IranWire Survey: Religious Minorities Report Harassment by Clerics
Iranwire - IranWire recently fielded a questionnaire that asked its readers a series of key questions about discrimination against religious minorities in…
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‘Private Pictures’ and Disappeared Bonuses Blighting Top Female Athletes’ Careers
Iranwire - On September 24, 2017, Golnar Vakil Gilani, the then-37-year-old president of Iran’s Polo Federation and the youngest person…
London MP: Nazanin Given her British Passport Back
Iranwire - The lawyer of detained dual national Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe said he was tentatively hopeful of a breakthrough as it emerged her…
Iranian political prisoner with leukemia denied medical treatment
Iran-HRM - Kasra Bani Amerian, a political prisoner with cancer, has been deprived of medical care for about a year…
Kurdish political prisoner’s health in serious danger if not treated immediately
Iran-HRM - Kurdish political prisoner Naib Asgari held in Urmia Prison fainted on Thursday, March 10, and prison officials refused…
Ebrahim Nasirkhah Executed for Drug Offences in Urmia
Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) - Ebrahim Nasirkhah was executed in Urmia Central Prison after being sentenced to death on drug-related…
Baluch Alam Yar-Ahmadzehi Executed in Khash Prison
Iran Human Rights Organization - Alam Yar-Ahmadzehi, a Baluch man sentenced to qisas for “murder during a fight”, was executed in Khash…
Vahid Tabatabaei Executed for Murder in Rajai Shahr Prison
Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) - Vahid Tabatabaei who was sentenced to qisas for murder, has been executed in Rajai Shahr Prison, increasing…
Sepideh Gholian’s Health Worsens
HRW - Mehdi Gholian, the brother of imprisoned labor activist Sepideh Gholian, posted on his Instagram account on March 6, 2022, that…
Groundbreaking UN Report Decries “Criminalisation” of Baha’is in Iran and MENA
Iranwire - Baha’is are experiencing “increasing insecurity” in the Islamic Republic of Iran and in a number of countries in…