Humnan rights

French tourist Benjamin Briere, who was arrested in Iran 10 months ago, faces charges of “spying and propaganda against the system”, one of his lawyers told Reuters on Monday.

An Iranian court sentenced Zahra Mohammadi, a Kurdish teacher from Sanandaj (Sine), to five years in prison for teaching Kurdish language.  

At least 20 Arab activists from Khuzestan’s Shooshtar area were arrested last week, sources inside the province reported to Avatoday.

Amnesty International released a recent report on Iran, condemning the country for the arrest of more than 7000 people only in the last year including dozens of journalists.