July 27, 2020

Prominent Activist Sentenced to Four Years in Prison for Protesting Downing of Ukrainian Passenger Plane

Bahareh Hedayat: Those 176 people will not come back to life; neither will those killed in November 2019 July 27, 2020—For her participation in ...

May 21, 2020

Prison, Flogging for Protesters Who Gathered to Commemorate Victims of Plane Crash

“The trial did not last even a minute,” Legal Counsel Denied Civil rights activist Shora Fekri was taken to prison in Amol, Mazandaran Province, on ...

April 30, 2020

Jailed Activist’s Son Threatened with Imprisonment to Silence Dissent

Three Relatives of Iranian Dissidents Arbitrarily Prosecuted in One Month Amid a renewed crackdown on peaceful criticism of Iranian state policies, the son of ...

February 3, 2020

Slain Protester’s Family Refuses to Give Iranian Government “Propaganda Coup”

Iranian authorities are continuing to pressure the family of Borhan Mansournia, who died from a bullet wound in the back when ...

January 14, 2020

EU Should Not Remain Silent on Iran’s Violence Against Protestors

Addressing the Nuclear Deal is Not Enough; Rights Issues Are Central to Region’s Stability 28-Country Bloc Should Call on Iranian Authorities to Respect ...

January 14, 2020

Iran Plane Crash Political Fallout: Protesters Face Deadly Force

Hundreds of protesters and bystanders were killed in Iran last November when armed forces waged a violent crackdown on widespread demonstrations. Yet Iranians continued to risk their lives ...