Teargas and arrests, response to the peaceful protests in northern Iran
Iran-HRM -Iranian security forces fired tear gas today to disperse demonstrators who had gathered in a village near the northern…
Month: April 2022
Iran increase cracked down on activists ahead of Labor Day
Iran-HRM - The Iranian authorities have intensified their crackdown against labor rights activists, summoning, detaining, and imprisoning peaceful activists in…
Iran’s Government Should Respect—Not Crush—Workers’ Rights
CHRI – On the eve of International Workers’ Day, state security forces in Iran have been summoning, arresting and harassing…
Iran ratchets up anti-Israeli rhetoric ahead of key rally
AL-Monitor - "The final battle is drawing closer," read an April 28 headline in the ultraconservative Javan daily, which is run by…
Alarm Grows for Baha’i Woman Held in Unknown Location
Iranwire -Earlier this month, Baha'i woman named Saeedeh Khozouei was arrested by security forces in Tehran and taken to an unknown location.…
Trans, Gay and Married in Iran: How Two Women’s Love Endured
Iranwire - For more than 30 years now, since its inception in California in 1990, April 25 to March 1…
Iran Seeks to Expand Its Military Cooperation With China
VOA — Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi expressed Wednesday his government’s desire for closer cooperation with China in remarks made during a…
Interview: Atena Daemi was Jailed in Iran for Advocating Women’s Rights. Now She’s Free and Refusing to be Silent
CHRI - When Atena Daemi was growing up in Iran and attending school in a religious-conservative neighborhood in south Tehran, she noticed…
Annual Report on the Death Penalty – 2021
Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) - The 14th Annual Report on the Death Penalty Iran by Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) and Ensemble…
The Takeaway: US says Iran deal still possible; breakout time is ‘few weeks’
Al-Monitor - Six months ago, US officials were warning that the negotiations in Vienna “cannot go on indefinitely." But on…