June 23, 2020

No Lawyers, No Justice: Attorneys Imprisoned in Iran for Defending Human Rights

At Least Nine Defense Attorneys Sentenced to Prison Since 2018 June 23, 2020 – Two years after the prominent human rights attorney Nasrin Sotoudeh was arrested and imprisoned in Tehran, the Iranian judiciary’s continuing prosecution of independent ...

November 29, 2018

UN Experts: Iran Must Protect Women’s Rights Advocates

Farhad Meysami (left), Nasrin Sotoudeh (middle) ...

July 9, 2018

Facing 20-Year Prison Sentence for Taking Headscarf Off in Public, Woman Flees Iran

“Due to the Injustices of Iran’s Judicial System I Had to Leave Iran” Draconian Sentences Demonstrate the Authorities’ Cultural Tyranny July 10, 2018—Shaparak Shajarizadeh, one of the women who took her headscarf off in public during the ongoing protests ...

March 28, 2018

Second Iranian Woman Sentenced to Prison for Protesting Mandatory Hijab

University student will spend a year behind bars for “encouraging corruption” Maryam Shariatmadari, one of the “Girls of Revolution Street” protesting against mandatory hijab for women in Iran, was sentenced to a ...

March 20, 2018

Rouhani Campaigner Among Activists Arrested in Southern Iran For Alleged Opposition to Compulsory Hijab

A former campaign manager for President Hassan Rouhani is among the five activists who have been arrested by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in the city of Estahban, Fars Province, since late February ...

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 ...