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Political Prisoner Narges Mohammadi Has Been Separated from Her Children for Five Years and Counting

Political Prisoner Narges Mohammadi Has Been Separated from Her Children for Five Years and Counting

October 15, 2019

Imprisoned human rights advocate Narges Mohammadi has not been able to hold her two children since 2015, for nearly five years, her mother Ozra Bazargan wrote in an open letter decrying the injustice her daughter is being forced to endure. “This is the fifth autumn we are ...

Shirin Neshat Curates Iranian Women Artists Exhibit

Shirin Neshat Curates Iranian Women Artists Exhibit

October 15, 2019

A new exhibit curated by visual artist Shirin Neshat with artistic advisor Nicky Nodjoumi and organized by the Center for Human Rights in Iran features nearly 100 works by Iranian women artists. Come see it for a limited time from November 7-24 at the High Line Nine gallery in ...

Women in Iran Make History as Thousands Attend Football Game

Women in Iran Make History as Thousands Attend Football Game

October 15, 2019

Women in Iran made HISTORY on October 10, 2019, when thousands watched a football game in Tehran’s Azadi Stadium. They’ve been banned from purchasing tickets for the past 38 years. ...

Iranian Women Artists Showcased in Upcoming Exhibit Curated by Shirin Neshat

Iranian Women Artists Showcased in Upcoming Exhibit Curated by Shirin Neshat

October 14, 2019

Exhibition Extended Until December 14 October 14, 2019 - The Center for Human Rights in Iran is honored to announce an upcoming exhibition of 13 contemporary Iranian women artists in New York City, curated by the internationally acclaimed artist Shirin Neshat. The show, A Bridge Between You and Everything ...

Women Football Fans Decry Restrictions: “Why Didn’t They Let Us All In?”

Women Football Fans Decry Restrictions: “Why Didn’t They Let Us All In?”

October 11, 2019

Women's Tickets Capped at 4,000 Out of 75,000 The soccer match between Iran and Cambodia on October 10, 2019, in Tehran’s Azadi Stadium included the historic presence of thousands of women. However, although the stadium was more than half empty, the authorities capped the number of tickets sold ...

Iran Must Confront Its Child Protection Crisis

Iran Must Confront Its Child Protection Crisis

October 11, 2019

On the International Day of the Girl Child, All States Urged to Address Needs of Girl Children Child Marriage, Lack of Protection against Abuse, Juvenile Executions Key Issues in Iran October 11, 2019—On the International Day of the Girl Child, the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) ...

Iranian Women Attend Football Match in Major Challenge to Stadium Ban, But Discriminatory Restrictions Persist

Iranian Women Attend Football Match in Major Challenge to Stadium Ban, But Discriminatory Restrictions Persist

October 9, 2019

October 9, 2019 – Nearly four decades after women were banned from sports stadiums in Iran, a few thousand tickets were sold to female fans ahead of an October 10, 2019, World Cup qualifier match between the Iranian and Cambodian national teams. But the number of tickets sold ...

Children Born to Non-Iranian Fathers Win Right to File for Citizenship—With a Catch

Children Born to Non-Iranian Fathers Win Right to File for Citizenship—With a Catch

October 7, 2019

Amendment Authorizes Intelligence Agencies to Investigate Applicants’ Parents Legislation granting a citizenship application option to Iranian children born to foreign fathers was approved by the country’s legislative watchdog, the Guardian Council, on October 2, 2019. Four years in the making, the long-awaited approval came after Parliament agreed to ...

Women’s Demand for Tickets for Soccer Match Between Iran and Cambodia Surges as Ban is Lifted

Women’s Demand for Tickets for Soccer Match Between Iran and Cambodia Surges as Ban is Lifted

October 7, 2019

Authorities Quadruple Tickets Available to Women After Allotment Sells Out in One Hour Responding to extraordinarily high demand for tickets from women soccer fans, Iranian authorities have increased the allocation of seats for women at Tehran’s Azadi Stadium for the coming match between Iran and Cambodia scheduled for ...

