Judge Salavati Threatens Iranian-Born Swedish Resident With Death Penalty On Day One of Trial

Iranian-born Swedish resident Ahmadreza Djalali, who has been detained in Tehran without due process since April 2016, was threatened with ...

February 2, 2017

Editor Detained by Iran’s Intelligence Ministry Pleads for Help From Evin Prison

Tahereh Riahi, the social affairs editor of the state-funded Borna News Agency, who has been detained by the ...

February 1, 2017

Iranian-Dutch Dual National and Dissident Imprisoned in Tehran Denied Medical Care

Update: Sabri Hassanpour was released in April 2018. The officials of Evin Prison are denying Sabri Hassanpour, an Iranian-born citizen of the Netherlands ...

January 30, 2017

Trump’s Travel Ban Grants Iran’s Government Veto Power Over US-Bound Nationals

Newly landed passengers wait ...

January 27, 2017

Iran’s Intelligence Ministry Arrests Mother of Green Movement Gunshot Victim

Shahnaz Akmali, the mother of a well-known victim of the Islamic Republic’s violent crackdown on the Green ...

January 26, 2017

Prominent Iranian Directors Decry Censorship After Minister Bans Films From Tehran Fajr Festival

Reza Salehi Amiri became the minister of culture and Islamic guidance in November 2016 after former minister Ali ...

January 26, 2017

Iranian University Conceals Evidence of Expelling Baha’i Students for Religious Beliefs

"Death to Baha'is" reads the graffiti spray painted by a vandal on the gates of a Baha'i-owned home. Fifteen ...

January 25, 2017

Rouhani Must Act Against Imprisonment of Dual Nationals

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s Husband Writes Direct Plea to Rouhani January 25, 2017–The Iranian Judiciary’s recent upholding ...

January 23, 2017

Ailing British-Iranian Grandpa Serving 7-Year Prison Sentence Denied Medical Leave

Kamal Foroughi, a 77-year-old ailing British-Iranian dual citizen and former civil engineer incarcerated at Evin Prison in Tehran since May 2011, ...

January 23, 2017

Prominent Poet Charged With Spreading ‘Propaganda’ After Posting Photo of Beaten Colleague

Well-known Iranian poet and filmmaker Baktash Abtin has been charged with “propaganda against the state” following his ...

January 21, 2017

Civil Rights Activist Sentenced to Seven Years in Prison at 10-Minute Mass Trial Released

Revolutionary Guards Pressured Judiciary for Harsh Sentences Civil rights advocate Aso Rostami—whose initial mass trial with three other activists lasted “barely 10 minutes”—was released from Rajaee ...

January 19, 2017

Award-Winning Kurdish Filmmaker Denied Urgent Hospitalization by Evin Prison Authorities

The authorities of Evin Prison in Tehran are refusing to transfer imprisoned filmmaker Keyvan Karimi to a hospital outside the prison ...

January 19, 2017

Court Rejects Some New Charges by Revolutionary Guards Against Activist Sentenced to 7 Years In Prison

Atena Daemi and Family Still Face Legal Persecution Three of the five new charges brought against imprisoned civil rights advocate Atena Daemi by the ...

January 19, 2017

Saeed Shirzad Ends Hunger Strike After Officials Pledge to End Rights Abuses at Rajaee Shahr Prison

An informed source close to imprisoned civil rights activist Saeed Shirzad said Shirzad ended his hunger strike ...

January 19, 2017

Ailing Political Prisoner Issa Saharkhiz on Hunger Strike Against Additional Six-Month Sentence

Imprisoned political commentator Issa Saharkhiz began a wet hunger strike on January 14, 2017 to protest a newly issued six-month ...

January 18, 2017

Judiciary Cites “Lost” Case Files in Denying Man Imprisoned for 23 Years Medical Care

Political prisoner Mohammad Nazari, imprisoned in Tehran for the past 23 years, has told the Campaign for Human Rights in ...

January 17, 2017

Political Prisoners on Death Row in Iran Fear Reinstatement of Long-Term Visitations Ban

Political prisoners Zanyar Moradi and Loghman Moradi, both ethnic Kurds on death row in Rajaee Shahr Prison ...

January 17, 2017

Khatami, Former Political Prisoners and Ailing Mother Convince Ali Shariati to End 75-Day Hunger Strike

Requests by prominent reformist leader Mohammad Khatami, political prisoners, and his ailing mother ultimately convinced imprisoned civil rights activist Ali Shariati to halt his hunger strike, after 75 days, ...

January 17, 2017

Revolutionary Guards Arrest Former Reformist MP’s Sister on Unspecified “Security Charges”

Fatemeh Haghighatjou, a former reformist member of Iran’s Parliament currently living in the United States, is desperately seeking information about her sister, Leila Haghighatjou, ...

January 14, 2017