Persian Spring

Anti-riot police forces stormed peaceful protests by workers at two industrial units in Arak, the capital of Iran’s Central Province, on September 19, 2017, and arrested several people, according to information received by the Center …

At least four prisoners have been executed by hanging at JawharDasht prison on Friday. The executed prisoners have been identified as Reda Haidari, Gashmid Jahanbakhsh, Saman Muhamadian and Saed Fatah. Five others have been executed …

At least four political prisoners in Iran’s Rajaee Shahr Prison are being denied medical care after refusing food for more than one month to peacefully demand that the Iranian judiciary respect their rights. Robabeh Rezaei, the wife …

At least one prisoner was executed in the Central Ardebil Prison, on Monday, September 18, 2017. The identity of the prisoner, who was convicted of having an illegitimate relationship, was 24-year-old, Shahin Parsajoo. During the …

With the start of the new Iranian academic year, a raft of restrictions on courses open to Baha’i female students has been introduced, raising questions about the rights of women to education in Iran – …

Talks over United States foreign policy vis-à-vis Iran are continuing as we speak. A variety of sanctions have been imposed against Iran for its conglomerate of belligerence. Tehran’s pursuit of ballistic missiles, controversial nuclear program, support …

Six Kurdish artists and activists are being detained in Dizelabad Prison in Iran’s Kermanshah Province for protesting the latest killing by Iranian border guards of “kulbars,” the Persian word for border-crossing couriers, sources say. Poet and artistic …

In an op-ed published by The New York Times, authors argue about the benefits and downsides of the Iran nuclear agreement, as well as ways to handle the situation.  According to columnists, the nuclear deal achieved the …

There is a correlation between the increasing rate of human rights violations and the rule of moderates in Iran’s presidential office. Whenever Iran’s “moderate” party has a president in office, the country’s human rights record …

Iranian authorities have asked award-winning filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof to report to the prosecutor’s office after confiscating his passport upon arrival in Tehran. As Hollywood Reporter writes in an article, Rasoulof’s passport was taken away at …