Iran Authorities Won’t Explain Why Teachers’ Rights Activist is Being Held Incommunicado in Mental Hospital
iranhumanrights - Iranian authorities have refused to allow the family of a teacher’s rights activist any access to him or…
Human rights
Iran’s Judiciary Should Release Ailing Prisoner Saeed Malekpour on Medical Grounds
iranhumanrights - Peaceful Prisoner, Convicted Without Due Process, Has Been Denied Furlough for Past 10 Years. October 26, 2018 –…
HRW Calls On Iran To Produce Evidence Or Release Detained Ecologists
rferl.org - Human Rights Watch has called on Iran to immediately release eight environmental activists who’ve been detained since January…
UN Rights Expert Urges Iran to End Execution of Child Offenders
iran-hrm.com - The U.N. independent expert on human rights in Iran urged Tehran on Wednesday to abolish the death penalty…
Canadian resident Saeed Malekpour Returned to Prison without receiving treatment
iran-hrm.com - Imprisoned Iranian-born Canadian resident Saeed Malekpour, who was hospitalized in a heart unit of Tehran’s Taleghani Hospital, was…
Lawyer Vows to Seek Justice After Prominent Iranian Activist’s Corpse Found Burned in Car
iranhumanrights - The lawyer representing the family of a prominent activist and environmentalist whose burned corpse was found in the…
Another Activist Detained in Iran’s Crackdown on Teachers Unions
voanews - The wife of a prominent Iranian teachers union leader said Wednesday that Iranian security forces had detained her…
UN Rapporteur: A new wave of executions, suppressions in Iran
alarabiya - The UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Iran, Javid Rehman, presented his report in his…
Iranian Faces Charges For Saying Shi’ite Imam ‘Died’
rferl.org - When journalist Pouyan Khoshhal penned an article about the potential health risks to Iranians of a major Shi'ite…
Critically ill prisoner of conscience coerced to end hunger strike
amnesty.org - The Iranian authorities must immediately and unconditionally release Farhad Meysami, a human rights defender campaigning for women’s rights,…