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 for ...
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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 Hossein Panahi...
March 29, 2018
Iran Cracks Down on Kurdish Activists After Anti-State Protests
At Least Two Activists Facing “National Security” Charges Iran’s cyber police, known as FATA, and the Intelligence Ministry have summoned rights activists in mainly Kurdish-populated provinces ...
March 29, 2018
Christian Property in Iran to Be Taken Over by Supreme Leader’s Organization
Very few photographs exist online of Sharon Gardens, a large and valuable piece of ...
March 28, 2018
Second Iranian Woman Sentenced to Prison for Protesting Mandatory Hijab
University student will spend a year behind bars for “encouraging corruption” Maryam Shariatmadari, one of the “Girls of Revolution Street” protesting ...
March 27, 2018
Attorney Blocked From Taking on Human Rights Cases in Iran Calls For Revision of “Flawed” Law
A lawyer representing the family of an Iranian Canadian academic who recently died in an Iranian ...
March 27, 2018
Supreme Leader’s Comments on “Freedom” in Iran Ring Hollow For Victims of Rights Abuses
A former public defender that worked in Iran on cases involving human rights violations has spoken out ...
March 26, 2018
Iranian Environmentalists Remain Detained Months After Arrests While Families Seek Answers
At Least 13 Environmentalists Have Been Detained in Iran Since January 2018 Seven environmentalists who were arrested in Tehran nearly two months ago ...
March 26, 2018
Official Suggests Iran May Soon Block Access to Widely Used Telegram Messaging App
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March 22, 2018
Iranian American Groups Urge Trump Admin to Investigate “Targeting” of Civil Servant Sahar Nowrouzzadeh
Sahar Nowrouzzadeh was demoted from her position at the secretary of state’s policy planning team after far-right ...
March 20, 2018
Sufi Bus Driver Sentenced to Death in Iran For Killing Policemen
Death of Sufi in Custody Goes Unpunished Updated on April 5, 2018: The Appeals Court in Tehran confirmed the charges against Mohammad Salas and issued three ...
March 20, 2018
Rouhani Campaigner Among Activists Arrested in Southern Iran For Alleged Opposition to Compulsory Hijab
A former campaign manager for President Hassan Rouhani is among the five activists who have been arrested by Iran’s Islamic ...
March 20, 2018
Sixth Baha’i Faith Leader Completes 10-Year Prison Sentence in Iran
Vahid Tizfahm and his wife, Furuzandeh Nikumanesh, reunited after his 10-year imprisonment. Press Release ...
March 19, 2018
Political Prisoners Denied Medical Treatment: “Sometimes I Think They Want to Kill My Girl”
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March 19, 2018
Sentenced to Prison For His Political Views, Sadegh Zibakalam Decries Censorship in Iran
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March 16, 2018
Blogger Arrested Amid Iran’s December 2017 Protests Vows to Hunger Strike Until Freedom or Death
Agents Threaten to Arrest Wife For Speaking Out About Peyman Roshanzamir’s Case A blogger who never served a previous prison sentence on the condition ...
March 15, 2018
Death of Man Accused of Filming Protests in Iran Marks Fifth Detainee Death in Two Months
Death Certificate Makes No Mention of Officials' Claim of "Stroke" The death in custody of a nursing student arrested for allegedly filming anti-state protests ...
March 14, 2018
Detained Human Rights Lawyer Forced to Choose Counsel From Judiciary’s Approved “List”
Iranian human rights lawyer Mohammad Najafi is facing eight charges for daring to speak up about a ...
March 14, 2018
Iranian Lawyers: Judiciary’s Mandatory List of Approved Counsel Sets “Dangerous Precedent”
Three human rights lawyers in Iran have strongly criticized the judiciary’s decision to force defendants held on politically motivated charges to pick their lawyer from an approved list ...
March 14, 2018
Men Detained at Women’s Rights Rally in Iran Remain Behind Bars After Female Detainees Released
Women celebrate their release from Gharchak Prison on March 12. The women who were detained at a women’s rights demonstration in front of the Iranian Labor Ministry in Tehran ...
March 14, 2018
Revolutionary Guards Violently Arrest Teachers’ Rights Activist in Front of High School Students
29 Teachers Advocate For Habibi’s Freedom Teacher and trade union activist Mohammad Habibi was beaten and arrested by agents of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps ...
March 13, 2018
Family of Man Who Died in Detention to Sue Judicial Authorities For Burying Him Without Permission
The family of a man who died in police custody in Iran intends to sue judicial authorities for burying him without their permission ...
March 13, 2018
Iran: End Persecution of Families Seeking Truth and Justice For Detainees Who Died in Detention
JOINT PUBLIC STATEMENT 13 March 2018 The Iranian authorities should end their cruel campaign of harassment and intimidation against the families of detainees ...