Iranian Lawmaker Says Government Is Seeking Alternative Punishments For Hijab Violators
RFL/RE - A member of the Iranian parliament has unveiled the government's plan for alternative punishments -- including financial ones -- to…
Social and Political
Iranian Sunni Cleric Says He Has Received Reports Of Sexual Assaults On Female Prisoners
RFL/RE - Iran’s top Sunni cleric, a vocal critic of the government, says he has received reports of sexual assaults…
Iran Rebroadcasts ‘Confessions,’ Raising Fears Four Kurds May Have Been Executed
RFL/RE - Iranian state television has aired for the second time the "confessions" of four Kurdish political prisoners -- admissions…
Iranian Public Figure Has Twitter Account Suspended After Threatening Protesters
Iranwire - Twitter has blocked the account of Ali Akbar Raefipour, a media activist and university professor close to the…
Iranian Police Official Arrested Over “Murder” Of Man Celebrating World Cup Defeat
Iranwire - The police chief of the northern Iranian city of Bandar Anzali has been arrested over the killing of…
“This Is Ward 2A, God Can’t Hear You”! Dissident’s Tale Of Torture In Tehran Prison
Iranwire - Arash Sadeghi has been arbitrary arrested and imprisoned on multiple occasions over the past 23 years for his…
US Says Iranian Military Boat Came Within 150 Yards of US Warships
VOA - The U.S. military said Tuesday that an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy boat came within 150 yards of…
Iran: Family under repeated attack for seeking justice: Elham Afkari and Vahid Afkari
Amnesty - In their latest retaliation against the Afkari family for seeking accountability, the Iranian authorities have been arbitrarily detaining…
Iran businesses on strike despite legal threats
Al-Monitor — Activists reported sweeping strikes in two-thirds of Iranian provinces on Tuesday, the second day of a civil disobedience campaign against…
Iran Arrests 12 With Alleged European Links: Report
RFL/RE - Iran's Revolutionary Guards have arrested 12 alleged members of a European-linked group accused of planning acts of sabotage…