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December 30, 2017
10-Year-Old Iranian Gymnast Caught Up in Hijab Controversy
The Iran Gymnastics Federation has walked back its threat to discipline a 10-year-old gymnast for allegedly taking part in an international competition without wearing the mandatory hijab. Iranian women are… ...
December 22, 2017
Hundreds Arrested in Tehran During Yalda Winter Solstice Celebration
Anti-vice police arrested more than 230 young men and women at two private parties in Tehran during the Iranian festival of Yalda on December 21, 2017. Yalda is a winter… ...
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 21, 2017
Three Years Later, Conservatives Are Still Blocking “I’m Not Angry” From Screening in Iran
After finally receiving approval to screen his movie “I’m Not Angry” in Iran, director Reza Dormishian’s film was suddenly removed from theaters before its scheduled national premiere on December 20,… ...
December 14, 2017
Judge Demands Political Prisoner Mohammad Ali Taheri Pick Lawyer from Judiciary’s List
Judge Salavati Often Assigned to Issue Harsh Sentences in Political Cases The judge who will re-sentence imprisoned spiritual thinker Mohammad Ali Taheri for the charge of “corruption on earth” has… ...
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… ...
December 7, 2017
Two Iranian Officials Publicly Break Rank and Discuss Discriminatory Policies Against Baha’is
…discrimination in Iran. On the same day, two government officials publicly discussed discriminatory policies against Baha’is, one of Iran’s most severely persecuted minority faiths. “Today we have students being illegally… ...
December 6, 2017
Reformist MPs Call on Science Ministry to Allow “Starred” Student Activists to Attend University
Students accused of engaging in peaceful activism continue to be banned from attending university in Iran despite President Hassan Rouhani’s election campaign promise that he would lift the ban. On… ...
November 14, 2017
83 Countries Vote to Pass UN Resolution Expressing “Serious Concern” over Human Rights in Iran
In an overwhelming sign of international support for human rights in Iran, 83 countries approved a resolution by the UN Third Committee today criticizing the state of human rights in… ...
November 12, 2017
Iran’s Telecommunications Minister Says He’s Looking Into Lifting the State Ban on Twitter
Telecommunications Minister Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi’s Twitter page. Officials Used App For Years While Denying Access to Citizens The head of Iran’s Information and Communications Technology Ministry has promised to… ...
November 10, 2017
Three Baha’is Barred From University in Iran Sentenced to Five Years in Prison
Three young Iranians who complained to state officials after being denied university education for being followers of the Baha’i faith have been sentenced to five years in prison each, the… ...
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 20, 2017
After Years of International Condemnation, Iran Revises Death Penalty Policy
Amendment to Drug Law Could Result in Drastically Reduced Execution Rate After years of being pressured by the UN and other rights groups to reduce the country’s high execution rate,… ...
October 14, 2017
Seven Reformists MPs Plan to Sue Iran’s State Broadcasting Agency IRIB for Defamation
Seven reformist members of Iran’s Parliament who were recently sentenced to prison for their political views will sue the state TV and radio broadcasting agency for alleging the MPs engaged… ...
October 8, 2017
Iran’s Ex-Reformist President Banned From Public Appearances Week After Seven MPs Sentenced to Prison
Former President Mohammad Khatami. Iran’s former reformist President Mohammad Khatami has been banned from making public appearances and receiving political guests for three months. The ban, first reported on October… ...
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… ...
October 5, 2017
Exiled Members of Sufi Gonabadi Dervish Order Told to “Repent” or Serve Life in Prison
The sentences of a lifetime in exile issued against Mohammad Ali Shamshirzan and Hamid Arayesh of the Sufi order in Iran known as Gonabadi Dervishes has been illegally changed to… ...
September 25, 2017
Iranian Baha’i Students Offered University Enrollment in Exchange For Renouncing Their Faith
Two members of the persecuted Baha’i faith in Iran have been offered university enrollment in exchange for renouncing their religion, according to information received by the Center for Human Rights… ...
September 20, 2017
The Minister is Wrong: Using Circumvention Tools to Access Censored Websites in Iran is Legal
Iranian Telecommunications Minister Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi was incorrect when he stated recently that using software to access censored online content in Iran is illegal. Indeed, no such law exists…. ...
September 7, 2017
Protest Against Killing of Couriers in Iran’s Kurdistan Province Attacked by Security Forces
Local MP Calls for Investigation A protest was met with tear gas in the city of Baneh in northwestern Iran on September 5, 2017, after people gathered in front of… ...
August 31, 2017
Pro-Rouhani and Reformist Social Media Admins Sentenced to Prison in Iran
Six administrators of Iranian reformist political channels on the Telegram messaging network have been sentenced to terms ranging from two to five years in prison. According to a verdict issued… ...
August 28, 2017
Taheri’s Death Sentence Will Not Stand, Says Hopeful Lawyer
The lawyer for imprisoned Iranian spiritual leader Mohammad Ali Taheri is optimistic that the latest death sentence against his client will again be turned down upon appeal. The verdict, issued… ...
August 22, 2017
Lawyer Accuses Intelligence Ministry in Kermanshah of Harassing Kurdish Civil Rights Activist
In the six months since she was released from a three-week detention, Iranian Kurdish children and women’s rights activist Farzaneh Jalali has been repeatedly called in for questioning by the… ...
August 18, 2017
Countdown Begins for Karroubi’s Trial After Deal With Rouhani Government Ends His Hunger Strike
Now that detained political leader Mehdi Karroubi has ended his life-threatening hunger strike, all eyes are on President Hassan Rouhani to see if he will honor Karroubi’s second demand: a… ...