Iran Human Rights

Jailed Iranian rights lawyer in ‘good health’

AFP: Jailed Iranian rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh, who has been held in solitary confinement and reportedly began a hunger strike last month, ...

Iranian MP decries cyber police “violations” over blogger’s death

Reuters: A senior Iranian MP criticized the nation's cyber security force for "violations" in the wake of the death in police custody of...

Iran says blogger may have died as a result of “shock”: report

Reuters: Iran said on Thursday a blogger who died while in police custody may have lost his life as a result of a...

US sides with Iran and N. Korea in record UN vote over the death penalty

Daily Telegraph: A record 110 countries on Monday backed a resolution voted every two years at a UN General Assembly committee calling for...

U.N. experts ask Iran to explain blogger’s death in jail

Reuters: U.N. human rights experts called on Iran on Thursday to say how Iranian blogger Sattar Beheshti died in police custody. Beheshti who...

Arrests made over death of detained blogger: Iran

AFP: Iran has arrested several people over the death in detention of blogger Sattar Beheshti, prosecutors said Tuesday after complaints about his...

Iran prosecutor: Blogger died in police custody

AP Iran's state prosecutor confirmed Monday that a jailed blogger died in police custody last week and that wounds were found on his...

Iran to probe alleged death of a jailed blogger

AP: Iran's parliament announced Sunday it would probe reports that a jailed blogger died suspiciously in custody earlier this week, the official...

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Iran’s Economic Growth Decline Accelerates

The Statistical Center of Iran, a government agency of Iran's regime, announced in its latest report that the country's...

New Wave of Protests Across Various Iranian Cities

On June 21 and 22, a new wave of protest gatherings emerged across various cities in Iran. Students, university...

126th Week of ‘No to Executions Tuesdays’ Campaign in 57 Prisons

In the 126th week of the protest campaign "No to Executions Tuesdays," political prisoners in 57 prisons across Iran...

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Child Laborers: The Silent Victims of Poverty and Inflation in Iran

On June 15, the state-run Shargh newspaper published a...

New Wave of Protests Across Various Iranian Cities

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