Iran News
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Floods Strike Five Additional Iranian Provinces; At Least Seven Dead in Bushehr and Hormozgan
Reports from Iran indicate that floods have affected more than seven provinces across the country, with at least seven people…
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Human Rights Watch Calls for Swift Passage of Women’s Protection Bill in Iran
Human Rights Watch has urged Iranian authorities to expedite amendments to the bill titled “Protection, Dignity, and Security of Women…
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Massoumeh Ebtekar’s Claims in Response to VOA Tablet Program Spark Controversy on Twitter; Protest Over Hypocrisy and Double Standards of Islamic Republic Officials
After Massoumeh Ebtekar denied the VOA’s Tablet program report about her son, saying he is in the United States for…
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Civil activist Amirpornang Sarmadi Tehrani arrested without summons and transferred to Babol Prison
The defense lawyer of Amirpornang Sarmadi Tehrani, a civil activist residing in Babolsar, says that he was arrested illegally and…
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Human Rights Defenders’ Letter to Khamenei: Free Nasrin Sotoudeh
A number of human rights organizations have published an open letter protesting Nasrin Sotoudeh’s return to prison. The letter is…
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Amnesty International Calls for Halt to Finger Amputation Sentences for Six Iranian Prisoners
Amnesty International released a report calling for the cessation of imminent finger amputation sentences for six prisoners in Iran. Amnesty…
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Counterfeit Alcohol Consumption Claims Lives of Three in Golestan
The Public Relations Office of Golestan University of Medical Sciences reported the deaths of three people due to counterfeit alcohol…
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Hamed Gharaoglani Sentenced to Death and 13 Years and 3 Months Imprisonment
Hamed Gharaoglani, a political prisoner at Urmia Prison, has been sentenced to death by Branch 2 of Urmia Revolutionary Court.…
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