Mar 23 2017

Reformist Editor Arrested by Security Agents

Amid a widening crackdown on journalists and activists in Iran ahead of the country’s May 2017 presidential election, security agents arrested Morad Saghafi, the reformist editor-in-chief of Goftegoo (Conversation) magazine, on March 15, 2017.
ifmat - Judiciary Ad Announcing Prison Time for 10 Iranians in Absentia Unlawful
Mar 22 2017

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
Mar 20 2017

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
Mar 20 2017

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
Mar 20 2017

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
Mar 17 2017

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 ...