Seven days in the month of Dey; The initial brief report of the first...
HRANA – The Center of Statistics at Human Rights Activists in Iran (HRAI) has published this report regarding the recent seven days of protests in Iran which occurred from December 28, 2017 to January...
The Imminent Demise Of Theocratic Rule in Iran
By Jafar Taqizadeh
Recent nationwide protests in Iran which erupted initially in Mashhad on December 28 indicate that theocratic rule in Iran is neither sustainable in its current form nor subject to reform. Civil unrest...
The Year In Review: How Christians Are Treated in Iran
By Morteza Esmailpour
Had President Hassan Rouhani fulfilled his campaign promises, 2017 could have been a year of hope, change and prosperity. Instead, the country continues to be plagued with political oppression, economic meltdown, social...
Protesters Blame Reformists, Conservatives For Economic Crisis
Iranian authorities have restricted access to the Internet and to social media including WhatsApp, Twitter, Instagram and Telegram after an outbreak of civil unrest across the country that started on December 28 in Mashhad,...
EU Must Clarify Position on Iran Unrest, Says German-Iranian MP
Omid Nouripour, a German-Iranian member of the German Parliament , has called on the European Union and its member states to take a stance on the recent protests in Iran.
Nouripour, who represents the central...
Aljazeera Interview with Potkin Azarmehr – Iran Protests
January 02, 2018
Potkin Azarmehr commenting for Aljazeera English on the night when the protests erupted
Fate of Iran’s Youngest Political Prisoner Raises Concerns
By Firoozeh Ramezanzadeh
Mohammad Saber Malek Raisi is an ethnic Baluchi who has served nearly nine years of his 15-year sentence in Ardabil Prison - thousands of kilometers away from his home province of Chabahar....
Iran’s Free Trade Zones Are Like Forced Labor Camps, Says Labor Activist
Naser Aqajari, a labor activist, has compared working conditions in Iran’s Free Trade-Industrial and Special Economic Zones to those of forced labor camps.
“These are appalling conditions. Workers in these companies are not protected by...
Protests in Iran and the Silence of the Western Media
Potkin Azarmehr
Something profound is happening in Iran, and the Western mass media are simply not reporting it. For some time now, protests by ordinary Iranians have become a daily routine. The protesters include workers who...
