Iran’s Chain Murders: A wave of killings that shook a nation
BBC - It was an incident they were told never to talk about and for several years they heeded that…
Human rights
Iran: Juvenile Offender Seyyed-Danial ZeinolAbedin Sentenced to Death
Iran Human Rights - Seyed Danial ZeinolAbedini is a juvenile offender whose death sentence has been upheld by the Supreme…
Political Prisoner Sends Message on the International Day for Elimination of Violence Against Women
Iran-HRM - Iranian political prisoner Soheil Arabi, imprisoned for his social media postings since November 2013, sent a message from…
Members of persecuted Baha’i faith arrested amid surge in persecution of the minority
Iran-HRM - On Wednesday, November 28, security agents arrested two Baha’is in Karaj near Tehran and took them to an…
UN Calls On Iran To Release Activists Jailed Over Hijab Protests
RFL/RE - UN human rights experts have called on Iran to release human rights defenders and lawyers who have been…
Iran: Prisoner Hanged Convicted of Murdering Prominent Cleric
Iran Human Rights (IHR); December 1, 2018: A prisoner convicted of murdering a prominent cleric who had allegedly sexually abused…
Iran: Public Execution of a Person with Mental Illness
Iran Human Rights (IHR) - A prisoner was hanged in public at Iranian city of Taft (Central Iran) on Thursday,…
Rouhani Cabinet’s Refusal to Allocate Funding for Disabilities Law Will Harm Millions
CHRI - Law for the Protection of the Rights of Disabled Persons Requires Designated Funding (more…)
Fearing Punishment, Iran’s Students Turn Away From Politics
Radiofarda - Nearly ten years after a harsh crackdown ended Iran’s youth-driven Green Movement, sometimes called the “Persian Spring,” it…
Labor Activists Say Detained Worker Tortured, Sent To Hospital
Radiofarda - Labor activists in Iran say a detained worker and labor leader was tortured in custody and hospitalized in…