Shabtabnews In this dark night, I have lost my way – Arise from a corner, oh you the star of guidance.

CHRI – Imprisoned civil rights activists Golrokh Ebrahimi Iraee and Atena Daemi have pledged to escalate their week-long hunger strike into a dry one unless they are returned from Gharchak Prison to the Women’s Ward of Evin Prison by February 10, 2018.

CHRI – At least 20 ethnic Baluchis were killed and 19 wounded after being shot by law enforcement agents who were allegedly pursuing suspected traffickers in Iran’s Sistan and Baluchestan Province in 2017, according to a local human rights group. 

CHRI – The wife of a Swedish resident imprisoned in Tehran has revealed the way her husband, Ahmadreza Djalali, was coerced into making potentially incriminating statements before he was sentenced to deathfor allegedly engaging in espionage.

CHRI – Up to 5,000 people facing death in Iran could be saved as a result of a recently revised law–but there’s a catch. Here’s the story of an emerging Iranian policy regarding capital punishment.

Al-Monitor – was in the Italian city of Milan on April 15, 2015, when I decided to attend the local soccer match at San Siro Stadium. Milan had been one my favorite teams since childhood, and San Siro seemed like a good choice for my first time seeing a soccer game live at an arena. Since emigrating from Iran in 2012, I had often …