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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 ...

FIFA President Announces Deadline for Iran to Take “Concrete Steps” to Let Women Into Stadiums

FIFA President Announces Deadline for Iran to Take “Concrete Steps” to Let Women Into Stadiums

June 24, 2019

In a letter addressing the chief of the Football Federation of the Islamic Republic of Iran (FFIRI) Mehdi Taj, the president of FIFA announced a July 15, 2019, deadline for Taj to inform him of the "concrete steps" the Iranian government would be taking to lift its ...

Iran’s Parliament Approves Severe Punishments for Acid Attacks, Fails to Restrict Sales

Iran’s Parliament Approves Severe Punishments for Acid Attacks, Fails to Restrict Sales

June 17, 2019

Activists Say Limiting Acid Sales Will Help Reduce Attacks The Iranian Parliament has approved a bill that if enacted into law would allow courts to impose severe punishments including the death penalty against individuals convicted of acid attacks. But activists and some reformist members of Parliament argue that the ...

Nazanin Boniadi: “Silence is Not an Option”

Nazanin Boniadi: “Silence is Not an Option”

June 6, 2019

As a girl visiting her birth country of Iran, British actress Nazanin Boniadi got a taste of the severely restricted rights women there live with on a daily basis. That experience inspired her to get educated about women’s and human rights issues in the country, and ...

170+ Iranian Women Activists Condemn Sanctions and Threats of War

170+ Iranian Women Activists Condemn Sanctions and Threats of War

May 29, 2019

More than 170 members and supporters of Iran's women's movement have signed a statement strongly opposing sanctions and threats of war on the country. Most of the signatories are based inside Iran, and the statement was originally published in Persian. Following is an English translation provided ...

Icon of Iran’s Hijab Protest Movement Vida Movahedi Released From Prison

Icon of Iran’s Hijab Protest Movement Vida Movahedi Released From Prison

May 28, 2019

Eight months after she was arrested for peacefully protesting Iran’s compulsory hijab law, Vida Movahedi was released from prison on May 26, 2019, her lawyer announced. “According to judicial authorities, the reduction of her punishment has been approved and she has been granted furlough,” attorney Payam ...

30 Arrested for Practising “Indecent” Discipline of Yoga

30 Arrested for Practising “Indecent” Discipline of Yoga

May 24, 2019

After 30 people were arrested for practicing yoga inside a home in the Iranian city of Gorgan, several individuals based in the country told the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) that the arrests are not uncommon but rarely publicly acknowledged by officials. In this case, the ...

Second Women’s Charity Group Member Who Assisted Flood Victims Is Arrested

Second Women’s Charity Group Member Who Assisted Flood Victims Is Arrested

May 17, 2019

 Both Women Being Held for Unknown Reasons at Evin Prison A second senior member of the charity group Voice of Iranian Women (VIW), which has been involved in aid and rescue operations during the recent devastating floods in southwestern Iran, has been arrested for unknown reasons. Nahid Shaghaghi, ...

New Legislation, If Approved, Will Give Citizenship Rights to Children Born to Iranian Women

New Legislation, If Approved, Will Give Citizenship Rights to Children Born to Iranian Women

May 17, 2019

In an important step to eliminate a fundamental and longstanding discriminatory restriction on Iranian women and their children, Iran’s Parliament overwhelmingly ratified the “Granting Citizenship to Children Resulting from Marriage Between Iranian Women and Non-Iranian Men” on May 13, 2019. If the law is approved by the Guardian ...

Isfahan Prosecutor Bans “Sinful Act” of Women Riding Bicycles

Isfahan Prosecutor Bans “Sinful Act” of Women Riding Bicycles

May 15, 2019

Citing domestic Islamic religious decrees and common law, Isfahan city prosecutor Ali Isfahani announced on May 14, 2019, a ban on female bicyclists. “Based on fatwas by religious scholars as well as the law, bicycling by women in public spaces is a sinful act,” Isfahani told the state-funded ...

Paramilitary Force Attacks Tehran University Protest Against Hijab Enforcement Units

Paramilitary Force Attacks Tehran University Protest Against Hijab Enforcement Units

May 13, 2019

Basiji agents attacked several students at a peaceful protest against a newly enforced strict hijab enforcement policy at the ...

Appeals Court Upholds Lengthy Sentence Against Female Activist for Criticizing Chief Justice

Appeals Court Upholds Lengthy Sentence Against Female Activist for Criticizing Chief Justice

May 13, 2019

Number of Women Political Prisoners Rising in Iran May 13, 2019 – A Tehran appeals court upheld a 7.5-year prison sentence against prominent political activist Hengameh Shahidi based on her social media posts in which she criticized former Chief Justice Sadegh Larijani and demanded a report on ...

Tehran University Student Speaks Out Against “Virginity Tests,” Inhumane Interrogation Methods

Tehran University Student Speaks Out Against “Virginity Tests,” Inhumane Interrogation Methods

May 11, 2019

Parisa Rafiei, a student at the University of Tehran, was pressured to take a “virginity test” while in state custody and then blocked from lodging a complaint against the inhumane practice, she revealed in an open letter published on May 9, 2019. “In a totally unlawful ...

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