Chess Official In Iran Fired Over His Daughter’s Hijab
Radiofarda - A chess official in Iran says the Islamic Ministry of Sports has pressured him to resign from all…
Human rights
Iran: Man Hanged for Murdering His Cousin
Iran Human Rights (IHR) - A death row prisoner was hanged on June 1 at the central prison of Mashhad city,…
Iranian Labor Activist Flogged, Detained for Celebrating May Day
Iran-HRM - Rasoul Taleb Moghaddam, a labor activist and member of the Syndicate of the Workers of Tehran and Suburbs…
Jailed, Ailing Iranian-Swedish Doctor’s Wife Says Iran Ignored His Release Appeals
VOA - The wife of an Iranian-Swedish medical doctor detained in Iran in 2016 and later sentenced to death for…
Iranian Lawmaker Says 230 People Were Killed In November Unrest
RFL/RE - A senior Iranian lawmaker said on June 1 that 230 people were killed in anti-government protests in Iran…
Women’s Boxing Banned In Iran’s Khuzestan Province
RFL/RE - Khuzestan has become Iran’s first province to officially ban women's boxing. The move comes just over a year…
Iran’s Interior Minister Covers up November Protest Death Toll
Iran-HRM - Nearly seven months after Iranian authorities killed at least 1,500 protesters in November 2019, a senior regime official for the…
Iran Human Rights Monitor Monthly Report, May 2020
Iran-HRM - While the Coronavirus has been ravaging in various provinces across Iran, the regime’s security and judicial apparatus have…
Iran Minister Downplays November Protest Death Toll In First Official Acknowledgement
Radiofarda - Nearly seven months after Iran’s security forces killed several hundreds protesters in November 2019, Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani…
Iran Arrests Two In Death Of Woman Resisting Demolition Of Her House
Radiofarda - Police in Iran have arrested two municipality officials in Kermanshah in connection with the death of a 55-year-old…