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Human rights

Kept Apart for 9 Years: a Mother Wishes her Daughter “Happy Birthday” from Evin Prison

Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) – Evin political prisoner Maryam Akbari Monfared wished her daughter a happy 13th birthday in…

World Day 2018: More Than 207 Executed Since the Beginning of the Year in Iran

Iran Human Rights (IHR) - According to statistics department of Iran Human Rights (IHR), Iranian authorities have executed 207 prisoners…

Iranian Merchants Close Down Shops in Silent Strike Against Hyperinflation

CHRI - Merchants and business owners went on strike in several Iranian cities on October 8, 2018, to protest against…

6 years jail and 74 lashes for simply serving tea in Sufi gatherings

Shabtabnews - As part of the systematic  Stalinist type trials by the Iranian authorities against any type of association with Sufism,…

Governments must put an end to death penalty cruelty and take steps towards full abolition

Amnesty - Prisoners under sentence of death must be treated with humanity and dignity and held in conditions that meet…

Economic Frustrations Compel Merchants to Strike Nationwide

Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA)- Over the course of the past few months, a 60-plus percentage drop in the value…

World Day 2018: Death penalty; an inhumane punishment for death row prisoners, their families and society as a whole

Iran Human Rights -  Every year several hundred people are executed by the Iranian authorities. According to reports by Iran…

“Oppression Stops Life:” Narges Mohammadi Recounts Returning to an Empty Home

CHRI - For the first time in more than three years, Iranian political prisoner Narges Mohammadi was allowed to go on a…

Three People Sentenced to Death in Iran as 32 Others Issued Harsh Sentences For Alleged Currency Hoarding

CHRI - Unnamed “special courts for economic crimes” in Iran have sentenced three people to death and condemned 32 others…

Nasrin Sotoudeh’s Husband Charged With National Security Crimes For Anti-Compulsory Hijab Activism

CHRI - Sotoudeh’s Sister Threatened With Arrest Imprisoned Iranian attorney Nasrin Sotoudeh’s husband, Reza Khandan, has been charged with national security crimes for…