Reformists Look On as Former Rouhani Campaign Manager Ordered to Serve Two-Year in Prison For Poem
High School Teacher Prosecuted For Satirical Poem About Shia Imam A former campaign manager for Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has been ...
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Execution Imminent of Prisoner in Iran Despite Unfair Trial and Credible Allegations of Torture
Photo: Ramin Hossein Panahi has been transferred to an unknown location possibly to ...
UN Rights Expert Urges Iran to Halt Imminent Execution of Ramin Hossein Panahi
GENEVA (2 May 2018) – A UN human rights expert has urgently called on Iran to halt the ...
Rouhani’s Citizens’ Rights Charter: A Harmful Distraction
This report is essential reading for policymakers and officials charting a forward path with the Islamic Republic. It provides an in-depth review of the Citizens’ Rights Charter and analysis of the political dynamics affecting human rights in Iran. The report ...
In a Desperate Move to Squash Internet Freedom, Iran Blocks Telegram
Ban Unlikely to Stop Most of Telegram’s 40 Million Users in Iran April 30, 2018--The Iranian Judiciary has ordered internet service ...
Footage of Minors Being Abused at Disabilities Center in Iran Highlights Lacking Legal Protections
Leaked video footage showing staff members at the Saraye ...
Latest State Action Against Telegram in Iran Slows Access, Doubles Cost for Iranians
The latest move by the authorities in Iran against the messaging app Telegram, used by some ...
More than 10 Onlookers Arrested in Area Where Former King’s Remains Allegedly Found
Arrests include former political prisoner Kamran Ayazi and Maryam Shariatmadari More than 10 people were arrested on April 25, 2018 ...
13 Labor Activists Summoned in Iran Ahead of International Labor Day
A week before International Labor Day, when labor rights groups typically hold demonstrations around ...
Lawyer Who Exposed Cover Up of Client’s Death in Custody Could Be Imprisoned For Years in Iran
Human rights attorney Mohammad Najafi is facing charges from three different courts ...
Iranian Hardliners Continue Attacks on Former Environmental Official Kaveh Madani
Western-Educated Water Management Expert Left Iran After Being Arrested by IRGC’s Intelligence Organization Hardline media outlets in Iran with ties to the Islamic ...
Former Iranian Environmental Official Reveals He Was Spied on Since Returning to Iran
Kaveh Madani: State Supporters “Created Many Problems For Me” In a resignation letter posted on his Twitter account, the former deputy head of ...
Q&A: Abjeez Sisters Band Calls on Iran to End Ban on Women in Stadiums
Melody (left) and Safoura Safavi of Abjeez. The world ...
Music Video: Iranian Sisters Urge Men to Join Protest Against Iran’s Ban on Women in Stadiums
“Stadium” Released Amid International Campaign to End Iran’s Discriminatory Ban April 24, 2018—The ...
Iranians Criticize Rouhani Officials For Blaming the Victim in Video of Morality Police Assaulting Woman
Several Iranian public figures have criticized Rouhani admin officials for blaming the victim ...
Friday Prayer Leader: Farmers in Iran’s Drought-Ridden Isfahan Province Don’t Have the Right to Protest
“As someone who has always been on the farmers’ side, I don’t think they ...
UN Rights Experts Call on Iran to Annul Death Sentence Against Ramin Hossein Panahi
GENEVA (19 April 2018) – United Nations human rights experts* have called for Iran to annul the death sentence against an Iranian Kurdish prisoner, Ramin Hossein Panahi, amid serious concerns ...
Khamenei’s Dropping of Telegram Channel Lays Groundwork for Banning Messaging App
Most Iranians Distrust Domestic Messaging Apps, Will Use VPNs to Stay on Telegram ...
Growing Demands For Apology From Iranian State TV Over Discriminatory Kids Show
At Least 100 People Remain Detained After March 2018 Protests Lawmakers in Iran’s mostly Arab-populated Khuzestan ...
Senior Official: Telegram App Could Be Blocked “At Any Moment”
Education Ministry Bans Telegram on Campuses On the same day the secretary of Iran’s Supreme Cyberspace Council ...
Iranian Education Minister Issues Stern Warning Against UN 2030 Agenda
Iran’s minister of education has warned that any official or non-governmental organization (NGO) that uses ...
Imprisoned Rights Defender Narges Mohammadi Gives Message of Hope and Strength in Accepting 2018 Andrei Sakharov Prize
April 15, 2018 -- Prisoner of conscience Narges Mohammadi was unable to accept the 2018 Andrei Sakharov Prize in ...
Iranian Supreme Court Upholds “Unjust” Death Sentence Against Kurdish Activist
The Supreme Court of Iran failed to fully consider the defense’ arguments before it upheld the death sentence against Iranian Kurdish political rights activist Ramin ...
Teachers’ Rights Advocate Writes Scathing Letter From Prison on Revolutionary Iran’s Failed Promises
Esmail Abdi Warns Judiciary of the Consequences of Its “Illegal Rulings” Ahead of Hunger Strike Prominent teachers’ rights advocate ...