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Human rights

US ‘Concerned’ Iran’s Intranet Project Will Repress Internet Freedom

VOA - The Trump administration has expressed concern about reports that Iranian authorities have made progress in developing a domestic…

Icon of Iran’s Hijab Protest Movement Vida Movahedi Released From Prison

CHRI - Eight months after she was arrested for peacefully protesting Iran’s compulsory hijab law, Vida Movahedi was released from prison on May…

Interview With Khosrow Semnani: Iran Funds Repression “Through Corruption by Design”

CHRI - The Iranian-American engineer, businessman, and philanthropist Khosrow Semnani made a name in foreign policy circles in both Washington…

Iran’s Morality Police Storm Private Party To Arrest 15 People

Iran-HRM - Iranian authorities have arrested 15 young men and women at a mixed-gender private party amid a crackdown on…

Female Musicians Banned From Playing In Charity Concert In Qazvin

Iran-HRM - Female musicians were banned from playing in a charity concert in Qazvin. They were not allowed to even…

Iran: Abusive forced veiling laws police women’s lives

Amnesty - Imagine that you are a woman leading a relatively normal life. You take the metro or bus to…

Iranian Intelligence Shuts Down Church, Removes Cross

Radiofarda - The Assyrian Christian community in the northwestern Iranian city of Tabriz has been left in a state of…

Child Marriages In One Iranian Province Escalates 1,600 In Just One Year

Iran-HRM - A judicial official in the province of Hamedan said that 1,596 child brides married in the western province…

412 Iranians Arrested For “Eating During Ramadan Fast” In Kermanshah

Iran-HRM - Social Deputy of Kermanshah Police announced that they have warned 800 stores for selling food during Ramadan fast…

Iran Executions: Man Hanged in Public

Iran Human Rights (IHR) - A prisoner was hanged in Public at the Iranian city of Hamadan. According to the Islamic…