Leading Teachers’ Rights Activist Mahmoud Beheshti-Langroudi Refusing Food to Protest “Unjust” Sentence
Beheshti Warns of Further Uprisings as Officials Continue to Ignore People’s Demands Prominent Iranian teachers’ rights activist ...
Issues
Iran is Imprisoning University Students Accused of Attending Protests
The number of students being prosecuted for allegedly joining Iran’s December 2017/January 2018 protests is much higher than earlier ...
Detained Human Rights Lawyer Writes Defiant Letter to Tehran Prosecutor
Nasrin Sotoudeh: “Women Have Decided to Rule Over Their Own Bodies” Prominent human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh...
Detained Iranian Azeri Rights Activists Badly Injured During Interrogations
Several ethnic rights activists detained at an annual celebration at Babak Fort in Iran’s ...
Iranian Teens’ Televised “Confessions” For Social Media Postings Prompt Strong Outcry
IRIB Defends Decision to Air Clips of Teenagers Detained For Expressing Themselves Online An Iranian charity for children has condemned ...
Free Iran’s Political Prisoners
July 12, 2018--During a speech in March 2018, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei claimed ...
Location of Baluchi Activist Arrested at Mass Rape Protest Concealed From His Family
The location of detained Baluchi ethnic rights activist Abdollah Bozorgzadeh remains unknown three weeks after he was ...
Rights Attorney Summoned to Court in Iran After Signing Letter Criticizing Judiciary’s Restriction of Right to Counsel
Attorney Hossein Ahmadiniaz, the defense counsel in several cases involving human and political rights in Iran, has been ...
Execution of Young Man for Crime Committed at Age 14 Shows Iran’s Blatant Disregard for Children’s Rights
Iran is one of world’s few countries executing juveniles; dozens currently on death row July 10, 2018—The execution of ...
Facing 20-Year Prison Sentence for Taking Headscarf Off in Public, Woman Flees Iran
“Due to the Injustices of Iran’s Judicial System I Had to Leave Iran” Draconian Sentences Demonstrate the Authorities’ Cultural ...
Iran’s Forcing of Teenage Girl to Confess on State TV for Posting Dance Video Prompts Strong Outcry
Authorities Ramp Up Crackdown on Social Media July 9, 2018—Forcing a teenage girl to confess on state TV for the ...
Kurdish Death Row Prisoner in Iran Repeatedly Led to Believe Execution Would Be Carried Out
Photo: Ramin Hossein Panahi has been transferred to an unknown location possibly ...
Young Man Sentenced As Juvenile Executed in Iran Despite Case Ambiguities
Abolfazl Chezani Sharahi, 19, was hanged in Iran’s Central Prison in the city of Qom on June 27, 2018, despite ...
63 University Groups Slam Rouhani and Reformists For Crackdown on Students
Sixty-three student organizations from universities across Iran have issued a ...
Four Female Sufis Sentenced to Five Years Imprisonment Each Under National Security Charge
Shima Entesari with her family Political ...
Shots Fired at Protest as Officials Unable to Ease Water Shortage Crisis in Iran’s Khuzestan Province
Shots were reportedly fired during protests over water shortages in the southwestern city of Khorramshahr ...
Imprisoned Human Rights Defender Narges Mohammadi Hospitalized in Tehran
Renowned human rights advocate Narges Mohammadi was transferred from Tehran’s Evin Prison ...
Iranian Journalist and Political Activist Detained For Criticizing Iran’s Judiciary
Well-known journalist and political activist Hengameh Shahidi was arrested upon leaving ...
UN High Commissioner For Human Rights Appalled by Execution of Juvenile Offenders in Iran
Zeid Raad Al Hussein is the high commissioner of the ...
Iran: People With Disabilities Face Discrimination and Abuse
Human Rights Watch and the Center for Human Rights in Iran conducted in-depth interviews with 58 women and men with various disabilities, as well as with disability rights advocates and specialists across Iran. The World Health Organization and World Bank ...
Iran’s Judiciary Chief Threatens Protesting Merchants With Execution as Protests Continue
Tehran Demonstrations Against Inflation Turn Political as They Spread to Other Cities The Chief ...
Detained Human Rights Lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh Protests “Fabricated” Charges by Refusing to Post Bail
Detained Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh has refused to post bail in protest ...
Child Refugees With Disabilities in Iran Struggle to Access Education and Healthcare
In interviews conducted by the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) ahead of this year’s ...
Iran: Stop Imminent Execution of Kurdish Prisoner, Investigate Evidence of Torture and Denial of Due Process
Fear Grows After Bus Driver Was Executed in Iran Despite Similar Concerns June 20, 2018—The ...
Iran Telegram Ban Strangles Country Amid Struggling Economy, Protests
This report examines the Iranian Judiciary’s ban on the Telegram messaging app, which as of 2018 was integrated into all aspects of daily life in Iran and had some 40 million active users in the country. It assesses what it ...