Iran’s Human Rights Record: A Cause for Concern

The 2023 US State Department report on human rights paints a grim picture of the situation in Iran. The report details widespread violations across seven key areas: human dignity, civil liberties, political participation

The Iranian Cartoonist Arrested For Her Art

Prominent Iranian cartoonist Atena Farghadani has been detained by the Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) after attempting to post her work on a wall near the presidential palace in Tehran, multiple sources in Iran have

Iran: Security Forces Rape, Torture, Detainees

Iran's security forces raped, tortured, and sexually assaulted detainees while repressing widespread protests in 2022 and 2023, Human Rights Watch said today. The grave abuses are part of a broader pattern of serious

University Students in Iran Protest Hijab Enforcement

Many students at Amir Amirkabir University of Technology in Tehran embarked on a strike on Sunday, after morality police banned over 200 students from entering the campus. The protest was announced through the

Iran: 9 Prisoners Executed in One Day

The Iranian regime executed five prisoners in Kerman prison and two prisoners in Chabahar prison on April 21. At the same time, two other prisoners were executed in Ghezel Hesar prison in Karaj. These nine prisoners