Iran’s Parliament Approves Severe Punishments for Acid Attacks, Fails to Restrict Sales
Activists Say Limiting Acid Sales Will Help Reduce Attacks The Iranian Parliament has approved a bill that if enacted into law would allow courts ...
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June 11, 2019
Political Prisoner Stabbed to Death in Tehran Penitentiary Three Months After Protesting Unsafe Conditions
Alireza Shirmohammadali Was Unlawfully Held in Ward With Inmates Convicted of Dangerous Crimes He Had Gone on Hunger Strike Against Unsafe Prison Conditions ...
June 11, 2019
Detained Journalist Denied Hospitalization Despite Worsening Symptoms
Sanaz Allahyari has Been Without Counsel for Five Months Family Barred from Sending Letter Appeal to Parliament Imprisoned journalist Sanaz Allahyari has been denied ...
June 7, 2019
Haft Tappeh Workers Urge International Labor Organization to Investigate Suppression of Labor Protests
*A group of workers in the Iranian city of Ahvaz, Khuzestan Province, have published an open letter calling on the International Labor Organization (ILO) ...
June 7, 2019
Iran: Release Narges Mohammadi for Medical Treatment Immediately
Rights Activist Remains in Prison with Dangerous Post-Op Infection Husband Reports Mohammadi Is Being Denied Antibiotics June 7, 2019 – The Iranian authorities must ...
June 6, 2019
Nazanin Boniadi: “Silence is Not an Option”
As a girl visiting her birth country of Iran, British actress Nazanin Boniadi got a taste of the severely restricted rights women there live with on a daily basis. That experience inspired her to ...
June 5, 2019
“Your Pens Should Be Broken” Journalist Jailed for Social Media Posts
Charged with national security crimes for his social media posts, journalist Masoud Kazemi has been sentenced to 4.5 years ...
June 5, 2019
Iran: Three Rights Lawyers Sentenced to Lengthy Jail Terms in Less Than a Year
Defense Attorney Imprisoned for Social Media Posts June 5, 2019 – Amirsalar Davoudi has become the third known defense attorney to be sent ...
June 4, 2019
Shiraz City Councilman Begins Serving One-Year Prison Sentence for Advocating Religious Tolerance
“A few hours ago agents came to our house and took away my husband Mehdi Hajati to enforce a one-year prison sentence,” Hajati’s ...
May 31, 2019
Defense Attorney Lodges Complaint Against Judge Moghiseh’s Lack of Impartiality
“You People Have No Right to Breath,” Judge Allegedly Told Political Prisoner Masoud Kazemi The notoriously hardline judge presiding over the case of former magazine editor Masoud ...
May 29, 2019
170+ Iranian Women Activists Condemn Sanctions and Threats of War
More than 170 members and supporters of Iran's women's movement have signed a statement strongly opposing sanctions and threats of war on the country. Most of the signatories are based inside Iran, and the statement ...
May 28, 2019
Icon of Iran’s Hijab Protest Movement Vida Movahedi Released From Prison
Eight months after she was arrested for peacefully protesting Iran’s compulsory hijab law, Vida Movahedi was released from prison on May 26, 2019, her lawyer announced. “According to judicial authorities, the reduction of her ...
May 24, 2019
Iran’s Government Should Respect and Uphold the Rights of People With Schizophrenia
Some 800,000 people live with Schizophrenia in Iran without crucial support and services. Here are 3 steps the government should take to help counter the severe stigmatization and rights violations faced by this vulnerable community. ...
May 22, 2019
Judge Moghiseh Accused of Cursing at Magazine Editor During Bail Hearing
The former editor-in-chief of the Sedaye Parsi (Persian Voice) political magazine, Masoud Kazemi, was detained on May 22, 2019, after being unable to post ...
May 22, 2019
Seven to Face Trial in Connection with Labor Protests
Many Denied Access to Counsel, Families Warned to Stay Quiet After months of unlawful prosecution in connection with workers’ rights protests in southwestern Iran, five journalists and two labor activists are due to go on trial ...
May 20, 2019
Iranian State Malware Continues to Hack Online Accounts of Religious Minority Groups
Malicious Spyware Has Attacked At Least 74 Victims Worldwide, Azeri and Gonabadi Dissidents Among Targets Iranian state agents continue to use malware to ...
May 20, 2019
Iran: Release Political Prisoner Maryam Akbari-Monfared
Behind Bars Unjustly Since 2009, Eligible for Release in 2017 May 20, 2019—Iran must end the cruel and unlawful imprisonment of ...
May 17, 2019
Harsh Prison Terms for Three Iranian Authors Who Dared to Criticize the State
Prominent Members of Iranian Writers Association Each Sentenced to Six Years Behind Bars May 17, 2019—In a glaring repudiation of freedom of expression ...
May 17, 2019
New Legislation, If Approved, Will Give Citizenship Rights to Children Born to Iranian Women
In an important step to eliminate a fundamental and longstanding discriminatory restriction on Iranian women and their children, Iran’s Parliament overwhelmingly ...
May 15, 2019
Isfahan Prosecutor Bans “Sinful Act” of Women Riding Bicycles
Citing domestic Islamic religious decrees and common law, Isfahan city prosecutor Ali Isfahani announced on May 14, 2019, a ban on female ...
May 14, 2019
British Council Employee Aras Amiri Jailed for Refusing to Spy, Says Cousin
Amiri Was Forced to Choose Lawyer from Court-Issued List The UK-based British Council employee Aras Amiri was jailed in Iran for refusing to spy for ...
May 14, 2019
Government Unlawfully Failing to Implement Disability Rights Law
A year after Parliament ratified the Law for the Protection of the Rights of Persons With Disabilities, the Iranian government has ...
May 13, 2019
Paramilitary Force Attacks Tehran University Protest Against Hijab Enforcement Units
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May 13, 2019
Appeals Court Upholds Lengthy Sentence Against Female Activist for Criticizing Chief Justice
Number of Women Political Prisoners Rising in Iran May 13, 2019 – A Tehran appeals court upheld a 7.5-year prison sentence against prominent political activist Hengameh Shahidi based on her social media posts in which ...
May 13, 2019
Interview With Literary Figure Alireza Behnam on Censorship
“Authors have learned that they cannot write about things that are against the country’s official religion, or against national security, or anything ...