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European Parliament Calls on Iran to “Unconditionally” Release Rights Lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh

European Parliament Calls on Iran to “Unconditionally” Release Rights Lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh

December 14, 2018

December 14, 2018 — Adding its voice to an increasingly international call, the European Parliament has overwhelmingly passed a motion urging the Iranian authorities to “immediately and unconditionally release” prominent human ...

Iran Must Address Crisis of Unpaid Wages, Not Prosecute People Who Demand Their Pay

Iran Must Address Crisis of Unpaid Wages, Not Prosecute People Who Demand Their Pay

December 13, 2018

15 Petrochemical Workers Sentenced to Prison, Flogging for Protesting Unpaid Wages in Latest Ruling Unpaid Wages Violates Iranian ...

Iran Set to Execute Third Individual Sentenced by “Corruption Court” For Alleged Economic Crimes

Iran Set to Execute Third Individual Sentenced by “Corruption Court” For Alleged Economic Crimes

December 13, 2018

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Activists Condemn Rouhani Government’s Minimal Proposed Funding For Disability Rights in Iran

Activists Condemn Rouhani Government’s Minimal Proposed Funding For Disability Rights in Iran

December 13, 2018

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Political Prisoner on Hunger Strike in Iran Has Died, Another in Grave Danger

Political Prisoner on Hunger Strike in Iran Has Died, Another in Grave Danger

December 12, 2018

Vahid Sayyadi-Nasiri Was on Hunger Strike to Protest Denial of Counsel and Prison ...

Women and Girls with Disabilities Face Twice the Domestic Violence but State Provides Few Protections in Iran

Women and Girls with Disabilities Face Twice the Domestic Violence but State Provides Few Protections in Iran

December 12, 2018

“If I had a [state-provided] nurse to help me with personal daily chores, I would ...

Political Prisoner Saeed Shirzad Could Lose Kidney From Lack of Proper Medical Care  

Political Prisoner Saeed Shirzad Could Lose Kidney From Lack of Proper Medical Care  

December 12, 2018

Iranian political prisoner Saeed Shirzad could lose a kidney if Iranian authorities continue to ...

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...

Haft Tappeh Labor Activists Beaten at Khuzestan Intelligence Ministry Center, Say Relatives

December 8, 2018

Editor's Update: Esmail Bakhshi was released on bail on November 21, 2018, and Sepideh Gholian on December 18. Both ...

Imprisoned Human Rights Lawyer Mohammad Najafi Slapped With Additional Charges

Imprisoned Human Rights Lawyer Mohammad Najafi Slapped With Additional Charges

December 7, 2018

Imprisoned human rights lawyer Mohammad Najafi appeared at ...

Iranian Authorities’ Refuse to Allow Christian Convert Ebrahim Firoozi to See Dying Mother

Iranian Authorities’ Refuse to Allow Christian Convert Ebrahim Firoozi to See Dying Mother

December 7, 2018

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Imprisoned Activist Reza Khandan Defies Politically Motivated Charges, Demands Public Trial

Imprisoned Activist Reza Khandan Defies Politically Motivated Charges, Demands Public Trial

December 6, 2018

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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 ...

Detained Protester Reportedly Tortured as Iranian Sugar Mill Workers Demand Unpaid Wages

Detained Protester Reportedly Tortured as Iranian Sugar Mill Workers Demand Unpaid Wages

December 3, 2018

Detained labor activist Esmail Bakhshi was hospitalized after being tortured under interrogation, according ...

Appeals Court Upholds One-Year Prison Sentence Against Azeri Activist Convicted Without Due Process

Appeals Court Upholds One-Year Prison Sentence Against Azeri Activist Convicted Without Due Process

December 3, 2018

An Iranian Appeals Court upheld a one-year prison sentence against Kiumars Eslami for his peaceful activism, alleging he ...

Jane Goodall Among 132 Conservationists Calling for Jailed Colleagues to Receive Fair Trial in Iran

Jane Goodall Among 132 Conservationists Calling for Jailed Colleagues to Receive Fair Trial in Iran

December 3, 2018

Dozens of conservation practitioners and scholars, including renowned primatologist Jane Goodall...

Crackdown on Defense Lawyers in Iran: Amirsalar Davoudi Not Heard From Since Arrest

Crackdown on Defense Lawyers in Iran: Amirsalar Davoudi Not Heard From Since Arrest

December 3, 2018

Davoudi Eighth Human Rights Attorney to Be Jailed in Iran in Last Six Months Editor's Update: A one-month ...

Rouhani Cabinet’s Refusal to Allocate Funding for Disabilities Law Will Harm Millions

Rouhani Cabinet’s Refusal to Allocate Funding for Disabilities Law Will Harm Millions

December 1, 2018

Law for the Protection of the Rights of Disabled Persons Requires Designated Funding Current Budgetary Allocations ...

Prominent Attorney Nasrin Sotoudeh Facing Additional Charge For Defending Human Rights

Prominent Attorney Nasrin Sotoudeh Facing Additional Charge For Defending Human Rights

November 30, 2018

Sotoudeh Now Facing 5-Year Sentence, 4 Additional Charges Imprisoned human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh has ...

Prominent Imprisoned Lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh Hunger Strikes For Fellow Prisoner Farhad Meysami

Prominent Imprisoned Lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh Hunger Strikes For Fellow Prisoner Farhad Meysami

November 29, 2018

Imprisoned human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh started a second hunger strike on November ...

Death of Satirist Alireza Rezaei in Exile Prompts Outpouring of Grief from Iranians Forced by State Repression to Flee Iran

Death of Satirist Alireza Rezaei in Exile Prompts Outpouring of Grief from Iranians Forced by State Repression to Flee Iran

November 29, 2018

Beloved Blogger Broke Taboos by Writing About Political and Social Issues with Humor November ...

UN Experts: Iran Must Protect Women’s Rights Advocates

UN Experts: Iran Must Protect Women’s Rights Advocates

November 29, 2018

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Three Members of Persecuted Baha’i Faith Summoned to Prison in Iran While Five Others Arrested

Three Members of Persecuted Baha’i Faith Summoned to Prison in Iran While Five Others Arrested

November 26, 2018

Dorri Amri (Esmailpour), 44, began serving her one-year prison sentence in Vakilabad Prison in the Iranian city ...

Iran Must Pass Legislation to Protect Women Against Violence

Iran Must Pass Legislation to Protect Women Against Violence

November 23, 2018

Bill Languishing for Years, While Women Are Abused with Impunity Women with Disabilities and Other Vulnerable ...

Second Peaceful Teachers’ Strike in Iran Met With Arrests, Summons and Threats

Second Peaceful Teachers’ Strike in Iran Met With Arrests, Summons and Threats

November 21, 2018

Iranian security and judicial authorities responded to the second round of peaceful teachers' ...

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