Forbidden Freedom

The introduction by Iran’s parliament of a bill against keeping pets, including cats and dogs, has aroused anger among many sections of society.

Dogs are known as man's best friend but for Iran they are public enemies. Iran has recently introduced a law that criminalizes keeping pets and ...

The Iranian regime's closure of a daily newspaper after it published a cartoon critical of leader Ali Khamenei is another attempt to censor the media ...

Iran’s supreme court has upheld death sentences for adultery against a 27-year-old and his 33-year-old lover after the man’s father-in-law denied them clemency, a reformist ...

According to HRANA, the news agency of Human Rights Activists, quoting Rokna, the citizens were arrested largely on charges of membership in what he called ...

From the beginning, this regime has repressed women and the people’s democratic freedoms. In this context, closing the newspapers and prohibiting magazines and books of ...

According to HRANA, the news agency of Human Rights Activists, there are about 15 inmates imprisoned on LGBTQ+ related charges in Wards 2 and 10 ...

An Iranian writer will serve five years in jail for translating a book about a Kurdish-led uprising in Syria that was seen by the authorities ...

In the first half of this year, 791 babies were born in Iran to mothers who are themselves children and are under the age of ...

The Iranian government’s nontolerance of dissent has resulted in systemic suppression of freedom of expression.