Head of Prison Organization gives report on Protest Detainees
Alireza Rahimi, a member of the National Security and Foreign Policy Commission in the Majlis wrote a memo about the visit of a Majlis delegation to Evin Prison. The memo…
Iran Says Prominent Environmentalist Committed Suicide in a Tehran Prison
Kavous Seyed-Emami, 63, a dual Canadian national environmentalist lost his life just two weeks after his arrest. Iran’s judiciary says he committed suicide because of the evidence against him in…
Baha’i Student Expelled From Kashan University
Neda EshraghiBroujni, a computer science Baha’i student at Kashan University, was expelled from university for following the Baha’i faith, according to news published on January 20, 2018. After taking away…
Urging The UN Secretary-General To Take An Urgent Action For The Freedom Of The Prisoners In Iran
The letter posted below is addressed to the UN Secretary General on behalf of families of the Iranian protesters arrested during the recent uprising in Iran. Families are urging UNSG…
Amnesty International Decries Another Execution of Juvenile Offender in Iran
London, 31 Jan – Human rights organisation Amnesty International has hit out at the “exceptionally cruel” execution of a juvenile offender in Iran. Ali Kazemi, 22, was hanged on January…
Iran: Political Prisoner’s Complaint Letter Against Five Prison Authorities to UN Human Rights Rapporteur
In a letter to the United Nations human rights rapporteur on January 31, the political prisoner Arash Sadeghi, who is on hunger strike, warned about the situation of Atena Daemi…