Rouhani VP Reaffirms Promises to Mehdi Karroubi After Pushback by Judiciary
Iranian Vice President Eshaq Jahangiri has publicly affirmed promises made by officials of the Rouhani government to detained ...
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Lawyer Accuses Intelligence Ministry in Kermanshah of Harassing Kurdish Civil Rights Activist
In the six months since she was released from a three-week detention, Iranian Kurdish children and women's rights activist ...
Judiciary Contradicts Rouhani Officials’ Promise to Detained Opposition Leader Mehdi Karroubi
The spokesman for Iran’s judiciary, Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei, has publicly rejected a report that ...
Christian Convert Released From Prison in Iran Slapped With Travel Ban
Zargaran Reports Being Given “Unnecessary” Anti-Psychotic Medication Maryam (Nasim) Naghash Zargaran, who was released from Evin Prison on August 1, 2017 ...
Reformist Journalist Not Heard From Two Weeks After Arrest in Tehran
Several Journalists Arrested in 2017 for Alleged Connections With Amad News Reformist journalist Sasan Aghaei’s family has not heard a ...
Appeals Court Upholds 10-Year Sentence Against Princeton Student Xiyue Wang
An Iranian Appeals Court has upheld the 10-year prison sentence against American graduate student Xiyue ...
Labor Activist Forced to Stay Behind Bars Until December 2018 Despite Completing Sentence
Update: With assurances from a senior official, labor activist Reza Shahabi ended his hunger strike in Rajaee Shahr Prison on September 27, ...
Countdown Begins for Karroubi’s Trial After Deal With Rouhani Government Ends His Hunger Strike
Now that detained political leader Mehdi Karroubi has ended his life-threatening hunger strike, all eyes are on President ...
Imprisoned Activist Atena Daemi Slapped With New Charge For Demanding Medical Care
Activist Denied Care Despite Medical Examiner’s Recommendation Already serving a seven-year prison sentence, imprisoned ...
800 Activists Urge Iranian Parliament to End Child Marriage
Hundreds of Iranian women and children’s rights advocates in Iran are urging Parliament to ...
Iranian Women’s Rights Activist to Serve Three Years in Prison For Attending Seminar
Women’s rights activist and photojournalist Alieh Matlabzadeh has been sentenced to three years in prison by a preliminary court in Tehran for participating in a women’s empowerment seminar. A legal source with knowledge about Matlabzadeh’s case told the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) ...
Sunni Arabs Beaten and Arrested in Iran For Praying in Public
Thirteen Sunni Arabs have been beaten by security and plainclothes agents and arrested for ...
Richard Ratcliffe Turns to UN and UK to Secure Wife’s Release From Iran
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe Diagnosed With Advanced Depression After exhausting all legal avenues in Iran to overturn the five-year prison sentence ...
Music Producer Quarantined and Denied Family Contact for Arguing With Evin Prison Guard
Yousef Emadi Facing New Charge Imprisoned music producer Yousef Emadi was punished for three weeks by being ...
Six Inmates at Rajaee Shahr Prison Punished With Solitary Confinement For Going on Hunger Strike
Rajaee Shahr Prison in ...
Iranian Soccer Body Says Star Players Not Banned for Playing Against Israeli Team
Iranian soccer stars Masoud Shojaei (right) and Ehsan Hajsafi (left). “No ...
Detained Political Leader Mehdi Karroubi on Life-Threatening Hunger Strike
August 16, 2017—The Iranian judiciary must immediately release ailing political leaders Mehdi Karroubi, who is currently on hunger ...
Editor of Prominent Iranian Reformist Newspaper Etemad Arrested for Fourth Time
Journalist Sasan Aghaei Repeatedly Targeted by Security Organizations The arrest of Sasan Aghaei, the deputy editor of the reformist ...
Political Pundit Sadegh Zibakalam Faces Charges For Discussing Politicization of Iran’s Judiciary
Prominent reformist political analyst Sadegh Zibakalam has been slapped with the charges of ...
Women’s Rights Activist Demands Rouhani Provide Reasons for His Exclusively Male Cabinet
Women’s rights advocate Nahid Tavasoli. President Hassan Rouhani ...
Political Prisoner Responds to “Dolled-Up” Evin Prison Visit by Foreign Ambassadors
A political prisoner held in Evin Prison since 2009 has harshly criticized a ...
With Eye on Telegram, Internet Body Says All Social Media Apps Must Store Data Inside Iran
The Supreme Cyberspace Council in ...
Iranian Imprisoned Spiritual Leader Awaiting New Verdict While IRGC Arrests His Followers
Followers of imprisoned Iranian spiritual leader Mohammad Ali Taheri are being ...