Iran: Women Arrested for Dancing
HRW – Iranian state television on July 9, 2018, broadcasted apologies by several women who were briefly detained in May for posting…
Two Executions in Northern Iran Followed by an Act of Revenge
Iran Human Rights - Last week two prisoners were secretly executed at Gorgan Prison on murder charges. One of the…
Prisoner Executed in Northern Iran
Iran Human Rights - A prisoner was executed in a city in Mazandaran Province on murder charges. (more…)
Iran: Young man flogged 80 times for drinking alcohol as a child
Amnesty - The public flogging on Tuesday in Iran of a young man convicted of consuming alcohol when he was…
Detained Iranian Azeri Rights Activists Badly Injured During Interrogations
CHRI - Several ethnic rights activists detained at an annual celebration at Babak Fort in Iran’s East Azerbaijan Province required…
Iranian Teens’ Televised “Confessions” For Social Media Postings Prompt Strong Outcry
CHRI - IRIB Defends Decision to Air Clips of Teenagers Detained For Expressing Themselves Online (more…)
Free Iran’s Political Prisoners
CHRI - Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has claimed that “no one under the Islamic Republic is pursued…for being opposed…
Location of Baluchi Activist Arrested at Mass Rape Protest Concealed From His Family
CHRI - The location of detained Baluchi ethnic rights activist Abdollah Bozorgzadeh remains unknown three weeks after he was detained…
Why only Khamenei can break deadlock over global watchdog blacklist
Al-Monitor - At its recent plenary meeting, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), a global group working against money laundering and the financing of…
Iran supreme leader’s top aide in Moscow to ‘deliver message’
Al-Monitor - “A very important visit” — that’s how Iran’s Foreign Ministry described Ali Akbar Velayati's trip to Russia, where…