Student Activists Educate Iran’s President About Political Repression at University Campuses
Four months after 19 university students in Iran were issued harsh prison sentences for attending protests, the country’s president declared that Iran’s ...
Prisoners / Arrests
Haft Tappeh Labor Activists Beaten at Khuzestan Intelligence Ministry Center, Say Relatives
Editor's Update: Esmail Bakhshi was released on bail on November 21, 2018, and Sepideh Gholian on December 18. Both were freed on bail. Detained labor activists Esmail Bakhshi and Sepideh ...
Imprisoned Human Rights Lawyer Mohammad Najafi Slapped With Additional Charges
Imprisoned human rights lawyer Mohammad Najafi appeared at Branch 1 of Iran’s Revolutionary Court in Arak, Markazi Province, to face four additional charges that ...
Iranian Authorities’ Refuse to Allow Christian Convert Ebrahim Firoozi to See Dying Mother
Kobra Kamrani holds a sign that says "Ebrahim Firoozi." While battling breast cancer for the past ...
Imprisoned Activist Reza Khandan Defies Politically Motivated Charges, Demands Public Trial
Civil rights activist Reza Khandan (left) has been ...
Two Academics Who Held Australian Postings Detained, Summoned in Iran
At Least Four Academics and One Scientist With Foreign Ties Detained in Iran Since 2016 *Editor's Note: This article was corrected on December 6, 2018, to reflect that Mohammad Jalal Abbasi ...
Detained Protester Reportedly Tortured as Iranian Sugar Mill Workers Demand Unpaid Wages
Detained labor activist Esmail Bakhshi was hospitalized after being tortured under interrogation, according to Iranian labor sources. Bakhshi’s colleague Ali Nejati was also arrested by security ...
Appeals Court Upholds One-Year Prison Sentence Against Azeri Activist Convicted Without Due Process
An Iranian Appeals Court upheld a one-year prison sentence against Kiumars Eslami for his peaceful activism, alleging he engaged in “pan-Turkish” activities, according to a verdict issued on November 22, 2018, a copy ...
Jane Goodall Among 132 Conservationists Calling for Jailed Colleagues to Receive Fair Trial in Iran
Dozens of conservation practitioners and scholars, including renowned primatologist Jane Goodall, have issued an impassioned defense of eight of their colleagues who have been detained ...
Crackdown on Defense Lawyers in Iran: Amirsalar Davoudi Not Heard From Since Arrest
Davoudi Eighth Human Rights Attorney to Be Jailed in Iran in Last Six Months Editor's Update: A one-month detention order has been issued against Amirsalar Davoudi, his lawyer, Vahid Moshkani Farahani, told the ...
IRGC-Affiliated Media Report Dual National Among Group of Researchers Arrested in Iran
An unknown number of university academics, including a dual national, who allegedly researched state population policies have been arrested in Iran, according to state media outlets. ...
Open Letter by Six Families of Dual and Foreign Nationals Imprisoned in Iran
The following open letter was written and signed by six families of dual and foreign nationals who have been imprisoned in Iran. December 3, 2018 ...
Prominent Attorney Nasrin Sotoudeh Facing Additional Charge For Defending Human Rights
Sotoudeh Now Facing 5-Year Sentence, 4 Additional Charges Imprisoned human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh has been slapped with an additional charge for allegedly receiving a cash prize from the European ...
Prominent Imprisoned Lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh Hunger Strikes For Fellow Prisoner Farhad Meysami
Imprisoned human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh started a second hunger strike on November 26, 2018, to protest the Iranian authorities’ refusal to allow ailing fellow political prisoner ...
UN Experts: Iran Must Protect Women’s Rights Advocates
Farhad Meysami (left), ...
Activists Welcome FIFA Deadline For Iran to Lift Discriminatory Ban on Women in Stadiums
Iran Only Country in the World That Bans Women From Football Stadiums FIFA Human Rights Body Recommends Using “Existing Leverage” For Iran to Comply With Human Rights Statutes November 27, 2018 – Heeding calls by women’s rights activists inside ...
Three Members of Persecuted Baha’i Faith Summoned to Prison in Iran While Five Others Arrested
Dorri Amri (Esmailpour), 44, began serving her one-year prison sentence in Vakilabad Prison in the Iranian city of Mashhad on November 14, 2018, for allegedly propagating her Baha’i faith, a source with ...
Second Peaceful Teachers’ Strike in Iran Met With Arrests, Summons and Threats
Iranian security and judicial authorities responded to the second round of peaceful teachers' rights strikes by arresting and summoning alleged participants in several cities across the nation. ...
85 Countries Vote to Adopt UN Resolution Urging Iran to Halt Widespread Human Rights Violations
Editor's Note: This resolution was passed December 17, 2018, with 84 voting for, 30 against and 67 in abstention: http://undocs.org/A/73/589/Add.3. Serious Concern Expressed for Unlawful Executions and Arbitrary Detentions November 19, 2018 – ...
Iranian Police Relocate Buried Corpse of Baha’i Woman Without Family’s Permission
Iranian authorities have relocated the buried corpse of a deceased member of the Baha’i faith to a different cemetery without the family’s permission, the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) ...
Steel and Sugarcane Workers Rally in Ahvaz to Demand Unpaid Wages
Workers from the Iran National Steel Industrial Group (NSIG) in Ahvaz, Khuzestan Province, held rallies November 10-14, 2018, demanding two months of unpaid salaries and in protest against the ...
Banning Imprisoned Lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh From Seeing Her Children is Cruel and Unlawful
Nasrin Sotoudeh smiles for a picture ...
Iran’s Execution of Two Traders Convicted in Iran’s New Corruption Courts Is Unlawful
Vahid Mazloumin and Mohammad Esmail Ghassem Both Hanged at Dawn Despite Denials of Due Process and the Right to a Fair Trial Three More Pending Death Sentences Must Not ...
Attorney Must Be Released from Prison in Iran While Case is Under Appeal
Mohammad Najafi May Also Be Flogged Despite Health Concerns November 12, 2018—The attorney Mohammad Najafi is being imprisoned unlawfully while his appeal process is underway and should be released immediately, said ...
Masoud Kazemi is the Second Journalist to Be Arrested in Tehran Within Two Weeks
Unidentified security agents detained journalist Masoud Kazemi in Tehran on November 5, 2018, making him the second known case of a journalist being arrested in the Iranian capital within the ...