MP: “More Details Necessary” To Determine Cause of Iranian-Canadian’s Death in Custody
Tehran Prosecutor Claims Autopsy Conducted But Still No Medical Examiner’s Report Iran’s deputy parliamentary speaker has stated that, based on a ...
Issues
Mother Denies Espionage Charges Against Son Detained in Crackdown on Environmental NGO in Iran
Sam Rajabi was detained ...
Female Iranian MPs Demand Action on Stalled Bill Aiming to Preventing Child Abuse
Lawyers Point to Existing Laws and Lack of Enforcement as the Real Problem Some Iranian female lawmakers ...
Clear Signs of State Cover-Up in Prison Death of Iranian-Canadian Academic in Iran
Distraught Family Under Enormous Pressure to Bury Body Quickly and Not Speak Publicly About the ...
Pollsters Arrested While Conducting Survey Showing Majority of Iranians Dissatisfied With Domestic Affairs
Some pollsters who were gauging views about Iran’s December 2017 protests have been arrested, according to Mohammad Aghasi, ...
Defenders of Human Rights in Iran Mourn the Passing of Asma Jahangir
February 11, 2018 -- It is with great sadness that we heard of ...
Iranian-Canadian Academic Dies in Custody While Under Interrogations
A third detainee, 63-year old Iranian-Canadian professor Kavous Seyed-Emami, has died in custody in Iran, barely 17 days after his arrest and while under interrogations ...
Follower of Sufi Order Expelled From Iranian University After Refusing to Sign Pledge
Sepideh Moradi Sarvestani Sepideh Moradi Sarvestani, a member of the Gonabadi Dervish Sufi order, was expelled from Tehran’s ...
25 Legal Experts Urge Iranian Official to Address “Public Archive” of Abuses Against Baha’is
Twenty-five professors, lawyers and judges from around the world have called on the head of ...
Thousands of Undocumented Iranians Denied Affordable Kerosene In Winter Months
Tens of thousands of people living in poverty in Iran’s Sistan and Baluchestan Province are being ...
Two Female Political Prisoners To Begin Refusing Food and Water Over Sudden Transfer to New Prison
Golrokh Ebrahimi Iraee(left) and Atena Daemi Imprisoned civil rights activists Golrokh Ebrahimi Iraee and ...
Rights Group: Security Agents Killed At Least 20 in Sistan and Baluchistan Province in 2017
At least 20 ethnic Baluchis were killed and 19 wounded after being shot by law enforcement ...
Swedish Resident Facing Death in Iran Details How He Was Forced to Make False Statements
The wife of a Swedish resident imprisoned in Tehran has revealed the way her husband, ...
Revised Law Could Save Thousands on Death Row in Iran
Up to 5,000 people facing death in Iran could be saved as a result of a recently revised law--but there's a catch. Here's the ...
UK Resident Detained in Iran by IRGC For More Than a Year Without Charge or Access to Counsel
Mohammad Reza Hashemi-Nabi, a permanent resident of the UK, has been held in ...
Authorities Ignore Potential Cancer Diagnosis For US Resident Nizar Zakka, Deny Him Medical Care
"Evin Prison officials are using medicine as a weapon" US permanent resident ...
“This is Slavery” 30 Sugar Plant Workers Arrested in Iran For Demanding Unpaid Wages
Police arrested more than 30 protesters on the fourth day of a strike by ...
Iranian Hardline Cleric Says Protesters Should be Sentenced to Death
A Friday prayer leader in Tehran has called for the death penalty to be issued to ...
Shirin Ebadi: Bill That Restricts Protests to Designated Areas in Iran Adds “More Limits” to Freedom of Speech
A proposed bill aimed at designating public spaces in Iran for protests will lead to “more ...
29 Arrested in Tehran for Public Protests Against Forced Hijab
Police in Tehran have turned 29 people over to the judicial authorities for taking part in a growing campaign ...
Hardline Judge Keeps Iranian-American and Wife in Jail by Imposing $27 Million Bail
Family Meets Bail for Wife, but Judge Still Refuses to Release Her The judge presiding over the ...
Parliamentary Delegation Visiting Evin Prison Told 4,534 Were Arrested in Iranian Protests
More than a month after thousands of people were arrested in Iran after weeklong protests erupted ...
Opposition Leader Mehdi Karroubi Urges Supreme Leader to “Create the Grounds For Reform”
In a letter written under house arrest, opposition leader ...