June 1, 2021

More Defense Attorneys Prosecuted in Iran for Defending Human Rights

The state policy of persecuting and imprisoning independent defense lawyers under false charges for doing their jobs is continuing under Iranian Judiciary ...

November 13, 2020

UN: Iran Must Quash Nasrin Sotoudeh’s Convictions and Ensure Her Permanent Release

Top Experts Say Her COVID-19 Diagnosis “Shows the real risks for those in detention in Iran” Top UN experts* released a statement today, welcoming ...

October 20, 2020

Nasrin Sotoudeh Transferred to Notorious Gharchak Prison

Doctors Say Hospitalization Required, Instead Sotoudeh Moved to Iran’s Most Dangerous Prison Human Rights Lawyer’s Health in Serious Danger October 20, 2020 -- Nasrin ...

September 25, 2020

Top UN Experts Demand Immediate Release of Nasrin Sotoudeh

UN Calls Her Return to Prison “Unfathomable” and “State Retaliation for Her Tireless Work Defending Human Rights” Sixteen of the UN’s top experts ...

September 23, 2020

Sotoudeh Transferred from Hospital Back to Prison Despite Serious Heart Condition

Urgent Concerns Over Health of Human Rights Attorney Six Weeks into Her Hunger Strike Family Still Kept in Dark about Her Medical State September ...

September 9, 2020

International Bar Association Calls for Immediate Release of Nasrin Sotoudeh and Amirsalar Davoodi

“The unjust sentences of political prisoners…may turn into death sentences if urgent action is not taken.” International pressure on Iran to release imprisoned ...

March 14, 2019