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September 4, 2015

Cartoon 122: Two More Years for Bahareh

The student and women’s rights activist Bahareh Hedayat, imprisoned for over five years in Iran, has been given an additional two-year prison sentence, days ...

September 1, 2015

Leading Societal Figures in Iran Urge Americans to Support Nuclear Deal

More than fifty prominent members of Iranian society have written an open letter to the American people urging them to ask their Congressional representatives to support the nuclear ...

August 31, 2015

Jailed Activist Diagnosed with Symptoms of Multiple Sclerosis

Atena Daemi, children’s rights and civil activist Family Hopes Atena Daemi Will Be Released on ...

August 31, 2015

Wife of Imprisoned Pastor Asks US Officials to Obtain Release of Her Husband

Saeed Abedini American officials must do more to obtain the release of unjustly imprisoned Iranian-Americans, according to the ...

August 24, 2015

Imprisoned Cartoonist Grateful for International Courage Award

Atena Faraghdani Jailed artist Atena Faraghdani has expressed gratitude upon hearing she was awarded the 2015 Courage in Cartooning ...

August 24, 2015

Former Tehran Prosecutor Acquitted of Charges in Kahrizak Murders despite Overwhelming Evidence

Saeed Mortazavi, The former Tehran Prosecutor Mortazavi Verdict Shows Officials Still Enjoy Impunity even in Cases of Torture and Death of Prisoners. The former Tehran ...

August 20, 2015

Fabrication in Iranian Reports on Wall Street Journal Reporter Exposed

Farnaz Fassihi False Allegations Are Attempt to Justify Coming Verdict against Washington Post Reporter Rezaian After a week of ...

August 17, 2015

Amputations Do Not Prevent Crime, Legal Expert Says

The Iranian Judiciary’s continued practice, under the direction of Sadegh Amoli Larijani, of carrying out amputations as a routine punishment, is not only in direct ...

August 17, 2015

Banning of Films Continues under Rouhani Administration, 14 Movies Now Forbidden

Banning of Films Continues under Rouhani Administration Despite repeated statements made by President ...

August 13, 2015

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

August 10, 2015

Rezaian and Other Iranian-American Prisoners Held on Sham Charges Should be Released

Three Iranian-American prisoners, Amir Mirzaei Hekmati, Jason ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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