Ailing British-Iranian Grandpa Serving 7-Year Prison Sentence Denied Medical Leave
Kamal Foroughi, a 77-year-old ailing British-Iranian dual citizen and former civil engineer incarcerated at Evin Prison in ...
Issues
Prominent Poet Charged With Spreading ‘Propaganda’ After Posting Photo of Beaten Colleague
Well-known Iranian poet and filmmaker Baktash Abtin has been charged with “propaganda against the ...
Poll: 70% of Iranians Dissatisfied With Rouhani on Democracy and Civil Rights
A survey of public opinion in Iran conducted in the last quarter of 2016 shows that even though a large ...
Civil Rights Activist Sentenced to Seven Years in Prison at 10-Minute Mass Trial Released
Revolutionary Guards Pressured Judiciary for Harsh Sentences Civil rights advocate Aso Rostami—whose initial mass trial with three other activists lasted “barely ...
Hardliners Pressuring Rouhani to Ban Popular Telegram App, This Time for 2017 Election
The Campaign for Human Rights in Iran has learned that Tehran Prosecutor Abbas Jafari Dowlatabadi has called on ...
Award-Winning Kurdish Filmmaker Denied Urgent Hospitalization by Evin Prison Authorities
The authorities of Evin Prison in Tehran are refusing to transfer imprisoned filmmaker Keyvan Karimi to ...
Court Rejects Some New Charges by Revolutionary Guards Against Activist Sentenced to 7 Years In Prison
Atena Daemi and Family Still Face Legal Persecution Three of the five new charges brought against imprisoned civil rights advocate ...
Saeed Shirzad Ends Hunger Strike After Officials Pledge to End Rights Abuses at Rajaee Shahr Prison
An informed source close to imprisoned civil rights activist Saeed Shirzad said ...
Ailing Political Prisoner Issa Saharkhiz on Hunger Strike Against Additional Six-Month Sentence
Imprisoned political commentator Issa Saharkhiz began a wet hunger strike on January 14, 2017 to ...
Judiciary Cites “Lost” Case Files in Denying Man Imprisoned for 23 Years Medical Care
Political prisoner Mohammad Nazari, imprisoned in Tehran for the past 23 years, has told the ...
Political Prisoners on Death Row in Iran Fear Reinstatement of Long-Term Visitations Ban
Political prisoners Zanyar Moradi and Loghman Moradi, both ethnic Kurds on death row in ...
Khatami, Former Political Prisoners and Ailing Mother Convince Ali Shariati to End 75-Day Hunger Strike
Requests by prominent reformist leader Mohammad Khatami, political prisoners, and his ailing mother ultimately convinced imprisoned civil rights activist Ali Shariati to halt his ...
U.S. Resident Imprisoned in Iran “Punished” for Going on Hunger Strike
Nizar Zakka, a Lebanese-born U.S. permanent resident on hunger strike in Tehran’s Evin ...
Revolutionary Guards Blocking Temporary Release of Canadian Resident Imprisoned in Iran
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards are blocking the granted furlough (temporary release) request of ...
Tehran Prosecutor Goes on the Defensive Over Hunger-Striking Political Prisoners
In an apparent response to growing pressure to resolve the issue, Tehran Prosecutor Abbas Jafari Dowlatabadi has ...
Supporter of Persecuted Spiritual Leader Arrested at Tehran International Airport
Masoumeh (Pegah) Zia, a follower of imprisoned spiritual leader Mohammad ...
Activist Saeed Shirzad on Hunger Strike Against Poor Prison Conditions Hospitalized
Imprisoned children's rights activist Saeed Shirzad began his hunger strike in Rajaee Shahr Prison ...
Tehran University Invite Lands Iranian-Swedish Disaster Medicine Expert in Jail
Ahmadreza Djalali, an Iranian-born Swedish resident and expert in emergency disaster medicine who has been detained in Evin ...
Iranian-Swedish Disaster Medicine Expert Held in Iran Jail for Nine Months, on Hunger Strike Since Dec. 25
Case Continues Pattern of Dual Nationals Snatched and Held Without Due Process January 12, 2017—In yet another case of ...
Civil Rights Activist Imprisoned for Social Media Postings Released on Bail
Civil rights activist Esmail “Zartosht” Ahmadi-Ragheb—detained in Evin Prison since January 2016 for ...
Wife of Imprisoned Activist Arash Sadeghi Resists Order to Return to Prison
Political prisoner Arash Sadeghi, the husband of Golrokh Iraee who went on a 71-day ...
Reformist Journalist Convicted of “Propaganda Against the State” Completes One-Year Prison Sentence
Reformist journalist Reyhaneh Tabatabaie was released from Evin Prison in Tehran on January ...