human rights

A number of Iranian political prisoners in Tehran’s Rajaee Shahr and Urmia’s central prison have been on mass hunger strike, demanding their basic rights.

At least 10 political activists from Iran’s city of Mashhad have been arrested by security forces over their public call for Iranian Supreme Leader’s resignation.

Iran’s Attorney-General said they care about Iranian women, so they are not allowing them to attend soccer matches, while FIFA’s call for women’s presence in stadiums shows their carelessness for Iranian women.  

Iranian social activist Sahar Shahrabi, who had been arrested in front of parliament during a gathering on Saturday, reportedly transferred to Iran’s notorious prison of Evin.

Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in Hamadan Province arrested a number of women attending in a private female-only party for what it calls “promoting Western lifestyle.”

Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) published on Tuesday a special report and a fact sheet on Iranian children and the massive abuses and right violations they are facing in that country.

Iranian foreign minister Mohamad Javad Zarif said “moral principle” is the reason behind his country’s execution of homosexuals, when reporters asked him about anti-homosexual laws in Iran.    

Avatoday has interviewed Taha al-Yassin, a member of European Ahwazi Human Rights Organization (EAHRO) and a prominent Arab activist who is now living in diaspora. 

Sunni detainees in Karaj’s Rajaee Shahr prison sent a letter to United Nations Commission on Human Rights on Thursday, complaining about violation of their rights.

United Nation’s General Assembly approved a new resolution on Monday, urging Islamic Republic of Iran to stop its “alarmingly high” use of violence and death penalty.