VOA – The Trump administration is drawing more attention to concerns about human rights in Iran as part of its campaign to pressure Tehran into a new deal regarding its perceived malign activities.
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A Dismal Prison: a Brief Report on Conditions at Dezful
Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) – The gnawing pang of hunger, the festering of dirty sores, and the dread of what might happen if you look at the warden sideways. For the 1,300 people currently detained in Dezful Prison, these are private, everyday torments to which authorities there are less than sympathetic.
Read More »Fifth Baha’i Karaj Resident Detained
Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) – The crackdown on Iran’s Baha’i community continued September 24th with the arrest of Payam Shabani, a Baha’i resident of Karaj, a northwest suburb of Tehran.
Read More »IHR: Human Rights Defender Narges Mohammadi Should Not Return to Prison
Iran Human Rights – Narges Mohammadi, the prominent human rights defender, has been granted a three-day long furlough for the first time since she was imprisoned three years ago. Having been sentenced to 16 years in prison, she suffers from several health problems. Iran Human Rights (IHR) calls for her immediate release and medical treatment outside the prison.
Read More »Rouhani Falsely Claims Iran’s Imprisoned Dual Nationals Have Been Treated Fairly
CHRI – Two months after a judge in Iran told imprisoned Iranian British dual national Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffethat her freedom depends on the UK’s dealings with Iran, Iran’s president has stated on the record that her foreign citizenship has not impacted her case.
Read More »Families of Kurdish Prisoners Held Incommunicado Fear Imminent Execution
CHRI – Two Kurdish men, Houshmand Alipour and Mohammad Ostad-Ghader, have been held incommunicado inside Iran’s Intelligence Ministry detention center in Sanandaj, Kurdistan Province, since they were arrested on August 3, 2018, the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) has learned.
Read More »17 Baha’is Arrested in One Month in Iran
CHRI – Seventeen members of the Baha’i faith were arrested by agents of the Intelligence Ministry throughout Iran between August 23 and September 23, 2018, the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) has learned.
Read More »Iranian civic rights activists challenge authorities with hunger strikes
Al-Monitor – Farhad Meysami, a physician and human rights activist, began a dry hunger strike Sept. 8 to protest his imprisonment on the charge of spreading “propaganda against the establishment.” Meysami was arrested in July for possession and distribution of a badgestating his opposition to the compulsory hijab and for expressing solidarity with the protests against mandatory veiling earlier this year, which resulted in the arrests of …
Read More »US State department condemns human rights violations in Iran
Shabtabnews – Spokesperson Nauert, Senior Policy Brian Advisor Hook, and Ambassador Michael Kozak brief the press on human rights in Iran at the Foreign Press Center in NewYork City on September 28, 2018. In the briefing Ms Nauert condemned the Iranian regime’s oppression of religious minorities like Gonabadi Sufis, Bahia’s, & Christian converts.
Read More »30 days of lack of information about the whereabouts of eight Gonabadi Sufi prisoners
Shabtabnews – The families of these eight Sufis have received no information about their physical condition or their location for the last 30 days.
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