Month: May 2017

Iranian Women’s Rights Activists Use Elections as “Opportunities” to Put Forth Demands

CHRI - A member of the Women's Citizenship Center, a non-governmental organization in Tehran, told the Center for Human Rights…

CHRI - In the run-up to Iran's presidential election on May 19, 2017, the country's hardline supreme leader has strongly…

CHRI - Prominent Kurdish rights activist Mohammad Sadiq Kaboudvand was freed from Evin Prison in Tehran on May 12, 2017…

CHRI - The family of Tahereh Riahi, an editor who has been detained since December 2016 without charge, is calling on President Hassan Rouhani to…

Al-monitor - Tehran Mayor Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf withdrew from the presidential race May 15, leaving the conservative camp with two…

RFL/RE - Raisi has tried to taint incumbent President Hassan Rohani with allegations of corruption. While elections in Iran look…

CHRI - Ali Tajernia, a reformist politician and former member of Iran's Parliament, told the Center for Human Rights in…

PayvandNews - Iranian Vice President Eshaq Jahangiri has dropped out of the presidential race and thrown his support behind incumbent…

PayvandNews - Iran began building its National Ion Therapy Center with Austrian help on Monday, in a 200 million Euros…

CPJ - Iran has a history of cracking down on the independent press ahead of elections, with authorities arresting journalists and forcing…