“Why Did I Go to Prison for Four Years, Mr. Zarif?”
Formerly Imprisoned Journalists Challenge Iran Foreign Minister’s Remarks to Charlie Rose Astonished reactions to recent statements made by ...
Issues
Leading Activist Arrested Ahead of Her Trial for Peaceful Civil Activities
Narges Mohammadi is Transferred to Evin Prison Civil rights activist and Deputy Director of the banned Defenders of Human Rights Center, Narges Mohammadi, ...
Prominent Lawyer Says “Plan to Promote Virtue” Endangers Citizens and State
The prominent human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh spoke out strongly against the recent approval of the Plan to Promote Virtue and Prevent ...
Prominent Activist Charged with National Security Crimes for Her Peaceful Civic Activism
A Tehran court has charged the prominent Iranian civil rights activist and deputy head of the ...
Labor Leaders Detained in Iran as International Workers’ Day Approaches
Hundreds of workers protesting in front of the Iranian Parliament on January 7, 2015 April ...
Police Demolish Imprisoned Baha’i Leader’s Ancestral Home
Iranian police demolished the home of an imprisoned Baha’i community leader in Semnan on April 22, 2015. The home belonged to Jamaloddin Khanjani, one of seven Baha’i leaders who have been in prison since 2008. ...
Managing Editor of Banned Women’s Publication Hopes for Reversal of Decision
Iran’s Press Oversight Committee has decided to suspend publication of Iran’s premier women’s magazine, Zanan-e Emrooz [Today’s Women], and forward its case for prosecution to the Iranian Judiciary. ...
Political Prisoner To Be Tried for Contacting UN Human Rights Expert
Ebrahimi is accused of contacting the UN’s Dr. Ahmed Shaheed, from prison, to report to the Special Rapporteur on the condition of political prisoners who are ill. Iranian prison officials routinely deny even critically needed medical care to political prisoners. ...
TV Producer Jailed upon Return to Iran Now Faces Trial
Mostafa Azizi, a former Iranian television writer and producer, who has been in prison since February 1, 2015, will be put on trial on June 1, at Branch 15 of the Tehran Revolutionary Court under Judge Salavati. Azizi, a resident ...
Final Verdict: Five to Seven Years for Facebook Users in Iran
An appeals court in Tehran has sentenced six individuals to prison terms ranging from five to seven years for postings on their Facebook pages. Two additional individuals are facing as of yet unknown terms for their activities on the social ...
New Video: Iranian Expats Face Arrest upon Return to their Homeland
April 20, 2015—The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran released a video today highlighting the plight of the thousands of Iranians who wish to return to their homeland, yet fear likely imprisonment upon arrival for the peaceful expression of ...
Cartoon 112: Facebook Users Get Five to Seven Years in Prison
An appeals court in Tehran has sentenced six individuals to prison terms ranging from five to seven years for postings on their Facebook pages. Two additional ...
Prominent Iranians’ Views on Impact of Nuclear Agreement on Human Rights
"Our next agreement will be on our civil rights!" was one of the slogans people chanted in Tehran only hours after ...
Worsening Conditions for Women in Iran Begin to Draw Attention
Iran's Vice President for Women and Family Affairs, Shahindokht Molaverdi. Rouhani and Other Administration ...
Cartoon 111: End of A Costly Program
Touka Neyestani reflects on the terrible costs Iran's economy and industrial capacity has incurred due to the government's choice to pursue its nuclear programs—a choice that the ...
Prominent Activists Optimistic on End of Ban on Women at Sports Stadiums
Two prominent Iranian human rights defenders have expressed optimism over the recent moves in Iran to amend the ...
Executions Useless in Preventing Drug Crimes says Prominent Iranian Lawyer
In an interview with ISNA (the Iranian Student News Agency), the prominent Iranian lawyer Nemat ...
Tehran Professor Decries Iran’s Criticism of UN Human Rights Expert
Tehran University Professor Sadegh Zibakalam (Right), and Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Marzieh Afkham ...
Cartoon 110: People’s Share of the Nuclear Agreement
As front line victims of several years of sanctions against Iran, and with news of an impending nuclear agreement, Iranians have every right to expect to see ...
Initial Accord with Iran Holds Promise for Human Rights
But Risks of Hardline Backlash Remain The understanding reached on Iran’s nuclear program on April 2 is a welcome development, averting at least for now, an inexorable descent into confrontation, ...
Imprisoned Journalist Denied Furlough, Remains with Hardened Criminals
Saeed Matinpour Despite support from the Zanjan Province Prosecutor and prison officials, and repeated requests by family members, journalist Saeed Matinpour's furlough for ...
Imprisoned Human Rights Defender Denied Furlough Again
For the fourth year in a row, the ailing prominent human rights defender Mohammad Seifzadeh was not granted furlough for the Iranian New Year (March 20-April 1). Furlough, typically ...
Journalist Remains in Prison Beyond End of Sentence
The journalist Saeed Razavi Faghih has yet to be released from prison even though he completed his one-year sentence on February 28, 2015, because he is facing new, ...
UN Keeps Pressure on Iran for its Rights Failures
Human Rights Monitoring Will Continue March 27, 2015—The United Nations Human Rights Council voted today to renew the mandate of ...
Children’s Rights Activist Charged with “Acting against National Security”
Civil and children’s rights activist Atena Daemi has been formally charged, after six months of “temporary detention” in Evin Prison, a source told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran. ...