Iranian Media Banned From Covering Ahmadinejad’s May 2017 Presidential Campaign

Iranian media outlets have been ordered to stop reporting on former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s third presidential campaign for the ...

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 18, 2017

Prominent Political Activist Continues Fight for Gender Equality in Iran’s 2017 Presidential Election

Prominent political activist, Azam Taleghani, 72, ...

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

Reformists Barred From Isfahan’s May 19 By-Election for Parliament

After disqualifying the initial reformist winner, Iran’s conservative Guardian Council has now barred most reformist candidates from running in the second-round election for ...

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 in ...

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 a speech ...

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

Cartoon 165: Voting in Iran

"Voting in Iran" by cartoonist Touka Neyestani....

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

Iranian Sunni Cleric and Critic of Iran’s Involvement in Syria Released From Detention

Molavi Fazl al-Rahman Kouhi, an outspoken Sunni cleric in Iran’s Sistan-Baluchistan Province, was released from detention on $31,000 USD ...

April 10, 2017

Son of Grand Ayatollah Blasts Presidential Bid of Human Rights Violator Ebrahim Raisi

The son of late Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri, who publicly condemned the extrajudicial executions of thousands of ...

April 7, 2017

Music Producers Returned to Evin Prison After Request for Extended Medical Furlough Denied

Music producers Mehdi and Hossein Rajabian returned to Evin Prison in Tehran on April 4, 2017 after their request for ...

April 7, 2017

Iran’s Judiciary Chief Forbids Election Protests Ahead of May Vote

A little over a month before Iranians head to the polls on May 19, 2017, Judiciary Chief Sadegh Larijani has warned that a ...

April 6, 2017

Political Prisoner Serving Seven Years Gets Additional 91 Days for IRGC Charges

An additional 91 days were added to civil rights activist Atena Daemi’s seven-year prison sentence...

April 6, 2017

Men and Women Required to Run Separately in Tehran’s First International Marathon

Spokesman Strays From State Line on Hijab Despite interest expressed by foreign female runners, women participants in Tehran’s first international marathon will be ...

April 4, 2017