Arrested Student Activist Under Intense Pressure to Make False Confession, Says Family
Amin Anvari’s mother, Farah Bakhshi Student activist Amin Anvari, 21, who ...
Issues
Telegram Reveals Iranian Government’s Request to Spy on Its Citizens
Telegram, which unlike Twitter and Facebook is not filtered in Iran, has emerged as one ...
Narges Mohammadi Should Be Released Immediately and Given Medical Treatment
Narges Mohammadi October 20, 2015—The health of imprisoned activist Narges Mohammadi has deteriorated, and the ...
Kurdish Filmmaker’s Six-Year Prison Sentence and 223 Lashes Illegal, Says Lawyer
Keywan Karimi The harsh judgment against filmmaker Keywan Karimi for “insulting the sacred” ...
Teacher to Begin Prison Sentence for Her Work at Baha’i University
Azita Rafizadeh and her family Azita Rafizadeh, a Baha’i citizen ...
Imprisoned Spiritual Leader on Hunger Strike Has Become “Like a Skeleton”
The family of Mohammad Ali Taheri, the imprisoned leader of a peaceful spiritual group, is alarmed by his deteriorating health ...
Two Poets Sentenced to Flogging and Nine and Eleven Years in Prison
Fatemeh Ekhtesari and Mehdi Moosavi Forced Confessions Used as Primary ...
Blogger Still Held Behind Bars despite Completing Sentence as He Awaits Exile
Mohammad Reza Pourshajari, Blogger The imprisoned blogger Mohammad Reza Pourshajari continues ...
Imprisoned TV Producer Suffering from Untreated Shingles Disorder
Mostafa Azizi, Television Writer and Producer Another Case of ...
Washington Post Reporter Jason Rezaian Convicted on Baseless Charges
October 12, 2015—Jason Rezaian, the Washington Post correspondent imprisoned in Iran since July 22, 2014, has been convicted by a ...
One Year after Acid Attacks against Women in Isfahan, No Arrests
Families of Victims, Still Seeking Justice, Are Warned by Police Not to Speak to Foreign Media A year after a ...
Court to Issue Decision on Faraghdani’s “Illegal” Handshake with Her Lawyer
Atena Faraghdani The imprisoned artist and civil activist Atena Faraghdani will soon ...
Authorities Deny Hospitalization for Ill Activist and Postpone Her Trial Again
Narges Mohammadi No Explanation Given for Third Postponement of Narges Mohammadi’s Trial Date The ...
Nazanin Boniadi Joins the Campaign’s Board of Directors
Nazanin Boniadi The International Campaign for Human Rights in ...
Case against Rezaian Will Be Built on Little More than Forced “Confession”
Iranian Judiciary Has Long History of Relying on False “Confessions” Extracted Under Duress October 6, 2015—Two months after the end of ...
Supreme Court Refuses to Grant Imprisoned Activist a Retrial
Saeed Madani The political activist and university professor Saeed Madani, imprisoned in Iran ...
Sister of Saeed Malekpour Says Family Hopes for a Pardon for Imprisoned Web Developer
Saeed Malekpour Prisoner of Conscience, Serving Life Sentence, is Finally Allowed In-Person Family ...
Facebook Activist Sentenced to Seven Years in Prison for “Insulting the Prophet”
Soheil Arabi and his family Soheil Arabi, whose death ...
Cartoon 123: Jason Rezaian and Rouhani in New York
In an interview with CNN's Christiane Amanpour, Iran's President Hassan Rouhani said that Iran would be willing to discuss release of American prisoners, such as Washington ...
Judiciary Silent on Status of Tech Expert almost Two Months after His Arrest
Arash Zad, Information Technology Expert Nearly two months after the ...
Mother of Imprisoned Physicist Writes Letter to Khamenei Pleading for His Freedom
Omid Kokabee. The mother of Omid Kokabee, a physicist imprisoned in Iran since January 2011, ...
Imprisoned Teacher Sentenced to Three More Years in Prison after Completing Six
Teachers’ rights activist Rassoul Bodaghi Teachers’ rights activist Rassoul Bodaghi, ...
Rouhani and Undelivered Promises (Video)
When Rouhani campaigned for the presidency in June 2013, he said he had “the key” to solve Iran’s problems. Those problems included hundreds of political prisoners in Iran, some dating back to the disputed ...
Message to Rouhani: Rights Crisis in Iran Must Finally Be Addressed
Hassan Rouhani addresses ...
Artist Goes on Hunger Strike to Protest Prison Staff Verbal Abuse
Atena Faraghdani, Artist and Civil Activist The artist ...