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 May 18, 2020, to begin serving a five-month prison sentence for protesting Iran’s ...

January 16, 2020

Man Whose Wife, Children Died in Downed Passenger Plane to “Seek Justice”

Alireza Ghandchi: "They Have Taken Away My Family and Destroyed My Life" A man whose wife and two children were killed after the Iranian military accidentally shot down the passenger plane they were traveling in shortly after it ...

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 at ...

January 14, 2020

“They Were Everywhere” Footage, Eyewitnesses Reveal Violence Against Ukraine Plane Crash Protesters

Iranian security forces used what appeared to be live ammunition and tear gas to repress protests in Tehran on January 12, 2020, over the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ (IRGC) “unintentional” downing of a Ukrainian passenger plane, according ...