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November 29, 2018

Death of Satirist Alireza Rezaei in Exile Prompts Outpouring of Grief from Iranians Forced by State Repression to Flee Iran

Beloved Blogger Broke Taboos by Writing About Political and Social Issues with Humor November 29, 2018—The death in exile of prominent Iranian satirist Alireza Rezaei has prompted an outpouring of… ...

November 19, 2018

85 Countries Vote to Adopt UN Resolution Urging Iran to Halt Widespread Human Rights Violations

Editor’s Note: This resolution was passed December 17, 2018, with 84 voting for, 30 against and 67 in abstention: http://undocs.org/A/73/589/Add.3. Serious Concern Expressed for Unlawful Executions and Arbitrary Detentions November… ...

October 23, 2018

Iran Charges Environmentalists With National Security Crimes

Prosecutions Lacking Due Process Aimed at Deflecting Attention from Death of One of the Detainees October 23, 2018 – Nine months after a group of environmentalists were imprisoned in Iran… ...

October 8, 2018

Five Environmentalists Charged in Iran After Eight Months in Prison

* This article was last updated on October 10, 2018. October 8, 2018 – Five out of the eight environmentalists who have been detained in Iran since January 2018, including… ...

October 3, 2018

Iran Should Free Environmentalists Detained Without Evidence

Since January 2018, at least eight environmentalists have been detained in Iran even though the country’s own Intelligence Ministry has admitted there’s no evidence to support the politically motivated charges… ...

September 25, 2018

Families of Iran’s Detained Environmentalists Urge Supreme Leader to Release Their Loved Ones

The families of environmentalists who have been detained for nearly eight months in Iran on unsubstantiated accusations of espionage have sent a letter to Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei calling for… ...

September 18, 2018

Secretary General: Iran Engages UN But Intensifies Crackdown on Freedom of Assembly and Speech

Mohammad Javad Larijani, the secretary general of the Iranian judiciary’s High Council for Human Rights. Following are the summary, introduction, and recommendations of the report of the UN secretary general… ...

August 17, 2018

Prolonged Detention of Environmentalists “None of Your Business,” Iran’s Judiciary Tells Vice President

The chief of Iran’s Department of Environment, Vice President Isa Kalantari, has told state media that the judiciary has warned him to stop enquiring about environmentalists who have been detained… ...

August 14, 2018

Judiciary’s Intensifying Crackdown on Defense Attorneys in Iran Must End

Seven Human Rights Lawyers Detained or Blocked from Working in Iran in Less Than a Year August 14, 2018—An intensifying state crackdown on human rights defenders in Iran, in which… ...

August 3, 2018

Desperate Families Call on Iranian State Heads to Release Detained Environmentalists

Detainees Held For Six Months Without Access to Counsel The families of environmentalists who have been detained in Iran for the past six months—many in solitary confinement and without counsel—have… ...

August 2, 2018

Iranian Human Rights Lawyer Facing Prison For Criticizing Judiciary

Iranian attorney Mostafa Tork Hamadani has been charged for criticizing the judiciary for barring him and other defense lawyers from defending environmentalists who were arrested by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard… ...

July 19, 2018

Sons of Iranian Canadian Who Died in Evin Prison Sue State Broadcaster For Slander

Ramin and Mehran Seyed-Emami have sued Iran’s state-run TV, the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB), for slandering their father Kavous Seyed-Emami, who died under suspicious circumstances in Tehran’s Evin… ...

July 2, 2018

Shots Fired at Protest as Officials Unable to Ease Water Shortage Crisis in Iran’s Khuzestan Province

Shots were reportedly fired during protests over water shortages in the southwestern city of Khorramshahr in Iran’s Khuzestan Province but the Interior Ministry has denied any fatalities. Khuzestan, home to… ...

June 28, 2018

Injuries Reported After Iran’s Detained Environmentalists Subjected to Renewed Interrogations

Environmentalists detained without charge for the past five months in Tehran’s Evin Prison are once again being subjected to interrogations in the prison’s Ward 2-A under the control of the… ...

June 27, 2018

Widow Hospitalized After IRGC Storms Home of Iranian Canadian Who Died in Iranian State Custody

Tehran Prosecutor Ordered Raid to Gather Footage For a “Film” The widow of an Iranian Canadian environmentalist who recently died in state custody in Iran has been hospitalized in Tehran… ...

June 1, 2018

Oxford PhD Student Denied Legal Counsel 40 Days After Being Arrested in Iran

Father Claims IRGC’s Intelligence Organization is Cooking Up Case Against His Activist Son Reformist political activist Mohammadreza Jalaeipour, an Oxford University PhD student, has been held without charge and access… ...

May 31, 2018

15 Arrested at Aborted Talks Over Water Dispute in Southwestern Iran

Fifteen negotiators representing protesting farmers in the southern Iranian province of Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad were arrested on May 29, 2018, as they showed up for talks over a water dispute…. ...

May 24, 2018

Who Are the Dual and Foreign Nationals Imprisoned in Iran? (Updated)

At least 21 (15 dual nationals, five foreign nationals and one foreign permanent resident) were known to be held in Iran (imprisoned, under house arrest, or prohibited from leaving the… ...

May 23, 2018

Iranian VP Refutes Espionage Claims Against Detained Environmentalists, Calls for Their Release

The head of Iran’s Department of Environment (DOE), Vice President Isa Kalantari, has publicly rejected claims by hardline judicial officials and media outlets that environmentalists detained in a crackdown by… ...

