Walking in a Minefield Without a Map: The Life of an Iranian Human Rights Lawyer
CHRI - At least nine defense attorneys are currently imprisoned on trumped-up charges in Iran for taking on cases involving detainees persecuted…
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IRAN: GERMAN-IRANIAN DISSIDENT ARBITRARILY JAILED: JAMSHID SHARMAHD
Amnesty - Jamshid Sharmahd, a 66-year-old German-Iranian political dissident, is at risk of being convicted in a grossly unfair trial…
IHR calls for the immediate release of Ali Younesi and Amir Hossein Moradi
Iran Human Rights (IHR) - According to a former cellmate, students Ali Younesi and Amirhossein Moradi have been subjected to…
Arsalan Khodkam’s Death Sentence Commuted to Life Imprisonment
Iran Human Rights (IHR) - According to a notice served to Arsalan Khodkam today, the Kurdish political prisoner’s death sentence…
British-Iranian Labor Activist Detained in Solitary Confinement for Six Months
Iranwire - More than 80 days after his arrest, Mehran Raouf, a British-Iranian labor activist, remains in solitary confinement in…
Political prisoner Golrokh Iraee sentenced to an additional year in jail
Iran-HRM - Political prisoner Golrokh Ebrahimi Iraee has been sentenced in absentia to an additional one year in prison. Branch…
Two Iranian protesters sentenced to total of 13 years in prison
Iran-HRM - Iranian authorities have sentenced two protesters arrested during the November 2019 anti-government protests that swept across Iran. Jalal…
Iranian Government Responsible to Protect Prisoners against Fourth Wave of COVID
CHRI —The start of a fourth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Iran has increased concerns about the spread of…
Playwrights and Directors Protest Absurd and Inhumane Censorship
Iranwire - Censorship became a fact of life for art and culture in Iran with the 1979 Islamic Revolution and…
Prisoner Arsalan Zare Executed in Shiraz, Iran
Iran Human Rights (IHR) - A prisoner sentenced to qisas (retribution-in-kind) for murder, has been executed in Shiraz Central Prison. According to…