Three Writers Tried in Iran on “National Security” Charges
The trial of three board members of the Iranian Writers Association (IWA) was held at Branch 28 of the Revolutionary Court in Tehran on April 27 and 28, 2019. Baktash… ...
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January 29, 2019
Three Members of Iran’s Writers Association Charged With National Security Crimes for Opposing Censorship
Three senior members of the Iranian Writers Association (IWA) have been charged with national security crimes for peacefully protesting state censorship policies, according to a statement posted by the trade… ...
October 30, 2018
Iran Must Stop Imprisoning Lawyers for Defending Their Clients
Mohammad Najafi is the Seventh Attorney to Be Sent to Prison in Last Six Months, Six Remain Behind Bars October 30, 2018—Iran’s sentencing of attorney Mohammad Najafi to three years… ...
October 3, 2018
120 Academics and Activists Join UN in Calling on Iran to Free Princeton Scholar Xiyue Wang
Xiyue Wang (right) with his son and wife. A group of 120 academics and human rights activists of Iranian origin have called on Iran to free imprisoned American scholar Xiyue… ...
June 22, 2018
Open Letter: Distinguished Iranian Women Call on FIFA to Demand Iran End Its Ban on Women in Stadiums
June 22, 2018—In an open letter, prominent women of Iranian origin including Nobel Laureate Shirin Ebadi, Oscar-nominated actress Shohreh Aghdashloo and legendary singer Googoosh have urged the Fédération Internationale de… ...
June 8, 2018
Iranian Poet Sentenced and Fined For Posting Photo of Man Injured by Police
Iranian poet and filmmaker Baktash Abtin has been sentenced and fined in Iran for posting a photo to his Instagram account of a man who was assaulted by police. Posting… ...
May 29, 2018
50 Years Later, Iranian Security Forces Are Still Trying to Silence the Iranian Writers Association
Police and security forces blocked an event commemorating the 50th anniversary of the anti-censorship Iranian Writers Association (IWA) by raiding the home in Tehran where it was supposed to be… ...
January 31, 2018
Opposition Leader Mehdi Karroubi Urges Supreme Leader to “Create the Grounds For Reform”
In a letter written under house arrest, opposition leader Mehdi Karroubi has warned Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei to heed the signs of popular discontent and implement reforms. The 80-year-old… ...
January 2, 2018
Iran’s Severely Disrupted Internet During Protests: “Websites Hardly Open”
For the first time since the mass protests of 2009, the Islamic Republic of Iran has imposed tighter than usual restrictions on internet access to curb the distribution of images,… ...
December 14, 2017
Iran’s Intelligence Ministry Has Been Pressuring Families Of “Chain Murder” Victims to Be Silent for Decades
Sohrab Mokhtari is the son of writer Mohammad Mokhtari, who was murdered by agents of Iran’s Intelligence Ministry in 1998. The families of intellectuals and dissidents murdered by agents of… ...
June 22, 2017
Iranian Nobel Laureate Blasts Khamenei’s “Fire at Will” Policy Against Domestic Opponents
Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei’s recent declaration that his supporters should “fire at will” against presumed enemies of the state is an established policy of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Nobel… ...
May 9, 2017
Reformist Journalist Tortured Under Ghalibaf’s Police Command Demands Accountability
A reformist journalist who was detained and tortured in a secret detention center under the supervision of current Iranian presidential candidate Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf in 2004, when Ghalibaf was the… ...
May 8, 2017
Mehrangiz Kar: My Husband Was Tortured and Forced to Confess by Presidential Candidate Ghalibaf’s Police
Presidential candidate Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf played a key role in major human rights violations as the commander of Iran’s police forces, Mehrangiz Kar, a lawyer who defended human rights in… ...
December 5, 2016
Iranian Lawyer and Writers Beaten and Arrested at Commeration of Murders of Political Dissidents in 1990s
…and several members of the Writers Association of Iran at a commemoration event for victims of the “chain murders” of dissidents in the 1990s by agents of the Iranian government…. ...
September 7, 2016
More Than 100 Prominent Iranians Ask UN to Declare 1988 Massacre “Crime Against Humanity”
…a letter to the United Nations Human Rights Council and the International Criminal Court, more than one hundred Iranians living outside Iran, including several prominent civil, academic, and human rights… ...
August 16, 2016
Imprisoned Epileptic Journalist Denied Request for Early Release
Reformist Writer Has Not Had Access to His Lawyer Since 2014 Imprisoned reformist journalist Ahmad Asgari, who suffers from severe epilepsy, has been denied early conditional release and medical furlough… ...
June 24, 2016
Pro-Rouhani Newspaper Suspended in Hardline Campaign Against President
A week after Tehran’s hardline chief prosecutor announced he would be suing the editor-in-chief of the major reformist newspaper Ghanoon, the paper has been suspended. After receiving the order by… ...
March 28, 2016
Canadian Resident Sentenced to Three Years in Jail Shortly After Returning to Iran
Political prisoner Mostafa Azizi, one of many émigrés who returned to Iran following assurances of their safe return by the Rouhani administration, has been sentenced to three years in prison… ...
February 1, 2016
Call for Prime Minister Trudeau to Secure Release of Imprisoned Iranian-Canadian
February 1, 2016— Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau should extend all efforts to obtain the release of Saeed Malekpour, a Canadian resident and web develop imprisoned in Iran since 2008… ...
January 28, 2016
Family of Imprisoned Iranian Producer: Canada Must Do More
…pressure on Iran to release him following the prisoner swap that led to the freedom of four Iranian-Americans held in Iran. “Just as the American government made an effort to… ...
January 28, 2016
Iranian Artists Call for Immediate Release of Music Distributors
A coalition of Iranian artists have called for the immediate release of three music producers sentenced to six years in prison for promoting underground music in Iran. “This kind of… ...
January 25, 2016
US-Iran Prisoner Swap Raises Hopes for Iranian-Canadian Prisoners of Conscience in Iran
The release of Iranian-Americans in the recent prisoner exchange between Iran and the United States has given hope to the family of prisoner of conscience Saeed Malekpour that he too… ...
January 11, 2016
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Iran’s Oddly Selective Crackdown on Christians Lebanese Kataeb 28 December, 2016 before she had recovered fully, according to the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran. Zargaran subsequently was allowed… ...
August 31, 2015
74 Prominent Iranians Urge Congress to Support Nuclear Deal with Iran
The following letter, written by 74 prominent Iranians representing many spheres of civil society, urges members of the U. S. Congress to support nuclear agreement with Iran. The signers of… ...
May 21, 2015
Writer Prosecuted for Facebook Posts Critical of State Censorship
Reza Khandan Mahabadi, a member of the Board of Directors of the Iranian Writers‘ Association Authorities in Iran are prosecuting another writer on national security charges for signing statements and… ...