January 16, 2024

Rampage Against Women: Prisoners of Conscience in Iran Face More Jail Time

Relentless Campaign of Repression Seeks to Quash “Woman, Life, Freedom” Movement Jan 16, 2024 – Three women prisoners of conscience in Iran, Nobel ...

October 30, 2023

Prominent Lawyer and Activists Beaten, Detained at Funeral of Teenager Armita Geravand

Nasrin Sotoudeh Among Those Violently Arrested, Faces Grave Danger and Re-Imprisonment Manzar Zarabi, Who Lost Family Members on Downed Airplane, and Teacher’s Rights Advocate Masoud ...

September 20, 2023

Iran’s Parliament Approves Harsh New Hijab Law, Escalating Repression of Women

International Community Should Call for an End to Gender Apartheid in Iran September 20, 2023 – On the anniversary week of the eruption of Iran’s ...

February 2, 2023

Civil Rights Defender Farhad Meysami at Risk of Death in Iranian Prison

Meysami Hunger-Striking to Demand End to Political Executions and Compulsory Hijab February 2, 2023 – The UN and international human rights ...

August 24, 2022

Statements by Iranian Officials Who’ve Criticized the State’s Forced Hijab Policy

As the government of President Ebrahim Raisi, a devoted soldier of unelected “supreme leader” Ali Khamenei, works to implement stricter ...

August 23, 2022

Sepideh Rashnoo: Latest Target of Raisi Government’s Campaign of Repression

*Editor's Note: Sepideh Rashnoo was released on bail on August 30, 2022, while she awaits her trial. August 23, 2022 – Charges filed against a woman in Iran, Sepideh Rashnoo, after she was accosted by another woman who ...

August 18, 2020

Nasrin Sotoudeh’s Daughter Detained, Persecution of Imprisoned Lawyer’s Family Intensifies

Arrest of Mehraveh Khandan Aimed at Forcing Sotoudeh to End Her Hunger Strike in Prison August 18, 2020—Mehraveh Khandan, the 20-year-old daughter of ...

July 28, 2020

Judiciary Blocks Nasrin Sotoudeh’s Bank Account, Cutting Off Funds for Family

Husband of Imprisoned Human Rights Attorney Says Tactic Aimed at Silencing Family Reza Khandan: “They want to send a message to those who ...

June 5, 2020

Mother of Jailed Anti-Compulsory Hijab Activist Calls for Legal Reform

*Update: On November 9, 2020, Branch 28 of the Supreme Court rejected a petition by Kord-Afshari’s lawyer, Hosein Taj, to review the 24-year prison sentence ...

April 24, 2020

Masih Alinejad: My Brother is Facing Prison Time for Being Related to Me

The brother of activist Masih Alinejad is being prosecuted in Tehran to “pressure” her to end her campaign against the compulsory hijab, she ...

October 21, 2019

Iranian Actress Matin Sotudeh Summoned to Court for Red Carpet Attire: “The Reaction Shocked Me”

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September 25, 2019

Iran Arrests Activist Masih Alinejad’s Brother Amid Crusade to Silence Citizens Based Abroad

September 25, 2019 – Against a backdrop of an ongoing campaign aimed at silencing foreign-based activists, agents of Iran’s Intelligence Ministry arrested the brother of prominent U.S.-based activist Masih Alinejad, she announced on Twitter. “The state’s ...

April 16, 2019

Hijab Protester Vida Movahedi Remains Detained Despite Eligibility for Release

Movahedi Has Served Five Months of Her One-Year Prison Sentence Vida Movahedi, the woman whose public display of peaceful protest ...

April 12, 2019

Anti-Compulsory Hijab Protester, Mother in Widely Shared Tehran Metro Video Both Arrested

Activist Yasaman Aryani was arrested in Tehran on April 10, 2019, after appearing in a widely shared video of women peacefully protesting ...

January 22, 2019

Iran Sentences Men Who Supported Women’s Protests Against Compulsory Hijab to Six Years Prison

Reza Khandan and Farhad Meysami Denied Right to a Public Trial Update: On August 11, 2019, the Appeals Court confirmed Farhad Meysami’s six-year ...

November 19, 2018

85 Countries Vote to Adopt UN Resolution Urging Iran to Halt Widespread Human Rights Violations

Editor's Note: This resolution was passed December 17, 2018, with 84 voting for, 30 against and 67 in abstention: http://undocs.org/A/73/589/Add.3. Serious Concern Expressed for ...

September 28, 2018

Political Prisoner Farhad Meysami Refusing Food and Medication in Desperate Protest

Political Prisoner Farhad Meysami has intensified his hunger strike against his unjust imprisonment by refusing ...

September 25, 2018

Hunger-Striking Activist Farhad Meysami Refuses To Be Hospitalized in Shackles

Despite his worsening condition, hunger-striking detainee Farhad Meysami refused to be transferred to a hospital ...

August 3, 2018

Iranian Parliamentary Group Reports Drop in Support For Strict Hijab

Conservative-Dominated Parliament Compiles Data Showing Failure of State’s Hijab Policy Iran’s Parliamentary Research Center (PRC) has released a report showing decreasing support among ...

March 12, 2018

Shirin Ebadi: Iranian Law “Deliberately Silent” on the Hijab to Leave Room for Harsh Sentencing

Iranian human rights lawyer Shirin Ebadi was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2003. Iranian law ...

February 28, 2018

45 European MPs Call on EU Foreign Policy Chief to Support Iranian Women’s Anti-Compulsory-Hijab Protest

February 28, 2018—Forty-five members of the European Parliament (MEPs) have sent an open letter to EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini urging her to call on Iranian officials ...

February 26, 2018

Woman Injured During Compulsory Hijab Protest Denied Post-Surgery Care by Prison Officials

A woman who was severely injured by a policeman in Tehran while she was peacefully protesting against Iran’s compulsory hijab law has ...

February 14, 2018

These Women Risked Imprisonment in Iran to Protest the Compulsory Hijab

In December and January of this year, Iranian women challenged the Islamic Republic’s compulsory hijab by waving their headscarves in public in various cities across Iran. They risked ...

February 6, 2018