UN report highlights serious Iran human rights violations November 02, 2024 A report by the United Nation's new special rapporteur on Iran ’s human rights highlighted the country's fraught record and called f...
Protests in Iran to lift extensive internet filtering October 27, 2024 Following a protest in Iran by a vigilante group opposing calls to lift internet restrictions, a prominent politician has gained support b...
Yemen's Houthis escalate crackdown October 24, 2024 In their latest wave of arrests, Houthi rebels in Yemen have jailed scores of people for celebrating a national holiday on what the Iran-ba...
Iranian journalists, activists forced to delete posts October 12, 2024 Iranian authorities have intensified a crackdown on journalists and political activists by forcing them to erase social media posts and coe...
Iran's intimidation tactics to silence activists October 09, 2024 Iranian authorities are restricting the flow of information about last month's coal mine explosion in Tabas which killed at least 51 wo...
New restrictions on social media in Iran October 05, 2024 The Tehran Prosecutor's Office has filed criminal charges against individuals accused of "creating fear to harm the psychological ...
Iran's clerical rule critic Ahmad Ghadiani arrested October 01, 2024 Iranian security forces have arrested Abolfazl Ghadiani, a former revolutionary who has become an outspoken critic of Iran 's Supreme Le...
Rejecting the hijab is intolerable in Iran September 26, 2024 Despite Iran ’s new president, Masoud Pezeshkian, pledging to end harassment by the notorious 'morality police' over violent hijab e...
Public mourning remains restricted in Iran September 21, 2024 In the wake of the "Woman, Life, Freedom" uprising's anniversary, grieving families across Iran , in the face of heightened se...
1,500 executed in Iran since 2022 protests September 18, 2024 At least 1,425 people have been executed in Iran since Mahsa Amini ’s death in custody sparked a nationwide protest movement in September 20...
Unpaid workers protest across Iran July 08, 2024 Workers gathered in at least ten cities across Iran on Sunday to demand better working conditions and unpaid wages as presidential election...
Crackdown in Iran Intensifies on dissident rappers July 01, 2024 The repression of rappers in Iran continues unabated, with at least three individuals recently arrested, underscoring the ongoing suppressi...
Iranians boycott presidential elections June 27, 2024 Several student organizations, women's and youth groups are adding their voices to the growing collective effort to boycott the upcoming...
Swedish-Iranian prisoner starts hunger strike June 26, 2024 Iranian-Swedish academic Ahmad Reza Jalali, who has been on death row in Iran for eight years, will begin a hunger strike this week, his wi...
Iran Arrests Journalists During Presidential Campaign June 23, 2024 An Iranian newspaper has denounced the arrest of four journalists during the presidential election campaign, suggesting that it was orchest...
Iranian blogger receives public threat of rape June 11, 2024 Iranian Former political prisoner Hossein Ronaghi has alleged that security forces threatened him with sexual assault and confiscated his b...
Oppression of of Sunni Muslims, opposition by Houthis June 05, 2024 The Executive Director at SAM for Rights and Liberties noted that people who oppose the Iran -backed Houthis, including journalists, human r...
Iranian Activists call for freedom in Oslo June 04, 2024 The 16th annual Oslo Freedom Forum (OFF) commenced on Monday, highlighting the plight of Iranian protesters who lost their eyes and showcas...
Iran's Dissident Filmmaker prefers Exile May 19, 2024 Prominent filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof explained that the reason he recently fled Iran was to share the brutal truth of life under Iran’s th...
Iran's political groups oppose the clerical rule May 12, 2024 Iran ’s exiled Prince Reza Pahlavi told the international community on Saturday that if diplomacy fails to resolve the current crisis in the...