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Iranian authorities have allowed imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi to be hospitalized after almost nine weeks of feeling sick, a group campaigning...

For several months, some women in Isfahan have been receiving anonymous warning messages regarding their hijab, Shargh Daily reported on October 25, 2024. Sent under...

The news of Maryam Akbari Monfared’s extended sentence was deeply shocking this week. A mother of three daughters, Maryam was arrested while putting her...

Mohammadi is the 19th woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize and the second Iranian woman after human rights activist Shirin Ebadi in 2003.

I was 13 years old when the Islamic Revolution toppled the Iranian government in 1979. Though I was a Christian living in a largely...

Yalda Zarbakhch

Amnesty International

Mahnaz Parakand is a lawyer and activist from Iran. A long standing defender of women’s rights, she was arrested and sentenced to death for participating in political demonstrations in 1981 while still a student. Her sentence was later commuted to imprisonment. Her difficulties with the authorities didn’t end there, as she was prevented from obtaining her license to practice the law for a long time after graduation. Once she received her degree, she joined the Defenders of Human Rights Center in Iran. After facing the threat of execution again, she left Iran and now lives in Norway, where she continues to work as an activist, standing up for the rights of women. On the occasion of International Women Human Rights Defenders Day, we asked Mahnaz some questions for her to talk about how she stands up for human rights.

Dr. Behnaz Amani and Zaniyar Tondro

Federal prosecutors on Tuesday charged a military official with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps of Iran and three others with links to that government...

Deprivation of Their Basic Rights Is a Crime Against Humanity

The Centre for Supporters of Human Rights