Radiofarda – Iran’s interior minister has tried to downplay the threat from protests by various groups in the past year, insisting that none of them were organized by political groups or unions.
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Iran Deal With Fashion Models In Social Media Crackdown
Iran-HRM – Police have dealt with dozens of people that officials describe as “members of the largest modeling network” in the southern city of Hormozgan, according to an announcement by local police chief Azizollah Maleki on December 25, 2018.
Read More »A Daily Overview of Human Rights Violations in Iran for December 27, 2018
HRANA – The following is an overview of human rights violations in Iran on December 27th, 2018 based on the information compiled and verified by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA).
Read More »Police Use Tear Gas Against Teachers Protesting In Isfahan
Radiofarda – Iran’s Free Labor Union (FLU) reported on Thursday that security forces attacked a protest gathering of teachers, held outside the ministry of education offices in Isfahan.
Read More »A Daily Overview of Human Rights Violations in Iran for December 26, 2018
HRANA – The following is an overview of human rights violations in Iran on December 26th, 2018 based on the information compiled and verified by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA).
Read More »Elderly Baha’i Man Arrested for Third Time for Peacefully Practicing His Religion
CHRI – “…The agents repeatedly cursed and insulted him and called him a ‘Baha’i dog’” Formerly imprisoned Baha’i faith member Ali Ahmadi has been arrested for a third time in Iran on the charge of “propaganda against the state,” this time for having a holy book inside his home, a source with knowledge about his case informed the Center for …
Read More »Imprisoned Attorney Mohammad Najafi Facing More Jail Time for Criticizing Supreme Leader
CHRI – Imprisoned defense attorney Mohammad Najafi was taken to court in the Iranian city of Shazand, Markazi Province, on December 19, 2018, to face an additional charge for criticizing Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in a letter.
Read More »Female Student Jailed For Demanding Mother’s Release
Iran-HRM – Afsaneh Rezaei, a student of Shiraz University, was taken to Adel-Abad Prison on December 24, 2018 to serve a six-month sentence.
Read More »Iranian Azerbaijani Poet Flogged 74 Times For “Spreading Propaganda”
Iran-HRM – An Iranian Azerbaijani poet and satirist was flogged 76 times Sunday, in a court in the city of Khoy, West Azerbaijan Province. Branch 103 of the Criminal Court of Khoy had earlier sentenced Mohammad Hossein Sodagar to 76 lashes for “spreading propaganda.”
Read More »Court Of Appeals Upholds Prison Sentence For Jailed Teacher Mohammad Habibi
Iran-HRM – Court of Appeals upheld 10-and-a-half-year prison sentence for jailed teacher Mohammad Habibi.
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