‘I Don’t Feel Safe’: Iranian Journalist Pressured By IRGC After Fleeing To Turkey
RFL/RE - Iranian journalist Masoud Kazemi was exultant when he was released from Tehran's notorious Evin prison in April 2020.…
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As Football Fans Return to Stadiums, FIFA Demands Iran Welcome Women
Iranwire - As the October 12 match between Iran and South Korea fast approaches, international football federation head Gianni Infantino…
Iran: Iranian Kurdish man at risk of execution: Heidar Ghorbani
amnesty - Iranian Kurdish prisoner Heidar Ghorbani is at imminent risk of execution for “armed rebellion against the state” (baghi),…
Aban Tribunal: 133 Iranian Officials Accused of November 2019 Crimes
Iranwire - With just two months to go until the second anniversary of the November 2019 protests, and with related crackdowns…
Jailed Afkari Brother Sentenced to Additional Two Years’ Exile
Iranwire - Vahid Afkari, the jailed brother of Navid Afkari, a wrestler from Shiraz who was executed last September, has been sentenced…
Baha’i Cemetery in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Is Destroyed
Iranwire - Parts of a Baha’i cemetery in the village of Kata, in Dana County in the southwestern province of…
Social Media Users Condemn Unlawful Deadly Police Force Against Karaj Man
CHRI - Video footage showing a policeman unlawfully shooting a suspect in the Mehrshahr district of Karaj, a city west…
Mostafa Nili, Arash Keykhosravi and Mehdi Mahmoudian Denied Phone Calls and Held in Solitary Confinement
Iran Human Rights (IHR) - Three weeks after the arrest of lawyers Mostafa Nili and Arash Keykhosravi, and activist Mehdi…
3 Unidentified Men Executed in Rajai Shahr Prison
Iran Human Rights (IHR) - Three men sentenced to qisas (retribution-in-kind) for murder were executed in Rajai Shahr Prison and three others…
‘I Don’t Know How to Keep Broadcasting’: Afghan Media Members in Despair as Colleagues Flee
Iranwire -Members of the media in Afghanistan have been living in fear ever since the Taliban came to power. In recent days…