Iran: Release Narges Mohammadi for Medical Treatment Immediately

Rights Activist Remains in Prison with Dangerous Post-Op Infection Husband Reports Mohammadi Is Being Denied Antibiotics June 7, 2019 – The Iranian authorities must immediately ...

June 5, 2019

“Your Pens Should Be Broken” Journalist Jailed for Social Media Posts

Charged with national security crimes for his social media posts, journalist Masoud Kazemi has been sentenced to 4.5 years ...

June 5, 2019

Iran: Three Rights Lawyers Sentenced to Lengthy Jail Terms in Less Than a Year

Defense Attorney Imprisoned for Social Media Posts June 5, 2019 – Amirsalar Davoudi has become the third known defense attorney to be sent to prison ...

June 4, 2019

Shiraz City Councilman Begins Serving One-Year Prison Sentence for Advocating Religious Tolerance

“A few hours ago agents came to our house and took away my husband Mehdi Hajati to enforce a one-year prison sentence,” Hajati’s ...

May 31, 2019

Defense Attorney Lodges Complaint Against Judge Moghiseh’s Lack of Impartiality

“You People Have No Right to Breath,” Judge Allegedly Told Political Prisoner Masoud Kazemi The notoriously hardline judge presiding over the case of former magazine editor Masoud ...

May 28, 2019

Icon of Iran’s Hijab Protest Movement Vida Movahedi Released From Prison

Eight months after she was arrested for peacefully protesting Iran’s compulsory hijab law, Vida Movahedi was released from prison on May 26, 2019, her lawyer announced. “According to judicial authorities, the reduction of her punishment ...

May 24, 2019

30 Arrested for Practising “Indecent” Discipline of Yoga

After 30 people were arrested for practicing yoga inside a home in the Iranian city of Gorgan, several individuals based in the ...

May 22, 2019

Judge Moghiseh Accused of Cursing at Magazine Editor During Bail Hearing

The former editor-in-chief of the Sedaye Parsi (Persian Voice) political magazine, Masoud Kazemi, was detained on May 22, 2019, after being unable to post ...

May 22, 2019

Seven to Face Trial in Connection with Labor Protests

Many Denied Access to Counsel, Families Warned to Stay Quiet After months of unlawful prosecution in connection with workers’ rights protests in southwestern Iran, five journalists and two labor activists are due to go on trial ...

May 20, 2019

Iran: Release Political Prisoner Maryam Akbari-Monfared

Behind Bars Unjustly Since 2009, Eligible for Release in 2017 May 20, 2019—Iran must end the cruel and unlawful imprisonment of ...

May 17, 2019

Second Women’s Charity Group Member Who Assisted Flood Victims Is Arrested

Both Women Being Held for Unknown Reasons at Evin Prison A second senior member of the charity group Voice of Iranian Women (VIW), ...

May 17, 2019

Harsh Prison Terms for Three Iranian Authors Who Dared to Criticize the State

Prominent Members of Iranian Writers Association Each Sentenced to Six Years Behind Bars May 17, 2019—In a glaring repudiation of freedom of expression ...

May 14, 2019

British Council Employee Aras Amiri Jailed for Refusing to Spy, Says Cousin

Amiri Was Forced to Choose Lawyer from Court-Issued List The UK-based British Council employee Aras Amiri was jailed in Iran for refusing to spy for ...

May 13, 2019

Paramilitary Force Attacks Tehran University Protest Against Hijab Enforcement Units

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May 13, 2019

Appeals Court Upholds Lengthy Sentence Against Female Activist for Criticizing Chief Justice

Number of Women Political Prisoners Rising in Iran May 13, 2019 – A Tehran appeals court upheld a 7.5-year prison sentence against prominent political activist Hengameh Shahidi based on her social media posts in which ...

May 10, 2019

Proposal Aims to Allow Authorities to Hold Detainees For at Least 20 Days Without Counsel

On May 5, 2019, the Iranian Parliament’s Judicial and Legal Affairs Committee approved a problematic proposal that would allow detainees accused of ...

May 7, 2019

Several Detained Without Access to Counsel One Week After Labor Day Protests

Several workers’ rights activists including teachers who were arrested at rallies in Tehran on May 1 (International Labor Day) and May 2 (Iran’s ...

May 7, 2019

New Chief Justice Appoints Proponent of Public Executions as Tehran Prosecutor General

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May 6, 2019

Journalists Condemn Arrest of Reformist Reporter Ahead of World Press Freedom Day

Marzieh Amiri, a reporter for the reformist Shargh newspaper, has been in Evin Prison’s Ward 209 under the control of the Intelligence Ministry since she was arrested ...

May 6, 2019