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Concerns grow as Iran mixes political prisoners with criminals in jails

The Iranian prison system continues to expose political prisoners to significant risks by failing to adhere to the principle of separating inmates based on...

Iran releases Ahoo Daryaei after controversial protest against gov’t policies

Ahoo Daryaei, the Iranian university student who staged a protest against the government by stripping down her clothes in Tehran, has been released by authorities...

Human rights organizations petition UNHRC to pressure Iran authorities for release of activist Narges Mohammadi

A coalition of human rights organizations urged the United Nations Human Rights Council on Monday to intervene for the urgent medical release of imprisoned Iranian human...

The prison sentence of human rights defender Ahmadreza Haeri increased arbitrarily

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...

Canada reportedly foils Iranian plot to kill former justice minister Irwin Cotler

Tehran alleged to have targeted retired politician, 84, who is also human rights activist and critic of Iran

German lawmakers sponsor four Iranian protesters on death row

our German parliamentarians have taken on political sponsorships for four Iranian protesters who were recently sentenced to death over their alleged involvement in the...

Iranians Memorialize 1,500 Martyrs Murdered in 2019

Calling for accountability in the murder of as many as 1,500 martyrs killed during the Bloody November 2019-2020 nationwide civil protests in Iran, precipitated...

Iranian Kurdish Teacher Held for Two Months, Condition Unknown

An Iranian Kurdish teacher has been detained by security forces for nearly two months, with his current condition remaining unknown. Rezgar Roshani was arrested on...