Civic activist

Letter from 100 civil society activists to overcome the "thief rule"; Tabarzadi: The Islamic Republic is not acceptable to the Iranian people

In a letter to the United Nations, dozens of political activists inside Iran called the Islamic Republic's government a "thief" and called for support for...

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Iranian civil and political activists against the "solitary cell" punishment

On Monday, March 1, a group of political and civil activists gathered at the Judicial Services Office in Tehran to protest against…

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Saba Kord Afshari, a civil activist imprisoned in Iran, has contracted the coronavirus

Sogand Kord Afshari, the sister of Saba Kord Afshari, a civil rights activist imprisoned in Iran, announced on Sunday, March 14, that her imprisoned sister had contracted the coronavirus.

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Sepideh Gholian was deported from Evin Prison to Bushehr Prison

Sepideh Gholian, a imprisoned civil activist, was deported from the women's ward of Evin Prison to Bushehr Prison in the late hours of Wednesday night, March 10…

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A group of women's rights activists gather in Laleh Park, Tehran

گروهی از فعالان مدنی و حوزه زنان روز سه‌شنبه ۱۹ اسفند با حضور در پارک لاله تهران خواستار تغییر برخی…

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Arrest of Kurdish civil activists; lack of information continues

"With the attack of about twenty to thirty plainclothes forces and with the cooperation of the security guards of Kharazmi University in Karaj, my brother was left without a trace...

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Civil Activists Protest Government Violence in Saravan; Amnesty International Calls for Independent Investigation

A number of Iranian civil and political activists have issued a statement in response to the recent violent events in Saravan, calling for accountability…

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Imposing the government's security narrative on civic activities regarding mother tongue education

"Concerns about the escalation of security pressures on minority rights activists and their families are serious." Twenty-two years ago, UNESCO, the organization…

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