Arrest

Another lawyer arrested by security forces in Iran

Mohammad Hadi Erfanian Kasab, a lawyer in Iran, was arrested by security forces after appearing at Evin Prosecutor's Office and…

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Another group of those arrested during the January 2019 protests were sentenced to prison

11 citizens of Amol, named Ali Shokri, Azadeh Javani, Alireza Mohammadnejad, Aydin Javani, Fereshteh Mahmoudi, Hossein Mostafa Nia, Meysam…

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Severe concern for the family of Ali Younesi, a detained Sharif University scholar

Ali Younesi's family members have expressed deep concern over his health. Ali Younesi, Iran's medalist in astronomy…

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A number of those arrested during last January's protests over the downing of a Ukrainian plane have been sentenced to prison.

Five Amol citizens, named Shura Fekri, Meysam Khalili, Mohsen Rezaei, Salman Farrokhi, and another person named…

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Repression of activists continues in Iran; two student activists beaten and arrested

In recent days, two student activists and elite students of Sharif University of Technology, Ali Younesi, a computer engineering student,…

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Journalist Keyvan Samimi sentenced to five years in prison

Keyvan Samimi, a journalist and one of the detainees on International Workers' Day in Iran, has been sentenced to five years in prison.…

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Suppression of freedom of expression continues in Iran; two journalists arrested and sentenced in Kermanshah

Amir Babaei, a journalist from Kermanshah, was sentenced to two months in prison by the Court of Appeal. Also in recent days, another journalist…

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Another person arrested during the November 2019 protests was sentenced to prison

Javad Hosseini Nejad, another one of those arrested during the November 2019 protests, is currently being held in Vakil Abad Prison in Mashhad.

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