Guard Assaults Ailing Political Prisoner in Hospital
Imprisoned newspaper editor Ehsan Mazandarani, who has been hospitalized in Tehran since May 31, 2016 due to his ...
Currently Imprisoned
June 10, 2016
Executive Summary
This report by the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran seeks to shine a spotlight on the inmates of the Women’s Ward at Iran’s Evin Prison. It is based on testimonies and eyewitness accounts by prisoners in the ward, which were confirmed by recently ...
June 8, 2016
Iranian-Canadian Academic Detained During Visit to Iran
Homa Hoodfar, an Iranian-Canadian scholar and expert on gender and development in Islam, was arrested on June 6, 2016 during a ...
June 8, 2016
PhD Student Imprisoned for Refusing to Work for Iran’s Intelligence Ministry Denied Rights
Hamid Babaei, a PhD student incarcerated for nearly three years in Rajaee Shahr Prison following a trial that lasted less than 10 minutes, has ...
June 8, 2016
Christian Convert Repeatedly Imprisoned for his Faith Denied Timely Adjudication
A Christian convert’s appeal against his five-year prison sentence has not been adjudicated more than a year after his third conviction on repeated charges ...
June 8, 2016
Ailing Imprisoned Christian Convert Home On Brief Leave Maintains Demand for Permanent Release
Maryam (Nasim) Naghash Zargaran, a Christian convert who has been imprisoned since 2013 while suffering from several ailments, has been home with her family ...
June 7, 2016
Kurdish Political Prisoner Denied Urgent Medical Care
Prisoner of conscience Zeinab Jalalian, condemned to life in prison in northwestern Iran, needs urgent medical treatment ...
June 7, 2016
New Video: Time for Anti-Baha’i Discrimination to End in Iran
State Officials Launch New Wave of Verbal Attacks after Former President’s Daughter Visits Baha’i Prisoner June 07, 2016—The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran and Impact Iran released an animated video today calling for an ...
June 2, 2016
Kurdish Political Prisoner Resumes Hunger Strike Despite Risk of Death
Prominent Kurdish human rights activist Mohammad Sediq Kaboudvand has resumed his hunger strike following his hospitalization in ...
June 1, 2016
Women Prisoners Collectively Punished For Baha’i Leader’s Meeting with Activist during Her Furlough
Inmates at the Women’s Ward in Evin Prison have been told that their furloughs (temporary leave) have been canceled and that they ...
May 31, 2016
Hospitalized Christian Convert Returned to Prison Without Treatment
Imprisoned Christian convert Maryam (Nasim) Naghash Zargaran, who had no access to legal counsel during her trial in 2013, was hospitalized in Tehran on ...
May 31, 2016
Iranian Gold Miners Lashed for Protesting Layoffs
Seventeen miners in northwestern Iran have been lashed on orders of the Judiciary after their employer sued them for protesting the firing of hundreds ...
May 26, 2016
Cartoon 145: “The Critic Should Not Be Arrested and Taken to Prison!”
On May 3, 2016, during a speech at the grand opening of Tehran Book Fair, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said, “The critic should ...
May 26, 2016
Activist Imprisoned and Tortured Without Access to a Lawyer for Shouting “Death to Khamenei”
Labor activist Mehdi Farahi Shandiz, imprisoned for shouting “death to [Ali] Khamenei,” Iran’s supreme leader, is being unlawfully held in Rajaee Shahr Prison’s ...
May 26, 2016
Ailing Political Prisoner, Denied Legal Counsel and Medical Care, Sentenced to 39 Years in Prison
Alireza Golipour, imprisoned in Iran since 2012 on national security charges and denied access to a lawyer until May 2016, has been ...
May 24, 2016
Kurdish Political Prisoner in Iran on Hunger Strike to Protest New Charges
Mohammad Sediq Kaboudvand, a prominent Kurdish human rights activist who is in his ninth year of incarceration at Tehran’s Evin ...
May 20, 2016
Environmentalist’s Facebook Account Hacked, Used to Deny Her Detention while She Was Still Behind Bars
Zakiya Neysi’s Father Forced to Sign Pledge Prior to her Release The day after environmental activist Zakiya Neysi was arrested ...
May 19, 2016
Leading Iranian Human Rights Activist to Serve Ten Years in Prison
Narges Mohammadi Sentenced for Her Peaceful Activism in Iran May 19, 2016—The prominent Iranian human rights activist Narges Mohammadi ...
May 16, 2016
French Foreign Ministry Staffer with Dual Citizenship Awaits Appeal on Prison Sentence in Iran
Nazak Afshar, an employee of France’s Foreign Ministry who holds Iranian and French citizenship, is awaiting a ruling on her appeal against a six-year prison sentence issued by Judge Abolqasem Salavati of Branch 15 of the ...
May 16, 2016
Imprisoned Political Activist, Currently Appealing 21-Year Sentence, Denied Adequate Medical Care
Prisoner of conscience Amir Amirgholi, who has appealed the 21-year prison sentence he was issued earlier this year in 2016, has been ...
May 16, 2016
Imprisoned Spiritual Leader Slapped with New Charges Upon Completing Sentence
Mohammad Ali Taheri, an imprisoned spiritual leader who was supposed to be freed more than two months ago ...
May 10, 2016
Husband of Iranian-British Citizen Held in Iran Calls Her Detainment “Outrageous” and “Cruel”
“I have no idea how a young woman with a baby could be a danger to national security.” The husband of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, a British-Iranian dual citizen ...
May 10, 2016
Iranian Political Prisoners Turn to Life-Threatening Hunger Strikes to Protest Unjust Sentences
Teacher’s Rights Activist Hospitalized The imprisoned spokesman of the Iranian Teachers’ Trade Association, Mahmoud Beheshti ...
May 6, 2016
Imprisoned Human Rights Lawyer’s Daughter: Help My Father Before It’s Too Late
Abdolfattah Soltani’s Condition Deteriorates; Needs Urgent Hospitalization Abdolfattah Soltani, an imprisoned human rights lawyer, requires ...
May 2, 2016
Female Journalist, Sentenced to Ten Years, Beaten in Iran Prison
Mother of Afarin Chitsaz’s Describes Brutality Aimed at Forcing a “Confession” The mother of imprisoned newspaper columnist ...