“Blood Money” Frees Imprisoned Ranger Who Killed Poacher In Self-Defense
Gholam-Hossein Khaledi, an Iranian park ranger sentenced to death for killing a poacher in 2010, was released on March 18, 2016 after paying 12 billion ...
Prisoners of Conscience
March 23, 2016
Prominent Iranian Journalist Remains Hospitalized After Delayed Health Care
Severe health problems are keeping prisoner of conscience Issa Saharkhiz, a prominent reformist journalist, under observation in the hospital ...
March 18, 2016
In Bid to Save Ailing Son, Political Prisoner’s Father Threatens Hunger Strike
The father of ailing political prisoner Hossein Ronaghi Maleki will launch a hunger strike in front of the Tehran prosecutor’s office unless steps are taken ...
March 10, 2016
Imprisoned Reformist Iranian Journalist Hospitalized After Prolonged Hunger Strike
Issa Saharkhiz, imprisoned reformist journalist and former political prisoner, was hospitalized on March 9, 2016 due to life-threatening health deterioration from successive hunger strikes. ...
March 7, 2016
Harsh Sentences of Human Rights Activist and Wife Confirmed by Iran Appeals Court
An Appeals Court in Iran has upheld the 15-year prison sentence of the student activist Arash Sadeghi for “collusion against national security,” “propaganda against ...
March 3, 2016
Iranian Activist Receives Six-Month Prison Sentence for Facebook Posts
The civil rights activist Esmail Ahmadi-Ragheb has been sentenced to six months in prison for “propaganda against the state” by Branch 1 of the ...
March 3, 2016
Pro-Rouhani Political Prisoner Urged Iranians to Vote in 2016 Elections
“Now President Rouhani should carry out his promise of two years ago to free political prisoners.” The mother of a young man believed to be ...
March 1, 2016
Iran Vote: Political Freedoms Must Be Rouhani’s Top Priority
Electorate Wants Human Rights and Rouhani Must Deliver March 1, 2016—In the elections for Parliament and the Assembly of Experts held across Iran ...
February 24, 2016
Iranian Teacher’s Union Leader Sentenced to Six Years in Prison
The secretary general of the Teachers Association of Iran, Esmail Abdi, has been sentenced to six years in prison ...
February 24, 2016
Prominent Reformist Journalist Protests Solitary Confinement with Third Hunger Strike
The imprisoned political journalist Issa Saharkhiz has resumed his hunger strike after being placed in solitary confinement on February ...
February 23, 2016
Father of Missing Student Sentenced to Jail and Lashes for Pursuing Son’s Case
The 70-year-old father of a student who has not been heard from for 17 years since his arrest has been sentenced to 91 days ...
February 23, 2016
Imprisoned Iranian-American Siamak Namazi Held Incommunicado without Access to Lawyer
Namazi Reportedly on Hunger Strike at Evin Now Siamak Namazi, the Iranian-American businessman who was arrested in October while visiting family in Tehran, ...
February 18, 2016
Technology Website Staffers Rushed to Prison Before Appeals Court Verdict
Four convicted staff members of a leading Iranian technology website who were free on bail while awaiting an Appeals Court verdict on their cases ...
February 17, 2016
Prisoner of Conscience Atena Daemi Released on Bail
The civil and children’s rights activist, Atena Daemi, has been released on bail until an Appeals Court hears the objections ...
February 16, 2016
Imprisoned Facebook Activist Begins Wet Hunger Strike
An Iranian activist imprisoned for his social media activity has gone on a wet hunger strike to protest the Judiciary’s rejection of his request ...
February 9, 2016
Iranian Judicial Officials Suggest Kurdish Prisoner Will Get Temporary Leave if She Agrees to Televised “Confession”
Iran’s judicial authorities have hinted that Kurdish prisoner of conscience Zeinab Jalalian could go on furlough if she agreed ...
February 5, 2016
Cartoon 137: “Remember the Spent Candle! Remember!”
“Tell our friends for us, remember the spent candle! Remember!" Iranian cartoonist Touka Neyestani's ...
February 4, 2016
Arrest of Iranian-British Dual National in Tehran May Be Hardliners’ Ploy to Foil Iran-UK Relations
Updated on January 26, 2017: Bahman Daroshafaei’s one-year prison sentence for “propaganda against the state” has been reduced to a five million toman ($1,545 USD) fine ...
February 3, 2016
Former BBC Reporter, Iranian-British Citizen, Arrested in Iran, Prior to Zarif’s Visit to London
Bahman Daroshafaei, a former journalist and translator, was arrested on February 3, 2016 at his home in Tehran under a warrant issued by ...
February 2, 2016
Two Dozen Iranian Baha’is Sentenced to Six to Eleven Years for Practicing Their Faith
Courtesy of BBC Persian Twenty-four Baha’is from northeastern Iran have been handed down sentences that ...
February 2, 2016
Dispute between Judicial Officials on the Release of Kurdish Human Rights Activist Keeps Him in Prison
The prominent Kurdish human rights activist, Mohammad Sediq Kaboudvand, has been recommended for conditional release by the chief warden ...
February 2, 2016
Two Reformist Journalists Charged, after Three Months in Detention
Three months after their arrests, journalists Issa Saharkhiz and Ehsan Mazandarani have been ...
February 1, 2016
Call for Prime Minister Trudeau to Secure Release of Imprisoned Iranian-Canadian
February 1, 2016— Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau should extend all efforts to obtain the release of Saeed Malekpour, a Canadian resident and web develop imprisoned ...
January 28, 2016
Family of Imprisoned Iranian Producer: Canada Must Do More
The family of prisoner of conscience Mostafa Azizi is calling on Canada to exert more pressure on Iran to release him following the ...
January 25, 2016
US-Iran Prisoner Swap Raises Hopes for Iranian-Canadian Prisoners of Conscience in Iran
The release of Iranian-Americans in the recent prisoner exchange between Iran and the United States has given hope to the family of prisoner of ...