Human Rights Defender, Arsh Sadeghi, Was Return To Prison After Surgery

Arash Sadeghi, seriously ill prisoner of conscience and human rights defender Arash Sadeghi, who has been diagnosed with a rare form of bone cancer, was returned back to prison after a surgery, while he needs further special medical care. He was admitted in Khomeini Hospital, in Tehran, and supposed to get medical care for 25 days, but... Read More

Geneva conference calls for inquiry into 1988 prisoners massacre in Iran

In a conference held in Geneva, Switzerland, human rights defenders and activists called for investigation regarding the execution of thousands of Iranian prisoners in 1988. The conference also urged to bring the perpetrators to justice. Many of them, Surprisingly hold important positions  in the Iranian regime. Ruhollah Khomeini,... Read More

Six Members of Baha’i Community were arrested in Iran

Six members of Iran’s Baha’i community were arrested by the Ministry of Intelligence agents in the city of Shiraz, south central Iran on 15 & 16 September. They were identified as Soudabeh Haghighat, Navid Bazmandegan, Bahareh Ghaderi, Elaheh Samizadeh, Ehsan Mahboub Rahvafa and Noura Pourmoradian. Ministry of Intelligence... Read More

Rajai Shahr Prison inmates’ letter to share their memories of Loghman Moradi, Zanyar Moradi, and Ramin Hossein Panahi

Almost one week after the hangings of Loghman Moradi, Zanyar Moradi, and Ramin Hossein Panahi, their fellow prisoners have written a letter to condemn their execution. The letter was written from the Rajai Shahr Prison in Karaj, on Wednesday, 12 September, 2018. The prisoners who have signed the letter are as follow: Arash Sadeghi,... Read More

47 Baha’i Students Barred From Higher Education in Iran

At least 47 students have been deprived from continuing higher education due to their conviction. They had participated in and passed the national university entrance examination, some with outstanding results, but when checking in for their on line account, they received a message stating “deficient Fill” in the Evaluation Organization... Read More

Evin Prison female political prisoner Message in response to the execution of three Kurdish prisoners

Narges Mohammadi, Nasrin Sotoudeh, Golrokh Ibrahimi Irai, Maryam Akbari Monfared, Atena Daemi, Azita Rafizadeh, and Negin Ghadamian, Seven civil activists and political prisoners detained in Evin prison, in a message in response to the execution of "Loghman Moradi", "Zanyar Moradi" and "Ramin Hussein Panahi", stated their... Read More

Prolonged Detention of Iranian Environmental Activists

Seven environmentalists, who were arrested by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in Tehran, in January 2018, remain in detention with extremely limited access to legal counsel while their families have no information about any charges against them and their fate. The detainees, who are former and current staff members of the... Read More

Three Kurdish Political Prisoners, Were Executed

Three Kurdish political prisoners, Ramin Hossein Panahi, Zaniar and Loghman Moradi, were executed. Despite Iranian, Kurdish and international efforts to stop the executions, Iranian authorities executed these three long-time Kurdish prisoner Ramin Hossein Panahi, along with Zaniar and Loghman Moradi, 0n 8 September. ars News agency,... Read More

Urgent: Kurdish Political Prisoners In Imminent Danger Of Execution

Zanyar and Loghman Moradi have been to solitary confinement and according to Loghman’s father; they are on a dry hunger strike, and a few hours after their transfer, the public phones in Rajai Shahr Prison were cut off without any explanation which is worrying their family. There are fears that these tow political prisoners and Ramin... Read More

Iranian authorities have increased their crackdown against human rights defenders

According to Human Rights Watch: “Since 31 August, 2018, Iranian authorities have arrested four more human rights defenders, as well as Reza Khandan, husband of the prominent imprisoned human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh, all in Tehran. The authorities should immediately release these human rights defenders, who appear to have been... Read More

Truck drivers protesting in various cities in Iran

Truck drivers across various cities throughout Iran are on strike, protesting low wages and increase in the prices of spare of parts. This is another round of such protests in Iran and has always led to crushing blows to the mullahs’ apparatus. In various cities of Iran protest rallies were held by the truckers who parked their vehicles... Read More

Iran’s National Currency Crisis

The devaluation of Iran’s national currency continues to accelerate in what could be a sign of the early effectiveness of the return of American sanctions that had previously been suspended under the 2015 Iran nuclear deal. After President Donald Trump withdrew from that agreement, it was announced that the sanctions would come back into... Read More