Tehran Prosecutor: “No Discussion” About Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s Release Date
Two day after a former senior British politician expressed optimism after discussing the case of imprisoned Iranian-British dual national ...
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Intelligence Ministry Agents Intimidate Family of Slain Farmer Killed at Protest
Nematollah Shafiei was a bystander who was shot and killed during protests in Qahderijan, Isfahan Province, on January 2, 2018, his brother Hossein, told the Center for ...
President Rouhani Changes Course and Acknowledges Protesters’ Varied Reasons For Discontent
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani struck a more conciliatory tone in reacting for the second time to a wave of protests that have recently swept across dozens of Iranian cities. “Some ...
Local Officials in Iranian City Dezful Attempt to Deflect Responsibility for Protesters’ Death
A protester died from a bullet wound during a protest in the city of Dezful despite a local official’s claim that “this man’s death had nothing to do with recent events,” the Center for ...
Iran Suspends Thousands of Drug-Related Death Sentences After Years of Domestic and International Campaigning
January 10, 2018--An estimated 4,000 prisoners currently on death row in Iran for drug-related crimes could have their death sentences revoked according to a just-issued judicial order based on the country’s newly amended drug trafficking law. “Iran has ...
Iranian Human Rights Organizations File Motion in Germany Against Ayatollah Shahroudi for Crimes Against Humanity
A coalition of Iranian human rights NGOs including Centre for Defenders of Human Rights, Centre for Human Rights in Iran, Impact Iran, Iran Human Rights Documentation Centre, Justice for Iran, and the Siamak Pourzand Foundation, has provided the Government of Germany with compelling evidence that ...
Reformist MP Pledges to “Seek Answers” on Students Arrested in Iran’s Protests
16 Reformist MPs Urge Support For Protesters A top reformist lawmaker has pledged to investigate the arrests by Iran's Intelligence Ministry of dozens of university students during the country’s recent nationwide protests. ...
Poet to Serve Two Years in Prison For Criticizing Iran’s Supreme Leader
Editor's Note: Mahdavifar’s two-year prison sentence was upheld by an Appeals Court on July 3, 2018. Poet Mohammad Mahdavifar has been sentenced to two years in prison for criticizing Iranian Supreme ...
Political Prisoner Majid Assadi Denied Hospitalization in Rajaee Shahr Prison
Political prisoner Majid Assadi is being denied urgent hospitalization despite severe pain in his spine and digestive problems, the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) has learned. ...
Ahmadreza Djalali’s Wife: My Husband Was “Framed” For Refusing to Spy for Iran
The wife of an Iranian-born Swedish resident sentenced to death in Iran on espionage charges has denied new allegations that her husband spied for the Israeli secret ...
Iranian Authorities Confiscate Prominent Director’s Passport, Ban Him From Making Films
Award-winning director Mohammad Rasoulof has revealed that he has been banned from making films in Iran and is not allowed to leave the country. “As soon as ...
Independent Iranian Journalist Facing Prosecution For Criticizing Powerful Politician
Detained after criticizing a powerful local lawmaker, Sina Ghalandari, an independent journalist based in the city of Kuhdasht, Lorestan Province, has been released on bail. “Every journalist or political activist who has criticized ...
Epileptic Inmate Alireza Golipour to Resume Life-Endangering Hunger Strike in Evin Prison
Prisoner Alireza Golipour, who suffers from epilepsy, has threatened to go on a life-threatening hunger strike again if judicial authorities do not carry out their promise to review his case and release him on medical grounds, the Center ...
Evin Prison Medical Chief Denies Ali Shariati Specialist Care Despite Severe Symptoms
Political prisoner Ali Shariati is being denied specialist medical treatment by Evin Prison’s medical chief Abbas Khani despite exhibiting symptoms of severe dental issues. ...
Political Prisoners in Rajaee Shahr Prison Denied Basic Rights Including Heat in Cold Winter Months
“All they want to do is harass the political prisoners.” The authorities of Rajaee Shahr Prison are keeping political prisoners in unbearably cold conditions without providing protection, a ...
Two Journalists Held for Months Without Charge Released on Bail
After four months in arbitrary detention, Iranian journalists Sasan Aghaei and Yaghma Fashkhami have been released on bail. The semi-official Iranian ...
Baha’is Still Misunderstood in Iran, Says Former Leader After Serving 10 Years in Prison
Baha’i leader Behrouz Tavakkoli has spoken out about the Iranian government’s “misunderstandings” about his minority faith. Tavakkoli spoke to the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) on December 15, 2017, 11 days after his release from Rajaee Shahr Prison where he served a 10-year-prison sentence for his religious beliefs. “Those ...
Iran’s State TV Aired Forced Confession of Ahmadreza Djalali Because He Refused to Spy for Iran
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 ...
UN Rights Experts Call on Iran to Annul Death Sentence Against Academic and Free Him
GENEVA (20 December 2017) – United Nations human rights experts* have appealed to Iran to annul the death sentence against an Iranian academic, saying they are deeply “disturbed” by ongoing reports of due ...
Tehran Prosecutor’s Office Ignores Imprisoned Iranian-Austrian’s Request for Back Operation
The Tehran prosecutor's office has ignored a request by imprisoned Iranian-Austrian dual national Kamran Ghaderi for an urgent back operation, his wife told ...
Iran’s Judiciary Should Free Labor Activist Reza Shahabi Who Suffered Stroke
Update: Reza Shahabi was released on March 19, 2018. December 19, 2017—The Iranian judiciary should immediately free ailing trade unionist Reza Shahabi, who recently suffered a stroke in Rajaee Shahr Prison, and allow him ...
Forced Confession of Academic on Death Row in Iran Has No Legitimacy
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 ...
In Letter From Evin Prison, Narges Mohammadi Demands Judiciary Stop Violating Due Process Rights
Political prisoner Narges Mohammadi has criticized Iran’s judiciary and security organizations for holding detainees in solitary confinement for prolonged periods without charge while trying to build a case against them. In an open ...
Rajaee Shahr Prison Officials Refuse to Hospitalize Labor Activist Reza Shahabi After He Has a Stroke
An imprisoned trade unionist, Reza Shahabi, has been denied hospitalization despite suffering a stroke, according to a statement by the ...
Judge Demands Political Prisoner Mohammad Ali Taheri Pick Lawyer from Judiciary’s List
Judge Salavati Often Assigned to Issue Harsh Sentences in Political Cases The judge who will re-sentence imprisoned spiritual thinker Mohammad Ali Taheri for the charge of “corruption on earth” has demanded that ...