2016
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… ...
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January 7, 2016
Popular Telegram Messaging Application Survives Censorship Vote in Iran
State Filtering Body Refuses to Block the Service An official Iranian state censorship body has resisted calls by hardliners in Iran to block the Telegram messaging service, the most popular… ...
January 6, 2016
Judiciary Claims No Knowledge of Student Not Heard from Since His Arrest Almost 17 Years Ago
The mother of a student who has not been heard from since soon after his arrest in Tehran in 1999 has dismissed the Iranian Judiciary’s claim that there was no… ...
December 21, 2015
Rouhani and Judiciary Clash over Ban on Publishing Images of Former President Khatami
The Rouhani administration and the hardline-dominated Judiciary in Iran are engaged in an increasingly direct confrontation over the ability of Iranian media to publish images of the former (1997-2005) reformist… ...
December 11, 2015
Commentary: Khamenei’s New Letter to Western Youth is Case Study in Hypocrisy
Seyed Ali Khamenei, Iran’s supreme leader, has written a letter addressed to youths in Western countries and, as he did in an earlier similar letter, he scolded the West on… ...
December 11, 2015
Elections for Assembly of Experts Puts Spotlight on Future of Leadership in Iran
Although Iran’s Assembly of Experts has the power to select or depose the supreme leader of the Islamic Republic, it has never been seen as an influential body. The image… ...
December 8, 2015
Students Plead with Rouhani to Release Political Prisoners
…over the continuing repression in Iran and demanding the release of political prisoners, at a ceremony marking Students Day (December 7) in Iran. Notably, many of the students explicitly called… ...
November 30, 2015
Untreated Kidney Stones Sends Imprisoned Physicist Omid Kokabee to Hospital
Imprisoned physicist Omid Kokabee was transferred to Taleghani Hospital in Tehran on November 24, 2015, suffering from severe kidney stones, a source told the International Campaign for Human Rights in… ...
October 12, 2015
Washington Post Reporter Jason Rezaian Convicted on Baseless Charges
October 12, 2015—Jason Rezaian, the Washington Post correspondent imprisoned in Iran since July 22, 2014, has been convicted by a Tehran court in a prosecution and trial marked by the… ...
September 24, 2015
Mother of Imprisoned Physicist Writes Letter to Khamenei Pleading for His Freedom
Omid Kokabee. The mother of Omid Kokabee, a physicist imprisoned in Iran since January 2011, has written a letter to the Islamic Republic’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, calling for her… ...
September 8, 2015
House Arrest of Presidential Candidates, Long a Taboo Topic, Emerges as Public Issue Again in Iran
Minister of Justice, Mostafa Pourmohammadi Three days after President Hassan Rouhani suggested the possibility of a legal solution to the long-running house arrest of Iran’s former presidential candidates, his Minister… ...
September 4, 2015
Keeping Activist Bahareh Hedayat in Prison is Against the Law Says Legal Expert
Political motivations are taking precedence over the law when it comes to activists such as Bahareh Hedayat, who is being kept in prison despite the completion of her sentence, legal… ...
September 1, 2015
Leading Societal Figures in Iran Urge Americans to Support Nuclear Deal
More than fifty prominent members of Iranian society have written an open letter to the American people urging them to ask their Congressional representatives to support the nuclear agreement reached… ...
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… ...
August 20, 2015
Fabrication in Iranian Reports on Wall Street Journal Reporter Exposed
Farnaz Fassihi False Allegations Are Attempt to Justify Coming Verdict against Washington Post Reporter Rezaian After a week of attacks by the hardline Iranian newspaper Kayhan against Wall Street Journal… ...
August 17, 2015
Banning of Films Continues under Rouhani Administration, 14 Movies Now Forbidden
Banning of Films Continues under Rouhani Administration Despite repeated statements made by President Rouhani regarding the need to allow more cultural freedoms in Iran, the banning of films in the… ...
August 13, 2015
Ailing Student Activist’s Continued Detention Violates Iran’s Own Laws
Bahareh Hedayat’s Continued Detention Violates Iran’s Own Laws Prominent student activist Bahareh Hedayat should have been released by the end of July 2015 with the completion of more than five… ...
August 11, 2015
Rezaian’s Lawyer Prevented from Responding to Prosecutor’s Accusations
The blatant denial of due process on display on the last day of Jason Rezaian’s trial on August 10, 2015, when his lawyer was not allowed to present arguments in… ...
August 5, 2015
Rouhani Government Suppresses Nuclear Deal’s Critics
Despite high hopes among journalists and Iranian civil society that press freedoms… ...
July 29, 2015
Iran’s State Media Launches Yet Another Attack on U.N. Special Rapporteur
Allegations against Dr. Ahmed Shaheed Unsubstantiated and Questioned by WikiLeaks Ever desperate to discredit the work and person of UN Special Rapporteur for human rights in Iran Ahmed Shaheed, news… ...
July 21, 2015
Peaceful Dissent Denied in Iran by Equating Criticism of the Government with Religious Sin
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July 21, 2015
Hardline Clerics Stop Screening of Film on Shia Religious Figure
Even Religious Topics Do Not Escape Hand of Censorship in Iran A highly anticipated award-winning film about the revered 7th century Shia religious figure, Imam Hossein, has been pulled from… ...
July 21, 2015
Rouhani Government and Conservatives Clash over Laws on Female Dress
More than two-thirds of the members of the Iranian Parliament—216 MPs—have signed a resolution supporting the implementation of a law that requires women to observe strict rules on clothing in… ...
July 20, 2015
Member of Spiritual Group Sentenced to Prison and Lashes
Masoumeh Zia, a member of the Erfan-e Halgheh spiritual group, told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that she has been sentenced to a year in prison and… ...
July 17, 2015
Bio: Elizabeth Seuling
Elizabeth Seuling (Secretary) Elizabeth Seuling is the first executive director of the Lumos Foundation USA. She is responsible for building a US presence for JK Rowling’s UK-based charity, which aims… ...