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Student Activists Educate Iran’s President About Political Repression at University Campuses

Student Activists Educate Iran’s President About Political Repression at University Campuses

December 10, 2018

Four months after 19 university students in Iran were issued harsh prison sentences for attending protests, the country’s president declared that Iran’s “universities are the freest in the world.” “I don’t think there’s another ...

Two Academics Who Held Australian Postings Detained, Summoned in Iran

Two Academics Who Held Australian Postings Detained, Summoned in Iran

December 4, 2018

At Least Four Academics and One Scientist With Foreign Ties Detained in Iran Since 2016 *Editor's Note: This article was corrected on December 6, 2018, to reflect that Mohammad Jalal Abbasi was summoned, not detained. One Iranian demography expert who has held academic postings in Australia has ...

New UN Special Rapporteur Javaid Rehman Requests Entry to Iran

New UN Special Rapporteur Javaid Rehman Requests Entry to Iran

October 1, 2018

UN SRs on Human Rights Banned From Visiting Since 2005 The new special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran, Javaid Rehman, has requested that Iran break its 13-year ban on UN human rights experts visiting the country and allow him ...

In Just Six Months, Iranian Universities Expelled 50 Baha’i Students For Their Religious Beliefs

In Just Six Months, Iranian Universities Expelled 50 Baha’i Students For Their Religious Beliefs

September 19, 2018

Fifty Baha’i students have been expelled from Iranian universities in the current Iranian year (beginning March 21, 2018) because of their religious beliefs, according to Simin Fahandej, a representative of the Baha’i International Community’s Office in Geneva to the United Nations. “This ...

Baha’i Leader’s 10-Year Prison Sentence Extended Despite Judicial Ruling That He Is Too Ill to Be Incarcerated

Baha’i Leader’s 10-Year Prison Sentence Extended Despite Judicial Ruling That He Is Too Ill to Be Incarcerated

May 13, 2018

Afif Naeimi, the seventh and last imprisoned member of Baha’i leaders in Iran known as the Yaran, returned to Rajaee Shahr Prison near Tehran on April 23, 2018, at the end of his medical leave despite suffering from life-threatening ailments. His wife Shahla Khalaji informed the Center for Human Rights ...

Students Challenge Minister’s Claim That No One in Iran is Banned From University for Political Reasons

Students Challenge Minister’s Claim That No One in Iran is Banned From University for Political Reasons

December 21, 2017

Majid Dorri(right) and Mahdieh Golru protesting in front of the Science Ministry in Tehran. A student who was banned from pursuing a university education in Iran because ...

Iran’s State TV Aired Forced Confession of Ahmadreza Djalali Because He Refused to Spy for Iran

Iran’s State TV Aired Forced Confession of Ahmadreza Djalali Because He Refused to Spy for Iran

December 20, 2017

A screenshot of a clip of Ahmadreza Djalali’s so-called “confession” on Iran’s state-run IRIB state TV. Iranian state TV aired a forced confession by Ahmadreza Djalali because he wrote in a letter that he was imprisoned in Iran for refusing ...

Forced Confession of Academic on Death Row in Iran Has No Legitimacy

Forced Confession of Academic on Death Row in Iran Has No Legitimacy

December 18, 2017

A scene from Ahmadreza Djalali's forced confession that was aired on Iran's state-run IRIB news channel on December 17, 2017. Islamic Republic Has Long History of Forcing False Confessions in Politically Motivated Cases December 18, 2017—The forced confession broadcast December ...

Iran’s Student Movement Faces Roadblocks Under Rouhani Despite Election Campaign Promises

Iran’s Student Movement Faces Roadblocks Under Rouhani Despite Election Campaign Promises

December 8, 2017

A Student Day protest at the University of Tehran. Protests were held at several Iranian universities on December 7, 2017, on the occasion of Student Day. One activist told the Center ...

Two Iranian Officials Publicly Break Rank and Discuss Discriminatory Policies Against Baha’is

Two Iranian Officials Publicly Break Rank and Discuss Discriminatory Policies Against Baha’is

December 7, 2017

Iranian officials are beginning to broach the previously taboo topic of religious discrimination in Iran. On the same day, two government officials publicly discussed discriminatory policies against Baha’is, one of Iran’s most severely persecuted minority faiths. “Today we have students being illegally ...

Three Baha’is Barred From University in Iran Sentenced to Five Years in Prison

Three Baha’is Barred From University in Iran Sentenced to Five Years in Prison

November 10, 2017

Three young Iranians who complained to state officials after being denied university education for being followers of the Baha’i faith have been sentenced to five years in prison each, the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) has learned. Lawyers representing Rouhieh ...

UN Special Rapporteur: Despite “Encouraging Signs,” Human Rights Deteriorating in Iran

UN Special Rapporteur: Despite “Encouraging Signs,” Human Rights Deteriorating in Iran

October 26, 2017

Asma Jahangir, the special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran. In presenting her semi-annual 2017 report on Iran to the United Nations General Assembly, UN Special Rapporteur Asma Jahangir noted positive developments in the ...

