More than one thousand Iranian teachers have issued a statement calling for the release of a teacher imprisoned for peacefully advocating for teachers’ rights in the southern ...

July 25, 2017

Sufi Devotee With Heart Disease Denied “Urgent” Medical Care in Bandar Abbas Prison

Despite worsening heart disease, Mohammad Ali Shamshirzan, an imprisoned dervish of Iran’s Sufi Gonabadi Order in Hormozgan Province, ...

July 24, 2017

Downgraded Sentence for Teachers’ Rights Activist Issued Amid Ongoing Prosecution of Labor Leaders

Teachers' rights activist Taher ...

July 22, 2017

Political Prisoners Including Swedish Resident Hidden from Ambassadors During Evin Prison Visit

Iranian-born Swedish resident Ahmadreza Djalali and his wife, Vida ...

July 20, 2017

11 Christian Converts Issued Long Prison Sentences in Iran in Less Than Two Months in Sham Trials

The Holy Savior Cathedral church in Isfahan, Iran. Judge Mashallah Ahmadzadeh on Sentencing Spree Since June 2017 July 20, 2017—The ...

July 17, 2017

Details of US Student’s 10-Year Sentence in Iran Reveal Yet Another Arbitrary Prosecution of a Western National

Xiyue Wang, a graduate ...

July 13, 2017

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July 13, 2017

Staged Visit by Foreign Ambassadors to Iran’s Evin Prison Condemned by Rights Activists

A member of the German embassy enters Evin Prison on a red carpet. Abusive Conditions and Political ...

July 12, 2017

Political Prisoner Ali Shariati Tricked Into Ending Hunger Strike With False Promise by Judiciary

Imprisoned civil rights activist Ali Shariati has been denied conditional release despite an earlier promise by judicial officials issued in exchange for him ending his hunger strike ...

July 7, 2017

Azeri Ethnic Rights Activists Beaten at Peaceful Protest Remain Detained Without Access to Legal Counsel

Iranian police units arrested several ethnic Azerbaijani rights activists at a peaceful protest gathering in Ghaleh Babak in East Azerbaijan Province on June 30, 2017, the Center ...

July 6, 2017

Four Christian Converts Sentenced to 10 Years Imprisonment in Trial Lacking Due Process

Three Azeri men from the Republic of Azerbaijan, and one Iranian man--all Protestant Christian converts--have been sentenced to 10 years in prison by ...

July 5, 2017

Detained Pro-Rouhani Telegram Channel Admins Repeatedly Denied Legal Counsel Three Months After Arrests

Mohammad ...

July 5, 2017

Elderly Political Prisoner Repeatedly Issued More Prison Time After Completing Sentences

Iranian judicial authorities are refusing to free an elderly political prisoner who was incarcerated for visiting close family members that are members ...

June 29, 2017

Thirteen People Arrested Amid Arab Ethnic Rights Protests in Iran’s Khuzestan Province

Thirteen people, including Arab ethnic rights activists and poets, were arrested in Ahwaz, the capital of Iran’s ...

June 27, 2017

Azeri Rights Activist Imprisoned Despite Posting Bail One Year Ago Begins Hunger Strike

Siamak Mirzaei, an Azeri ethnic rights activist, started a hunger strike on June 25, 2017 in Tehran’s Evin Prison to convince ...

June 26, 2017

Prominent Imprisoned Activist Who Voted for Rouhani: My Vote Was For Iran’s Civil Society

Narges Mohammadi, a prominent human rights activist serving a 16-year prison sentence for her peaceful advocacy efforts, is publicly urging ...

June 22, 2017

Photojournalist Who Worked for Rouhani’s Presidential Campaign Arrested Without Charge

Husband Pressured to Confess to Espionage Formerly imprisoned photojournalist Asal Esmailzadeh was “suddenly” arrested without charge while accompanying her husband to the Culture and ...

June 21, 2017