Detained November Protesters Stabbed in the Greater Tehran Penitentiary
Iran-HRM - Two protesters detained during November 2019 protests were severely beaten by two non-political inmates who have the support…
Iran Warns Against US-led Efforts to Extend Arms Embargo
VOA - Iran's U.N. ambassador said Thursday that he believes a U.S. resolution to extend an arms embargo against his…
Kurdish Prisoner, 27, Secretly Executed Despite Judge Agreeing He Was Innocent
CHRI - The family of Hedayatollah (Hedayat) Abdollahpour, a 27-year-old Kurdish-Iranian father of two who was on death row based on false charges since 2018, has been informed of his death weeks after he…
IRAN: FURTHER INFORMATION: SYRIAN KURD UNDER THREAT OF EXECUTION IN IRAN: KAMAL HASSAN RAMEZAN SOULO
Amnesty - Kamal Hassan Ramezan Soulo, a Syrian Kurd arbitrarily detained in Iran’s West Azerbaijan province, has been at risk…
Sepideh Qoliyan Refuses to Beg for Pardon, Goes Back to Prison
CHRI - Freelance reporter Sepideh Qoliyan, issued a five-year sentence for reporting on a peaceful rally by sugar mill workers for unpaid wages,…
Iran passes 10,000 COVID-19 deaths
Al-Monitor - Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says his country is properly handling its response to the coronavirus outbreak but is looking…
How outrage over killing of Iranian girl is helping women’s rights
csmonitor - Farmer Reza Ashrafi may have considered the death of his 14-year-old daughter Romina in the name of family…
Tabas Geopark in Iran moves closer to possible UNESCO registration
PayvandNews - An extensive dossier, which is an essential prerequisite for possible UNESCO inscription of a site, has almost been…
‘The Salesman’ Star Taraneh Alidoosti Given Suspended Prison Sentence in Iran
Variety - Taraneh Alidoosti, star of Asghar Farhadi’s “The Salesman” and one of Iran’s most popular female actors, is set to…
End Widespread Use of Forced Confessions, Human Rights Organizations Tell Iran
Radiofarda - In a joint statement on Wednesday, Justice for Iran (JFI) and the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH)…