Jailed Activist Commences Hunger Strike Over her Mother’s Treatment
Iranwire - Saba Kord Afshari, a civil activist imprisoned in Qarchak prison in Varamin, launched a hunger strike on Saturday,…
Month: May 2021
Teachers’ Union Condemns Violence Against Protesting Students
Iranwire - In the wake of a violent crackdown by law enforcement officials on Iranian students who protested against in-person…
Parents and sons sentenced to 34 years in jail, 6 years in exile
Iran-HRM - Parents and sons sentenced to 34 years in jail, 6 years in exile The Revolutionary Court of Kashan…
Iran Human Rights: Treatment of Afkari Brothers Amounts to Torture
Iran Human Rights (IHR) - Vahid and Habib Afkari were transferred to solitary confinement days prior to the execution of…
US civil rights group calls on Twitter to ban Iran’s Khamenei for Quds Day posts
Al-Arabia - A US civil rights group called on Twitter to permanently shut down the accounts of Iran’s supreme leader…
The G7 and Its Dicey Clichés
gatestoneinstitute.org - The real bad news, however, is that the London conference failed to develop a coherent and mutually agreed…
Gay Iranian Man Murdered by Family on Being ‘Outed’ by Military Service Card
Iran-HRM - On Tuesday, May 4, a young ethnic Arab man in Ahvaz was murdered because of his sexual orientation.…
A father and son brutalized in the political prisoners’ ward in Urmia Prison
Iran-HRM - Dangerous inmates in the political prisoners’ ward in the Central Prison of Urmia beat up and brutalized political…
Iran’s Rouhani upbeat on accord at talks to lift sanctions
Reuters - Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Saturday he was optimistic over talks to revive the 2015 nuclear deal…
USCRIF : Religious Restrictions in Iran
Shabtabnews - Since 1979 Iran’s government has shown a consistent disregard for the rights of religious minority communities who run…