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Iran prepares to treat women who violate hijab law

Women's Rights
The Iranian authorities have announced their intention to open special clinics to assist women who, in violation of current regulations, appear in public without...

Iranian student arrested in her underwear is latest symbol in fight for rights

Opinion
Nilo Tabrizy

US, rights groups denounce Iran over journalist’s suicide

Human Rights
The US special envoy to Iran and international rights groups blamed Iranian authorities on Friday for the suicide of Iranian journalist and activist Kianoosh...

Iran hangs man ‘for second time’ after previous execution halted: NGO

Capital Punishment
Iran hanged a 26-year-old man for a second time Wednesday months after a previous execution was halted half a minute in, an NGO said. Ahmad...

Rights group urges UN to investigate Iran’s 2019 protest crackdown

Human Rights
he US-based Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) urged the United Nations and member states to immediately hold Iranian authorities accountable for a...

Civic space shrinks as executions rise, warns independent rights expert

Human Rights
Civic space in the Islamic Republic of Iran is shrinking, as human rights defenders and journalists continue to be targeted and charged for “vaguely...

Six More Young Protesters Sentenced to Death in Iran After Grossly Unfair Trial

Human Rights
Ruling Meant to Intimidate Public on Eve of Anniversary of Bloody November 2019 Protests

Iran announces ‘treatment clinic’ for women who defy strict hijab laws

Women's Rights
The move has been described as ‘chilling’ by activists and rights groups as arrests mount over dress code breaches

Activist takes own life in protest at Iranian regime

Human Rights
A well-known Iranian human rights activist has killed himself in protest at what he called the dictatorship of Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. In...

Five Years Later, Still No Justice for Iran’s Massacre of November 2019 Protesters

Persecution
Credible Estimates Say State Security Forces Killed More than 1000 Protesters

Kurdish activist fled Iran into Italy nightmare

Story
By Judith RENOULT After fleeing Iran and making the perilous journey across the Mediterranean, Kurdish activist Maysoon Majidi did not expect to be jailed in...

Two Teenage Girls Commit Suicide Due to School Authorities’ Mistreatment

Women's Rights
Arezoo Khavari, a 16-year-old student residing in Shahr-e Rey, was reported to have died by suicide on November 3. According to her father, she...
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