Iranian free speech activist Hossein Ronaghi has sewn his lips together in protest following the reported suicide of fellow activist Kianoosh Sanjari, according to posts on his social media account.
he UN General Assembly on Wednesday passed a resolution criticizing the Islamic Republic for its human rights record especially over women's rights, expressing special...
On 12 November 2024, human rights defender Ahmadreza Haeri announced that Branch 36 of the Tehran Revolutionary Court had increased the human rights defender’s...
As six young Iranians now await execution in what is chillingly known as the “Ekbatan Case,” the Iranian regime once again reveals its brutal commitment to suppressing dissent.
Their...
Kianoosh Sanjari, an Iranian journalist and activist, died by suicide this week after demanding the release of prisoners. In a 2022 interview, he told DW about how solitary confinement had affected his life.
Iranian activist Kianoosh Sanjari, who died by suicide this week in protest at political imprisonments by the regime, was buried Friday in the capital...
The US special envoy to Iran and international rights groups blamed Iranian authorities on Friday for the suicide of Iranian journalist and activist Kianoosh...