Iranian Stadium Ban Activists Honored in Wake of “Blue Girl” Tragedy

Iranian Stadium Ban Activists Honored in Wake of “Blue Girl” Tragedy

September 13, 2019

Minute of Silence Observed for "Blue Girl" Stadium Ban Resister Who Died by Self-Immolation  Activists leading the struggle against Iran's ban on women in stadiums were honored with the "Sport for Human Rights" award sponsored by social change organizations Beyond Sport and Equality League at a reception ...

Death of Iran’s “Blue Girl” Spotlights Senseless Ban on Women in Stadiums

Death of Iran’s “Blue Girl” Spotlights Senseless Ban on Women in Stadiums

September 10, 2019

  No More Empty Promises: FIFA Should Call on Iran to Lift Ban Once and For All September 10, 2019 – The death of Sahar Khodayari, a woman who set herself on fire in Tehran because she thought she would have to serve jail time for trying ...

15 Iran MPs Urge New Judiciary Chief to Stop Renewed Crackdown on Freedom of Speech

15 Iran MPs Urge New Judiciary Chief to Stop Renewed Crackdown on Freedom of Speech

September 5, 2019

During a speech addressing Iran’s legislature, member of Parliament (MP) Parvaneh Salahshouri strongly criticized the recent crackdown on journalists and workers’ rights advocates and called on recently appointed Judiciary Chief Ebrahim Raisi to uphold the rule of law. A group of MPs subsequently called on ...

Authorities Ignored Serious Mental Health Condition of Defendant Who Set Herself on Fire Outside Courthouse

Authorities Ignored Serious Mental Health Condition of Defendant Who Set Herself on Fire Outside Courthouse

September 4, 2019

A 29-year-old woman set herself on fire outside a Tehran courthouse reportedly after hearing that she would have to serve six months in prison after being arrested while trying to enter a stadium to watch a men's soccer match. A 29-year-old ...

Prisoners in Iran’s Gharchak Prison for Women Protest Inhumane Living Conditions 

Prisoners in Iran’s Gharchak Prison for Women Protest Inhumane Living Conditions 

August 30, 2019

Prison Fails to Meet UN’s Minimum Standards for Treatment of Prisoners Two hundred inmates in Ward 5 of Gharchak Prison for women in the Iranian city of Varamin have sent an open letter to the head of the State Prisons Organization in Tehran Province protesting the prison’s inhumane living ...

Iran Releases Detained Stadium Ban Protesters as Hardliners Cheer on Discriminatory Policy

Iran Releases Detained Stadium Ban Protesters as Hardliners Cheer on Discriminatory Policy

August 21, 2019

Four women arrested by agents of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) on August 17, 2019, for trying to enter Azadi Stadium in Tehran to watch a men’s soccer game were released on bail from Gharchak Prison, south of the capital, two days later. But the ...

Arrests, Prison Sentences Fail to Stem Growing Public Opposition to Iran’s Mandatory Hijab Law

Arrests, Prison Sentences Fail to Stem Growing Public Opposition to Iran’s Mandatory Hijab Law

August 19, 2019

At Least 12 People Sentenced to Prison Since January 2018 August 19, 2019 – Mounting arrests and prison sentences have not enabled Iran's government to achieve broad public compliance with the country's mandatory hijab law, or stem growing protests against it. At least 12 people have been issued prison ...

“Why Should We Be Silent?” Colleagues Condemn Photographer’s Unjust Detention

“Why Should We Be Silent?” Colleagues Condemn Photographer’s Unjust Detention

August 15, 2019

Film and theater photographer Nooshin Jafari has been detained at an undisclosed location in Tehran since August 4, 2019. Nooshin Jafari’s Supporters Push ...

