Exiled Iranian Football Star Faces Renewed Threats
Iranwire - In the past two weeks, two senior Iranian government officials have issued explicit death and kidnapping threats against…
Human rights
Torture, Sexual Abuse: The Stories of Two Iranian Protesters Held in “Safe Houses”
Iranwire - More than 20,000 people were unlawfully detained across Iran during protests sparked by the September 2022 death in…
Influential Iranian Women: Shirin Ebadi (1947-)
Iranwire - “I have a tongue in my mouth, and I will not keep quiet until the day I die,” says Shirin…
A prisoner sentenced to amputation of his fingers, took his own life in Urmia prison
Iran-HRm - In the early morning of Wednesday, January 17, 2024, Amir Shahbazi, 37 years old, committed suicide in a…
Iran: Further information: Jailed Nobel Peace Prize laureate’s health at risk: Narges Mohammadi
Amensty - Iranian authorities have been subjecting arbitrarily detained human rights defender and 2023 Nobel Peace Prize recipient Narges Mohammadi…
Urgent Appeal to Halt Imminent Execution of Four Ethnic Kurds in Iran
CHRI – In the midst of a surge in executions in Iran, four ethnic Kurds are on the brink of…
Whereabouts of Iranian Azeri Journalist Unknown, Two days after Arrest
Iranwire - Iranian security forces arrested Azeri journalist and media activist Sina Bandalizadeh in the northwestern city of Ardabil on…
Iranian Lawyer Banned from Practicing Law – On Top of Prison Term
Iranwire - Khosro Alikordi, a prominent Iranian lawyer who has represented political prisoners and their families, has been banned from…
Azeri Activist Jailed in Iran for Over Two Weeks; Charges Unknown
Iranwire - Concerns are mounting over the fate of Azeri journalist and activist Ebrahim Savalan Rashidi, who has been in…
Threats against Iranian Families of Kurdish Prisoners on Death Row
Iranwire - The families of four Iranian Kurdish political prisoners who have been condemned to death on charges of "collaboration…