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Shiva Nazar-Ahari Shiva Nazar-Ahari, a persecuted Iranian human rights activist, has been awarded the Theodor Haecker prize for her courageous internet reporting on human…

Evin Prison A number of Iranian Baha’is in Bam, Kerman and Tehran have been arrested, Bam’s prosecutor general announced. Mohammadreza Sanjari told ISNA that…

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Mehdi Karroubi Members of Mehdi Karroubi’s family reported that for the first time in 18 days, a light has been turned on at their…

Ayatollah Rafsanjani and Ayatollah Khamenei In a meeting with members of the Assembly of Experts, Ayatollah Khamenei, Iran’s Supreme Leader, condemned “immoral behaviour” and…

Assembly of Experts Iran’s Assembly of Experts issued a statement calling for the prosecution and punishment of “the leaders of sedition,” which is how…

Mansour Osanlou Mansour Osanlou, the jailed Iranian labour activist, is suffering from three blocked veins in his heart and needs immediate medical care, his…

Ebrahim Yazdi Ebrahim Yazdi, the octogenarian Iranian political prisoner and secretary general of the reformist party Freedom Movement of Iran, will stand trial on…

Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani The Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic wants extremists to be dealt with firmly, says Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, the head of…

A day after Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani stepped down from the chairmanship of Iran’s Assembly of Experts, someone hacked into two official websites and published…

Abbas Jafari Dowlatabadi Tehran’s prosecutor denied once again today that Iranian opposition leaders are under arrest, adding that the opposition movement in Iran has…

On International Women’s Day, Tehran’s streets are reportedly filled with security forces preventing people from gathering for anti-government protests. Since midday, security forces have…