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Islamic Iran Participation Front is calling on Iranians to join in a political fast on Sunday April 10 to show support for political prisoners…

Bahareh Hedayat The European Students’ Union (ESU) is calling on the European Commission and UNESCO to pressure Iran for the release of jailed student…

Iranian opposition groups report that Tehran’s prosecutor has cut off visitation rights for political prisoners specified in a lsit by interrogators at the intelligence…

caricaturist: Mana Neyestani

Ebrahim Yazdi Ebrahim Yazdi, the leader of the Freedom Movement of Iran, has disowned and denied statements attributed to him in an interview published…

Ali Larijani and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Ali Larijani, head of Iranian parliament has called on Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to assure the establishment of the ministry of…

Two human rights organizations are sounding the alarm about a bill before the Iranian parliament that would impose official supervision on non-governmental organizations. Amnesty…

Mohammad Sharif Mohammad Sharif, the Iranian lawyer and law professor, was dismissed on Tuesday from Tehran’s Allame Tabatabai University. Sharif told Human Rights reporters…

Ebrahim Hosseini, a deputy commander of the Revolutionary Guards in the western Iranian province of Kurdistan, has announced that two people from the Selfi…

Ghassem Sholeh Saadi Ghassem Sholeh Saadi, a Tehran University professor and former lawmaker, has been arrested by Islamic Republic authorities. According to his personal…

Ali Larijani Parliamenteary Speaker Ali Larijani says U.S. President Barack Obama’s New Year’s message to Iranians was “disappointing and ridiculous.” At the first parliamentary…

The Kurdistan Free Life Party (PJAK) has claimed responsibility for the recent military attack near the western Iranian city of Marivon. A statement on…