Iranian Catholic Converts Arrested in Northwestern Iran
Two Iranian Catholic converts have been arrested in their home by the Revolutionary Guards in West Azerbaijan Province, the ...
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March 5, 2017
Evin Prison Violating Iranian Law by Keeping Political Prisoners in Wards With Violent Offenders
Some Prisoners Attacked With “Brass Knuckles and Knives” The authorities of Evin Prison in Tehran are violating Iranian law by refusing to move four political prisoners who ...
March 3, 2017
Imprisoned Iran-Born Swedish Resident Refusing Food and Water in Desperate Bid for Justice
Rouhani Officials Ignore Djalali’s Wife’s Letters Iranian-born Swedish resident Ahmadreza Djalali is protesting his detainment in Iran since April 2016 without charge ...
March 1, 2017
Former Political Prisoner Arrested by “Unidentified Agents” Without a Warrant
Former political prisoner Majid Asadi was arrested at his home in Karaj, west of Tehran, and taken to Evin Prison on February ...
March 1, 2017
Iranian-Kurdish Activist Lured to Government Office and Arrested by Intelligence Ministry
Update: Farzaneh Jalali was released on March 13, 2017, according to a post on her Facebook page. Farzaneh Jalali, an Iranian-Kurdish civil rights activist, has ...
February 28, 2017
Editor of State-Funded News Agency Remains Detained Without Access to Due Process
Detained since December 2016, Tahereh Riahi, the social affairs editor of the state-funded Borna News Agency, remains isolated ...
February 28, 2017
Daughter of Imprisoned Rights Lawyer Accuses Intelligence Minister of Blocking His Release
The daughter of an imprisoned prominent human rights lawyer has accused Iran’s hardline Intelligence Minister Mahmoud Alavi of blocking the ...
February 23, 2017
Four Azeri Rights Activists Sentenced to More Than 10 Years in Prison for Peaceful Activism
Four Iranian ethnic Azerbaijanis have been issued long prison sentences for peacefully defending their rights, the Campaign for Human Rights in Iran has learned. One ...
February 22, 2017
Beaten and Harassed, Dual National Serving 18-Year Prison Sentence in Iran on Hunger Strike
Iranian-American dual citizen Reza (Robin) Shahini, currently serving an 18-year prison sentence in Gorgan Prison (about 190 ...
February 22, 2017
Sunni Leader Calls on Khamenei to Investigate Reports of Expedited Executions of Sunni Prisoners
Iranian Sunni cleric Molavi Abdolhamid Ismaeelzahi (right) greets Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei (left). Iran’s most senior Sunni cleric, ...
February 20, 2017
Detained Iranian-Born Swedish Resident Djalali Starts Hunger Strike After Judge Dismisses Lawyers
Iranian-born Swedish resident Ahmadreza Djalali, detained in Iran since April 2016, began a second hunger strike in ...
February 17, 2017
Iran’s Supreme Leader Cements Hardline Position by Rejecting Offer of National Reconciliation
Some Conservatives Side With Reformist Leader Khatami Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei’s refusal of an offer to achieve “national reconciliation” in Iran by ending the six-year ...
February 15, 2017
Revolutionary Guards Try to Silence US-Based Iranian Dissident by Arresting Her Sister
Update: Leila Haghighatjou was released on February 19, 2017 on bail set at 220 million tomans ($68,000 USD). Leila Haghighatjou, the sister of Fatemeh Haghighatjou, an ...
February 15, 2017
Opposition Leader’s Son: Khamenei and Rouhani Are Responsible for Extrajudicial House Arrests
The son of Iranian opposition leader Mehdi Karroubi, who has been detained under house arrest ...
February 15, 2017
Intelligence Ministry Violently Arrests Teenage Ethnic Arab Activist in Khuzestan
Ali Kab-Aomair, a 17-year-old ethnic Arab activist, has been held incommunicado since he was violently arrested on February 8, 2017 by agents of ...
February 6, 2017
Ailing Political Prisoner Imprisoned for Facebook Posts Denied Medical Care
Soheil Arabi, who is currently serving a seven-and-a-half year prison sentence for the content of his social media ...
February 6, 2017
In Iran, From Prison to Exile for Posting Jokes on Facebook
After completing a five-year prison sentence in Iran for posting jokes about religion on Facebook, the Judiciary has sent ...
February 6, 2017
Intelligence Ministry Cracks Down on Alleged “Anti-Revolutionary” Telegram Channels
A screenshot of the heavily ...
February 6, 2017
Judge Salavati Threatens Iranian-Born Swedish Resident With Death Penalty On Day One of Trial
Iranian-born Swedish resident Ahmadreza Djalali, who has been detained in Tehran without due process since April 2016, was threatened ...
February 2, 2017
Editor Detained by Iran’s Intelligence Ministry Pleads for Help From Evin Prison
Tahereh Riahi, the social affairs editor of the state-funded Borna News Agency, who has been detained by ...
February 1, 2017
Iranian-Dutch Dual National and Dissident Imprisoned in Tehran Denied Medical Care
Update: Sabri Hassanpour was released in April 2018. The officials of Evin Prison are denying Sabri Hassanpour, an Iranian-born citizen of ...
January 25, 2017
Rouhani Must Act Against Imprisonment of Dual Nationals
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s Husband Writes Direct Plea to Rouhani January 25, 2017–The Iranian Judiciary’s recent upholding ...
January 23, 2017
Ailing British-Iranian Grandpa Serving 7-Year Prison Sentence Denied Medical Leave
Kamal Foroughi, a 77-year-old ailing British-Iranian dual citizen and former civil engineer incarcerated at Evin Prison in Tehran since May 2011, ...
January 19, 2017
Award-Winning Kurdish Filmmaker Denied Urgent Hospitalization by Evin Prison Authorities
The authorities of Evin Prison in Tehran are refusing to transfer imprisoned filmmaker Keyvan Karimi to a hospital outside the prison ...
January 19, 2017
Court Rejects Some New Charges by Revolutionary Guards Against Activist Sentenced to 7 Years In Prison
Atena Daemi and Family Still Face Legal Persecution Three of the five new charges brought against imprisoned civil rights advocate Atena Daemi by the ...