Teachers Protest Again In Several Iranian Cities, With 30 Reportedly Detained
RFL/RE - Teachers have taken to the streets of several cities in Iran, including the capital, Tehran, to demand fair wages, better…
Human rights
Atena Daemi: In Qarchak Women’s Prison, I Saw How Humanity Dies
Iranwire - The Iranian children’s rights advocate Atena Daemi was released from prison on January 24, 2022, after five years of arbitrary detention. The…
#ItsTheirLand: IranWire’s Webinar on Property Seizures and Persecution Against the Baha’is
Iranwire - “The confiscation of Baha'i properties has been one of the main features of the persecution of the Baha'is…
Baha’is Seeing “Increased Pattern of Persecution” Says International Alliance
Iranwire - The International Religious Freedom or Belief Alliance – a network of 35 like-minded countries created to promote Article…
Female political prisoner denied medical care in northwest Iran prison
Iran-HRM - Political prisoner Khadijeh Mehdipour has been denied medical treatment despite severe digestive problems. She suffers from severe nausea…
Christian Convert Sent to Prison in Iran
Iranwire - The Iranian judiciary has jailed another convert to Christianity on spurious charges. Fariba Dalir, 51, was sent to…
Escalation of Civil Society Crackdown; Arrests, Sentences and Summons
Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) - There has been an intensification of the crackdown on civil society in Iran over the…
Senior member of Iran’s Teachers’ Trade Association sentenced to prison
Iran-HRM - Rasoul Bodaghi, a member of the Board of Directors of the Iranian Teachers Trade Association (ITTA), has been…
Kurdish prisoner threatened to make ‘confessions’
Iran-HRM - A Kurdish political prisoner has said that she has been threatened to make confessions. Golaleh Moradi sent an…
USCIRF Calls for Permanent Release of Iranian Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani Following Furlough
Shabtabnews – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF ) today welcomed Iran’s temporary furlough of religious prisoner…