Ninety-two Student Groups in Iran Criticize Rouhani for Unfulfilled Promises
Ninety-two university student groups have issued a joint letter to President Hassan Rouhani criticizing the persistent “atmosphere of ...
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April 26, 2016
Revolutionary Guards’ Cyber Attacks Now Directed at Rouhani Cabinet Members
IRGC Actively Recruiting Technical Experts to Staff New Hacking Team April 26, 2016—Iran’s Revolutionary Guards, who have long waged cyber attacks against the country’s activists and ...
April 11, 2016
Voices from Iran: What are your expectations of President Rouhani?
In this new video, the Campaign asks Iranians from all walks of life inside and outside Iran to share their hopes and expectations of Iranian president Hassan Rouhani for the ...
March 28, 2016
Canadian Resident Sentenced to Three Years in Jail Shortly After Returning to Iran
Political prisoner Mostafa Azizi, one of many émigrés who returned to Iran following assurances ...
March 8, 2016
Iran Elections: Reformists Win Voter Support Despite Roadblocks and Irregularities
While facing non-stop impediments, reformists and centrists achieved significant gains in Iran’s recent elections, even after hardline bodies broke ...
March 3, 2016
Pro-Rouhani Political Prisoner Urged Iranians to Vote in 2016 Elections
“Now President Rouhani should carry out his promise of two years ago to free political prisoners.” The mother of a young man believed to be ...
January 12, 2016
Cartoon 134: Iranian Diplomacy
The Rouhani administration struggles for damage control following the January 2, 2016 attack by a vigilante group on the Saudi Arabian Embassy in Tehran and the Saudi ...
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 ...
December 8, 2015
Students Plead with Rouhani to Release Political Prisoners
President Hassan Rouhani and other senior government officials were met with students expressing frustration over the continuing repression in Iran and demanding the ...
November 19, 2015
Largest Wave of Arrests by Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Since 2009
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September 28, 2015
Cartoon 123: Jason Rezaian and Rouhani in New York
In an interview with CNN's Christiane Amanpour, Iran's President Hassan Rouhani said that Iran would be willing to discuss release of American prisoners, such as Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian, ...
September 23, 2015
Rouhani and Undelivered Promises (Video)
When Rouhani campaigned for the presidency in June 2013, he said he had “the key” to solve Iran’s problems. Those problems included hundreds of political prisoners in Iran, some dating back to the disputed 2009 presidential election. More than ...
September 22, 2015
Message to Rouhani: Rights Crisis in Iran Must Finally Be Addressed
Hassan Rouhani addresses the UN General Assembly in ...
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 ...
August 17, 2015
Amputations Do Not Prevent Crime, Legal Expert Says
The Iranian Judiciary’s continued practice, under the direction of Sadegh Amoli Larijani, of carrying out amputations as a routine punishment, is not only in direct ...
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 ...
August 10, 2015
Rezaian and Other Iranian-American Prisoners Held on Sham Charges Should be Released
Three Iranian-American prisoners, Amir Mirzaei Hekmati, Jason ...
August 5, 2015
Rouhani Government Suppresses Nuclear Deal’s Critics
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July 27, 2015
Former Reformist Member of Parliament Arrested Upon Return to Iran
A senior adviser to opposition Green Movement leader Mehdi Karroubi was arrested upon his return to Iran six years after the controversial presidential elections that forced him to leave the country. Esmail Gerami Moghaddam, a former Member of ...
October 1, 2014
Cartoon 95: No Journalists in Prison
“I do not believe that an individual would be detained or put in prison for being a journalist. An individual can be a reporter, a journalist, and have committed a crime. But that crime is not necessarily always related to their profession, to the profession ...
September 21, 2014
Cartoon 93: Rouhani in New York
As Iranian President Hassan Rouhani prepares to come to New York next week to attend the UN General Assembly and other meetings, there is a lot of anticipation for how he would answer ...