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March 24, 2017

Young Man Facing Death for Insulting Islam Online Tricked into Signing Confession

Sina Dehghan, sentenced to death for “insulting the prophet” of Islam when he was 19-years-old, was tricked ...

March 23, 2017

MPs Demand Answers from Rouhani on Increasing Arrests Ahead of Elections

President Hassan Rouhani has yet to respond to a letter from four ...

March 23, 2017

Cartoon 164: Freedom of Speech

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March 23, 2017

Reformist Editor Arrested by Security Agents Amid Pre-Election Crackdown

Amid a widening crackdown on journalists and activists in Iran ahead of the country’s May 2017 presidential election, ...

March 21, 2017

Admins of 12 Reformist Telegram Channels Arrested in Iran Ahead of May 2017 Election

Iranian security forces arrested an unknown number of administrators of 12 reformist-aligned Telegram channels on March 14-16, 2017, deleted the channels’ content and changed their names. A number of ...

March 21, 2017

Prominent Lawyers: Judiciary Ad Announcing Prison Time for 10 Iranians in Absentia Unlawful

A classified newspaper advertisement by the judiciary announcing prison sentences for 10 Iranian citizens currently outside the country has no legal ...

March 17, 2017

Former Opposition Leader Aide Refusing Vital Medication During Hunger Strike to Protest Detainment

Reformist activist and former political prisoner Hengameh Shahidi has started a hunger strike and is ...

March 17, 2017

Amendment Could Save Thousands of Drug Traffickers on Death Row in Iran

If passed by Parliament and the Council of Guardians, an amendment to Iran’s death penalty law could save thousands of drug traffickers currently facing execution. ...

March 16, 2017

Rouhani’s Intelligence Ministry and Khamenei’s IRGC Widen Crackdown Ahead of Election

A growing rivalry between Iran’s Intelligence Ministry and Revolutionary Guards may be the result of a much deeper power struggle. ...

March 16, 2017

Predicting Her Arrest, Reformist Activist Wrote Letters Criticizing Rouhani’s Failure to Protect Citizens

Anticipating her arrest ahead of the 2017 election, a reformist politician wrote two open letters to President Hassan Rouhani about his failure to carry out his campaign promises. ...

March 15, 2017

Dual National Speaks of Yearning for Family and Disillusionment with Iran in Letter Prison

Iranian-British citizen Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, imprisoned in Iran since April 2016, has written a letter to her UK-based husband about the pain of being separated from their infant daughter, Gabriella “Gisoo” Ratcliffe, and disillusionment with her birth ...

March 14, 2017

Teachers Hold Rallies Across Iran for Labor and Education Rights

Teachers held rallies in several Iranian cities in March 2017 demanding livable wages and improved student resources. ...

March 14, 2017

IRGC Violently Arrests Reformist Editor One Month After Release From Evin Prison

Reformist editor Ehsan Mazandarani was violently returned to Evin Prison less than a month after being released. ...

March 10, 2017

Dual National Robin Shahini Serving 18-Year Prison Sentence in Iran Proclaims Innocence in Letter

An Iranian-American man who was sentenced to 18 years in prison during a visit to his birth country has written a letter proclaiming his innocence. ...

March 10, 2017

Grave and Baseless New Charges Against Imprisoned Iranian-American and Wife

March 10, 2017—Serious and baseless new charges have been brought against Karan Vafadari and Afarin Neyssari, the dual-national Iranian-American and ...

March 8, 2017

Iran: Repression of those seeking truth and justice for 1980s killings needs to stop

In a joint statement 20 human rights organizations urged the Iranian authorities to stop their attempts to silence human rights defenders and others seeking to shed light on past atrocities. ...

March 7, 2017

Judiciary Refusing to Release Ailing Baha’i Leader Imprisoned in Iran for Nine Years

Behrouz Tavakkoli, an elderly former Baha’i community leader who has spent nearly nine years in prison for his faith, is legally eligible for early release, but his ...

March 7, 2017

Imprisoned Spiritual Leader Facing the Death Penalty Again for His Personal Beliefs

Imprisoned spiritual thinker Mohammad Ali Taheri has again been tried for the charge of “corruption on earth” despite being cleared of the same charge in 2015, his sister Azardokht Taheri told the Center for Human Rights ...

March 6, 2017

Revolutionary Guards Seeking “Revenge” by Blocking Political Prisoner’s Hospitalization

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards are preventing the hospitalization of political prisoner Arash Sadeghi, who ...

March 6, 2017

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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