Detained Anthropologist Kameel Ahmady Worked Independently and Transparently, Says Wife

Detained Anthropologist Kameel Ahmady Worked Independently and Transparently, Says Wife

August 14, 2019

Iranian-British anthropologist Kameel Ahmady has had no contact with his family since he was detained in Tehran on August 11, 2019. Except for ...

Female Plaintiff’s Battle to Get a Motorcycle License Exposes Arbitrary Restrictions on Women in Iran 

Female Plaintiff’s Battle to Get a Motorcycle License Exposes Arbitrary Restrictions on Women in Iran 

August 13, 2019

In response to a complaint by a woman from the city of Isfahan, Branch 1 of Iran’s Administrative Justice Court ruled that the traffic police’s refusal to issue motorcycle driving licenses to women is unlawful. However, due to Article 60 of the Administrative Justice Court’s Organizational and ...

Three Women Issued Lengthy Prison Sentences for Peacefully Protesting Iran’s Mandatory Hijab Law

Three Women Issued Lengthy Prison Sentences for Peacefully Protesting Iran’s Mandatory Hijab Law

August 8, 2019

Mojgan Keshavarz has been sentenced to 23.6 years in prison while Monireh Arabshahi and her daughter Yasaman Ariyani have each been sentenced to 16 years in prison for peacefully campaigning against Iran’s mandatory hijab law. All three women were charged with “encouraging people to corruption and prostitution,” “assembly ...

Blood Money Paid for a Woman in Iran Is Still Half That Paid for a Man, Despite New Ruling

Blood Money Paid for a Woman in Iran Is Still Half That Paid for a Man, Despite New Ruling

August 2, 2019

Discriminatory Law Remains on the Books, New Law Just Has State Pay to Make Up Difference Following news in Iran on July 2, 2019, declaring equality between men and women in blood money (financial compensation paid to the family of someone who has been killed or to the ...

Two Political Prisoners Sentenced to 3.7 More Years in Jail for Protesting Death Penalty

Two Political Prisoners Sentenced to 3.7 More Years in Jail for Protesting Death Penalty

July 19, 2019

Atena Daemi Illegally Denied Visits Since March 2019 Political prisoners Atena Daemi and Golrokh Iraee Ebrahimi have been told they must serve an additional 3.7 years in prison for the charges of “insulting the supreme leader” and “propaganda against the state,” Daemi’s mother informed the Center ...

Richard Ratcliffe: IRGC is Holding My Wife “Incommunicado” in a Psychiatric Ward

Richard Ratcliffe: IRGC is Holding My Wife “Incommunicado” in a Psychiatric Ward

July 19, 2019

 Iranian Law Guarantees Prisoners Weekly Visits The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps have been denying Imprisoned Iranian-British citizen Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe all contact with the outside world since she was transferred to the psychiatric ward of a hospital in Tehran on July 15, 2019. In ...

Zaghari-Ratcliffe Transferred to Psychiatric Ward, Held Incommunicado

Zaghari-Ratcliffe Transferred to Psychiatric Ward, Held Incommunicado

July 16, 2019

Revolutionary Guards Blocking Outside Contact, Says Free Nazanin Campaign   Imprisoned Iranian-British citizen Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has been held in the psychiatric ward of the Imam Khomeini Hospital in Tehran since July 15, 2019, according to the Free Nazanin campaign. Throughout this time she has been denied contact with her family ...

Letter: Political Prisoner Thanks Richard Ratcliffe for Being the “Voice” of Mothers Behind Bars in Iran

Letter: Political Prisoner Thanks Richard Ratcliffe for Being the “Voice” of Mothers Behind Bars in Iran

June 25, 2019

Ratcliffe and His Wife Have Been on a Joint Hunger Strike for 11 Days and Counting Their Daughter Will Soon Have to Leave Iran to Start School in the UK Prominent political prisoner Narges Mohammadi has written a letter thanking Richard Ratcliffe for highlighting the suffering ...

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