Seven to Face Trial in Connection with Labor Protests
CHRI - Many Denied Access to Counsel, Families Warned to Stay Quiet After months of unlawful prosecution in connection with…
Human rights
Judge Moghiseh Accused of Cursing at Magazine Editor During Bail Hearing
CHRI - The former editor-in-chief of the Sedaye Parsi (Persian Voice) political magazine, Masoud Kazemi, was detained on May 22, 2019, after being unable…
Iran’s Judiciary Backpedals On Banning Cycling For Women
Radiofarda - The Islamic Republic judiciary spokesman says that the order issued by the city of Isfahan' prosecutor to ban…
900 Iranian Writers Condemn Recent Harsh Sentences
Iran-HRM - More than 900 writers, poets, essayists, and journalists in Iran have condemned the recent harsh verdicts against three…
Iranian State Malware Continues to Hack Online Accounts of Religious Minority Groups
CHRI - Malicious Spyware Has Attacked At Least 74 Victims Worldwide, Azeri and Gonabadi Dissidents Among Targets Iranian state agents…
Iran Court Sentences Well-Connected Businessman, Married To Movie Star
Radiofarda - A court in Tehran on Sunday sentenced Yasin Ramin a well-connected businessman and an importer of medicine and…
Iran Sentences Political Prisoner To Death For Supporting The PMOI
Iran-HRM - Tehran’s Revolutionary Court on Sunday sentenced four men affiliated with the People’s Mojahedin Organisation of Iran (PMOI/MEK) to…
Political Prisoner Announces Hunger Strike Protesting Lack Of Basic Rights
Iran-HRM - Political prisoner Akbar Bagheri has started a hunger strike since Wednesday, May 15, to protest his abrupt transfer…
Iran: Release Political Prisoner Maryam Akbari-Monfared
CHRI - Behind Bars Unjustly Since 2009, Eligible for Release in 2017 May 20, 2019—Iran must end the cruel and…
Amnesty Calls On Iran To Provide Medical Care For Ailing Scientist In Jail
Radiofarda - Amnesty International has urged Tehran’s Prosecutor General to allow an imprisoned Swedish-Iranian scientist to receive specialized medical care…