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… ...
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… ...
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… ...
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,… ...
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… ...
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… ...
…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… ...
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… ...
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… ...
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… ...
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… ...
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… ...
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,… ...
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… ...
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… ...
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… ...
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… ...
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… ...
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…. ...
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… ...
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… ...
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… ...
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… ...
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… ...
Iranian soccer stars Masoud Shojaei (right) and Ehsan Hajsafi (left). “No Decision” Ruling Issued Following Social Media Public Outcry After days of public outcry over an Iranian official’s declaration that… ...
