Iran
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Solitary confinement is torture for every living being/ Reza Akvanian's conversation with Narges Mohammadi
Narges Mohammadi is a human rights activist, former political prisoner, and spokesperson for the Human Rights Defenders Association. She has experienced repeated arrests by…
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An increase of several thousand people in the official death toll recorded in November 2019
The results of a study show that the mortality rate in Iran increased significantly in November 2019…
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Blackouts: The War of Gold between the IRGC and the Government
Widespread blackouts in Iran over the past few days come as the government claims cryptocurrency miners are disrupting the country's electricity supply...
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Head of Flood Assessment Committee: Disaster in Iran is "deeper than power outages and water rationing"
An expert in Iran emphasized that all of the country's renewable water resources have been tapped, making this…
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A Kurdish political prisoner was sentenced to "40 years in prison"
A human rights group reported that the Iranian judiciary has sentenced Kurdish political prisoner Mohammad Hosseini to 40 years in prison.
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The official number of coronavirus victims in Iran approached 80,000
With the death of 208 patients infected with the coronavirus in Iran in the past 24 hours, the total number of deaths from the disease in the country has reached…
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The Guardian Council has approved the qualifications of seven candidates.
The Guardian Council has completed the review of the qualifications of presidential election candidates and their names have been sent to the Ministry of Interior.…
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Arash Sadeghi in first interview after release: Respect for human rights should be a condition for lifting sanctions against the Islamic Republic
Arash Sadeghi, a former political prisoner who was recently released from Rajai Shahr Prison, spoke in his first interview since…
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