Arab Rights Activist Hatam Morammezi Dead After One Year of Detention in Iran
Hatam Morammezi holding his nephew. Family Threatened to Stay Silent About the Case, ...
Prisoners of Conscience
June 6, 2018
Nobel Laureate Anticipates Crackdown in Iran as Judiciary Bans Human Rights Lawyers From Security Cases
Iranian human rights lawyer Shirin Ebadi was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2003. “Note to Article 48” Limits Detainees’ Counsel Choices to 20 State-Approved Lawyers Nobel Peace Laureate ...
June 5, 2018
Iranian Human Rights Attorneys Speak Out Against State-Approved List of 20 Lawyers For “National Security” Cases
Human rights lawyers in Iran are speaking out against a list released by the judiciary designating 20 state-approved lawyers to exclusively represent detainees held on politically motivated charges. “A number of lawyers ...
June 1, 2018
Oxford PhD Student Denied Legal Counsel 40 Days After Being Arrested in Iran
Father Claims IRGC’s Intelligence Organization is Cooking Up Case Against His Activist Son Reformist political activist Mohammadreza Jalaeipour, an Oxford ...
June 1, 2018
Iranian Cleric Under Seven-Year House Arrest Says Only Death Will Bring Him Freedom
Former Presidential Candidate Mehdi Karroubi Detained in His Home Without Trial Since 2011 An Iranian cleric and former presidential candidate who has been restricted ...
May 31, 2018
15 Arrested at Aborted Talks Over Water Dispute in Southwestern Iran
Fifteen negotiators representing protesting farmers in the southern Iranian province of Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad were arrested on May 29, 2018, as they ...
May 30, 2018
10 Iranian HEPCO Workers Striking For Unpaid Wages Charged With “Disturbing Public Order”
Ten striking workers at Iran's Heavy Equipment Production Company (HEPCO) in the city of Arak, south of Tehran, were charged with ...
May 29, 2018
Wave of Baha’i Arrests in Iran Raises Alarm at Faith’s UN Office
The Baha'i International Community (BIC) at the United Nations has expressed alarm over a spate of arrests of Baha’i ...
May 25, 2018
Sufi Bus Driver on Death Row in Iran Denies Killing Policemen in Audio File Released by Lawyer
Mohammad Salas’ Attorney Zeynab Taheri Summoned to Court to Face Charges The lawyer of Tehran-based death row prisoner Mohammad Salas...
May 25, 2018
Ahmadreza Djalali: An Iranian Swedish Scientist Behind Bars in Iran
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May 24, 2018
Hardline Judge Orders Zaghari-Ratcliffe to Hire Different Lawyer After Issuing New Charge
Imprisoned Dual National Allowed to Speak to UK Ambassador for First Time After being told she is facing the charge of “propaganda against the ...
May 24, 2018
Who Are the Dual and Foreign Nationals Imprisoned in Iran? (Updated)
At least 21 (15 dual nationals, five foreign nationals and one foreign permanent resident) were known to be held in Iran (imprisoned, under house arrest, or prohibited from leaving the country) as of July 2022 ...
May 23, 2018
Iranian VP Refutes Espionage Claims Against Detained Environmentalists, Calls for Their Release
The head of Iran’s Department of Environment (DOE), Vice President Isa Kalantari, has publicly rejected claims by hardline judicial officials and ...
May 18, 2018
Iran Tightens Internet Censorship by Requiring Government Agencies to Use State-Approved Search Engines
After banning the widely used Telegram messaging app, the Iranian government is once again ...
May 18, 2018
Iranian Judge Prosecutes Political Prisoner Without a Lawyer, Sentences Him to Five More Years
Political prisoner Mohammad Ali (Pirooz) Mansouri, eligible for conditional release after spending more ...
May 17, 2018
Iranian Canadian’s Widow Maryam Mombeini Hospitalized Two Months After Being Banned From Leaving Iran
The wife of an Iranian Canadian academic who died in Iranian custody under suspicious circumstances in February 2018 was hospitalized for three days after exhibiting symptoms of a ...
May 16, 2018
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s Case Re-Opened Ahead of UK Foreign Secretary’s Meeting With Iranian Officials
The Mother of a Toddler Has Been Serving a Five-Year Prison Sentence Since 2016 Already serving a five-year prison sentence...
May 12, 2018
Despite Facing Prison, Rights Lawyer Mohammad Najafi Still Seeking Justice For Deceased Detainee
“The authorities…told me that they are trying to grind me into oblivion.” Mohammad Najafi, a human rights lawyer facing years ...
May 12, 2018
Rouhani Commission on Detainee Deaths in Iran Fails to Produce Results Three Months After Formation
The fact-finding commission set up by President Hassan Rouhani to investigate the recent spate of ...
May 12, 2018
Shaparak Shajarizadeh Twice Arrested For Allegedly Removing Her Headscarf in Public in Iran
Shaparak Shajarizadeh has been arrested again for allegedly allowing her hair to show ...
May 11, 2018
Dozens of Environmentalists Arrested in Southern Iran in Widening Crackdown
MP: Intelligence Ministry Has Rejected Espionage Claims More than 40 environmentalists, rangers and some of their relatives were arrested May 7-8, 2018, in the ...
May 11, 2018
Lawyer: Dervish Bus Driver Could be Executed in “3 or 4 Days” Despite Innocence Plea
Mohammad Salas, a Sufi bus driver convicted in Iran of running over three policemen in the capital city ...
May 9, 2018
800 Iranian Environmentalists Call on President Rouhani to Uphold the Rights of Detained Colleagues
Detainees’ Families Still Seeking Answers More Than Three Months Into Loved Ones’ Arrests President Hassan Rouhani has not responded to a ...
May 8, 2018
Iranian Opposition Leader Under House Arrest Declines “Limited” Lifting of Restrictions
Zahra Rahnavard Demands Unconditional Freedom For Herself and Fellow House Arrest Detainees Zahra Rahnavard, an Iranian opposition leader ...
May 4, 2018
Execution of Iranian Kurdish Activist Suspended But Niece Commits Suicide
Nishtiman Hossein Panahi (left) committed suicide on May 2 after being harassed by agents of Iran's Intelligence ...