A prominent Iranian activist has sewn his lips together and is holding daily protests in Tehran following the apparent suicide last week of a fellow campaigner, he posted on social media on Thursday. Hossein Ronaghi
From behind bars, Iranian rapper and one of the country's most prominent activists Toomaj Salehi pleaded with fellow dissident Hossein Ronaghi to end a hunger strike and not risk death. Ronaghi, who has frequently
Iranian authorities have issued a flurry of new death sentences in recent weeks, sentencing political prisoners, ethnic minorities, and foreign nationals to capital punishment, Human Rights Watch said today. Among
The Intelligence Department of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in Tabriz has arrested a civil activist and former political prisoner in Tabriz. Yashar Tabrizi was detained on Tuesday after responding
The Intelligence Organization of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has denied a conditional release request from a writer and political prisoner held in Tehran's Evin Prison. Mahnaz Tarah's application
Thousands of retired teachers held a protest on Wednesday, November 20, in front of the Iranian regime’s Majlis (parliament) and the Plan and Budget Organization, demanding the payment of their dues. The number
World Children’s Day is Meaningless Without Fighting to Protect the Most Vulnerable November 20, 2024 — The children of Iran’s ethnic and religious minority communities suffer an appalling range of rights…
Imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi underwent a complex surgery in Iran that saw part of a bone in her right leg removed over cancer fears but was immediately returned to prison, raising the
The Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) announced the death of two of its Basij paramilitary fighters in southeastern Iran this week, claiming they had been ”martyred” in a “terrorist attack
One of Iran's most vocal dissidents outside of prison is trying a new tack: sewing his lips shut and staging a silent protest at one of Tehran's busiest intersections. Alone and defiant with one fist in the ...
Four German parliamentarians have taken on political sponsorships for four Iranian protesters who were recently sentenced to death over their alleged involvement in the killing of a Basij militia member during
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