Human rights

The International Federation of Journalists called for the cancellation of Keyvan Samimi's prison sentence.

The International Federation of Journalists condemned the prison sentence of Keyvan Samimi, a journalist and one of the detainees on International Workers' Day in…

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20 human rights organizations call on Iran to immediately release female political prisoners

Twenty international and Iranian human rights organizations have called on Iranian authorities in an open letter to release female political prisoners...

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Nine Baha'i citizens sentenced to over 51 years in prison

Nine Baha’i citizens living in Birjand have been sentenced to a total of 51 years and 8 months in prison by the city’s Revolutionary Court.…

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Human Rights Commissioner expresses concern over execution of prisoners following protests in Iranian prisons

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, while condemning the execution of two juvenile offenders in Iran four days apart,…

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UN warns of hate speech against minorities during coronavirus crisis

The United Nations is concerned about the exploitation of the Corona crisis to advance economic and political interests and attack…

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A journalist in Iran was fired for criticizing Environmental Protection Agency officials.

Zeinab Rahimi, an environmental reporter for ISNA News Agency, following criticism of the Director General of Public Relations of the Environmental Protection Agency in…

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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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