Students, MPs Protest Against Rouhani’s Conservative Nominee for Iran’s Science Ministry

Students, MPs Protest Against Rouhani’s Conservative Nominee for Iran’s Science Ministry

October 24, 2017

Students protest against President Rouhani’s nominee to head the Science Ministry, Mansour Gholami, at Amirkabir University of Technology in Tehran. Rouhani’s Previous ...

Imprisoned Teachers’ Rights Advocate Esmail Abdi Denied Sentence Review

Imprisoned Teachers’ Rights Advocate Esmail Abdi Denied Sentence Review

October 9, 2017

Esmail Abdi is serving a six-year prison sentence for peacefully advocating for teachers' rights in Iran. Iran’s judiciary has denied a request for a review of the heavy prison sentence issued against Esmail Abdi, the former secretary general of the country’s largest ...

Rights Activist Barred from University Under Ahmadinejad Faces Same Roadblocks Under Rouhani

Rights Activist Barred from University Under Ahmadinejad Faces Same Roadblocks Under Rouhani

October 5, 2017

Mahdieh Golru: “I have lost hope along with the years of my youth.” Iran’s Intelligence Ministry has blocked formerly imprisoned civil rights activist Mahdieh Golru from attending Alzahra University in Tehran despite being accepted as a graduate student. ...

Rouhani’s Broken Promises

Rouhani’s Broken Promises

September 18, 2017

Iranian President Rouhani is scheduled to speak this week at the 2017 UNGA in New York, but he won't mention his Broken Promises....

Lawyer Accuses Intelligence Ministry in Kermanshah of Harassing Kurdish Civil Rights Activist

Lawyer Accuses Intelligence Ministry in Kermanshah of Harassing Kurdish Civil Rights Activist

August 22, 2017

In the six months since she was released from a three-week detention, Iranian Kurdish children and women's rights activist Farzaneh Jalali has been repeatedly called in for questioning by the Intelligence Ministry. “My client has been under various kinds of pressure, but by law I cannot speak about them,” ...

Rouhani’s Lost Battle: UN 2030 Education Guidelines

Rouhani’s Lost Battle: UN 2030 Education Guidelines

August 3, 2017

In 2015, Iran adopted educational guidelines from the UN 2030 agenda that could substantially improve access to education throughout the country. Two years later, a vicious smear campaign and opposition by the supreme leader has resulted in President Hassan Rouhani scrapping the guidelines. Generations of Iranians stand to lose from ...

Teachers’ Rights Leader Returned to Prison Despite Judicial Official’s Furlough Pledge

Teachers’ Rights Leader Returned to Prison Despite Judicial Official’s Furlough Pledge

August 2, 2017

Esmail Abdi’s Six-Year Sentence Influenced by IRGC The former secretary general of the Iranian Teachers’ Trade Association (ITTA) has been returned to Evin Prison to continue serving a six-year prison sentence for his peaceful activism despite being promised extended furlough by a ...

Student Imprisoned for Refusing to Spy for Iran’s Intelligence Ministry Denied Visitation Rights

Student Imprisoned for Refusing to Spy for Iran’s Intelligence Ministry Denied Visitation Rights

August 1, 2017

Imprisoned for refusing to spy for Iran’s Intelligence Ministry, Hamid Babaei has been denied visitation rights at Rajaee Shahr Prison in Karaj, west of Tehran.  “Today [July 26], like every other Wednesday, I went to [Rajaee Shahr] prison to visit ...

Cartoon 168: Rouhani and His Promises

Cartoon 168: Rouhani and His Promises

May 30, 2017

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Iran Election Update – May 15, 2017

Iran Election Update – May 15, 2017

May 15, 2017

Items of Note Khatami Endorses Rouhani Influential reformist leader Mohammad Khatami has thrown his weight behind incumbent President Hassan Rouhani for Iran's May 19 presidential election. “We started on a path with Mr. Rouhani and we are at the halfway point,” he said in a ...

29 Members of EU Parliament Urge Iran to Release Detained Journalists and Activists Ahead of 2017 Elections

29 Members of EU Parliament Urge Iran to Release Detained Journalists and Activists Ahead of 2017 Elections

May 13, 2017

Ahead of Iran’s elections on May 19 for president and local councils, 29 members of the European Parliament have written a letter to Federica Mogherini, the representative of the European Union for foreign affairs and security policy and vice-president of the European Commission, urging the EU to call ...

Student Imprisoned For Refusing to Collaborate With Intelligence Ministry Denied Medical Care

Student Imprisoned For Refusing to Collaborate With Intelligence Ministry Denied Medical Care

May 8, 2017

Political prisoner Hamid Babaei is being refused hospital treatment by the authorities of Rajaee Shahr Prison in Karaj, west of Tehran, an informed source told the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI).  “Hamid’s chest ...

IRGC Commander Publicly Criticizes Rouhani’s Refusal to Block Telegram Call Service Before Election

IRGC Commander Publicly Criticizes Rouhani’s Refusal to Block Telegram Call Service Before Election

April 24, 2017

One month before Iranians head to the polls, a senior commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) has revealed that President Hassan Rouhani opposed pressure to ban the popular Telegram application’s newly released “Voice Calls...

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