May 17, 2018

Iranian Canadian’s Widow Maryam Mombeini Hospitalized Two Months After Being Banned From Leaving Iran

The wife of an Iranian Canadian academic who died in Iranian custody under suspicious circumstances in February 2018 was hospitalized for three days after exhibiting symptoms of a nervous breakdown…. ...

May 12, 2018

Rouhani Commission on Detainee Deaths in Iran Fails to Produce Results Three Months After Formation

The fact-finding commission set up by President Hassan Rouhani to investigate the recent spate of detainee deaths in Iran has produced no results since it was formed nearly three months… ...

May 11, 2018

Dozens of Environmentalists Arrested in Southern Iran in Widening Crackdown

MP: Intelligence Ministry Has Rejected Espionage Claims More than 40 environmentalists, rangers and some of their relatives were arrested May 7-8, 2018, in the southern Iranian harbor city of Bandar… ...

May 9, 2018

800 Iranian Environmentalists Call on President Rouhani to Uphold the Rights of Detained Colleagues

Detainees’ Families Still Seeking Answers More Than Three Months Into Loved Ones’ Arrests President Hassan Rouhani has not responded to a letter by 800 Iranian environmentalists demanding clarification on the… ...

April 26, 2018

Iranian Hardliners Continue Attacks on Former Environmental Official Kaveh Madani

Western-Educated Water Management Expert Left Iran After Being Arrested by IRGC’s Intelligence Organization Hardline media outlets in Iran with ties to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) have continued smearing… ...

April 25, 2018

Former Iranian Environmental Official Reveals He Was Spied on Since Returning to Iran

Kaveh Madani: State Supporters “Created Many Problems For Me” In a resignation letter posted on his Twitter account, the former deputy head of Iran’s Department of Environment (DOE) Kaveh Madani… ...

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Latest News

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    September 29, 2023
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    Academic Year in Iran Begins with Imprisonment of Teachers, Arbitrary Arrests
    September 28, 2023
  • Freeing Hostages is Good, Preventing Further Abductions by Iran Would Be Better
    Freeing Hostages is Good, Preventing Further Abductions by Iran Would Be Better
    September 27, 2023
  • Iran’s Parliament Approves Harsh New Hijab Law, Escalating Repression of Women
    Iran's Parliament Approves Harsh New Hijab Law, Escalating Repression of Women
    September 20, 2023
  • At Least One Shot as Iran Deploys Armed Forces to Suppress “Woman, Life, Freedom” Protests
    At Least One Shot as Iran Deploys Armed Forces to Suppress “Woman, Life, Freedom” Protests
    September 16, 2023
  • Iranian Government Replaces University Professors Accused of Backing “Woman, Life, Freedom’ Protests with Regime Loyalists
    Iranian Government Replaces University Professors Accused of Backing “Woman, Life, Freedom' Protests with Regime Loyalists
    September 13, 2023
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    Massacre in Kurdish City by Islamic Republic Forces Exposed in New Report
    September 4, 2023
  • Tortured Protester Dies in Iranian Prison After Death Sentences Thrown Out
    Tortured Protester Dies in Iranian Prison After Death Sentences Thrown Out
    September 1, 2023
  • Webinar: Legal Challenges Facing Iran’s “Woman Life Freedom” Movement
    Webinar: Legal Challenges Facing Iran's "Woman Life Freedom" Movement
    August 30, 2023
  • Arrests of Slain Protesters’ Families Signals Looming State Violence as “Woman Life Freedom” Anniversary Nears
    Arrests of Slain Protesters’ Families Signals Looming State Violence as “Woman Life Freedom” Anniversary Nears
    August 29, 2023
  • Arrests of Women Activists Escalate Across Iran Ahead of “Woman Life Freedom” Anniversary
    Arrests of Women Activists Escalate Across Iran Ahead of “Woman Life Freedom” Anniversary
    August 21, 2023
  • “Our Homes are No Refuge” Baha’i Minority in Iran Facing Intensified State Assault
    “Our Homes are No Refuge” Baha’i Minority in Iran Facing Intensified State Assault
    August 17, 2023
  • Special Report: Sunni Clerics in the Crosshairs of Islamic Republic Repression
    Special Report: Sunni Clerics in the Crosshairs of Islamic Republic Repression
    August 15, 2023
  • Political Executions Surge in Iran as Government Seeks to Silence All Dissent 
    Political Executions Surge in Iran as Government Seeks to Silence All Dissent 
    August 2, 2023
  • Jailed Rapper Tortured, Forced into Psychiatric Center After Demanding Justice
    Jailed Rapper Tortured, Forced into Psychiatric Center After Demanding Justice
    July 24, 2023
  • Iranian Women Face Increased Violence as State Resumes Forced-Veiling Patrols
    Iranian Women Face Increased Violence as State Resumes Forced-Veiling Patrols
    July 18, 2023
  • Fact-Finding Mission Calls on Iran to Stop Executing Protesters, Release Political Prisoners
    Fact-Finding Mission Calls on Iran to Stop Executing Protesters, Release Political Prisoners
    July 5, 2023
  • Iran: State’s “Investigation” of Bar Association Aims to Crush Dissent
    Iran: State’s "Investigation" of Bar Association Aims to Crush Dissent
    June 28, 2023
  • Family Jailed in Iran for Seven Months on National Security Charges Could Face Death Penalty
    Family Jailed in Iran for Seven Months on National Security Charges Could Face Death Penalty
    June 21, 2023
  • Students Across Iran Say “No” to Forced Hijab
    Students Across Iran Say “No” to Forced Hijab
    June 19, 2023
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