Encyclopedia Iranica “A real tour de force” is in Peril
Radiozamaneh - A legal dispute between an Ivy League university and a foundation in New York has endangered the future…
Month: December 2020
Three Baluch Prisoners Executed, Three Others in Imminent Danger of Execution
CHRI - Three prisoners were recently executed in Iran, two in the central prison in Zahedan, capital of Iran’s Sistan…
Flight victims’ families reject Iran’s compensation, demand justice
Al-Monitor - Families who lost loved ones aboard Ukraine Airlines flight 752 after it was downed by Iranian forces in January…
Woman sets self on fire after city demolishes shelter, Iranians outraged
Iran’s headline-grabbing stories in the past several weeks about the assassination of a top nuclear scientist, the raging coronavirus pandemic…
Far from the capital, Iran struggles to bury virus victims
(AP) — Deep in the lush valleys of northern Iran, where the Alborz Mountains crumble toward the sea, Ali Rahimi…
IOPHR Remembers the Father of Human Rights in Iran, Dr Noor Ali Tabendeh
shabtabnews - On the one year anniversary of death of Dr Noor Ali Tabendeh IOPHR put out a statement commemorating…
U.S. Sanctions Put Spotlight On Iran’s International Network Of Religious Seminaries
Radiofarda - Since the Islamic Revolution in 1979, Iran's clerical establishment has used religious organizations to expand its clout abroad.Key…
Iran Punishes Family of Slain 2019 Protester Again, Hands Uncle 5-Year Suspended Sentence
VOA - Iran has taken another punitive action against the outspoken family of a protester killed by security forces who…
Guards attack Ward 5 the Great Tehran Penitentiary, confiscate inmates’ belongings
Iran-HRM - Prison guards raided Ward 5 of the Great Tehran Penitentiary, confiscating personal belongings of inmates. Sunday, December 20,…
Joint Statement: Ensure Iranians Equitable Access to Covid-19 Vaccines
HRW - We, the undersigned human rights and humanitarian organizations, call on all stakeholders to ensure people in Iran have…