December 17, 2020

New Directive Allows Iranian Judiciary to Control Lawyers Through Disciplinary Body

Paves Way for Arbitrary Discipline; Likely to Be Used against Human Rights Lawyers Further Blow to Iranian Legal Profession’s Independence In a new assault on ...

August 18, 2020

Imprisoned Human Rights Lawyer in Poor Health, Needs Hospitalization

New Law Reduces Derafshan’s Sentence By 6 Months, Must Still Serve Two Years Sentence Reductions at Judge’s Discretion in “National Security” Cases Imprisoned human rights attorney ...

June 23, 2020

List of Attorneys Imprisoned in Iran for Defending Human Rights (Updated)

At least five defense lawyers are currently imprisoned in Iran for supporting human rights ...

August 14, 2018

Judiciary’s Intensifying Crackdown on Defense Attorneys in Iran Must End

Seven Human Rights Lawyers Detained or Blocked from Working in Iran in Less Than a Year August 14, 2018—An intensifying state crackdown on human rights defenders in Iran, in which the authorities have denied attorneys the ability to represent ...

June 13, 2018

Prominent Attorney Nasrin Sotoudeh Detained Amid Iranian Judiciary’s Crackdown on Human Rights Lawyers

Iranian human rights attorney Nasrin Sotoudeh previously served three years in prison ...

June 6, 2018

Nobel Laureate Anticipates Crackdown in Iran as Judiciary Bans Human Rights Lawyers From Security Cases

Iranian human rights lawyer Shirin Ebadi was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2003. “Note to Article 48” Limits Detainees’ Counsel Choices to 20 State-Approved Lawyers Nobel Peace ...

June 5, 2018

Iranian Human Rights Attorneys Speak Out Against State-Approved List of 20 Lawyers For “National Security” Cases

Human rights lawyers in Iran are speaking out against a list released by the judiciary designating 20 state-approved lawyers to exclusively represent detainees held on politically motivated charges. “A number of lawyers ...

March 27, 2018

Attorney Blocked From Taking on Human Rights Cases in Iran Calls For Revision of “Flawed” Law

A lawyer representing the family of an Iranian Canadian academic who recently died in an Iranian ...

March 14, 2018

Detained Human Rights Lawyer Forced to Choose Counsel From Judiciary’s Approved “List”

Iranian human rights lawyer Mohammad Najafi is facing eight charges for daring to speak up about a client ...

March 14, 2018

Iranian Lawyers: Judiciary’s Mandatory List of Approved Counsel Sets “Dangerous Precedent”

Three human rights lawyers in Iran have strongly criticized the judiciary’s decision to force defendants held on politically motivated charges to pick their lawyer from an approved list ...

February 21, 2018