Widow of Dual National Who Died in Iranian Custody Sues Judiciary for Banning Her from Travel
The widow of an Iranian Canadian academic who died under suspicious circumstances in Tehran’s Evin Prison has sued a judicial official ...
Tag : travel ban
February 19, 2019
Niloufar Bayani Absent from Trial After Protesting Prosecution’s Use of Forced “Confessions”
Authorities Interrogated Three People, Warned Them Not to Speak About Cases After protesting the prosecution’s use of false statements she had made under the threat of torture, Niloufar Bayani has been absent from three out ...
July 21, 2018
Political Prisoner Narges Mohammadi’s Sister Banned From Travel as State Continues to Harass Her Family
From her cell in an infamous Iranian prison, imprisoned human rights activist Narges Mohammadi has condemned Iran’s judiciary ...
April 25, 2018
Iran Detains Another Iranian British Citizen, Computer Scientist and Antiwar Activist Abbas Edalat
Abbas Edalat (Imperial College of London) April 25, 2018—Abbas Edalat, an Iranian British academic and ...
October 28, 2017
Here’s How President Trump’s Latest Travel Ban Affects Iranians
In speeches, President Trump has distinguished the "good people of Iran" from their government, while trying to ban most Iranians from visiting or immigrating to the United States. All three of his "travel bans," ...
October 14, 2017
Family of Late Iranian President Rafsanjani Banned From Traveling Abroad
Four family members of the late Iranian President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani have been banned from traveling abroad ...
September 26, 2017
Trump’s New Travel Ban: Collective Punishment of the Iranian People
Blanket Restrictions Aid Hardliners’ Efforts to Isolate Iranians from the World September 26, 2017—The Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) strongly ...
July 1, 2014
Judge Refuses to Set Bail for Imprisoned Journalist Seraj Mirdamadi
Iranian journalist Serajeddin Mirdamadi’s prolonged “temporary detention” is illegal, according to his lawyer Giti Pourfazel, who told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that the case judge refuses to release Mirdamadi on bail. ...
April 15, 2010
Former President’s Travel Ban Part of Systematic Effort to Contain Criticism
(15 April 2010) The Iranian government’s refusal to allow former president Mohammad Khatami to attend a conference in Hiroshima, Japan, is a violation of his freedom of movement and part of a broad but futile effort to contain critical voices and prevent them from having ...