Iran: Soheil Arabi In Dire Conditions On 3rd Day Of Dry Hunger Strike
Iran-HRM - On the 43rd day of his hunger strike which has turned dry since three days ago, political prisoner Soheil Arabi…
Month: March 2018
Iran: 22-Year-Old Man Hanged In Ilam Prison
Iran-HRM - On the morning of Wednesday March 7, the death sentence for a Kurd man from Sivan in Ilam…
Iran Reportedly Blocks Women’s Day Gathering, Detains Participants
RFL/RE - Several women who had attempted to gather in Tehran to mark International Women’s Day have been detained, reports…
Wife Of Activist Who Died In Tehran Prison Barred From Traveling, Sons Say
RFL/RE - The widow of an Iranian-Canadian environmentalist who died in a Tehran prison last month in disputed circumstances has…
Pakistan, Iran Among Countries Offering Fewest Job Opportunities For Women
RFL/RE - Pakistan, Iran, and nations in the Middle East are among the countries that are least likely to have…
Iranian Woman Gets Two Years In Prison For Removing Head Scarf
RFL/RE - An Iranian woman who removed her Islamic head scarf on a Tehran street has been sentenced to two…
State Media: Magnitude 5.4 Earthquake Hits Southeast Iran
VOA - A magnitude 5.4 earthquake hit southeast Iran on Wednesday evening, state media said. The epicenter of the earthquake…
Shiite Mystic Sentenced to Another Five Years Imprisonment in Iran
CHRI - Death Sentence Struck Down Twice by Supreme Court Mohammad Ali Taheri, the founder of a mystical Shiite spiritual…
Outspoken Iranian Professor Fined as Noose Tightens Around Freedom of Speech in Universities
CHRI - Sadegh Zibakalam, a Tehran-based reformist political analyst and academic known for his criticisms of Iranian state policies, has…
Assassinations mount as Iranian Kurdish militants clash with Tehran
Al-Monitor - Iran continues to face obstacles in silencing its armed opponents in Iraqi Kurdistan, where authorities recently offered Tehran…