Former Political Prisoner: Ruling Elite “Preventing Justice” by Supporting Raisi’s Presidential Bid

Iranian presidential candidate Ebrahim Raisi, who served on a special committee in 1988 that ...

April 27, 2017

Three Young Men to Serve 12 Years in Prison For “Insulting” Social Media Posts

Three 24-year-olds have been sentenced to 12 years in prison each in Iran for posting critical commentary about politics and religion on the ...

April 27, 2017

Supporters Urge For Release of Ailing Iranian-Americans Siamak and Baquer Namazi Imprisoned in Iran

The American lawyer representing ailing Iranian-Americans Siamak Namazi and his father, Baquer, serving 10-year sentences in Iran for unspecified espionage charges, has called for ...

April 27, 2017

Political Commentator and Former Political Activist Released From Evin Prison

Issa Saharkhiz Facing New Trial Reformist political commentator Issa Saharkhiz and former political activist Navid Kamran were released ...

April 25, 2017

Dual National’s Husband Urges UK to Secure Her Release From Iran

Supreme Court Upholds Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s Five-Year Prison Sentence The husband of Nazanin-Zaghari Ratcliffe, an Iranian-British citizen imprisoned in Iran since April ...

April 24, 2017

Student Arrested by Intelligence Ministry Held in Solitary Confinement Without Charge

Payam Shakiba, a political science graduate student at Tehran’s Allameh Tabataba’i University, has been held in solitary confinement in Evin Prison’s ...

April 24, 2017

Swedish Resident Held in Evin Prison for One Year Denied Lawyer for Third Time

Ahmadreza Jalali, an Iranian-born Swedish resident detained in Evin Prison since April 2016, has been denied ...

April 24, 2017

IRGC Commander Publicly Criticizes Rouhani’s Refusal to Block Telegram Call Service Before Election

One month before Iranians head to the polls, a senior commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) has ...

April 24, 2017

Eight Baha’is Arrested Without a Warrant by Iran’s Intelligence Ministry and Denied Legal Counsel

Seven Baha’i citizens were arrested by the Intelligence Ministry in Bandar Abbas and Qeshm Island, southern Iran, on April ...

April 18, 2017

“Be My Daughter’s Voice,” Pleads Mother of Hunger-Striking Activist Serving Seven Years

Imprisoned children and human rights activist Atena Daemi has been stricken with ...

April 17, 2017

International Law Expert Denounces Iranian Presidential Bid of Rights Violator Ebrahim Raisi

The candidacy of Ebrahim Raisi in Iran’s May 19 presidential election ...

April 17, 2017

Nasrin Sotoudeh: Investigate Iranian Presidential Hopeful Ebrahim Raisi for 1988 Mass Executions

Prominent Iranian human rights lawyer and former political prisoner Nasrin Sotoudeh has ...

April 17, 2017

Ailing Former Political Activist Held Without Charge by Intelligence Ministry

Former political activist Majid Asadi has been detained without charge in Evin Prison’s Ward 209 under the ...

April 14, 2017

Crimes Against Humanity in Iran Thrust Into Limelight With Raisi’s Presidential Bid

Ebrahim Raisi Was Member of “Death Commissions” that Ordered Extrajudicial Killings of Thousands of Prisoners in 1988 April 14, 2017–The candidacy ...

April 14, 2017

Iranian Azeri Rights Activist on Trial for Advocating Mother Language

Abbas Lesani, an Azeri ethnic rights activist, is being tried for advocating state recognition of his mother tongue and making ...

April 13, 2017

Social Media Emerges as Major Battlefront in Iran’s May 2017 Elections

A month before Iranians head to the polls for the presidential and council elections, a heated exchange between the judiciary and ...

April 12, 2017

Rights Activist Atena Daemi Hunger Strikes Against IRGC-Related Additional Sentence

Imprisoned civil rights advocate Atena Daemi has started a wet hunger strike to protest new sentences issued against ...

April 12, 2017

Political Prisoner Narges Mohammadi Offered Furlough in Exchange for Silence

Mohammadi: Imprisonment Makes Me More “Determined” Imprisoned human rights defender Narges Mohammadi has been offered temporary release if she promises to be ...

April 12, 2017