Leonardo DiCaprio Again Appeals For Release Of Iranian Ecologists
Radiofarda - Hollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio has once again defended eight Iranian environmentalists who have been in detention for more…
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University Student to be Flogged, Imprisoned for Insulting Supreme Leader
CHRI - Supporters Barred from Court Room Iranian university student Mojtaba Dadashi, 23, has been sentenced to three years in…
Four Labor Affairs Reporters Remain Detained Three Months After Arrests
CHRI - Four staff members of Gam news, an independent Persian-language news channel on the Telegram messaging app, remain in detention…
Amnesty International: Global Executions Fell By One-Third In 2018 With Declines In Pakistan, Iran
RFL/RE - The number of known judicial executions around the world declined by nearly one-third in 2018 compared to 2017,…
Woman Sentenced To Death In Iran Based Solely On Qasameh
CHRI - A woman suspected of murdering her husband was sentenced to death in Iran based solely on Qsameh, the…
Imprisoned Activist Atena Daemi Banned From New Year’s Family Visit
Iran-HRM - Imprisoned human rights activist Atena Daemi is being denied visitation, her family members said on Sunday April 7,…
Just Released From Prison, Golrokh Iraee Ebrahimi Faces More Time Behind Bars
CHRI - Newly released from prison, civil rights activist Golrokh Iraee Ebrahimi may have to serve more time behind bars depending…
Iran Arrests Arab Activists For Providing Relief To Flood Victims
Iran-HRM - Iran’s security forces arrested two residents of a village in the southwestern province of Khuzestan for providing aid…
Iran Arrests Four People For Reporting On Devastating Floods
Iran-HRM - The state security forces have arrested four people in the capital for “spreading rumors” about the incompetence of…
Interview: Jailed Navy Vet Repeatedly Taken to Court Without Lawyer or Translator
CHRI - Michael White Sentenced to 10 Years Imprisonment US Navy veteran Michael White was repeatedly taken to court in Iran without…