Female Political Prisoners To Serve Additional Two Years For “Insulting” Supreme Leader
Political prisoners Atena Daemi and Golrokh Iraee Ebrahimi have been told they must serve an additional… ...
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August 30, 2019
Prisoners in Iran’s Gharchak Prison for Women Protest Inhumane Living Conditions
Prison Fails to Meet UN’s Minimum Standards for Treatment of Prisoners Two hundred inmates in Ward 5 of Gharchak Prison for women in the Iranian city of Varamin have sent… ...
August 21, 2019
Political Prisoner Arash Sadeghi Denied Hospitalization Despite Loss of Arm Motion
…serious medical problem. Political prisoner Arash Sadeghi’s loss of motion in his right arm hasn’t persuaded the authorities of Rajaee Shahr Prison to allow him to receive proper medical treatment… ...
July 22, 2019
Kurdish-Iranian Political Prisoner Denied Hospitalization for Stomach Tumor
Mohammad Nazari Has Been Imprisoned Since 1994 Imprisoned for more than 25 years, Kurdish-Iranian political prisoner Mohammad Nazari has been denied hospitalization to receive tests for a tumor in his… ...
July 19, 2019
Two Political Prisoners Sentenced to 3.7 More Years in Jail for Protesting Death Penalty
Atena Daemi Illegally Denied Visits Since March 2019 Political prisoners Atena Daemi and Golrokh Iraee Ebrahimi have been told they must serve an additional 3.7 years in prison for the… ...
July 16, 2019
Zaghari-Ratcliffe Transferred to Psychiatric Ward, Held Incommunicado
…psychiatric ward of the Imam Khomeini Hospital in Tehran since July 15, 2019, according to the Free Nazanin campaign. Throughout this time she has been denied contact with her family… ...
July 10, 2019
UN Seriously Concerned Over Iran’s “Consistent Pattern” of Denying Prisoners Medical Treatment
UN Press Release, GENEVA (10 July 2019) – UN human rights experts today expressed serious concern that Iran continues to deny appropriate healthcare to detainees, despite repeated calls. “Over several… ...
June 7, 2019
Iran: Release Narges Mohammadi for Medical Treatment Immediately
…2019 – The Iranian authorities must immediately transfer prominent human rights activist Narges Mohammadi to a hospital for full and proper medical care, the Center for Human Rights in Iran… ...
May 20, 2019
Iran: Release Political Prisoner Maryam Akbari-Monfared
Behind Bars Unjustly Since 2009, Eligible for Release in 2017 May 20, 2019—Iran must end the cruel and unlawful imprisonment of Maryam Akbari-Monfared, who has already served nearly 10 years… ...
May 3, 2019
Narges Mohammadi Rushed Back to Prison from Hospital Against Doctors’ Orders
Prominent human rights defender Narges Mohammadi was recently taken from Evin Prison to a hospital in Tehran where she was told she needed urgent treatment for several issues but was… ...
March 1, 2019
Imprisoned Activist Atena Daemi May Have a Debilitating Disease But She’s Being Denied an MRI
Imprisoned civil rights activist Atena Daemi is being denied medical treatment despite possibly suffering from multiple sclerosis (MS), a family member told the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI)…. ...
February 26, 2019
Intelligence Ministry Denies Labor Activists Qoliyan and Bakhshi Medical Treatment
Supporters of Esmail Bakhshi and Sepideh Qoliyan hold up a sign demanding that the labor activists be released. Detainees Remain in Custody of Same Agency They Had Accused… ...
February 15, 2019
Inmates in Gharchak Women’s Prison Denied Food and Heating After Being Assaulted by Guards
This photo shared on social media was described as showing smoke blowing out of Gharchak Prison on the morning of February 8, 2019. Prisoners… ...
February 12, 2019
Unable to Move His Arm, Arash Sadeghi Denied Hospitalization for Infected Biopsy Wound
“What’s certain is that he needs to be urgently hospitalized” Arash Sadeghi, a political prisoner in Iran, has lost the ability to move his right arm due to an infection… ...
February 8, 2019
Swedish-Iranian Scientist Denied Medical Treatment for Demanding to be Transported With Dignity
Ahmadreza Djalali and wife Vida Mehrannia with their child. Imprisoned dual national scientist Ahmadreza Djalali was prevented from leaving Evin Prison in Tehran for a scheduled medical appointment with a… ...
January 31, 2019
Labor Activist Ali Nejati Denied Medical Treatment Against Doctor’s Orders
Petition Signed by 800 People Calls on Iran to Release Striking Haft Tappeh Workers Detained labor rights activist Ali Nejati is being denied medical treatment for heart disease and kidney… ...
January 17, 2019
UN Calls on Iran to Give Zaghari-Ratcliffe and Mohammadi Urgent Medical Care, Release Them Immediately
UN human rights experts* have today called on Iran to urgently provide Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and Narges Mohammadi access to appropriate health care, and reiterated calls for their immediate release. “We… ...
January 15, 2019
UK Foreign Secretary: Iran’s Treatment of Zaghari-Ratcliffe “Breach of Human Rights”
Jeremy Hunt Summons Ambassador to Tehran Following Revelations Iran Pressured Dual National to Spy UK Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt summoned Iran’s ambassador to Tehran on January 14, 2018, the day… ...
January 11, 2019
Nasrin Sotoudeh and Baha’i Political Prisoner Refuse Phone Calls in Solidarity With Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe
Authorities Revoke Phone Privileges, Reduce Food Rations in Evin Prison’s Women’s Ward Two political prisoners held in the same ward as Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe in Iran’s Evin Prison have given up… ...
January 4, 2019
Stricken With Chicken Pox, Political Prisoner Alireza Tavakoli Hunger Strikes for Medical Treatment
Prisoner of conscience Alireza Tavakoli, currently imprisoned in Tehran’s Evin Prison for his social media postings, is hunger striking to be “transferred and treated at a medical center for chickenpox,”… ...
January 3, 2019
Open Letter: Mohammadi and Zaghari-Ratcliffe to Hunger Strike for Access to Medical Treatment
…have written an open letter warning that they will go on hunger strike if the authorities continue to deny their requests for medical treatment. The letter, dated December 30, 2018,… ...
December 20, 2018
Dual National Imprisoned in Iran, Kamran Ghaderi, Struggling to Access Medical Treatment for Untreated Tumor
…an Iranian-Austrian dual national imprisoned in Iran since January 2016, is the latest in a long line of prisoners who have been denied medical treatment. Ghaderi has received no treatment… ...
December 20, 2018
Open Letter From Evin Prison: Narges Mohammadi Calls on Tehran Prosecutor to Stop Denying Her Medical Treatment
Iranian political prisoner Narges Mohammadi has written an open letter calling on Jafari Dowlatabadi, the prosecutor general of Tehran, to stop denying her medical treatment. According to her letter, Mohammadi… ...
December 12, 2018
Political Prisoner Saeed Shirzad Could Lose Kidney From Lack of Proper Medical Care
Iranian political prisoner Saeed Shirzad could lose a kidney if Iranian authorities continue to refuse to hospitalize him outside of Rajaee Shahr Prison where he has been held for the… ...
December 6, 2018
Imprisoned Activist Reza Khandan Defies Politically Motivated Charges, Demands Public Trial
Civil rights activist Reza Khandan (left) has been detained since September 2018 while his wife, prominent attorney Nasrin Sotoudeh (right),… ...