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Tag : Zarif

November 11, 2019

Missing American’s Iran-Based Lawyer Reveals Previously Undisclosed Details in New Court Filing

Complaint: Authorities Should Investigate Last Known Person Who Saw Levinson Before His Disappearance, American Citizen Dawud Salahuddin No Mention of Statement or Findings by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ (IRGC) Intelligence Organization in Case Files The Iran-based ...

November 7, 2019

Conservationists Slapped with New Charge 22 Months After Being Arrested by Revolutionary Guards

Fate of Detainees Unclear Despite Intervention by Supreme Leader Nearly two years after they were first detained in Tehran, eight conservationists have been charged with “cooperation with U.S. and Israeli enemy states against the Islamic Republic of Iran for the purpose ...

September 25, 2019

Iran Arrests Activist Masih Alinejad’s Brother Amid Crusade to Silence Citizens Based Abroad

September 25, 2019 – Against a backdrop of an ongoing campaign aimed at silencing foreign-based activists, agents of Iran’s Intelligence Ministry arrested the brother of prominent U.S.-based activist Masih Alinejad, she announced on Twitter. “The state’s systematic ...

September 24, 2019

Relatives of Jailed Dual and Foreign Nationals Launch Alliance Against Iran’s “Hostage-Taking” Amid UNGA

The day before Iran’s speech at the 74th session of the UN General Assembly, the families of dual and foreign nationals who were formerly imprisoned in the country as well as former prisoners launched the ...

September 16, 2019

Australian Academic Kylie Moore-Gilbert Isolated for Months in IRGC-Controlled High-Security Ward

Iran Has Detained at Least Three Australians in the Last Year September 16, 2019 – Australian academic Kylie Gilbert-Moore has been held for almost a year in Ward 2-A of Tehran’s Evin Prison, controlled ...

August 21, 2019

Political Prisoner Arash Sadeghi Denied Hospitalization Despite Loss of Arm Motion

The authorities of Evin Prison are denying political prisoner Arash Sadeghi hospitalization for a serious medical problem. Political ...

August 19, 2019

Arrests, Prison Sentences Fail to Stem Growing Public Opposition to Iran’s Mandatory Hijab Law

At Least 12 People Sentenced to Prison Since January 2018 August 19, 2019 – Mounting arrests and prison sentences have not enabled Iran's government to achieve broad public compliance with the country's mandatory hijab law, or ...

August 14, 2019

Detained Anthropologist Kameel Ahmady Worked Independently and Transparently, Says Wife

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July 19, 2019

Richard Ratcliffe: IRGC is Holding My Wife “Incommunicado” in a Psychiatric Ward

 Iranian Law Guarantees Prisoners Weekly Visits The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps have been denying Imprisoned Iranian-British citizen Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe all contact with the outside world since she was transferred to the ...

July 16, 2019

Zaghari-Ratcliffe Transferred to Psychiatric Ward, Held Incommunicado

Revolutionary Guards Blocking Outside Contact, Says Free Nazanin Campaign   Imprisoned Iranian-British citizen Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has been held in the psychiatric ward of the ...

June 26, 2019

116 Iranian Rights Defenders Warn of “Devastating” Consequences of US-Iran Military Conflict

June 26, 2019 — In response to soaring tensions between Iran and the United States, 116 Iranian human rights defenders and groups ...

June 25, 2019

Letter: Political Prisoner Thanks Richard Ratcliffe for Being the “Voice” of Mothers Behind Bars in Iran

Ratcliffe and His Wife Have Been on a Joint Hunger Strike for 11 Days and Counting Their Daughter Will Soon Have to Leave Iran to Start School in the UK Prominent political prisoner Narges ...

June 24, 2019

FIFA President Announces Deadline for Iran to Take “Concrete Steps” to Let Women Into Stadiums

In a letter addressing the chief of the Football Federation of the Islamic Republic of Iran (FFIRI) Mehdi Taj, the president of FIFA announced ...

June 18, 2019

Richard Ratcliffe Takes Hunger Strike for Wife’s Freedom to Iran’s Doorstep in London

Dual National Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe Has Been Eligible for Release Since 2017 June 18, 2019 – On day four of Richard Ratcliffe’s hunger strike outside the Iranian embassy in London, embassy staff noisily repositioned the metal ...

June 5, 2019

Iran: Three Rights Lawyers Sentenced to Lengthy Jail Terms in Less Than a Year

Defense Attorney Imprisoned for Social Media Posts June 5, 2019 – Amirsalar Davoudi has become the third known defense attorney to be sent ...

May 29, 2019

170+ Iranian Women Activists Condemn Sanctions and Threats of War

More than 170 members and supporters of Iran's women's movement have signed a statement strongly opposing sanctions and threats of war on the country. Most of the signatories are based inside Iran, and the statement ...

April 24, 2019

Memo to Zarif: Stop Taking Dual Nationals as Hostages

April 24, 2019 – Foreign Minister Javad Zarif’s statement today that he has the “authority” to exchange Iranian-Americans imprisoned in Iran with ...

March 5, 2019

UN Environment Calls on Iran to Guarantee “Fair, Transparent” Trial for Eight Conservationists

In a statement published March 5, 2019, the highest ranking agency in the United Nations on the environment has called on Iran to guarantee a fair, transparent and independent trial for eight conservationists detained there ...

December 12, 2018

Political Prisoner on Hunger Strike in Iran Has Died, Another in Grave Danger

Vahid Sayyadi-Nasiri Was on Hunger Strike to Protest Denial of Counsel and Prison Conditions Growing Crisis as ...

December 8, 2018

Haft Tappeh Labor Activists Beaten at Khuzestan Intelligence Ministry Center, Say Relatives

Editor's Update: Esmail Bakhshi was released on bail on November 21, 2018, and Sepideh Gholian on December 18. Both were freed on bail. ...

December 3, 2018

Open Letter by Six Families of Dual and Foreign Nationals Imprisoned in Iran

The following open letter was written and signed by six families of dual and foreign nationals who have ...

November 29, 2018

UN Experts: Iran Must Protect Women’s Rights Advocates

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October 18, 2018

Imprisoned Activist Farhad Meysami “Kept Alive” With IV Drip

Farhad Meysami, an imprisoned civil rights activist, has lost “40 pounds” since beginning a wet ...

September 19, 2018

Rouhani Should Be Called to Account for Human Rights Abuses in Iran at UN Gathering

Mobile Billboard with Photos of Iran’s Political Prisoners to Circle UN Headquarters During Meetings September 19, 2018—As President Hassan Rouhani comes to NY to attend ...

September 18, 2018

Secretary General: Iran Engages UN But Intensifies Crackdown on Freedom of Assembly and Speech

Mohammad Javad Larijani, the secretary general of the Iranian judiciary's High Council for Human Rights. Following are ...

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