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Atefeh Rangriz sentenced to seven years in prison

Human Rights
On 22 November 2024, the Damghan Revolutionary Court sentenced woman human rights defender Atefeh Rangriz to seven years imprisonment on the charge of “forming...

Iranian Prisoners Hunger Strike Hits 45th Week with Widespread Support

Persecution
The "No Execution Tuesdays" campaign, a prisoner-led initiative against capital punishment in Iran, has entered its 45th consecutive week. On Tuesday, prisoners in at least...

European Parliament joins global chorus condemning Iran’s government for persecution of Baha’is and the abuse of women and other minorities

Minorities
An “urgency resolution” by the European Parliament “strongly condemned” the Iranian government’s “persecution of ethnic and religious minorities” yesterday with an overwhelming majority, citing a...

Iran blocks prominent Baha’i human rights expert from chairing UN Forum on Minority Issues

Minorities
The United Nations Forum on Minority Issues – running 28-29 November in Geneva, as part of the current UN Human Rights Council session – has drawn...

Iran condemned 14 political prisoners to death last month, rights groups say

Capital Punishment
ran sentenced at least 14 political prisoners to death in November and carried out at least 135 executions, the second-highest monthly total in 2024...

Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi released from prison months after court overturned death sentence

Persecution
The rapper was sentenced to death in April on the capital offence of “corruption on earth”

Zala Tomašič: United for Women’s Rights and Freedom in Iran

Women's Rights
The EU and member states have the resources and must show the political will to support the women and girls of Iran in their fight for a better future

Details of Iran’s new hijab law raise widespread concerns

Women's Rights
he details of Iran's new hijab law, unveiled by the government on Saturday, including stricter measures and the potential rise of vigilantism, have deeply...

Six Political Prisoners Sentenced to Execution for PMOI Membership in Iran

Capital Punishment
The Iranian regime’s judiciary has sentenced six political prisoners—Abolhassan Montazer, Pouya Ghobadi, Vahid Bani-Amrian, Babak Alipour, Ali Akbar Daneshvarkar, and Mohammad Taghavi—to execution following...

Iranian Regime Sentences Two Grieving Mothers of Aban to Prison for Advocacy

Human Rights
The Iranian regime has sentenced two bereaved mothers, Mahboubeh Ramezani and Rahimeh Yousefzadeh, each to 1.5 years in prison. These women, known as “Mothers...

Survivors of Iran’s protest crackdown demand justice from UN

Human Rights
urvivors of the Iranian government’s repression of the 2022 Woman, Life, Freedom movement have voiced a plea for truth, justice, and accountability to members...

Global Intellectuals Demand Freedom for Maryam Akbari Monfared

Human Rights
In a compelling statement published by Le Monde, a collective of 32 prominent intellectuals, human rights activists, women’s rights advocates, and political figures have called for the...
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