July 11, 2022

Heightened Reign of Terror in Iran Under New Intelligence Chief

Less than a month after the intelligence chief of the Iranian military’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) was replaced, a crackdown on dissent is being ramped up in the country ...

October 14, 2021

Four Baha’is Sentenced to Five Years in Prison for Trying to Access Higher Education

Court Rulings Reveal Systematic Religious Discrimination The Baha’i faith community is one of the most severely persecuted religious minorities in Iran. Iran’s government is unabashed in its propagating of false narratives about the community and has for decades blocked ...

December 26, 2019

Moore-Gilbert’s Letter to Australian PM: “Do Whatever it Takes to Get Me Out”

Melboune University Scholar's Open Letter Describes: "Psychological Torture," Prolonged Solitary Confinement Unjust Arrest by Revolutionary Guards to "Lure" Her Husband to Iran 10-Year Prison Sentence on Espionage Conviction Without "Shred of Real Evidence" No Improvement Six Months ...

December 20, 2017

UN Rights Experts Call on Iran to Annul Death Sentence Against Academic and Free Him

GENEVA (20 December 2017) – United Nations human rights experts* have appealed to Iran to annul the death sentence against an Iranian academic, saying they are deeply “disturbed” by ongoing reports of due process failings during ...

October 25, 2017

Swedish Resident Facing Death Penalty: I Was Imprisoned For Refusing to Spy For Iran’s Intelligence Ministry

Ahmadreza Djalali poses for a picture with his wife, Vida Mehran-nia. Ahmadreza Djajali, an Iranian-born Swedish resident who was sentenced to death by a Revolutionary Court in Tehran in October ...