Iran’s President Threatens To Close Strait Of Hormuz If U.S. Blocks Oil Exports
RFL/RE - Iranian President Hassan Rohani has threatened again to close the Strait of Hormuz, the passageway for nearly a…
UN Security Council Meets To Debate New Iran Missile Test
RFL/RE - The UN Security Council will meet behind closed doors to discuss Iran's latest missile test, which the United…
US Ambassador to UN Calls on Iran to Release Political Prisoners
VOA - U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, is demanding that Iran release its political prisoners following the…
Iran committing crimes against humanity by concealing fate of thousands of slaughtered political dissidents
Amnesty - By concealing the fate and whereabouts of thousands of political dissidents who were forcibly disappeared and secretly executed…
Iran: Juvenile Offender Milad Azimi May be at Risk of Execution
Iran Human Rights - Milad Azimi is a juvenile offender who allegedly committed a murder at the age of 17.…
Detained Protester Reportedly Tortured as Iranian Sugar Mill Workers Demand Unpaid Wages
CHRI - Detained labor activist Esmail Bakhshi was hospitalized after being tortured under interrogation, according to Iranian labor sources. (more…)
Appeals Court Upholds One-Year Prison Sentence Against Azeri Activist Convicted Without Due Process
CHRI - An Iranian Appeals Court upheld a one-year prison sentence against Kiumars Eslami for his alleged separatist “pan-Turkish” activities,…
Jane Goodall Among 132 Conservationists Calling for Jailed Colleagues to Receive Fair Trial in Iran
CHRI - Dozens of conservation practitioners and scholars, including renowned primatologist Jane Goodall, have issued an impassioned defense of eight…
Crackdown on Defense Lawyers in Iran: Amirsalar Davoudi Not Heard From Since Arrest
CHRI - Davoudi Eighth Human Rights Attorney to Be Jailed in Iran in Last Six Months (more…)
IRGC-Affiliated Media Report Dual National Among Group of Researchers Arrested in Iran
CHRI - An unknown number of university academics, including a dual national, who allegedly researched state population policies have been…