for questioning after criticizing the Iranian government’s management of the country’s widening COVID-19 outbreak via postings on their social media accounts. Those who’ve been arrested include previously imprisoned Shiraz councilman… ...
New Rule Strengthens Long-Standing Discrimination Against Persecuted Religious Minorities, Especially Bahai’s January 27, 2020 – In a new rule that severely discriminates against all unrecognized minority religions in Iran, the… ...
A grieving mother who vowed to continue pursuing her slain son’s pursuit of freedom. A housewife who lost her life while trying to save a victim of state violence. A… ...
is observed each year on November 16. The UN says tolerance means “respect and appreciation of the rich variety of our world’s cultures [and] our forms of expression” and “recognizes… ...
November to honor their ailing spiritual leader Nour-Ali Tabandeh, who had been hospitalized due to complications from his own hunger strike, the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) has… ...
A Baha’i woman started serving a prison sentence and a Baha’i man was charged with national security crimes for his peaceful social media activities amidst the Iranian judiciary’s ongoing persecution… ...
2019. He has been banned from making films or leaving Iran since 2017. International film festivals including the Cannes Film Festival, as well as two prominent Iranian directors, have condemned… ...
sentencing of award-winning filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof to one year in prison for the content of his films has highlighted the perilous political landscape independent artists must navigate in Iran. “Iranian… ...
Former Political Prisoners Condemn the Criminalization of Free Speech in Iran A group of prominent political and civil rights activists in Iran has issued a statement condemning the imprisonment of… ...
a one-year prison sentence,” Hajati’s wife Zohreh Rastegari tweeted on June 2, 2019. A member of the Shiraz City Council, Hajati had been arrested in October 2018 and held for… ...
From left to right: Minoo Riyazati, Emad Jaberi, Farideh Jaberi, Asadollah Jaberi, Ehteram Sheikhi. A revolutionary court in… ...
Iran’s Chief Justice Ebrahim Raisi has appointed Ali Alghasi-Mehr as the new prosecutor general of Tehran. Two months after being appointed by the supreme leader as Iran’s new chief justice,… ...
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