Untreated Kidney Stones Sends Imprisoned Physicist Omid Kokabee to Hospital

Imprisoned physicist Omid Kokabee was transferred to Taleghani Hospital in Tehran on November 24, 2015, suffering from severe kidney stones, a source told the ...

November 25, 2015

Political Prisoner’s Health Deteriorating as His Hunger Strike Enters Fourth Week

The political prisoner Majid Azarpey is in extremely poor health since beginning a wet hunger strike (refusing solid foods) in Evin Prison on November ...

November 19, 2015

Largest Wave of Arrests by Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Since 2009

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November 18, 2015

Journalist Sentenced to Three Years in Prison for Her Facebook Posts

Solmaz Ikdar The journalist Solmaz Ikdar has been sentenced to three years in prison for “insulting ...

November 17, 2015

Prisoner of Conscience on Hunger Strike Transferred to Clinic as His Condition Worsens

Fourteen days after prisoner of conscience Ali Shariati embarked on a hunger strike to protest the judicial process of his case, he remains on strike ...

November 16, 2015

Prominent Cartoonist Hadi Heidari Arrested

Hadi Heidari’s last cartoon was related to ...

November 8, 2015

Prominent Reformist Journalist Arrested for “Insulting Supreme Leader”

The political journalist Issa Saharkhiz has been arrested on charges of “intending to disrupt national security,” “propaganda against the state,” and ...

November 2, 2015

Washington Post OpEd: Free Omid Kokabee, another Iranian prisoner of conscience

By Herbert L. Berk October 30 Herbert ...

October 30, 2015

Revolutionary Guards Treat Protesting Teachers as Agitators, Lawyer Says

Peyman Haj-Mahmoud Attar, the lawyer for the Teachers ...

October 27, 2015

Arrested Student Activist Under Intense Pressure to Make False Confession, Says Family

Amin Anvari’s mother, Farah Bakhshi Student activist Amin Anvari, 21, who received a suspended prison ...

October 19, 2015

Narges Mohammadi Should Be Released Immediately and Given Medical Treatment

Narges Mohammadi October 20, 2015—The health of imprisoned activist Narges Mohammadi has deteriorated, and the prominent human rights ...

October 15, 2015

Imprisoned Spiritual Leader on Hunger Strike Has Become “Like a Skeleton”

The family of Mohammad Ali Taheri, the imprisoned leader of a peaceful spiritual group, is alarmed by his deteriorating health after his two month-long hunger ...

October 12, 2015

Imprisoned TV Producer Suffering from Untreated Shingles Disorder

Mostafa Azizi, Television Writer and Producer Another Case of Denial of Adequate Medical Care ...

October 12, 2015

Washington Post Reporter Jason Rezaian Convicted on Baseless Charges

October 12, 2015—Jason Rezaian, the Washington Post correspondent imprisoned in Iran since July 22, 2014, has been convicted by a Tehran court in a prosecution ...

October 9, 2015

Court to Issue Decision on Faraghdani’s “Illegal” Handshake with Her Lawyer

Atena Faraghdani The imprisoned artist and civil activist Atena Faraghdani will soon learn the verdict in the ...

October 9, 2015

Authorities Deny Hospitalization for Ill Activist and Postpone Her Trial Again

Narges Mohammadi No Explanation Given for Third Postponement of Narges Mohammadi’s Trial Date The trial of imprisoned human rights ...

October 6, 2015

Case against Rezaian Will Be Built on Little More than Forced “Confession”

Iranian Judiciary Has Long History of Relying on False “Confessions” Extracted Under Duress October 6, 2015—Two months after the end of the trial of Washington Post ...

October 6, 2015