An Open Letter To Amnesty International on Oberlin College’s Appointment of Mohammad Jafar Mahallati
An open letter to Amnesty International on Oberlin college's appointment of Mohammad Jafar Mahallati, signed by Lawdan Bazargan and Kaveh Shahrooz.
In 2018, Amnesty International published a groundbreaking report on the Iranian government’s thirty years of...
Swedish Scientist near Death after Months in Solitary Confinement in Iran, Say UN Experts
GENEVA, March 18 (Reuters) - Swedish-Iranian scientist Ahmadreza Djalali, sentenced to death in Iran on espionage charges, is in critical condition and near death after months of prolonged solitary confinement, U.N. human rights experts said on...
British-Iranian Aid Worker Appears in Iran Court for Propaganda Trial
DUBAI, March 14 (Reuters) - British-Iranian aid worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe was tried on a new charge of making "propaganda against the system" at Iran's Revolutionary court on Sunday, her lawyer said, one week after she...
Crowd Angered by Shooting Death of Fuel Smuggler Attack Coast Guard Post in Southern...
March 13 (Reuters) - Several coast guards were injured in southern Iran when a crowd angered by the shooting death of an alleged fuel smuggler attacked their post, an Iranian news agency said on Saturday.
The victim was...
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe ‘Paying the Price’ for UK Debt To Iran, Lawmaker Says
By Natasha Phillips
A new case brought against Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe in Iran is linked to the British government’s failure to address a debt the UK owes Iran, Tulip Siddiq, a member of Britain’s parliament has...
U.S. State Dept Blacklists Two Iranian Officials over Human Rights Violations
WASHINGTON, March 9 (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department on Tuesday blacklisted two Iranian government interrogators, accusing them of torture and other human rights violations, in what appeared to be the first such action against...
Academic Held in Iran for Two Years Says Imprisonment Pushed Her to Brink of...
By Colin Packham
CANBERRA, March 9 (Reuters) - A British-Australian academic who spent two years detained in Iran said on Tuesday she was kept in solitary confinement for seven months, in what she described as "psychological torture"...
“Big Grin” from British-Iranian Aid Worker in Iran, but Doubt about Fate, Husband Says
LONDON, March 8 (Reuters) - British-Iranian aid worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe was full of joy after she was freed from house arrest in Tehran, but her fate is still in doubt with a new court...
Former Iran Hostages Co-Found Washington-Based International NGO, Hostage Aid Worldwide
By Natasha Phillips
A group of former hostages, including three men previously detained in Iran, have collaborated to form a non-governmental organization in Washington in an effort to stop the unlawful detention of dual nationals...
U.N. Condemns up to 23 Killings in Iran’s Border Area with Pakistan
GENEVA, March 5 (Reuters) - At least a dozen people and possibly up to 23 have been killed in Iran's Sistan-Baluchistan province where Revolutionary Guards and security forces have used lethal force against fuel couriers...
