April 17, 2018

Senior Official: Telegram App Could Be Blocked “At Any Moment”

Education Ministry Bans Telegram on Campuses On the same day the secretary of Iran’s Supreme Cyberspace Council told a radio program that the ...

April 16, 2018

Iranian Education Minister Issues Stern Warning Against UN 2030 Agenda

Iran’s minister of education has warned that any official or non-governmental organization (NGO) that uses educational guidelines...

April 9, 2018

Rouhani Admin Facing Backlash Over Plan to Give 100 Vetted Journalists Uncensored Internet Access

Abbas Salehi, Iran's minister of culture and Islamic guidance. Journalists Tweet “I’m Not Interested” to Protest Discriminatory ...

March 19, 2018

Sentenced to Prison For His Political Views, Sadegh Zibakalam Decries Censorship in Iran

Sadegh ...

March 13, 2018

Family of Man Who Died in Detention to Sue Judicial Authorities For Burying Him Without Permission

The family of a man who died in police custody in Iran intends to sue judicial authorities for burying him without their permission ...

March 13, 2018

Iran: End Persecution of Families Seeking Truth and Justice For Detainees Who Died in Detention

JOINT PUBLIC STATEMENT 13 March 2018 The Iranian authorities should end their cruel campaign of harassment and intimidation against the families of detainees ...

March 12, 2018

Prominent Iranian Human Rights Lawyer to Appeal Hijab Protester’s Prison Sentence

Narges Hosseini smiles for the camera after being released on bail from Gharchak Prison ...

March 12, 2018

46 NGOs Urge UN to Renew Mandate of Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights Situation in Iran

March 12--Ahead of the 37th session of the UN Human Rights Council, 46 Iranian and international non-governmental organizations sent a letter to all diplomatic ...

March 8, 2018

Seyed-Emami Family: Iran is “Trying to Prevent Us From Rebuilding Our Lives”

Upon arriving in Vancouver, Canada, on March 8, 2018, the sons of Kavous Seyed-Emami--the Iranian-Canadian academic who died in Tehran's ...

March 8, 2018

Ongoing Harassment: Wife of Iranian-Canadian Who Died in Iran’s Evin Prison “Banned” From Leaving Country

Lives of Seyed-Emami Family Thrown Into “Chaos and Terror” March 8, 2018—The Iranian government should immediately allow the wife of Iranian-Canadian academic and ...

March 7, 2018

Outspoken Iranian Professor Fined as Noose Tightens Around Freedom of Speech in Universities

Sadegh Zibakalam, a Tehran-based reformist political analyst and academic known for his criticisms of Iranian state policies, has been fined for ...

March 2, 2018

Journalist Confronts FIFA President Over Iran’s Ban on Women in Stadiums: “It’s Our Right”

FIFA ...

March 1, 2018

Iranian MP Calls For Separation of Powers Among Rival Intelligence Agencies

Former Intelligence Minister Admits Iranian-Canadian Zahra Kazemi Was Killed in Evin Prison in 2003 Iran’s Parliamentary Committee for National Security and Foreign Policy ...

February 28, 2018

45 European MPs Call on EU Foreign Policy Chief to Support Iranian Women’s Anti-Compulsory-Hijab Protest

February 28, 2018—Forty-five members of the European Parliament (MEPs) have sent an open letter to EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini urging her to call on Iranian officials ...

February 22, 2018

UN Should Keep Engaging Iran on Its Human Rights Record by Renewing Special Rapporteur’s Mandate

A Session of the UN's Human Rights Council. Rights Violations Continue Under President Rouhani’s Watch February 22, 2018 — Iran’s deteriorating human rights record requires the UN Human Rights Council to renew ...

February 22, 2018

Letter from Evin Prison Highlights Grim Plight of Political Prisoners in Iran

Rights Activist, Condemning Iranian Judiciary’s “Subservience” to Security Agencies, is One of Many Languishing Behind Bars February 22, 2018—The recent ...

February 14, 2018

Seyed-Emami’s Son Reveals Threats Against Family

Kavous Seyed Emami and his son, Ramin. Ramin Seyed-Emami Says Family is Seeking Independent Investigation February 14, 2018 -- The son of ...

February 13, 2018

Some University Students Still Detained a Month After Iran’s Protests Despite Officials’ Claims

Contrary to Iranian official’s claims that all the university students who were detained in connection with Iran’s ...

February 12, 2018

Clear Signs of State Cover-Up in Prison Death of Iranian-Canadian Academic in Iran

Distraught Family Under Enormous Pressure to Bury Body Quickly and Not Speak Publicly About the Death February 12, 2018—The ...

February 3, 2018

170 Iranian MPs Demand Ban on Foreign Social Media Apps

A few weeks after major protests erupted across Iran in December 2017, the majority of the country's lawmakers signed a letter calling for a state ban on foreign social ...

January 31, 2018