran failed to fully consider the defense’ arguments before it upheld the death sentence against Iranian Kurdish political rights activist Ramin Hossein Panahi, his ...

April 12, 2018

Teachers’ Rights Advocate Writes Scathing Letter From Prison on Revolutionary Iran’s Failed Promises

Esmail Abdi Warns Judiciary of the Consequences of Its “Illegal Rulings” Ahead of Hunger Strike Prominent teachers’ rights advocate Esmail Abdi has ...

April 12, 2018

Swedish Resident Who Tried to March Through Iran With Monarchist Flag Facing National Security Charges

On March 21, 2017, Kamran Ghaderi, an Iranian-born resident of Sweden, began walking from Stockholm...

April 10, 2018

Iranian Political Prisoner Urges “Contentious People” To Be the Voice of His Imprisoned Wife

Authorities Ignore Golrokh Iraee Ebrahimi’s Life-Endangering Hunger Strike Imprisoned civil rights activist Arash Sadeghi has ...

April 6, 2018

Hundreds Arrested as Anger Over State Discrimination Against Iranian Arabs Spills Into the Streets

Ahvaz Friday Prayer Leader Calls For Apology From State TV Over Discriminatory Children’s Show At least 200 people were arrested after ...

April 3, 2018

Imprisoned Iranian Baluchi Rights Activist Not Heard From Weeks After Sudden Transfer

The family of imprisoned Baluchi civil rights activist Emadeddin Mollazehi has not heard from him since he was moved on March 14, 2018, ...

March 30, 2018

Metal Band Member Sentenced to Six Years Prison in Iran Accused of Creating “Satanic Music”

Nikan Khosravi, a member of the Iranian metal band “Confess,” left Iran for Turkey to avoid being imprisoned for six years ...

March 30, 2018

43 People Charged in Iran’s Kermanshah Province For Protesting Against the State

Forty-three people have been charged for protesting against the government in Kermanshah, the capital of Kermanshah Province in western Iran, in ...

March 29, 2018

Iran Cracks Down on Kurdish Activists After Anti-State Protests

At Least Two Activists Facing “National Security” Charges Iran’s cyber police, known as FATA, and the Intelligence Ministry have summoned rights activists in mainly Kurdish-populated provinces ...

March 28, 2018

Three Cases Provide Glimpse Into Ongoing Denial of Medical Care to Political Prisoners in Iran

Dozens of prisoners in Iran held on politically motivated charges are being denied medical treatment ...

March 28, 2018

Second Iranian Woman Sentenced to Prison for Protesting Mandatory Hijab

University student will spend a year behind bars for “encouraging corruption” Maryam Shariatmadari, one of the “Girls of Revolution Street” protesting ...

March 27, 2018