Iranians Denounce Acquittal of Quran Reciter Accused of Sexual Abuse
Prominent Quran reciter Saeed Tousi shakes hands with Iranian Supreme Leader ...
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Iranian-American Zoroastrian Denounces 27-Year “Unjust” Prison Sentence in Letter From Prison
Update: The couple's sentence was later reduced to 15 years for Karan Vafadari and 10 years for ...
300 Iranian Women’s Rights Advocates Voice Support For Protests, Demand Equality
More than 300 Iranian women’s rights’ activists have expressed support for the recent anti-government protests in Iran and ...
Iranian Pastor’s Wife Sentenced to Five Years in Prison For “Acting Against National Security”
Judge Ahmadzadeh Has Sentenced 16 Christians to Prison In Less Than A Year Shamiram Isavi, the wife of ...
Iranian-Kurdish Activist Sentenced to Death Says He Was Wrongfully Convicted of Drawing a Weapon
Iranian-Kurdish political activist Ramin Hossein Panahi will appeal the death sentence he was issued ...
Activists Atena Daemi and Golrokh Iraee Beaten and Transferred to Different Prison
Political prisoners Atena Daemi and Golrokh Ebrahimi Iraee were beaten ...
40 Iranian MPs Call for Immediate Release of Detained University Students
Forty Iranian lawmakers have written to President Hassan Rouhani and Judiciary Chief Sadegh Larijani urging them ...
More than 150 Detained Iranian Protesters Have Requested “Pills,” Reports Committee
Credible Sources Report That Detainees Told to Request Pills to Speed Up Release More than ...
Detainees Arrested in Iranian Protests Facing Charges That Carry Death Penalty
Some detainees arrested in the protests that broke out in Iran’s Hamadan and ...
Unable to Locate Activists, Iran’s Intelligence Ministry Illegally Detains Their Family Members
The Iranian Intelligence Ministry has illegally detained or summoned close relatives of at ...
Latest Victim of Repressed Iranian Protests Identified as 24-Year-Old Man From Karaj
“They Buried Him Like He Was a Criminal” Hassan Shahin Tarkashvand, a 24-year-old man from the ...
She’s a Professional Iranian Singer But is Banned from Singing on Stage in Her Country
“I am a professional ...
Local Activist Refutes Official Claims That Young Men Killed by Security Forces Amid Sanandaj Protests Were Armed
Mokhtar Zarei Two young men who were killed by security forces in ...
155 Lawyers Call on Iran’s Judiciary to Stop Restricting Detainees’ Access to Counsel
In the wake of a massive influx of detainees following protests in several Iranian cities ...
Lawyer “Worried” About Detained Iranian Protesters After Officials Claim Two Committed Suicide
A lawyer representing the families of two detainees who died ...
Death Sentence Against Swedish Resident Ahmadreza Djalali Under Review
Branch 33 of the Supreme Court in Iran is reviewing the death sentence issued ...
Female Musician Prohibited From Performing on Stage in Isfahan
Iranian singer Salar Aghili performed in the central Iranian city ...
Majority of Iranian MPs Call For Ban on Foreign Social Media Apps
A majority of Iranian lawmakers have signed a letter calling for a ban on foreign social ...
Police Arrest Three Gonabadi Dervishes and Injure 10 at Peaceful Rally For Detained Devotees
Ten members of a persecuted Sufi order in Iran were injured and three others arrested in the city of Kowar, Fars Province after ...
Intelligence Ministry Forces Father of Slain Protester to Repeat Authorities’ Version of Events on State TV
Iran’s Intelligence Ministry coerced the father of a dead protester into claiming in front of ...
Iran Unblocks Widely Used Messaging App Telegram After Two Weeks
It took Iranian President Hassan Rouhani nearly two weeks to lift the ban on the widely used Telegram messaging app, after it was blocked ...
Intelligence Ministry Agents Intimidate Family of Slain Farmer Killed at Protest
Nematollah Shafiei was a bystander who was shot and killed during protests ...
President Rouhani Changes Course and Acknowledges Protesters’ Varied Reasons For Discontent
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani struck a more conciliatory tone in reacting for the second time ...