City Council Member Arrested In Iran For Speaking Out Against Detention Of Baha’is
RFL/RE - A city council member in the central Iranian city of Shiraz has been arrested for "supporting" two detained…
Month: September 2018
U.S. To Close Consulate In Iraq, Citing ‘Threats’ From Iran And Allied Militias
RFL/RE - The United States has announced it will close its consulate in Basra, citing what it said were threats…
Poverty, Separatism, And Bloody Memories Of War: Why Iran’s Khuzestan Matters
RFL/RE - In a conversation caught on camera, a woman in Ahvaz, the capital of Iran's southwestern Khuzestan Province, didn't…
US Sharpens Criticism of Iran’s Rights Record as Pressure Tactic
VOA - The Trump administration is drawing more attention to concerns about human rights in Iran as part of its…
A Dismal Prison: a Brief Report on Conditions at Dezful
Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) – The gnawing pang of hunger, the festering of dirty sores, and the dread of…
Fifth Baha’i Karaj Resident Detained
Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) – The crackdown on Iran’s Baha’i community continued September 24th with the arrest of Payam…
IHR: Human Rights Defender Narges Mohammadi Should Not Return to Prison
Iran Human Rights - Narges Mohammadi, the prominent human rights defender, has been granted a three-day long furlough for the…
Rouhani Falsely Claims Iran’s Imprisoned Dual Nationals Have Been Treated Fairly
CHRI - Two months after a judge in Iran told imprisoned Iranian British dual national Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffethat her freedom depends on the UK’s…
Families of Kurdish Prisoners Held Incommunicado Fear Imminent Execution
CHRI - Two Kurdish men, Houshmand Alipour and Mohammad Ostad-Ghader, have been held incommunicado inside Iran’s Intelligence Ministry detention center in Sanandaj, Kurdistan…
17 Baha’is Arrested in One Month in Iran
CHRI - Seventeen members of the Baha’i faith were arrested by agents of the Intelligence Ministry throughout Iran between August…