Political Activist Should Go Free Says Tehran’s Deputy Prosecutor
Mohammad Hossein Rafiee Mohammad Hossein Rafiee, a 71-year-old political activist has been illegally held in detention since June 16, ...
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August 13, 2015
Imprisoned Artist Suffering from Lymphatic Disease
Atena Faraghdani The artist and civil activist Atena Faraghdani has developed signs of lymphatic disease in prison as she awaits ...
August 13, 2015
Ailing Student Activist’s Continued Detention Violates Iran’s Own Laws
Bahareh Hedayat’s Continued Detention Violates Iran’s Own Laws Prominent student activist Bahareh Hedayat should ...
August 11, 2015
Rezaian’s Lawyer Prevented from Responding to Prosecutor’s Accusations
The blatant denial of due process on display on the last day of Jason Rezaian’s trial on August 10, 2015, when his lawyer was not allowed ...
August 10, 2015
Rezaian and Other Iranian-American Prisoners Held on Sham Charges Should be Released
Three Iranian-American prisoners, Amir Mirzaei Hekmati, Jason Rezaian, ...
August 10, 2015
Three Hanged in Public in Karaj
Three people found guilty of rape were executed in public in the Golshahr neighborhood of the Iranian ...
August 5, 2015
Rouhani Government Suppresses Nuclear Deal’s Critics
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August 3, 2015
Cartoon 121: Justice Through Amputation
The Iranian Judiciary carried out a double limb amputation sentence on August 4, 2015, where a convict's foot and fingers were amputated for robbery. ...
July 29, 2015
Iran’s State Media Launches Yet Another Attack on U.N. Special Rapporteur
Allegations against Dr. Ahmed Shaheed Unsubstantiated and Questioned by WikiLeaks Ever desperate to discredit the work and person of UN Special Rapporteur for human rights in Iran Ahmed Shaheed, news agencies in Iran run ...
July 27, 2015
Former Reformist Member of Parliament Arrested Upon Return to Iran
A senior adviser to opposition Green Movement leader Mehdi Karroubi was arrested upon his return to Iran six years after the controversial presidential elections that forced him to leave the country. Esmail Gerami Moghaddam, a former Member of ...
July 20, 2015
Member of Spiritual Group Sentenced to Prison and Lashes
Masoumeh Zia, a member of the Erfan-e Halgheh spiritual group, told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that she has been sentenced to a year in prison and 74 lashes for “disturbing public order” and taking part in a gathering ...
June 10, 2015
Cartoon 116: Nuclear Inspections and Human Rights
One of the conditions set for reaching a nuclear deal between the 5+1 countries and Iran is inspection of some of Iran's military facilities, ...
May 23, 2015
Cartoon 115: Ali Khamenei at the Tehran International Book Fair
During a visit to the Tehran International Book Fair, Iran's Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, asked a publisher whether ...
May 18, 2015
Cartoon 114: Prison Overcrowding
In an interview with IRNA, Reza Mahboubi, Deputy Director of the Interior Ministry's Social Affairs Center said that five hundred thousand new inmates and detainees enter Iran's prison system each year. Official ...
May 18, 2015
Young Activist Sentenced to Seven Years in Prison for Facebook Postings and Peaceful Protest
A young civil activist who has been held at Evin Prison since October 2014 has been sentenced to seven years in prison at her interrogator's urging, a source close to the case told ...
May 18, 2015
Basij Militia Unveils Messaging App that Gives State Access to All Conversations
Officials hope Salam will lure users away from applications such as Viber and WhatsApp that are hugely popular in ...
May 14, 2015
Cartoon 113: Evin Prison to Become A Park
Tehran Mayor Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said this week that the Tehran Municipality is prepared to enter negotiations with the Iranian Judiciary to convert the Evin Prison complex in northwestern Tehran into a ...
May 13, 2015
Husband of Jailed Activist Narges Mohammadi Asks Rouhani’s Minister to Review Her Case
250 Activists and Journalists Sign Statement Calling for Her Release Iranian Judiciary authorities have advised the family of detained human rights activist Narges Mohammadi that her May 5, 2015 arrest and transfer to Evin Prison ...
May 8, 2015
Radical Website Calls for Murder of Musician, Iranian Officials Silent
Shahin Najafi German Police Address Threat While Website Offers Reward for Shahin Najafi's and His Fan's Death The announcement by an ultra-conservative ...
May 6, 2015
Eminent Iranian Poet and Filmmaker Repeatedly Interrogated by Intelligence Ministry
Baktash Abtin’s Case Expected to be Sent to Court Iran's Intelligence Ministry has repeatedly summoned and interrogated the well-known Iranian poet, documentary filmmaker, and member of ...
May 5, 2015
“Why Did I Go to Prison for Four Years, Mr. Zarif?”
Formerly Imprisoned Journalists Challenge Iran Foreign Minister’s Remarks to Charlie Rose Astonished reactions to recent statements made by Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad ...
May 5, 2015
Leading Activist Arrested Ahead of Her Trial for Peaceful Civil Activities
Narges Mohammadi is Transferred to Evin Prison Civil rights activist and Deputy Director of the banned Defenders of Human Rights Center, Narges Mohammadi, was arrested at her ...
April 23, 2015
Cartoon 112: Facebook Users Get Five to Seven Years in Prison
An appeals court in Tehran has sentenced six individuals to prison terms ranging from five to seven years for postings on their Facebook pages. Two additional individuals are facing as of ...
April 1, 2015
Cartoon (109): Political Prisoners & Families Celebrate Nowruz, Not!
Dozens of political prisoners and prisoners of conscience were deprived of furlough, ordinarily extended to prisoners in Iran, during the Iranian New Year, Nowruz (March 20, April 1). More than ...
January 14, 2015
Jason Rezaian Indicted by Tehran Revolutionary Court, Says Prosecutor
During a press conference today, Tehran Prosecutor Abbas Jafari Dolatabadi told reporters that the imprisoned Washington Post correspondent, Jason Rezaian, has been indicted and that his case has been forwarded to a Tehran Revolutionary Court. The Prosecutor’s announcement, after 170 days of “temporary detention” of ...