Detained Iranian Azeri Rights Activists Badly Injured During Interrogations
Several ethnic rights activists detained at an annual celebration at Babak Fort in Iran’s East Azerbaijan Province required medical ...
Prisoners of Conscience
July 11, 2018
Iranian Teens’ Televised “Confessions” For Social Media Postings Prompt Strong Outcry
IRIB Defends Decision to Air Clips of Teenagers Detained For Expressing Themselves Online An Iranian charity for children has condemned Iran’s state-run broadcasting organization ...
July 11, 2018
Free Iran’s Political Prisoners
July 12, 2018--During a speech in March 2018, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei claimed that no one in Iran is ...
July 11, 2018
Location of Baluchi Activist Arrested at Mass Rape Protest Concealed From His Family
The location of detained Baluchi ethnic rights activist Abdollah Bozorgzadeh remains unknown three weeks after he was detained in the Iranian city of Iranshahr ...
July 10, 2018
Execution of Young Man for Crime Committed at Age 14 Shows Iran’s Blatant Disregard for Children’s Rights
Iran is one of world’s few countries executing juveniles; dozens currently on death row July 10, 2018—The execution of 19-year-old Chezani Sharahi by hanging ...
July 9, 2018
Facing 20-Year Prison Sentence for Taking Headscarf Off in Public, Woman Flees Iran
“Due to the Injustices of Iran’s Judicial System I Had to Leave Iran” Draconian Sentences Demonstrate the Authorities’ Cultural Tyranny July 10, 2018—Shaparak Shajarizadeh, ...
July 9, 2018
Iran’s Forcing of Teenage Girl to Confess on State TV for Posting Dance Video Prompts Strong Outcry
Authorities Ramp Up Crackdown on Social Media July 9, 2018—Forcing a teenage girl to confess on state TV for the “crime” of posting a video ...
July 3, 2018
63 University Groups Slam Rouhani and Reformists For Crackdown on Students
Sixty-three student organizations from universities across Iran have issued a statement sharply ...
July 3, 2018
Four Female Sufis Sentenced to Five Years Imprisonment Each Under National Security Charge
Shima Entesari with her family Political Personalities Urge Authorities to Free ...
July 2, 2018
Shots Fired at Protest as Officials Unable to Ease Water Shortage Crisis in Iran’s Khuzestan Province
Shots were reportedly fired during protests over water shortages in the southwestern city of Khorramshahr in Iran’s Khuzestan Province but ...
July 2, 2018
Imprisoned Human Rights Defender Narges Mohammadi Hospitalized in Tehran
Renowned human rights advocate Narges Mohammadi was transferred from Tehran’s Evin Prison to a hospital on June ...
June 29, 2018
Political Prisoner “Wasting Away” as Iran Refuses to Provide Medical Tests For Potentially Cancerous Bone Tumor
Iranian civil rights activist and political prisoner Arash Sadeghi is being denied medical leave to undergo testing for a bone ...
June 28, 2018
Iranian Journalist and Political Activist Detained For Criticizing Iran’s Judiciary
Well-known journalist and political activist Hengameh Shahidi was arrested upon leaving a hospital in Iran’s Kish ...
June 28, 2018
Injuries Reported After Iran’s Detained Environmentalists Subjected to Renewed Interrogations
Environmentalists detained without charge for the past five months in Tehran’s Evin Prison are once again ...
June 26, 2018
Iran’s Judiciary Chief Threatens Protesting Merchants With Execution as Protests Continue
Tehran Demonstrations Against Inflation Turn Political as They Spread to Other Cities The Chief Justice of Iran Sadegh Larijani ...
June 25, 2018
Detained Human Rights Lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh Protests “Fabricated” Charges by Refusing to Post Bail
Detained Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh has refused to post bail in protest against the charges that have ...
June 20, 2018
Iran: Stop Imminent Execution of Kurdish Prisoner, Investigate Evidence of Torture and Denial of Due Process
Fear Grows After Bus Driver Was Executed in Iran Despite Similar Concerns June 20, 2018—The Iranian judiciary ...
June 18, 2018
Iranian Lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh Charged With National Security Crimes For Representing Hijab Protesters
Human Rights Lawyer Threatens to Remove Hijab in Protest After Supporters Beaten Outside Prison Detained Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh is facing two national ...
June 18, 2018
UN Rights Experts: Iran Must Halt Execution of Ramin Hossein Panahi
GENEVA, UN (18 June 2018) – UN human rights experts* have made a fresh call to Iran to annul ...
June 14, 2018
University Student Activists Sentenced to Prison After Being Arrested by President Rouhani’s Intelligence Ministry
University of Tehran student activists Sina Darvish Omran and Ali Mozaffari were each sentenced to eight years in prison on ...
June 14, 2018
60 Steelworkers Arrested in Iran For Demanding Three Months Back Wages
More than 60 workers at the Iran National Steel Industrial Group (INSIG) in Ahvaz, Khuzestan Province, have been arrested for demanding their salaries, ...
June 12, 2018
Sufi Detainees Tried En Masse in Iran as Some Launch Hunger Strike Against Denial of Due Process
Eight detained members of the Sufi Gonabadi Order have gone on hunger strike at the Great Tehran Penitentiary (GTP) to protest prison conditions and the ...
June 12, 2018
Who Are the State-Vetted Lawyers Exclusively Allowed to Defend Detainees Facing Political Charges in Iran?
List Not Finalized According to Judicial Official Iran’s judiciary has not released the names of the 20 state-approved lawyers exclusively allowed to represent detainees ...
June 7, 2018
Third Woman Sentenced to Prison in Iran For Removing Hijab Slapped With More Charges
Civil rights activist Shima Babaei: “They said the hijab is the law and I must respect it. I told them it’s a bad law and I’m protesting against ...
June 7, 2018
Telegram Channel Admin Could Get Death Penalty For “Insulting the Prophet”
Weakened by his hunger strike, prisoner of conscience Hamidreza Amini was transferred to a hospital in hand and ankle cuffs but was returned to prison before the treatment ...