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Another Detainee of the January 2019 Protests Sentenced to 6 Years in Prison and Flogging
Seyed Mostafa Hashemizadeh, a civil engineering student at the University of Tehran who was arrested during the January 2019 protests, was sentenced by the Revolutionary Court…
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After protesting in Mashhad Prison and attempting suicide, Mohammad Nourizad was transferred to Evin Prison.
Some political and civil society activists in Iran have expressed concern over the transfer of Mohammad Nourizad, a political prisoner who recently protested the harassment of his family.
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Narges Mohammadi's criticism coincides with her sixth year in prison: Even giving me books is forbidden
As the sixth year of imprisonment for Narges Mohammadi, a human rights activist imprisoned in Iran, begins, Ms. Mohammadi wrote in a letter…
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Following the sharp decline in the value of Iran's currency due to US sanctions, the parliament renamed the currency "toman" by removing four zeros.
After the sharp decline in the value of the rial due to US sanctions, the Islamic Consultative Assembly on Monday, May 5, passed a bill to eliminate four…
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Two-year prison sentence for women's rights activist upheld in appeals court; crime: protesting mandatory hijab
The two-year prison sentence for women's rights activist Raha Ahmadi, previously issued by the Revolutionary Court, has been overturned.
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Greece relocates hundreds of asylum seekers due to coronavirus outbreak
Greece has relocated hundreds of migrants living in the Moria camp on the island of Lesbos to reduce overcrowding during the coronavirus pandemic.
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"Three billion people" do not have access to soap and water at home
While the global COVID-19 pandemic has clearly demonstrated the significant role of handwashing with soap and water in preventing the transmission of disease…
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Amnesty International calls for the immediate release of Nasrin Sotoudeh
Amnesty International, in a statement, referred to the dangers posed by the coronavirus outbreak in prisons, calling for the unconditional release of prisoners…
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