Golden Bear-Winning Filmmaker Rasoulof Defiant, Despite Iran Prison Order
RFL/RE - Days after winning the top prize at the Berlin International Film Festival, Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof could end…
Human rights
Iran: Disabled Man Executed on Wheelchair
Iran Human Rights (IHR) - Two men, including a disabled person, were hanged on Saturday, February 29, at Mashhad Central…
Jailed Iranian Activist Nasrin Sotoudeh Writes a Plea for Peace on International Women’s Day
TIME - One afternoon, on a late spring day in 2018, a group of officers from the Iranian Prosecutor’s Office…
Rapid Spread of Virus Further Tests Iranians’ Faith in Government
HRW - Iran is currently battling one of the fastest growing outbreaks of the coronavirus outside China – 4,747 confirmed…
Political Prisoners Excluded from Mass Release as COVID-19 Spreads
CHRI - Iranian authorities have excluded peaceful political prisoners from the mass prisoner release that was announced by Judiciary Chief Ebrahim Raisi in late…
Families Urge Judiciary Chief to Include Jailed Conservationists In Mass Prisoner Release
CHRI - The families of eight conservationists imprisoned in Iran on trumped-up charges have called on Iranian Judiciary Chief Ebrahim Raisi to release them…
Iran: “Homeless Man” hanged at Ghezel-Hesar Prison
Iran Human Rights (IHR) - A “homeless” man who had been arrested for robbery, was last week hanged after he…
Iran: Man Hanged at Shirvan Prison
Iran Human Rights (IHR) - Death-row prisoner Ahmad Mahrokhi was hanged on February 29, 2020, at the prison of Shirvan…
November Protests; the details of the case of three prisoners who were sentenced to death
HRANA - Amir Hossein Moradi, Saeed Tamjidi, Mohammad Rajabi, and Mojgan Eskandari, and Shima R. who were arrested for their attendance…
Fate of Iranian protester remains unknown after being arrested
Iran-HRM - The family of Abbas Asgari do not have any information on his fate since he was arrested on…