Human rights

Call on the Security Council to condemn Iran's violence against protesters

A number of human rights defenders inside and outside Iran have called for it in a letter to the rotating president of the Security Council…

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Mike Pompeo calls for immediate release of Pouya Bakhtiari's family

With the arrest of Pouya Bakhtiari's family, the US Secretary of State called for their release and called on the international community to stand with the people of Iran...

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Fariba Adelkhah and Kylie Moore Gilbert will go on a "dry food strike" in Evin Prison starting Christmas Eve.

Fariba Adelkhah, an Iranian-French citizen, and Kylie Moore Gilbert, an Australian citizen, who are imprisoned in Iran, have released a letter from…

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Pouya Bakhtiari's family members arrested

The family of Pouya Bakhtiari, one of the people killed in the November protests, were arrested. The reason for the arrest was to prevent the 40th anniversary of Pouya Bakhtiari’s death.

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Kurdish writer and researcher sentenced to 69 months in prison in a trial without a defense lawyer

In recent days, Mojgan Kavsi, a Kurdish writer and researcher from Kelardasht, was sentenced to 5 years and…

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Three Baha'i citizens sentenced to a total of 12 years in prison in the Court of Appeal

The Court of Appeals issued the sentences of Yalda Firouzian, Ardeshir Fanaian, and Behnam Eskandarian, Baha'i citizens residing in Semnan. The Defense Campaign…

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Prosecutor's Office Opposes Conditional Release of Nazanin Zaghari and Narges Mohammadi

In addition to opposing the conditional release of Nazanin Zaghari and Narges Mohammadi, the Tehran Prosecutor's Office also opposed granting them leave of absence.

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The United Nations condemned human rights violations in Iran in a resolution.

The United Nations General Assembly, in its Wednesday afternoon session (December 28), condemned human rights violations in Iran in a resolution…

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