Jailed Rapper Tortured, Forced into Psychiatric Center After Demanding Justice
CHRI – The forced psychiatric hospitalization of jailed rapper Saman Yasin in Iran shortly after he demanded due process and…
Iran shuts down biggest e-com company after female employees seen without hijab
Al-Arabia - Iranian authorities have shut down one of the offices of the country’s biggest e-commerce company and launched judicial…
Iran Bans Film Festival Over Poster Of Actress Without Hijab
RFL/RE - Iranian authorities have banned a film festival that put out a publicity poster featuring an actress who was…
Mohammadi: “Tyrannical” Theocracy Uses Forced Hijab to Suppress Women
Iranwire - Jailed human rights activist Narges Mohammadi has responded to a new round of pressure by the government of…
Iran Begins Military Drill as US Sends More Fighter Planes to Region
VOA - Iran on Sunday began an annual air force drill in the central part of the country, state media…
Iran Says 4 Policemen Shot Dead in Southeast
VOA - Four Iranian policemen were killed on Sunday after attackers fired on a patrol in the restive southeastern province…
Iranian Court Sparks Controversy By Diagnosing Hijab Protesters With Mental Illness
RFL/RE - Judges in Iran have diagnosed three prominent actresses sentenced for not wearing the hijab as mentally ill, anti-family,…
Iran Summons Danish Envoy To Protest Koran Burning In Copenhagen
RFL/RE - Iran's Foreign Ministry summoned the Danish ambassador to protest against "the desecration of the Koran in Copenhagen," the…
Tourists Accuse Iranian Authorities of Brutal Dress Code Enforcement
VOA - Accusations of beatings and the use of tear gas have been made against members of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary…
Jamshid Sharmahd: Iran could execute my dad at any time, says German woman
BBC - It was the middle of the night when the phone call came. Gazelle Sharmahd was woken up by…