Kurdish Kolbar Killed in Western Iran
Iranwire - Iranian border forces in western Kurdistan province have shot and killed a Kurdish transborder porter, or kolbar. Jaafar…
Human rights
Two Iranian Journalists Handed Prison Terms for “Spreading Lies”
Iranwire - Iranian authorities have handed prison sentences to prominent women journalists Saba Azarpeik and Kimia Fathizadeh. The Hamshahri newspaper…
Iranian Border Guards Injure 20 Kurdish Kolbars in Gun Attack
Iranwire - Islamic Republic border forces injured at least 20 Kurdish porters, or kolbars, on the evening of February 24…
Iran Court Changes Jail Time to Home Confinement for Pop Singer
VOA - An Iranian court has changed the sentence against a pop singer who criticized the mandatory headscarf for women…
Iranian Anti-Headscarf “Woman, Life, Freedom” Singer Tagged with Ankle Band
Iranwire - Mehdi Yarrahi, an Iranian singer who released a song last year criticizing compulsory headscarf rules in the country,…
Activist Arrested for Publicizing Abuse of Iranian Prisoners
Iranwire - Iranian civil activist Reza Ramezanzadeh was arrested on February 24 after being summoned to the Evin Prison prosecutor's…
Iranian Political Prisoner Commits Suicide Amid Dire Conditions
Iranwire - Political prisoner Shahin Galehdari has taken his own life in prison in Urmia, in Iran’s West Azerbaijan province,…
Iranian Azeri Activist Declares Hunger Strike from Even Prison
Iranwire - The Iranian-Azeri civil activist Morteza Parvin-Joda has begun a hunger strike Tehran's Evin Prison to protest his continued…
Iran Tries To Tighten Grip On Internet By Officially Outlawing VPN Use
RFL/RE - Iran has officially outlawed the use of tools such as virtual private networks (VPNs) designed to bypass Internet…
Ahmad Esmaili Executed in Hamedan
Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) - Ahmad Esmaili, a man on death row for drug-related charges, was executed in Hamedan Central…