Death Row Prisoner Continues Hunger Protesting His Death Sentence Despite Innocence
IranHRM - Death row prisoner Valliollah Taghizadeh, who has been detained for the past 12 years in the Central Tabriz Prison,…
Month: March 2018
Political Prisoner In Kashan Prison Under Severe Pressure Despite Illness
Iran-HRM - According to reports, interrogators of the Ministry of Intelligence have intensified the abuse of political prisoner Alireza Varasteh, in addition…
Iran: Ghasem Savari, Another Inmate Killed Under Torture In Ahwaz
Iran-HRM -Ghasem Savari, 50, an inmate of Shiban Prison of Ahwaz, south west of Iran, was killed under torture, reports…
Saudi FM Jubeir says kingdom has the right to respond to Iranian threat
Al-Arabia - The Saudi Minister for Foreign Affairs, Adel al-Jubeir, said on Tuesday that the Saudi Arabia has the right…
IRAN: FURTHER INFORMATION: HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER TO RESUME STRIKE: ABDOLFATTAH SOLTANI
Amnesty - Prominent Iranian human rights lawyer Abdolfattah Soltani went on hunger strike on 21 March, after the authorities denied…
Attorney Blocked From Taking on Human Rights Cases in Iran Calls For Revision of “Flawed” Law
CHRI - A lawyer representing the family of an Iranian Canadian academic who recently died in an Iranian prison has joined the…
Supreme Leader’s Comments on “Freedom” in Iran Ring Hollow For Victims of Rights Abuses
CHRI - A former public defender that worked in Iran on cases involving human rights violations has spoken out against the Iranian…
How Trump is prompting Iran to improve ties with its neighbors
Al-Monitor - Successive Iranian governments have underlined for decades that Iran’s top foreign policy priority is to have close relations…
Are Iranians ready to ‘Buy Iranian’?
Al-Monitor - In keeping with the tradition of declaring an annual motto at the beginning of each Iranian year, Supreme Leader…
Iran’s Facing a Mutiny From Within the Mosque
Bloomberg - A growing number of prominent Shiite clerics are questioning whether the supreme leader can claim divine authority. (more…)