Tehran University Student Activist, Arrested to Serve Prison Sentence
Iran-HRM - University of Tehran anthropology student Leila Hosseinzadeh was arrested by intelligence forces on Sunday, July 28, and transferred…
Kurdish singer hunger strikes after being flogged 100 times for blasphemy
Iran-HRM - Peyman Mirzazadeh, a Kurdish singer held at Urmia Prison in northwestern Iran, went on hunger strike on July…
Macron Calls For ‘Break’ To Ease Tension Between Iran, U.S.
RFL/RE - French President Emmanuel Macron has called for tensions between Iran and the United States to be scaled down…
Iranian Labor Activists were Attacked in Gharchak Women’s Prison
Radiozamaneh - Neda Naji, Atefeh Rangriz and Sepideh Gholian, Iranian labor activists imprisoned in Gharchak Women’s Prison were attacked and…
IRAN: FURTHER INFORMATION: HUNGER-STRIKING LABOUR RIGHTS ACTIVIST AT RISK: SEPIDEH GHOLIAN AND ESMAIL BAKHSHI
Amnesty - Labour rights activist Sepideh Gholian has been on hunger strike since 23 July 2019 in protest at the…
IRAN: SHOCKING STATEMENTS BY SENIOR OFFICIAL HIGHLIGHT IMPUNITY FOR 1988 PRISON MASSACRES
Amnesty - Recent statements by Mostafa Pour Mohammadi, advisor to Iran’s head of the judiciary and a former minister of…
The UN’s Deadly Silence on Iran’s Maritime Violations
gatestoneinstitute.org - Tehran is clearly violating international law, specifically the internationally-agreed UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS)....…
Intel: How Russia is deepening military ties with Iran to counter the US
Al-Monitor - Russia and Iran are deepening their military ties in a joint challenge to perceived US hegemony in the…
Iranian Heavy Metal Band Members Escape to Norway After Receiving Prison Sentences
CHRI- Nikan Khosravi and Arash Ilkhani, members of the Iranian heavy metal band Confess, have left Iran to escape prosecution…
Ashkan Layegh: Iran’s piano prodigy
BBC - A 22-year-old talented pianist is the first Iranian to gain a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Music…