Iran: Unrelenting Repression
HRW – Iranian authorities carried out arbitrary mass arrests and serious due process violations during 2018 in response to protests across the…
Month: January 2019
Iranian Prisoners’ Hunger Strike Is a Plea for Basic Rights
HRW - This week, two well-known political prisoners in Tehran’s Evin prison went on a three-day hunger strike to protest their inability…
A Daily Overview of Human Rights Violations in Iran for January 16, 2019
HRANA - The following is an overview of human rights violations in Iran on January 16th, 2019 based on the information…
Man Hanged in Northern Iran
Iran Human Rights (IHR) - A prisoner was hanged for murder charges in Northern Iranian province of Mazandaran on Wednesday.…
Iran Executions: Man Hanged in Public, Children Watched (+18)
Iran Human Rights (IHR) - A prisoner was hanged in Public at a square in Falavarjan City, Isfahan Province, in…
How US sanctions intensify rent-seeking in Iran’s pharma sector
Al-Monitor - The recent resignation of Iran’s minister of health, Hassan Ghazizadeh Hashemi, led to many speculations. Officially, insufficient allocations in the…
Iranian TV says American-born anchor detained in US
Al-Monitor - An American-born Iranian journalist working for Iran's state-funded English-language news network Press TV is said to be in custody after landing in…
Iranian Officials Warn Of Desertification
Radiofarda - Increase in the volume of desertification and reduction of vegetation, combined with other problematic factors, have led to…
Iran Must Provide Care To Detainees On Hunger Strike: UN Experts
Radiofarda - UN human rights experts urged Iran on Wednesday to grant urgently needed medical attention to two detainees, including…
Fate And Punishment Of Dissident Clerics In Iran
Radiofarda - Only four months after his Islamic revolution in Iran in 1979, the revolution's leader Ayatollah Rouhollah Khomeini took…