Nasrin Sotoudeh in Hospital, Condition Deteriorating, Family Denied Access and Information
Husband Catches Glimpse as She is Wheeled for Tests: “She does not look well at all” Imprisoned Human Rights Lawyer on Hunger Strike Since ...
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February 20, 2020
“Torture” and “Sexual Threats” Detailed in Letters by Jailed Former UN Environment Consultant
Conservation Scientist Niloufar Bayani: "Every time I... sought help from the authorities, the pressures, threats, and acts of torture increased." Appeals Court Upheld Prison Sentences Against Conservationists on Baseless Charges and Coerced “Confessions” February 20, 2020 – A ...
February 11, 2020
Iran Moves to Silence Journalists, Activists Ahead of Parliamentary Elections
Tehran-Based Reporter: “They Want Us to Stop Writing” February 11, 2020 – The intelligence arm of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps is summoning journalists, ...
January 8, 2018
Reformist MP Pledges to “Seek Answers” on Students Arrested in Iran’s Protests
16 Reformist MPs Urge Support For Protesters A top reformist lawmaker has pledged to investigate the arrests by Iran's Intelligence Ministry of ...
September 4, 2017
Journalist Loses Eye and Part of His Face to Cancer Untreated While in Prison
Journalist Alireza Rajaee loses an eye ...
August 21, 2017
Reformist Journalist Not Heard From Two Weeks After Arrest in Tehran
Several Journalists Arrested in 2017 for Alleged Connections With Amad News Reformist journalist Sasan Aghaei’s family has not heard a word from him since ...
August 11, 2017
Reformist MPs Form Committee to End House Arrests After Karroubi’s Hospitalization
Reformist members of Iran’s Parliament have established the Committee to Seek an End to House Arrests ...
August 2, 2017
Iran Should Immediately Release Critically Ill Opposition Leaders Under House Arrest
Karroubi and Mousavi’s Health in Peril After Six Years of Forced Isolation August 2, 2017—More than six years into their extrajudicial house arrest, the health ...
July 30, 2017
MPs Say Efforts “Continuing” to Free Opposition Leaders Amid Karroubi’s Hospitalization
Former presidential candidate Mehdi ...
May 25, 2017
Rouhani: Delivering Human Rights After the Election
Hassan Rouhani was re-elected as president of Iran in May 2017 largely on the basis of his support for human rights and Iranians’ perceptions that he would do more to improve civil and political rights in the country than his rivals. He should now deliver ...
May 15, 2017
Tehran City Council Candidate Says “Military Organizations” Intervened to Disqualify Reformist Candidates
A reformist politician and former member of Iran’s Parliament told the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) ...
May 15, 2017
Iran Election Update – May 15, 2017
Items of Note Khatami Endorses Rouhani Influential reformist leader Mohammad Khatami has thrown his weight behind incumbent President Hassan Rouhani for Iran's May 19 presidential election. “We started on a path with Mr. Rouhani and we are at ...
April 27, 2017
Iran’s Other Elections: Local Council Applicants Subjected to Arbitrary Vetting
In a surprising development, a few outspoken and prominent political activists have been approved to run in Iran’s elections for city and village councils on May 19, 2017. However, many well-known activists and reformists have been arbitrarily disqualified. ...
April 17, 2017
Reformists Barred From Isfahan’s May 19 By-Election for Parliament
After disqualifying the initial reformist winner, Iran’s conservative Guardian Council has now barred most reformist candidates from running in the second-round election for ...
March 16, 2017
Rouhani’s Intelligence Ministry and Khamenei’s IRGC Widen Crackdown Ahead of Election
A growing rivalry between Iran’s Intelligence Ministry and Revolutionary Guards may be the result of a much deeper power struggle. ...
December 22, 2016
Rouhani Unveils Toothless Charter on Citizen’s Rights Without Path to Implementation
Five months before his second term re-election bid, President Hassan Rouhani signed his government’s “Charter on Citizen's Rights” ...