Grim Photo of Swedish Resident Imprisoned in Iran Surfaces Amid Heightened Concerns For His Life
A photo of imprisoned Swedish resident and scientist Ahmadreza Djalali in which he appears thin and ...
Prisoners of Conscience
May 3, 2018
Reformists Look On as Former Rouhani Campaign Manager Ordered to Serve Two-Year in Prison For Poem
High School Teacher Prosecuted For Satirical Poem About Shia Imam A former campaign manager for Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has been ordered to serve a two-year ...
May 2, 2018
British Council Employee Being Held Without Access to a Lawyer by Iran’s Intelligence Ministry
Agents of Iran’s Intelligence Ministry have arrested a London-based employee of the British Council, Aras Amiri, and are holding her without ...
May 2, 2018
Execution Imminent of Prisoner in Iran Despite Unfair Trial and Credible Allegations of Torture
Photo: Ramin Hossein Panahi has been transferred to an unknown location possibly to face execution. Lawyer: “Ramin’s case is being ...
April 27, 2018
Indictments Issued Against Dozens in Connection With December 2017 Unrest in Iran
Students protesting in front of ...
April 27, 2018
More than 10 Onlookers Arrested in Area Where Former King’s Remains Allegedly Found
Arrests include former political prisoner Kamran Ayazi and Maryam Shariatmadari More than 10 people were arrested on April 25, 2018 south of Tehran, where construction ...
April 27, 2018
13 Labor Activists Summoned in Iran Ahead of International Labor Day
A week before International Labor Day, when labor rights groups typically hold demonstrations around the world, at least 13 ...
April 27, 2018
Lawyer Who Exposed Cover Up of Client’s Death in Custody Could Be Imprisoned For Years in Iran
Human rights attorney Mohammad Najafi is facing charges from three different courts and years of imprisonment in ...
April 25, 2018
Iran Detains Another Iranian British Citizen, Computer Scientist and Antiwar Activist Abbas Edalat
Abbas Edalat (Imperial College of London) April 25, 2018—Abbas Edalat, an Iranian British ...
April 25, 2018
Former Iranian Environmental Official Reveals He Was Spied on Since Returning to Iran
Kaveh Madani: State Supporters “Created Many Problems For Me” In a resignation letter posted on his Twitter account, the former deputy head of Iran’s Department of Environment (DOE) ...
April 23, 2018
“Revealing” Preliminary Autopsy Report Omits Cause of Death of Iranian Canadian Who Died in Iranian Prison
Family and UN Officials Have Called for Investigation Into Claims Kavous Seyed-Emami Committed Suicide Two months have passed since Iranian ...
April 20, 2018
Friday Prayer Leader: Farmers in Iran’s Drought-Ridden Isfahan Province Don’t Have the Right to Protest
“As someone who has always been on the farmers’ side, I don’t think they have the right to demonstrate,” ...
April 17, 2018
Growing Demands For Apology From Iranian State TV Over Discriminatory Kids Show
At Least 100 People Remain Detained After March 2018 Protests Lawmakers in Iran’s mostly Arab-populated Khuzestan Province have demanded a meeting ...
April 17, 2018
Iranians Lament Loss of Top Environmentalist From Governmental Post
Western-Educated Kaveh Madani Had Returned to Iran to “Help" Fix Country's Environmental Issues Iranian officials and journalists have taken to social ...
April 15, 2018
Imprisoned Rights Defender Narges Mohammadi Gives Message of Hope and Strength in Accepting 2018 Andrei Sakharov Prize
April 15, 2018 -- Prisoner of conscience Narges Mohammadi was unable to accept the 2018 Andrei Sakharov Prize in person in Columbus, Ohio where ...
April 13, 2018
Iranian Supreme Court Upholds “Unjust” Death Sentence Against Kurdish Activist
The Supreme Court of Iran failed to fully consider the defense’ arguments before it upheld the death sentence against Iranian Kurdish political rights activist Ramin Hossein Panahi, his ...
April 12, 2018
Teachers’ Rights Advocate Writes Scathing Letter From Prison on Revolutionary Iran’s Failed Promises
Esmail Abdi Warns Judiciary of the Consequences of Its “Illegal Rulings” Ahead of Hunger Strike Prominent teachers’ rights advocate Esmail Abdi has ...
April 12, 2018
Swedish Resident Who Tried to March Through Iran With Monarchist Flag Facing National Security Charges
On March 21, 2017, Kamran Ghaderi, an Iranian-born resident of Sweden, began walking from Stockholm...
April 10, 2018
Iranian Political Prisoner Urges “Contentious People” To Be the Voice of His Imprisoned Wife
Authorities Ignore Golrokh Iraee Ebrahimi’s Life-Endangering Hunger Strike Imprisoned civil rights activist Arash Sadeghi has ...
April 6, 2018
Hundreds Arrested as Anger Over State Discrimination Against Iranian Arabs Spills Into the Streets
Ahvaz Friday Prayer Leader Calls For Apology From State TV Over Discriminatory Children’s Show At least 200 people were arrested after ...
April 3, 2018
Imprisoned Iranian Baluchi Rights Activist Not Heard From Weeks After Sudden Transfer
The family of imprisoned Baluchi civil rights activist Emadeddin Mollazehi has not heard from him since he was moved on March 14, 2018, ...
March 30, 2018
Metal Band Member Sentenced to Six Years Prison in Iran Accused of Creating “Satanic Music”
Nikan Khosravi, a member of the Iranian metal band “Confess,” left Iran for Turkey to avoid being imprisoned for six years ...
March 30, 2018
43 People Charged in Iran’s Kermanshah Province For Protesting Against the State
Forty-three people have been charged for protesting against the government in Kermanshah, the capital of Kermanshah Province in western Iran, in ...
March 30, 2018
Imprisoned Former Iranian VP Refusing Food and Water to Overturn Prison Sentence
Hamid Baghaei, who served as Iran’s vice president under former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, is in “serious condition” from refusing ...
March 30, 2018
Harsh Sentence Upheld For Iranian Kurdish Activist While Brother Awaits Appeal on Death Sentence
An Appeals Court has upheld the eight-year prison sentence issued against Iranian Kurdish civil rights activist Afshin ...