Iran’s Child Protection Bill Includes Kids With Disabilities But Fails to Close Legal Loopholes
A bill in the final stages of Iran’s legislative process addresses the country’s legal vacuum regarding the abuse of ...
Issues
Lawyer Calls on President Rouhani to Work For Human Rights Attorney Abdolfattah Soltani’s Release
Abdolfattah Soltani poses for a family photo. His daughter, Homa ...
Iranian Parliamentary Group Reports Drop in Support For Strict Hijab
Conservative-Dominated Parliament Compiles Data Showing Failure of State’s Hijab Policy Iran’s Parliamentary Research Center (PRC) has released a report showing ...
Desperate Families Call on Iranian State Heads to Release Detained Environmentalists
Detainees Held For Six Months Without Access to Counsel The families of environmentalists who have been ...
Imprisoned Teacher Denied Hospitalization Amid Two-Month Hunger Strike
After refusing food for nearly two months, imprisoned teacher Rouhollah Mardani’s health is deteriorating in Evin Prison ...
Iran’s Telecommunications Company Illegally Reroutes Telegram App Traffic
Move Designed to Tighten Ban on App But Ineffective in the Long Run In a new move aimed at ...
IRGC-Affiliated Media Trying to “Prepare Public Opinion” For Execution of Kurdish Man
Relatives of Ramin Hossein Panahi, a Kurdish man on death row ...
Nasrin Sotoudeh’s Detention Order Extended Under Two National Security Charges
Iran’s judiciary has extended the detention of prominent human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh, ...
Conflicting Reports on Iranian Opposition Leaders’ Freedom From House Arrest
A member of Iran’s Parliament has denied reports that the country’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) has ruled to end ...
Man Convicted of National Security Crimes in Iran For Allegedly Promoting His Baha’i Faith
The Appeals Court in Iran’s Kurdistan Province has upheld a one-year prison sentence against Zabihollah Raoufi, who ...
Woman Expelled From Iranian University Just Before Obtaining Degree Because She’s Baha’i
A young Baha’i woman was expelled from Iran’s Islamic Azad University in the city of Isfahan one ...
Nine Years After It Was Drafted, Iran’s Parliament Begins Debating Child Abuse Bill
Bill Lacks Enforcement Mechanisms A bill drafted nine years ago in Iran to combat child abuse is finally being debated by ...
Kurdish Activist Facing Prison Time in Iran For Criticizing Supreme Leader
Kurdish political activist Mokhtar Zarei was summoned and taken into custody in Sanandaj, the capital of Iran’s Kurdistan Province, on July 21, ...
Iran Affirms Right of Constitutionally Recognized Religious Minorities to Run in Local Elections
Sepanta Niknam has reclaimed his city council seat in the city of Yazd, southeastern Iran, nine months ...
Rapper Detained For More Than a Month Without Lawyer in Iran’s Sistan and Baluchistan Province
Rap artist Shah Baloch, real name Emad Bijarzehi, has been detained in the ...
Iranian American and US Permanent Resident Released on Bail From Iran’s Evin Prison
Karan Vafadari and Afarin Neyssari Awaiting Appeal in Tehran Two years after being sentenced to long prison sentences ...
Detained Teachers’ Rights Activist Denied Months of Salary Due to “Fault of Others”
Detained teachers’ rights activist Mohammad Habibi is being denied his monthly state ...
Political Prisoner Narges Mohammadi’s Sister Banned From Travel as State Continues to Harass Her Family
From her cell in an infamous Iranian prison, imprisoned human rights activist Narges Mohammadi...
Iranian Judiciary Closes Acid Attack Cases With No Convictions But Promises Victims Compensation
Nearly four years after a series of acid attacks on women in ...
Activists Note Serious Failings by Iranian Organization Tasked With Supporting People With Disabilities
As Iran’s State Welfare Organization (SWO) marked its 38th birthday, several people with ...
Iranian Love Story: Arash & Golrokh
Even as a political prisoner in Iran, Arash Sadeghi is still putting the needs of others above his own. In his love letters to ...
International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute Condemns Iran’s Jailing of Nasrin Sotoudeh
Iranian defense attorney Nasrin Sotoudeh has been detained in Evin Prison under ...
Rouhani Facing Widespread Outrage as Student Protesters Remain Behind Bars and Receive Harsh Sentences
Students and professors gather to protest at a university in Iran 120 Academics in ...
Iran Arrests 46 Fashion Workers Including Eight Models in Hormozgan Province
Forty-six members of what security officials have described as an online “modeling ...
Man Sentenced to Death in Iran For “Corruption” After Selling Access Cards for Satellite TV
A man who sold Iranians access cards for satellite television has been sentenced to death for “corruption on ...