Iranian Lawyer Persecuted for Investigating a Prisoner’s Suspicious Death
Iran Human Rights - Mohammad Najafi, who questioned the authorities' claim about a protester's "suicide" in prison, has been under…
Month: January 2018
Water And Conflict In Iran
PayvandNews - Iran water crisis (source: cover of Iranian economic magazine Tejarate Fard) By Esfandyar Batmanghelidj (source: LobeLog) The…
Unrest in Iran will continue until religious rule ends
usnews - The two-week protest movement that rocked cities across Iran earlier this year has largely subsided, but the fallout from the…
Trump: US will continue to block Iran’s path to a nuclear weapon
Al-Arabia - US President Donald Trump said, on Friday, at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland that the US…
UN Security Council to View Alleged Iranian Missile Parts
VOA — The U.N. Security Council will visit Washington on Monday for a working lunch with U.S. President Donald Trump and…
In Iran: Ramin Hossein Panahi Sentenced To Death
Iran Human Rights - Ramin Hossein Panahi, a political prisoner, is sentenced to death by the Islamic Revolutionary Court in…
Activists Atena Daemi and Golrokh Iraee Beaten and Transferred to Different Prison
CHRI - Political prisoners Atena Daemi and Golrokh Ebrahimi Iraee were beaten by agents of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) in Tehran’s Evin…
40 Iranian MPs Call for Immediate Release of Detained University Students
CHRI - Forty Iranian lawmakers have written to President Hassan Rouhani and Judiciary Chief Sadegh Larijani urging them to immediately…
More than 150 Detained Iranian Protesters Have Requested “Pills,” Reports Committee
CHRI - Credible Sources Report That Detainees Told to Request Pills to Speed Up Release More than 150 people detained…
Detainees Arrested in Iranian Protests Facing Charges That Carry Death Penalty
CHRI - Some detainees arrested in the protests that broke out in Iran’s Hamadan and Khuzestan provinces in December 2017…