The military phase of the fight against ISIS is winding down after the liberation of Mosul, and the battle for the nearby town of Tal Afar is predicted to end soon. This has provided an opportunity for …
After calling for a regime change in Iran by the Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson and reviewing the policy regarding Iran by the President Donald Trump, the meeting of a delegation of the U.S. senators with …
The formation of an International Commission of Inquiry into the massacre of 30,000 political prisoners in Iran during the summer of 1988 has been called for by Human Rights defenders, dignitaries, European politicians and the …
Women’s rights activist and photojournalist Alieh Matlabzadeh has been sentenced to three years in prison by a preliminary court in Tehran for participating in a women empowerment seminar. A legal source with knowledge about Matlabzadeh’s case told the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) on August 14, 2017 that the prison sentence was issued by Branch 26 of the Tehran Revolutionary Court for the …
A senior government affiliated cleric, close to the Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, admitted the regime’s defeat in preventing the use of cyberspace and social media by young Iranians, saying that the solution to the cyberspace crisis for the …
Iran’s parliament on August 20 approved all but one of the cabinet nominees submitted by the President Hassan Rouhani, who stated that protecting the landmark 2015 deal to curb Tehran’s nuclear activities in exchange for an …
Hundreds of Iranian women and children’s rights advocates in Iran are urging Parliament to prohibit underage marriage in the country. “In defense of children’s human rights, we call for an end to the phenomenon known …
Prominent labor activist Reza Shahabi started a hunger strike on August 9 in Rajaee Shahr prison in Karaj, Payvand informs. Shahabi has been imprisoned again, two years after competing his sentence. “The prosecutor had told Shahabi and his …
A group of inmates from Ardebil prison wrote a letter of support for the political prisoners who are on hunger strike in Gohardasht prison near Tehran. The letter urges the UN Special Rapporteur on Human …
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