Casualties and Arrests Mount As Iranian Protests Continue
At least 21 people have been killed and hundreds arrested since a wave of protests hit several Iranian cities on December 28, 2017. The Center for Human Rights in Iran… ...
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January 1, 2018
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British-Iranian professor returns to UK after detention in Iran CNN-US, CNN.com International 26 December, 2018 statement said.\n\nOn Monday, the New York-based Center for Human Rights in Iran issued an open… ...
December 29, 2017
Hardline Officials Blame Wave of Protests in Iran on Rouhani Government and Foreign Powers
Protests flared across several Iranian cities during the last week of December 2017 as citizens faced off with security forces to demand better living circumstances. Hardline officials meanwhile blamed the… ...
December 26, 2017
Iranian Authorities Confiscate Prominent Director’s Passport, Ban Him From Making Films
Award-winning director Mohammad Rasoulof has revealed that he has been banned from making films in Iran and is not allowed to leave the country. “As soon as I arrived at… ...
December 22, 2017
Evin Prison Medical Chief Denies Ali Shariati Specialist Care Despite Severe Symptoms
Political prisoner Ali Shariati is being denied specialist medical treatment by Evin Prison’s medical chief Abbas Khani despite exhibiting symptoms of severe dental issues. “Ali has a lot of pain… ...
December 21, 2017
Students Challenge Minister’s Claim That No One in Iran is Banned From University for Political Reasons
Majid Dorri(right) and Mahdieh Golru protesting in front of the Science Ministry in Tehran. A student who was banned from pursuing a university education in Iran because he engaged in… ...
December 18, 2017
In Letter From Evin Prison, Narges Mohammadi Demands Judiciary Stop Violating Due Process Rights
Political prisoner Narges Mohammadi has criticized Iran’s judiciary and security organizations for holding detainees in solitary confinement for prolonged periods without charge while trying to build a case against them…. ...
December 8, 2017
Iran’s Student Movement Faces Roadblocks Under Rouhani Despite Election Campaign Promises
A Student Day protest at the University of Tehran. Protests were held at several Iranian universities on December 7, 2017, on the occasion of Student Day. One activist told the… ...
November 29, 2017
After Fiery Speech, Iran Censors Ahmadinejad-Related Online Searches
Websites affiliated with former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad were blocked in Iran and the country’s most widely used state-approved video-sharing site has barred users from accessing Ahmadinejad-related content after the controversial… ...
November 28, 2017
Political Prisoners in Rajaee Shahr Prison Slapped With New Charges for Engaging in Peaceful Protest
Christian convert Ebrahim Firoozi and political activist Saeed Shirzad. Three prisoners in Iran’s Rajaee Shahr Prison are facing new charges for participating in a mass protest at the prison in… ...
November 20, 2017
Political Prisoners Transferred to Prison in Northwestern Iran After Being Beaten by Rajaee Shahr Guards
Three political prisoners serving life sentences have been transferred from Rajaee Shahr Prison in Karaj, west of Tehran, to Orumiyeh Central Prison in West Azerbaijan Province, 444 miles away, without… ...
November 16, 2017
Parastou Forouhar: Iran’s Intelligence Ministry Filed Charges Against Me Based on a Photograph
Iran’s Intelligence Ministry pressed charges against activist Parastou Forouhar based on a photo of one of her artworks that created a stir on social media, she told the Center for… ...
November 16, 2017
Seven Doctors Disagree With Prison Authorities’ Decision to Keep Alireza Golipour Incarcerated
Medical Staff Refuse to Treat Golipour, Saying He’s Close to Falling Into a Coma Alireza Golipour has been deemed unfit to stay in Evin Prison by seven doctors more than… ...
November 14, 2017
Tehran Governor Pleased With His Imaginary Tolerance of Peaceful Protests
The governor of Tehran Province, Mohammad Hossein Moghimi, has erroneously declared that since President Hassan Rouhani took office in 2013, protests in Iran’s capital city have been tolerated without the… ...
October 31, 2017
Agents Interrupt Labor Activist’s Dialysis Treatment to Transport Him to Prison
Labor activist Mahmoud Salehi was detained by security agents on October 28, 2017, while undergoing dialysis at a hospital in the city of Saqqez, in Iran’s Kurdistan Province. His son,… ...
October 29, 2017
Iranian Mother Sentenced to Prison for Demanding Justice For Slain Son
…in Solitary Confinement A court in Tehran has sentenced Shahnaz Akmali, the mother of a well-known victim of the state crackdown on the protests against Iran’s 2009 presidential election, to… ...
October 24, 2017
Students, MPs Protest Against Rouhani’s Conservative Nominee for Iran’s Science Ministry
Students protest against President Rouhani’s nominee to head the Science Ministry, Mansour Gholami, at Amirkabir University of Technology in Tehran. Rouhani’s Previous Nominees Rejected by Supreme… ...
October 23, 2017
Iranian-Born Swedish Resident Sentenced to Death Based on Forced Confession
Ahmadreza Djalali, an Iranian-born Swedish resident who has been imprisoned in Iran since April 2016, was sentenced to death for “moharebeh” (enmity with God) based on a forced confession, the… ...
October 20, 2017
“Help Me Gain the Freedom I am Legally Entitled To,” Pleads Hunger-Striking Political Prisoner
Mohammad Nazari has been imprisoned in Iran since 1994 for his membership in a separatist group. The life of one of Iran’s longest serving political prisoners, Mohammad Nazari, could “end… ...
October 19, 2017
Photo of Smiling Political Prisoners in Iran’s Evin Prison Lands One in Prison Known For Harsh Conditions
Arash Sadeghi (right) and Soheil Arabi in the courtyard of Evin Prison. Lawyer: Arash Sadeghi’s transfer was illegal. A man serving a 15-year prison sentence for peacefully advocating human rights… ...
October 14, 2017
Narges Mohammadi Calls on MPs to End the “Illegal” Torture of Solitary Confinement in Iran’s Prisons
Imprisoned prominent human rights activist Narges Mohammadi has called on members of Iran’s Parliament to investigate and end the “illegal” practice of solitary confinement of prisoners. “As a defender of… ...
October 11, 2017
Imprisoned Editor Ehsan Mazandarani Told to File for Temporary Release With One Month Left on Sentence
…to be freed in less than a month has gone on a hunger strike to protest his continued incarceration. “Ehsan Mazandarani has silently started a hunger strike to protest his… ...
October 9, 2017
Labor Activist Dies From Cancer Left Untreated in Iranian Prison
A photo of Mohammad Jarrahi visiting the grave of fellow labor activist Shahrokh Zamani,… ...
October 9, 2017
Imprisoned Teachers’ Rights Advocate Esmail Abdi Denied Sentence Review
Esmail Abdi is serving a six-year prison sentence for peacefully advocating for teachers’ rights in Iran. Iran’s judiciary has denied a request for a review of the heavy prison sentence… ...
October 5, 2017
Rights Activist Barred from University Under Ahmadinejad Faces Same Roadblocks Under Rouhani
Mahdieh Golru: “I have lost hope along with the years of my youth.” Iran’s Intelligence Ministry has blocked formerly imprisoned civil rights activist Mahdieh Golru from attending Alzahra University in… ...