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 in ...
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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, who was ...
January 14, 2017
Listen to Ailing Political Prisoner Saeed Shirzad “Before It’s Too Late,” Warns Lawyer
Saeed Shirzad has been ...
January 14, 2017
U.S. Resident Imprisoned in Iran “Punished” for Going on Hunger Strike
Nizar Zakka, a Lebanese-born U.S. permanent resident on hunger strike in Tehran’s Evin Prison since December 8, 2016, ...
January 13, 2017
Revolutionary Guards Blocking Temporary Release of Canadian Resident Imprisoned in Iran
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards are blocking the granted furlough (temporary release) request of Saeed Malekpour, an Iranian-born Canadian ...
January 13, 2017
Tehran Prosecutor Goes on the Defensive Over Hunger-Striking Political Prisoners
In an apparent response to growing pressure to resolve the issue, Tehran Prosecutor Abbas Jafari Dowlatabadi has criticized media coverage of a ...
January 13, 2017
Supporter of Persecuted Spiritual Leader Arrested at Tehran International Airport
Masoumeh (Pegah) Zia, a follower of imprisoned spiritual leader Mohammad Ali Taheri, was arrested ...
January 12, 2017
Activist Saeed Shirzad on Hunger Strike Against Poor Prison Conditions Hospitalized
Imprisoned children's rights activist Saeed Shirzad began his hunger strike in Rajaee Shahr Prison on December 17, 2016, the ...
January 12, 2017
Tehran University Invite Lands Iranian-Swedish Disaster Medicine Expert in Jail
Ahmadreza Djalali, an Iranian-born Swedish resident and expert in emergency disaster medicine who has been detained in Evin Prison without trial since April ...
January 12, 2017
Iranian-Swedish Disaster Medicine Expert Held in Iran Jail for Nine Months, on Hunger Strike Since Dec. 25
Case Continues Pattern of Dual Nationals Snatched and Held Without Due Process January 12, 2017—In yet another case of a foreign resident or dual ...
January 12, 2017
Civil Rights Activist Imprisoned for Social Media Postings Released on Bail
Civil rights activist Esmail “Zartosht” Ahmadi-Ragheb—detained in Evin Prison since January 2016 for criticizing Iranian politics on social ...
January 10, 2017
Rafsanjani’s Death Reshuffles the Political Deck in Iran
The heads of ...
January 10, 2017
Wife of Imprisoned Activist Arash Sadeghi Resists Order to Return to Prison
Political prisoner Arash Sadeghi, the husband of Golrokh Iraee who went on a 71-day hunger strike demanding a case ...
January 10, 2017
Iran’s Telegram Registration Requirement Widens Governmental Snooping Powers
Requiring Telegram ...
January 9, 2017
Reformist Journalist Convicted of “Propaganda Against the State” Completes One-Year Prison Sentence
Reformist journalist Reyhaneh Tabatabaie was released from Evin Prison in Tehran on January 5, 2017 after serving a ...
January 6, 2017
Conservative Tehran MP to Judiciary: Review Case of Political Prisoner on Hunger Strike
Wave of Hunger Strikes Highlights Prisoners’ Plights Conservative member of Parliament Ali Motahari has publicly asked the Judiciary to review the case of ailing political ...
January 6, 2017
Nobel Laureate’s Call for Resignation of Iran’s Judiciary Chief Puts Spotlight on Rampant Judicial Abuses
January 6, 2017—The call for the resignation of Iran’s top judicial official, Sadegh Larijani, by the prominent Iranian ...
January 5, 2017
Iran’s First Female Judge and Nobel Laureate Calls for Resignation of Judiciary Chief
Shirin Ebadi: Interrogators Make Decisions for the Judges Amid the ongoing wave of life-threatening hunger strikes by political prisoners in Iran, Iranian Nobel Peace Laureate Shirin Ebadi has called ...
January 4, 2017
Arash Sadeghi’s 71-Day Hunger Strike Achieves Promise of Case Review for Imprisoned Wife
Public Pressure Forces Iran’s Judiciary to Retreat From Hardline Stance “The [Tehran] Assistant Prosecutor Mr. Hajilou accepted that my case was wrongfully handled, but said it ...
January 4, 2017
Persecution of Dual Nationals: Businessman Serving 10-Year Prison Sentence After Coerced Confession
Security Forces Use Kamran Ghaderi's Wife as “Bait” to Coerce Confession Iranian-Austrian dual citizen Kamran Ghaderi is entering the second year of his 10-year prison sentence in solitary ...
December 29, 2016
Political Prisoner Banned from Visits After Sending Complaint to Warden
Imprisoned doctoral student Hamid Babaei has been banned from receiving visitations after the prison warden accused him of “insulting” Iran’s supreme leader ...
December 28, 2016
Revolutionary Court Sentences More Than 70 Iranians to Prison for Celebrating “Cyrus Day”
Islamic Republic Represses Commemoration of Pre-Islamic Era History Update: Most of the people arrested for celebrating the unofficial birthday of “Cyrus the Great” have had their sentences reduced or ...
December 23, 2016
Union Leader Receives Unofficial Warning To Return to Prison or Lose $140,000 Bail
Labor rights activist Jafar Azimzadeh has been told that he must return to Evin Prison in Tehran ...
December 23, 2016
Iranian-American “Completely Isolated” in Iran’s Gorgan Prison
Iranian-American political prisoner Reza (Robin) Shahini is being held in adverse conditions with dangerous criminals in Gorgan Prison, 186 miles northeast of Tehran in Golestan Province, ...