Iran Human Rights

Iran Prison Attack Sparks Hunger Strike and Call for Investigation

Iran Focus London, 19 Oct - Nearly 60 juvenile and political prisoners in Urmia Central Prison went on a hunger strike on October 17...

Iranian City Councillor Arrested for Speaking out Against Repression

Iran Focus London, 17 Oct - Over the past two months, Iranian intelligence officials have increased arrests of the Baha’i religious minority with no...

Iran Upholds Death Penalty for Tortured Man After Unfair Trial

Iran Focus London, 16 Oct - The highest court in Iran has upheld the death sentence for an imprisoned Kurdish man, who faced an...

Continued Imprisonment for Iranian Environmentalists Who Have yet to Be Charged

Iran Focus London, 14 Oct - In January and February 2018, eight environmental activists were detained in Iran without clear charges. Human Rights Watch...

Political Prisoners in Iran Face Intensifying Pressure

Iran Focus London, 14 Oct - Political prisoners in Hall 10, Ward 4 of Gohardasht Prison in Karaj are experiencing increased pressure as their...

Iranian Political Prisoners Urge UN Special Rapporteur to Visit Iran

Iran Focus London, 13 Oct - Three Iranian political prisoners have penned a letter to United Nations Special Rapporteur Javaid Rehman on the World...

Iran’s Dire Human Rights Record for September

Iran Focus London, 4 Oct - Every month, Iran Human Rights Monitor releases a report in the situation of human rights in Iran and...

Over 2,000 Sign Letter Demanding the Release of Iranian Political Prisoner

Iran Focus London, 1 Oct - Over 2,200 doctors and civil rights activists have sent a letter to the Ministry of Culture and Islamic...

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Message from a Political Prisoner Inside Iran’s Prisons

Imprisoned student Amirhossein Moradi, responding to an offer by the Iranian regime’s judiciary to grant him a pardon, declared...

Record Number of Imprisoned Writers Worldwide. Iran Ranks Second with 53 Jailed Writers

PEN America announced in its latest annual report on the state of freedom of expression worldwide that the number...

IRGC Members Arrested in Kuwait, Woman Sentenced to Life in Prison in Bahrain for Cooperation with IRGC

As the Iranian regime continues its destabilizing activities against countries in the region, Kuwait announced the arrest of four...

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Strait of Hormuz: Show of Power or Beginning of New Tensions

At the same time as tensions in the Middle...

Food Inflation and the Erosion of the Middle Class in Iran’s Economy

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