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Month: February 2018

Iran: Man Gets 100 Lashes In Northern City Of Rasht

Iran-HRM - The sentence of100 lashes for a man identified by his initials as M.Gh was carried out in the…

Iran: Three Political Prisoners Sentenced To Death After Severe Torture

Iran-HRM - In the past week, the Supreme Court confirmed the death sentences for three political prisoners identified as Ismael…

Iran: Two Men Executed In Ahwaz

Iran-HRM - On Thursday, February 15, the Ahwaz Intelligence Department announced the execution of two young Arab men.  (more…)

Iran: Sistan And Baluchistan Burning In Drought

Iran-HRM - Reza Arbabi, the Director General of the Crisis Management Department of Sistan and Baluchestan Province, said that about…

Iran Protests Over Sweden’s Granting Of Citizenship To Prisoner

RFL/RE - The Iranian Foreign Ministry says it has summoned the Swedish ambassador to protest over the country's granting of…

Imprisonment Sentences of Two Activists Upheld by Appeals Court

HRANA News Agency – The primitive court verdict for Ghasem Ghanbari and Mir Mohammad Miri, two political activists from the…

Arash Sadeghi in a Critical Health Condition in Rajai Shahr Prison

HRANA News Agency – Arash Sadeghi who has been exiled to Rajai Shahr Prison in Karaj, after two months since…

Tehran Police Open Fire on Sufi Gonabadi Protesters as Clashes Leave Several Dead

CHRI - A protest by followers of Iran’s Muslim Sufi Gonabadi Order was attacked with police fire and tear gas near the…

1,000 Days in Prison: Narges Mohammadi Condemns Iranian Judiciary’s “Subservience” to Security Agencies

CHRI - Human rights advocate Narges Mohammadi, who recently marked her 1,000th day of imprisonment in Iran, has strongly condemned…

Six factors driving Iran’s sudden currency devaluation

Al-Monitor - A major and unexpected devaluation of the rial on the free currency market has taken many in Iran…