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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...

US bill aims to protect citizens from Iranian murder-for-hire plots

ew bipartisan legislation aimed at increasing the penalties for crimes committed by foreign adversaries targets Iran’s government and the hired criminals it allegedly employs...

Concerns grow for imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi’s health in Iran

Imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi underwent a complex surgery in Iran that saw part of a bone in her right leg removed over...

Regional Australia has welcomed Iranian Bahá’ís with open arms. Back home, we’d be persecuted

The community-building activities my family and I participate in every week are a core part of our faith. In Iran, it would see us arrested