MPs Say Efforts “Continuing” to Free Opposition Leaders Amid Karroubi’s Hospitalization
Former presidential candidate Mehdi ...
Currently Imprisoned
July 28, 2017
Police Arrest Peaceful Participants at Annual Commemoration for Popular Dissident Poet Ahmad Shamlu
Iranian police and security forces dispersed a gathering marking the 17th anniversary of popular poet Ahmad Shamlu’s...
July 27, 2017
Iran Shrugs Off US Demand for Release of Imprisoned Citizens
Iranian-American citizens ...
July 25, 2017
1,600 Teachers Demand Iran’s Judiciary Free Imprisoned Rights Activist
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
Reformist journalist Hengameh Shahidi
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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
Denied Due Process, Detained Telegram Channel Admins Go on Hunger Strike
Telegram channel admin Nima Keshvari was detained in mid-March 2017 by the IRGC's Intelligence ...
June 18, 2017
Ailing Political Activist Detained Without Charge Subjected to Three-Month Solitary Confinement and Renewed Interrogations
Hengameh Shahidi’s Family Under Media Ban More than three months after her arrest and detainment, ailing political activist Hengameh Shahidi...
June 12, 2017
Human Rights Activist Told He Must Serve Additional Year in Prison on Day of Expected Release
While his family waited for him outside Rajaee Shahr Prison the day he was supposed to be released, ...
June 9, 2017
Ahmadinejad Aide Says He Was Imprisoned for Refusing to Collaborate With Revolutionary Guards
An imprisoned media advisor to former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has accused the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) of offering ...
June 8, 2017
Another Student Expelled From University in Iran For Baha’i Faith
Farzad Safaei was one semester away from a bachelor’s degree in industrial metallurgy at the Islamic Azad University when he was expelled on May 20, 2017 by the security office for being a member of the Baha’i faith ...