Iran’s Cyber Police Tries to Control Popular Social Media App Telegram with Hacking, Permits
A state crackdown on social media ahead of Iran’s 2017 presidential election has resulted in the ...
Issues
Briefing: Iran’s Fashion Industry is the Latest Victim of Khamenei’s War on Western Culture
Iran’s brain drain has spread to the fashion sector as designers, photographers, models and other industry professionals emigrate to escape raids, the shuttering of their businesses, arrests and prosecutions under vague laws that restrict freedom of expression. ...
Expelled Student Activist Reminds Rouhani of Unfulfilled Pledge to Let Her Resume Studies
A women’s rights activist and former student who spent nearly two and a half years in prison for her peaceful activism ...
Rights Activist Sentenced to 15 Years Imprisonment in Critical Condition After 45-Day Hunger Strike
Civil rights defender Arash Sadeghi, who is currently serving a 15-year prison sentence for his peaceful ...
Iranian Government Subdues Politically Charged Student Day With “Happy Shows”
Since its 1979 revolution, Iran’s Student Day has been marked with passionate speeches given in a less restrained political atmosphere on university ...
Anti-Riot Forces Violently Attack Peacefully Protesting Tehran Bus Union Members
Members of one of Iran’s oldest unions who were peacefully demanding their past due housing allowances and other benefits in ...
Iranian Lawyer and Writers Beaten and Arrested at Commeration of Murders of Political Dissidents in 1990s
Police and plainclothes security agents arrested a prominent human rights lawyer and several members of the Writers Association ...
Rights Activist Files Complaint Against Revolutionary Guard Agents for Excessive Force
Agents Attacked Atena Daemi and Her Sister and Used Pepper Spray When Taking Her into Custody The ...
Iranian Official Arrested for Supporting Release of Imprisoned Human Rights Activist
Director in Qazvin Governor’s office asks friends online to support Narges Mohammadi Alireza Rahmani, the director of public relations ...
Sister Breaks the Silence Over Iranian-American and Wife Held for Three Months Without Charge or Counsel
Case fabricated “for the purpose of extortion and property seizure” says US-based family member* December 2, 2016—Karan Vafadari, an Iranian-American national ...
German-Iranian Assistant for Berlin Film Festival Barred from Leaving Iran
The dual national translator for a prestigious film festival was prevented from boarding a flight to Germany at Tehran’s Imam Khomeini International Airport and ...
Women’s Rights Activist Arrested After Attending Workshop in Georgia
Twenty Others Who Attended Women’s Empowerment Workshop Also Questioned Photographer and women’s right activist Alieh Matlabzadeh has been undergoing interrogation in ...
Judiciary and Parliament Clash Over MP’s Questions on Judiciary Chief’s Banking Activities
State Funds Deposited into the Bank Account of Sadegh Larijani At Issue After avoiding a summons for days, Member ...
Sedigheh Moradi Freed from Prison after Serving Five Years “for Nothing”
Appeals Court Throws Away Conviction “The judge looked at my file and ordered my unconditional release. It didn’t even ...
Imprisoned Human Rights Activist to Sue IRGC Agents for Violent and Illegal Arrest
Atena Daemi Taken to Evin Prison’s Women’s Ward To Begin Seven-Year Sentence Human rights activist Atena Daemi...
Momentum Growing to End Iran’s Death Sentences for Drug Offenses
Fast-Tracked Amendment Pending in Parliament, Must Still be Approved by Guardian Council On November 23, 2016, Iran’s Parliament agreed to speed up ...
Shocking Montazeri Sentence Reveals a Prosecution Lacking Legal or Moral Legitimacy
Ahmad Montazeri Will Appeal "Ugly" Six-Year Prison Sentence The six-year prison sentence handed down to Ahmad ...
Missing Spiritual Leader’s Supporters Beaten by Plainclothes Intelligence Agents at Iran’s Parliament
Approximately 50 followers of imprisoned spiritual leader Mohammad Ali Taheri—who has been missing ...
Political Prisoner With Suspended Sentence Remains Detained While Same Judge Reviews Case
Iran’s Supreme Court has suspended the 15-year prison sentence of ailing political prisoner Hadi Ghaemi and referred it to ...
Iranian MP Compares Prosecutor’s Abrupt Cancellation of His Speech to ISIS Tactics
Following the abrupt cancellation of his speech by a prosecutor, the Iranian Parliament’s Deputy Speaker Ali Motahhari has written to ...
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Must Stop Using Dual-Nationals as Hostages
British Government Accused of Putting Business Interest Above Protecting Its Citizens November 21, 2016—Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei should put an immediate end to the practice ...
Activist Who Lost Parents in “Chain Murders” of Iranian Dissidents Summoned to Court
Prominent rights activist Parastou Forouhar, whose parents were slain by agents of the Iranian government during a series of murders ...
Editor Says He Was Wrongly Sentenced to Prison for Posting MP’s Sexist Comments Online
MP Nader Ghazipour Has Also Assaulted a Journalist Hamed Ataee, a news editor from northwestern Iran who has been sentenced to four months ...
Supreme Court to Review Case of Ailing Political Prisoner
Iran’s Supreme Court has agreed to review the case of political prisoner Rayhaneh Haj ...
Rouhani Has Done Nothing to Free Political Prisoners and Is Being Called out for It
A prominent Iranian political analyst has criticized President Hassan Rouhani for reneging on his pledge to free political prisoners ...