Iranian Catholic Converts Arrested in Northwestern Iran
Two Iranian Catholic converts have been arrested in their home by the Revolutionary Guards in West Azerbaijan Province, the ...
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March 5, 2017
Evin Prison Violating Iranian Law by Keeping Political Prisoners in Wards With Violent Offenders
Some Prisoners Attacked With “Brass Knuckles and Knives” The authorities of Evin Prison in Tehran are violating Iranian law by refusing to move four political prisoners who ...
March 3, 2017
Hardliners Float Name of Major Human Rights Violator for Iran’s Next Supreme Leader
For the time being, a powerful hardline cleric implicated in major human rights violations, Ebrahim Raisi, has ruled out his candidacy in Iran’s May ...
March 3, 2017
Imprisoned Iran-Born Swedish Resident Refusing Food and Water in Desperate Bid for Justice
Rouhani Officials Ignore Djalali’s Wife’s Letters Iranian-born Swedish resident Ahmadreza Djalali is protesting his detainment in Iran since April 2016 ...
March 1, 2017
Former Political Prisoner Arrested by “Unidentified Agents” Without a Warrant
Former political prisoner Majid Asadi was arrested at his home in Karaj, west of Tehran, and taken to Evin Prison on February ...
March 1, 2017
Iranian-Kurdish Activist Lured to Government Office and Arrested by Intelligence Ministry
Update: Farzaneh Jalali was released on March 13, 2017, according to a post on her Facebook page. Farzaneh Jalali, an Iranian-Kurdish civil rights activist, has ...
February 28, 2017
Editor of State-Funded News Agency Remains Detained Without Access to Due Process
Detained since December 2016, Tahereh Riahi, the social affairs editor of the state-funded Borna News Agency, remains isolated ...
February 28, 2017
Daughter of Imprisoned Rights Lawyer Accuses Intelligence Minister of Blocking His Release
The daughter of an imprisoned prominent human rights lawyer has accused Iran’s hardline Intelligence Minister Mahmoud Alavi of blocking the ...
February 27, 2017
Former MP Demands That Iran Implement Right of Ethnic Minorities to Preserve Languages
A former member of Parliament and Iranian-Kurdish rights activist, Jalal Jalalizadeh, has strongly criticized the Islamic Republic’s refusal to recognize the constitutional right ...
February 23, 2017
Four Azeri Rights Activists Sentenced to More Than 10 Years in Prison for Peaceful Activism
Four Iranian ethnic Azerbaijanis have been issued long prison sentences for peacefully defending their rights, the Campaign for Human Rights in Iran has learned. One ...
February 22, 2017
Largest Trade Union Body Asks Iran’s Leader to End Persecution of Prominent Activist
The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) has written to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei calling for an ...
February 22, 2017
Beaten and Harassed, Dual National Serving 18-Year Prison Sentence in Iran on Hunger Strike
Iranian-American dual citizen Reza (Robin) Shahini, currently serving an 18-year prison sentence in Gorgan Prison (about 190 ...
February 22, 2017
Sunni Leader Calls on Khamenei to Investigate Reports of Expedited Executions of Sunni Prisoners
Iranian Sunni cleric Molavi Abdolhamid Ismaeelzahi (right) greets Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei (left). Iran’s most senior Sunni cleric, ...
February 21, 2017
Briefing: Tracking Twitter’s Growing Popularity in Iran
Twitter’s growth in Iran can be tracked through three distinct stages; when it was banned in 2009, during ...
February 20, 2017
Detained Iranian-Born Swedish Resident Djalali Starts Hunger Strike After Judge Dismisses Lawyers
Iranian-born Swedish resident Ahmadreza Djalali, detained in Iran since April 2016, began a second hunger strike in ...
February 20, 2017
Tehran Criminal Court Sentences Three Alleged Thieves to Hand Amputations
An unknown man's hand is amputated in Iran. A criminal court in Tehran has sentenced three alleged thieves ...
February 17, 2017
Iran’s Supreme Leader Cements Hardline Position by Rejecting Offer of National Reconciliation
Some Conservatives Side With Reformist Leader Khatami Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei’s refusal of an offer to achieve “national reconciliation” in Iran by ending the six-year ...
February 15, 2017
Revolutionary Guards Try to Silence US-Based Iranian Dissident by Arresting Her Sister
Update: Leila Haghighatjou was released on February 19, 2017 on bail set at 220 million tomans ($68,000 USD). Leila Haghighatjou, the sister of Fatemeh Haghighatjou, an ...
February 15, 2017
Opposition Leader’s Son: Khamenei and Rouhani Are Responsible for Extrajudicial House Arrests
The son of Iranian opposition leader Mehdi Karroubi, who has been detained under house arrest ...
February 15, 2017
Intelligence Ministry Violently Arrests Teenage Ethnic Arab Activist in Khuzestan
Ali Kab-Aomair, a 17-year-old ethnic Arab activist, has been held incommunicado since he was violently arrested on February 8, 2017 by agents of ...
February 13, 2017
Iran’s Judiciary Commutes Death Sentences of Some Juvenile Offenders
The Iranian judiciary has agreed to commute the death sentences of six people who were sentenced to death while they were juveniles while ...
February 12, 2017
Report: Iranian Hackers Target Activists’ Mac Devices With Revamped Malware
State-sponsored Iranian hackers, who had until now focused almost exclusively on civil and human rights-focused users of the Windows...
February 9, 2017
Iranians Use Twitter to Oppose Flag-Burning and Thank Americans for Resisting Trump’s Travel Ban
A few days before the 38th anniversary of Iran’s 1979 revolution—traditionally commemorated with hardliners burning U.S. flags and promoting ...
February 6, 2017
Ailing Political Prisoner Imprisoned for Facebook Posts Denied Medical Care
Soheil Arabi, who is currently serving a seven-and-a-half year prison sentence for the content of his social media ...
February 6, 2017
In Iran, From Prison to Exile for Posting Jokes on Facebook
After completing a five-year prison sentence in Iran for posting jokes about religion on Facebook, the Judiciary has sent ...