Source: RFE/RL’s RadioFarda A group of 54 Iranian lawyers who expressed support for the family of Mahsa Amini after she died in police custody have been summoned by judicial authorities …
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Aras Amiri, a former British Council employee, was held in Evin prison with seven members of the Persian Wildlife Heritage Foundation Source: The Guardian By Patrick Wintour ras Amiri has …
‘Loss for Iran’s wildlife’: woman jailed in Tehran calls for environmentalists’ release Read More
Source: Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) On May 9, 2023, Fatemeh (Mojgan) Tadrisi was arrested by security forces and taken to Qarchak Prison in Varamin. According to HRANA, the …
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Source: RadiaFarda (RFE/RL) Iranian labor activist Sepideh Gholian has been handed a two-year prison sentence for chanting a slogan against Iran’s supreme leader shortly after her recent release from detention. Gholian was …
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Source: United Nations News Three imprisoned Iranian women journalists – whose reporting helped spark the nationwide protests surrounding the death of Mahsa Amini in police custody – are the recipients …
Imprisoned Iranian women journalists receive UNESCO press freedom prize Read More
Source: RadioFarda (RFE/RL) A group of 20 prominent Iranian female civil and political activists have condemned the imprisonment of fellow activist Golrokh Ebrahimi Iraee, who was sentenced to seven years …
‘Brutal’ Imprisonment Of Iranian Female Activist Condemned Read More
Source: Human Rights Activists’ News Agency (HRANA) The Tehran Revolutionary Court recently sentenced jailed student Samaneh Asghari to 18 years and 3 months in prison. If the verdict is upheld …
Iran Protests: Samaneh Asghari Sentenced to over 18 Years Read More
Seven prominent women activists and journalists who had been detained were released from Tehran’s Evin prison, on Thursday. In a video taken moments after their release, they are seen defiantly …
Women activists chant anti-regime slogans outside prison, right after their release Read More
By Mohammad Zarghami and Michael Scollon Source: RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty (RFE/RL) Since she was first jailed in 2018 for covering labor strikes at a local sugar factory, journalist and activist Sepideh Gholian has …
‘Threatened With Death And Rape’: Iranian Activist Back Behind Bars After Exposing Prisoner Abuse Read More
Source: Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) Several inmates convicted of violent crimes recently beat political prisoner Soheila Hijab while she was on a hunger strike in Gharchak Prison in …
Soheila Hijab Beaten in Garchak Prison While on Hunger Strike Read More