03 Feb, 2017 Iran to blind woman in Sharia retribution punishment Iran's supreme court has ruled that a woman must be blinded in one eye as punishment for an acid attack that left her vic
23 Jan, 2017 Arab States: Iran Must Stop Interfering in the Middle East In a letter addressed to the UN Secretary-General Mr. Ban Ki-moon, officials from eleven Arab countries urged that Iran has to change its
19 Jan, 2017 Iran: Wave of floggings, amputations and other vicious punishments Iran’s persistent use of cruel and inhuman punishments, including floggings, amputations and forced blinding over the past year, expo
18 Jan, 2017 Female bodybuilder is thrown in jail in Iran An Iranian bodybuilder has been arrested after publishing selfie of her muscles on social media which were deemed to be 'nude'.
16 Jan, 2017 Human Rights Watch Annual Report 2016 Despite three years in his office, President Hassan Rouhani has not delivered on his campaign promise of greater respect for civil and political rights. Executions, especially
16 Jan, 2017 Vigil to be held for British-Iranian mother jailed in Iran A vigil for a British-Iranian mother imprisoned in Tehran will be held later today. Charity worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe was jailed for five years last September for allegedly ...
12 Jan, 2017 Civil Right Activist Imprisoned for Social Media Posting Civil rights activist Esmail “Zartosht” Ahmadi-Ragheb—detained in Evin Prison since January 2016 for criticizing Iranian politics on social media
11 Jan, 2017 Wife of Imprisoned Activist Arash Sadeghi Ordered to Return to Prison Political prisoner Golrokh Ebrahimi Iraee, who was released on January 3, 2017 after her imprisoned husband Arash Sadeghi’s 71-day hunger strike
11 Jan, 2017 Arms Made in Iran Seized Off Coast of Yemen Photographs recently released by the Australian government show that light anti-armor weapons seized from a smuggling vessel near Yemen’s coast
10 Jan, 2017 Nitish Jaitha Ordered different military parts Three men were jailed for a total of ten years for their part in a plot to supply military equipment to keep Iranian F-14 'Tomcat' fighter jets
09 Jan, 2017 Iran’s Growing Naval Ambitions In late November, Iran made an unusual announcement: it said it was planning to build naval bases in Syria and Yemen, which, as a state-run paper
