Student Activist Parisa Rafiei Speaks Out Against Pressures Put On Political Prisoners
Iran-HRM - Student activist Parisa Rafiei published an open letter, condemning the recent arrests of labor activists and pressures exerted…
Human rights
Iran: Labor Activists Detained Since May Day
HRW - Iranian authorities are holding at least eight activists and journalists arrested during a Labor Day protest on May 1,…
British Council Employee Aras Amiri Jailed for Refusing to Spy, Says Cousin
CHRI - The UK-based British Council employee Aras Amiri was jailed in Iran for refusing to spy for the country’s…
Government Unlawfully Failing to Implement Disability Rights Law
CHRI - A year after Parliament ratified the Law for the Protection of the Rights of Persons With Disabilities, the…
Students rally against hijab crackdown at Iran’s largest university
Al-Monitor - The campus of Tehran University, Iran's oldest modern educational center, had a tense dayMay 13 as hundreds of…
Iranian Students Protest Mandatory Headscarf Rule
VOA - Iran's semi-official ISNA news agency says university students have held a campus protest against authorities' increasing pressure on…
Iran: Parliament OKs Nationality Law Reform
HRW – Iran’s Parliament on May 13, 2019, approved an amendment to allow Iranian women to pass their nationality to their…
Paramilitary Force Attacks Tehran University Protest Against Hijab Enforcement Units
CHRI - Members of Iran’s paramilitary Basij force violently attacked several students at a peaceful protest at the University of…
Appeals Court Upholds Lengthy Sentence Against Female Activist for Criticizing Chief Justice
CHRI – A Tehran appeals court upheld a 7.5-year prison sentence against prominent political activist Hengameh Shahidi based on her social…
Interview with Literary Figure Alireza Behnam on Censorship
CHRI - “Authors have learned that they cannot write about things that are against the country’s official religion, or against…