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Human rights

No Budget or Implementation: Rouhani Government Fails to Implement Disability Rights Law

CHRI - People with disabilities and activists in Iran signed petitions and held several rallies in 2019 to protest the…

Iranian Political Prisoner Denied Hospitalization After Refusing to Wear Prison Garb

Iran-HRM - Iranian political prisoner Saeed Shirzad was not transferred to a hospital on Sunday after he refused to wear…

Iran: Imprisoned Civil Activist Zartosht Ahmadi-Ragheb on Hunger Strike

Iran Human Rights (IHR) - Iranian imprisoned civil activist Zartosht Ahmadi-Ragheb has been on hunger strike since his arrest on…

Detained Iranian-British Anthropologist Says Charges Based on Government-Approved Research

CHRI - Kameel Ahmady Was Held in Solitary Confinement for Nearly a Month, Detention Order Extended Held in solitary confinement…

The Number Of Female Dissident Prisoners In Iran Increasing

Radiofarda - The number of women imprisoned in Iran is swiftly increasing since the appointment of the Islamic Republic's new…

Australian National Indicted For ‘Spying’ In Iran

Radiofarda - Kylie Moore-Gilbert, an Australian national arrested in Iran has been charged and indicted with "spying," a spokesman for…

Iran’s Security Forces Attack Employees of HEPCO Protest

Iran-HRM - A peaceful gathering of HEPCO workers was violently repressed Monday, September 16, after the state security forces attacked…

IRAN: TORTURED PRISONER NEEDS MEDICAL CARE: KAMRAN GHADERI

Amnesty - Austrian-Iranian businessman Kamran Ghaderi is serving a 10-year prison sentence after a grossly unfair trial that relied on…

Australian Academic Kylie Moore-Gilbert Isolated for Months in IRGC-Controlled High-Security Ward

CHRI – Australian academic Kylie Gilbert-Moore has been held for almost a year in Ward 2-A of Tehran’s Evin Prison, controlled by…

Universities In Iran Implementing Tough New Regulation To Deter Students From Activism

Radiofarda - Harsher regulations aimed at controlling the political behavior of students in Iranian universities are being implemented, regardless of…