ifmat - Judiciary Ad Announcing Prison Time for 10 Iranians in Absentia Unlawful

Judiciary Announcing Prison Time for 10 Iranians

A classified newspaper advertisement by the judiciary announcing prison sentences for 10 Iranian citizens currently outside the country has no legal merit, two prominent lawyers told the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI).
ifmat - Iran’s Election Season Starts with journalists arrests

Iran’s Election Season Starts with journalists arrests

Iran’s presidential elections, as well as those for town and village councils, are scheduled for May 19. Yet even before registration opens for candidates, a string of journalists have been arrested. If they have been arrested simply ...
ifmat - Jailed Iranian researcher’s health worsening rapidly

Jailed Iranian researcher’s health worsening rapidly

An Iranian researcher jailed in Tehran for the last 11 months is in declining health after spending more than two months on hunger strike. This month, researchers around the world made urgent appeals for his release.
ifmat - Former Opposition leader On Hunger Strike

Former Opposition leader On Hunger Strike

Reformist activist and former political prisoner Hengameh Shahidi has started a hunger strike and is refusing to take vital prescription medication in protest against her detention, her mother informed the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI)
ifmat - Iranian-British Citizen Writes Letter From Prison

Iranian-British Citizen Writes Letter From Prison

Iranian-British citizen Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, imprisoned in Iran since April 2016, has written a letter to her UK-based husband about the pain of being separated from their infant daughter, Gabriella “Gisoo” Ratcliffe, and disillusionment with her birth country ...
ifmat - Reformist Activist arrested for criticizing Hassan Rouhani

Reformist Activist arrested for criticizing Hassan Rouhani

Hengameh Shahidi, a reformist senior member of the Etemad Melli (National Trust) opposition party, has decried her arrest as part of a crackdown by hardliners on reformists ahead of Iran’s upcoming presidential election. In two open letters, ...