January 29, 2019

Three Members of Iran’s Writers Association Charged With National Security Crimes for Opposing Censorship

Three senior members of the Iranian Writers Association (IWA) have been charged with national security crimes for peacefully protesting state censorship policies, according to a statement...

April 27, 2018

Indictments Issued Against Dozens in Connection With December 2017 Unrest in Iran

Students protesting in front of entrance to Tehran University. Some Charged with “Crimes Against National Security” “About 100 indictments” have been issued ...

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 22, 2018

Iranian American Groups Urge Trump Admin to Investigate “Targeting” of Civil Servant Sahar Nowrouzzadeh

Sahar Nowrouzzadeh was demoted from her position at the secretary of state’s policy planning team after far-right US news outlets targeted her and other state department employees with smear campaigns. March ...

January 16, 2018

Tehran Prosecutor: “No Discussion” About Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s Release Date

Two day after a former senior British politician expressed optimism ...

November 21, 2017

175 Nobel Laureates Call on Iran to Release Swedish Resident Ahmadreza Djalali

In a letter addressing Iran’s ambassador to the UN, 175 Nobel laureates have called on the country’s authorities to release Iranian-born Swedish resident Ahmadreza Djalali, ...