Protests in Iran Continue Over Water Shortage in the South
By Roshanak Astaraki
A protest over severe water shortage and power cuts that started on July 15 in Hamidiyeh in the southwestern province of Khuzestan has now spread to 15 other cities in the province.
Antiriot...
EXCLUSIVE: Bodybuilder Khaled Pirzadeh Speaks of Being Tortured in Prison
By Roshanak Astaraki
On July 14, prison authorities in Iran reportedly transferred Khaled Pirzadeh, an advocate of constitutional monarchy and a civil rights activist, from the Greater Tehran Penitentiary in Fashapuyeh District (commonly known as...
New Iran Law Could Make Arbitrary Detention Easier, Richard Ratcliffe Says
By Natasha Phillips
A new law in Iran that transfers the power to grant and revoke lawyers’ licenses from the Iranian Bar Association (IBA) to the judiciary could make it easier for the government to detain...
Tech Companies Operating in Iran Could Be Enabling Human Rights Abuses, Expert Warns
By Natasha Phillips
Technology companies offering services to Iran must ensure that any contracts they secure do not enable human rights violations through state-directed espionage or oppression, Dr. Mohamad Nayyeri, a visiting lecturer in law...
EXCLUSIVE: Kayhan Life Interviews Iran’s Striking Oil Workers
By Roshanak Astaraki
A nationwide strike by Iranian oil workers on fixed-term contracts -- which started a day after the June 18 Iranian presidential elections -- has spread to 80 oil, gas, and petrochemical companies...
EXCLUSIVE – U.N. Expert Backs Probe into Iran’s 1988 Killings, Raisi’s Role
By Stephanie Nebehay
GENEVA, June 29 (Reuters) - The U.N. investigator on human rights in Iran has called for an independent inquiry into allegations of state-ordered executions of thousands of political prisoners in 1988 and the role...
Human Rights Should Be Core Focus of Iran Nuclear Talks, Says Activist Mohammadi
By Kayhan Life Staff
Narges Mohammadi is an Iranian human rights campaigner who was released from jail in October and was recently sentenced to 30 months in prison, 80 lashes and two fines. She is...
Iranian Political Prisoners Are the Focus of A New Clubhouse Room
By Natasha Phillips
Political prisoners who have been unjustly detained or killed by the Iranian government are the focus of a new discussion group on the invitation-only social network application Clubhouse.
The club — called Be Yad...
British Lawmakers Seek Diplomatic Protection for Detained British-Iranian
By Natasha Phillips
A letter sent on May 19 and signed by 60 British lawmakers has demanded that UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab grant the jailed dual national Anoosheh Ashoori diplomatic protection.
Mr. Ashoori was arrested and detained in...
Why the West Must Challenge Iran on Human Rights
REUTERS: The eyes of the world have once again turned to Iran as the prospects of renegotiating the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) nuclear deal appear to have improved with the election of U.S. President...
