Social and Political Arrests in Iran

The Iranian government has intimidated and arrested relatives and friends of Persian-language journalists working abroad in a bid to silence them, Human Rights Watch said …

Iranian authorities should immediately release dozens of labor and independent trade union activists imprisoned for speaking out peacefully in defense of workers, Human …

is shocked to learn that the supreme court has confirmed website designer Saeed Malekpour’s death sentence. His family said the court took the …

six-month prison sentence was upheld in branch 54 of the Revolutionary Court for student activist Mahdieh Golroo, according to the Committee of Human Rights Reporters.
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The head of the Khorasan Razavi Public Security Police said that a young woman who intended to escape when partygoers were being arrested in a …

After a group of activists gathered in the home of political prisoner Saied Matinpour to celebrate his birthday, three students who had participated …

Forty-eight hours after reports on the identification of a widespread network of elements who cooperated with the BBC Farsi Service in Tehran, an informed source …