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

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

Six Political Prisoners Sentenced to Execution for PMOI Membership in Iran

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

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

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...

Iranian Authorities Allegedly Sexually Assaulted Journalist

Iranian Authorities Should Release Imprisoned Vida Rabbani Immediately

U.N. Resolution Highlights Religious Freedom Violations in Iran

A United Nations General Assembly committee has adopted a resolution expressing “serious concern” over the “ongoing severe limitations and increasing restrictions on the right...

Human rights lawyer sentenced to 13 years in prison

The human rights lawyer, Abdulfattah Soltani, has been sentenced to 13 years in prison by a revolutionary court in Tehran, Iran. Soltani was arrested last...

Two political prisoners sentenced to death as Iran’s execution rate soars

Two Iranian political prisoners have been sentenced to death by the Revolutionary Court in Urmia in separate cases. The sentences for Mehran Hasanzadeh and Hamid...