Borrell, EU Must Speak Out Against Growing Human Rights Crisis in Iran
Same Efforts Applied to Nuclear Deal Can and Should Be Given to Human Rights President Biden Has Also Remained Silent on State’s Violent Crackdown in Iran June 27, 2022 -… ...
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June 3, 2022
Iran Should Be Ejected from ILO’s Governing Board Says Iran’s National Teacher Organization
Open Letter Condemns Iran’s “Brutal Repression” of Trade Unions and Labor Activists June 2, 2022—In an open letter to the delegates at the International Labour Organization’s (ILO) 110th Session of… ...
May 26, 2022
85 Lawyers Call on Iranian Government to Respect Right to Protest
In an unprecedented display of unity in defense of the Iranian people, 85 lawyers from Iran have signed an open letter calling on the Iranian government to respect the right… ...
May 17, 2022
Protesters Killed While Iran’s Government Blocks Internet and Media Coverage
May 17, 2022 – At least five protesters are dead amid a violent state crackdown on street demonstrations in Iran, while the authorities have blocked internet access in protest hot… ...
May 6, 2019
Journalists Condemn Arrest of Reformist Reporter Ahead of World Press Freedom Day
Marzieh Amiri, a reporter for the reformist Shargh newspaper, has been in Evin Prison’s Ward 209 under the control of the Intelligence Ministry since she was arrested while covering a… ...
May 1, 2019
Security Forces Arrest Protesters in Front of Iran’s Parliament on Labor Day
…Workers’ Day, May 1, 2019, was violently repressed after police and plainclothes security agents attacked the crowd and arrested dozens of workers. Those arrested include prominent bus trade unionist Reza… ...
January 4, 2019
Labor Activist Smaeil Bakhshi Tortured by Agents of Rouhani’s Intelligence Ministry
Held Without Access to Lawyer, Bakhshi Beaten During 25-Day Detention January 4, 2018—The beating and torture of the labor activist Smaeil Bakhshi (also spelled Esmail Bakhshi), while he was in… ...
February 22, 2018
Letter from Evin Prison Highlights Grim Plight of Political Prisoners in Iran
Rights Activist, Condemning Iranian Judiciary’s “Subservience” to Security Agencies, is One of Many Languishing Behind Bars February 22, 2018—The recent letter to Iran’s judiciary chief by imprisoned human rights activist… ...
December 22, 2017
Political Prisoners in Rajaee Shahr Prison Denied Basic Rights Including Heat in Cold Winter Months
“All they want to do is harass the political prisoners.” The authorities of Rajaee Shahr Prison are keeping political prisoners in unbearably cold conditions without providing protection, a source with… ...
December 18, 2017
Iran’s Judiciary Should Free Labor Activist Reza Shahabi Who Suffered Stroke
Update: Reza Shahabi was released on March 19, 2018. December 19, 2017—The Iranian judiciary should immediately free ailing trade unionist Reza Shahabi, who recently suffered a stroke in Rajaee Shahr… ...
December 15, 2017
Rajaee Shahr Prison Officials Refuse to Hospitalize Labor Activist Reza Shahabi After He Has a Stroke
An imprisoned trade unionist, Reza Shahabi, has been denied hospitalization despite suffering a stroke, according to a statement by the Union of Workers of the Tehran and Suburbs Bus Company… ...
November 17, 2017
Rajaee Shahr Prison Inmates Fed With Livestock Feed
A political prisoner in Rajaee Shahr Prison in Iran, labor activist Reza Shahabi, has revealed that prison authorities have been providing inmates with livestock feed and mistreating them in the… ...
November 14, 2017
Tehran Governor Pleased With His Imaginary Tolerance of Peaceful Protests
The governor of Tehran Province, Mohammad Hossein Moghimi, has erroneously declared that since President Hassan Rouhani took office in 2013, protests in Iran’s capital city have been tolerated without the… ...
September 28, 2017
Iranian Bus Drivers and Activists Express Solidarity with Imprisoned Labor Activist Reza Shahabi
Update: With assurances from a senior official, labor activist Reza Shahabi ended his hunger strike in Rajaee Shahr Prison on September 27, 2017, after nearly two months of refusing food…. ...
September 21, 2017
Workers Peacefully Demanding Unpaid Wages Beaten and Arrested by Anti-Riot Police in Iranian City of Arak
“Poor workers don’t deserve to be beaten.” Anti-riot police forces stormed peaceful protests by workers at two industrial units in Arak, the capital of Iran’s Central Province, on September 19,… ...
September 20, 2017
Persistent Hunger Strikers at Rajaee Sharhr Prison in Iran Denied Medical Care
…Iran’s Rajaee Shahr Prison are being denied medical care after refusing food for more than one month to peacefully demand that the Iranian judiciary respect their rights. Robabeh Rezaei, the… ...
September 18, 2017
Two Political Prisoners on 48th Day of Hunger Strike at Rajaee Shahr Prison as Others Shift to Fast
Peaceful Protestors With Roses Arrested Outside Prison At least two political prisoners remain on the hunger strike they began on July 30, 2017, along with more than a dozen inmates… ...
September 12, 2017
Iranian Union Considers Mass Strike as Imprisoned Labor Activist’s Condition Deteriorates
…being returned to prison to serve an additional year behind bars two years after he was released. Reza Shahabi, a board member of the Union of Workers of the Tehran… ...
September 9, 2017
Authorities Ignore Starving Political Prisoners at Rajaee Shahr Prison, Restrict Family Visitations
Former Political Prisoners Implore Judiciary To Consider Prisoners’ Demands Forty days after more than 15 political prisoners went on a mass hunger strike in Iran’s Rajaee Shahr Prison, the authorities… ...
September 1, 2017
Imprisoned Labor Activist on Hunger Strike Needs Hospital Treatment, Wife Says
Reza Shahabi and his wife in their home grocery store. Three weeks on hunger strike in Rajaee Shahr Prison have inflicted serious physical harm on prominent labor activist Reza Shahabi,… ...
August 30, 2017
Condition of Hunger Strikers in Iranian Prison Deteriorates while Judiciary Does Nothing
Families Dismayed Over Lack of Critically Needed Medical Treatment at Rajaee Shar Prison August 30, 2017—The medical condition of more than a dozen political prisoners at Iran’s Rajaee Shar Prison,… ...
August 29, 2017
Families Dismayed Over Lack of Attention to Hunger Strikers in Iranian Prisons
Political prisoners Majid Asadi (right) and Jafar Eghdami. The parents of two political prisoners on hunger strike have expressed concern about their condition and treatment inside Rajaee Shahr Prison, where… ...
August 18, 2017
Labor Activist Forced to Stay Behind Bars Until December 2018 Despite Completing Sentence
Update: With assurances from a senior official, labor activist Reza Shahabi ended his hunger strike in Rajaee Shahr Prison on September 27, 2017, after nearly two months of refusing food…. ...
August 9, 2017
Prominent Labor Activist Returns to Prison After Medical Leave “Unapproved” by Prosecutor
Almost three years after he was released, prominent labor activist Reza Shahabi has returned to prison to serve the remainder of a six-year prison sentence to prevent the judiciary from… ...
June 16, 2017
Iran’s Judiciary Prevents Top Labor Activists From Attending International Conference
A travel ban imposed by the Iranian judiciary has prevented prominent labor rights activists Reza Shahabi and Davoud Razavi from attending an international labor conference in Switzerland, the Center for… ...