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Month: August 2022

USCRIF calls on Iran to immediately honour its international obligations to respect the freedom of religion or belief of all Iranians

Shabtabnews - In a twitter statement the U.S. Ambassador-at-Large Rashad Hussain of USCRIF called on Iran to immediately honour its…

Another attack on the free world

Following the stabbing of author Salman Rushdie last week international media has been reporting on his career, his character and…

Israeli PM speaks to Germany’s Scholz on Iran nuclear deal

Al-Arabia - Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid spoke to German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Thursday, pressing Israel's position that efforts…

Iranian Political Prisoner Mehdipour Reportedly Beaten Again In Prison

RFL/RE - Human right activists say Khadijeh Mehdipour, a political prisoner being held in Ilam prison in western Iran, has…

Users Say Iranian Authorities Blocking Verification Codes On Cell Phones

RFL/RE - Iranian authorities have blocked cell phone users from receiving two-step verification codes on their devices in a move…

Four Members of Iranian Women’s NGO Summoned to Prison

Iranwire - Four members of an Iranian women’s advocacy NGO have been summoned to Evin Prosecutor’s Office in Tehran to…

Ex-Minister Mohajerani ‘in Search of Lawyer’ After Accusations in London

Iranwire - IranWire understands that Ataollah Mohajerani, an Iranian ex-Minister of Culture who wrote a book promoting the 1989 fatwa by…

Revolutionary Court Order Targets Baha’i Properties in Semnan for Confiscation

Iranwire - After the violent destruction and confiscation of Baha’i properties in villages of Roshankouh earlier this month, and previously in Ivel,…

Rushdie Attack Suspect Pleads Not Guilty, Judge Denies Bail

VOA - The 24-year-old man accused of attacking author Salman Rushdie last week was indicted by a grand jury Thursday…

Political prisoner attempts suicide after being threatened by intelligence agents

IranHRM - Kurdish Iranian woman Soada Khadirzadeh attempted suicide after being summoned and threatened by intelligence agents.She hanged herself in…