Human rights

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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Statement by a group of mothers of political and civil martyrs: January 25, a day of tribute to those killed in November

A number of mothers and family members of political and civil victims in Iran have issued a statement declaring January 5th as...

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Javad Larijani denies killing of “protesters” in November crackdown

The secretary of the Judiciary's Human Rights Headquarters claims that there were no protesters among those killed in the November protests. The spokesperson…

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