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Rights Defender Calls On Iran to 'Immediately Release' Activists

Amnesty International has called on Iran to release six rights activists arrested since February 1.

Teachers Union Protests Repression Aimed At Silencing Educators

A teachers’ trade union association in Iran is protesting what it calls the repression of teachers by security agents across the country.

Friday Prayer Leader Says Protesters Should Be Hanged

Tehran’s hard-line provisional Friday Prayer leader, Ayatollah Ahmad Khatami, has explicitly threatened protesters in Iran with the death penalty.

MPs Want To Designate A Place For 'Legal' Protests

Members of parliament in Iran have prepared a motion for to designate a venue for legal protests.

Protests Against Compulsory Hijab Continue, Iran Police Arrests 29 Girls

Iran’s Secular National Front Asks Rouhani Permit for Public Gathering

The National Front, one of Iran’s secular political organizations, has called for a permit to hold a public gathering in Tehran on March 5.

Iran Film Festival Opens Amid Charged Atmosphere

Amid the charged atmosphere of political turmoil, economic instability, and acts of protest against the cultural status quo, the 36th edition of the prestigious Fajr Film Festival opened in Tehran on February 1.

An International Workers' Union Organizing Protests Against Iran

International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) has asked its members around the world to protest against the “harassment” of labor activists and “systematic violation” of workers’ rights in Iran.

After Protests Parliament Restores Subsidies In Rouhani Budget

After previously rejecting it, the Iranian Parliament has approved the general outlines of President Hassan Rouhani’s proposed budget bill for the next Iranian year, starting March 21.

‘Girls Of Revolution Street’ Appear In Many Other Cities

A Child Sex Abuse Case Reaching Khamenei's Circle Dismissed

A long-running child sexual abuse scandal, reaching the inner circle of Iran’s Supreme Leader, shows no sign of ebbing.

Agents Outnumbered MPs During Visit To Notorious Prison

An Iranian MP who visited Tehran's Evin prison says the presence of agents did not allow them to confidentially speak with prisoners.

MPs Visit Evin, Reportedly View Footage of Inmate’s Suicide

A group of Iranian MPs say they have visited Tehran’s notorious Evin prison as promised to check on the treatment of prisoners, especially those arrested during a recent wave of protests.

Iran’s Foreign Ministry Defends Joining UN Convention On Organized Crimes

Iran’s ministry of foreign affairs has rejected criticism of the Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (UNTOC) by conservatives.

$140,000 Bail for ‘Second Girl of Revolution St.’

Iranian intelligence agents have arrested a second young woman for removing her hijab in public to protest the country’s strict dress code for women, the woman’s lawyer told Radio Farda.

U.S. Iranian Couple Receives Harsh Sentence From Notorious Judge

A U.S.-Iranian dual citizen of the Zoroastrian faith and his wife have been given prison sentences and had their assets seized in a closed-door trial in Iran.

Videos On Social Media Show New Protests In Iran

Video clips published in Iranian social media indicate that renewed protests took place against the Supreme Leader and the Islamic Republic in the evening of January 29 in several cities.

More Women Inspired by the ‘Girl of Revolution Street’

At least six women in Tehran and one in the provincial capital Esfahan reportedly defied Iran’s morality police January 29 by removing their head scarves on a busy street, attaching them to a stick, and waving them around like flags.

Opposition Leader Under House Arrest Harshly Attacks Khamenei

Mehdi Karroubi, a reformist cleric who has been under house arrest for seven years now, has criticized Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in a letter published on social media in Tehran, on Tuesday 30 January.

A Major Chinese Bank Reopening Iranian Bank Accounts - Official

Deputy director of Iran’s chamber of commerce, Mohammad Reza Hariri has said that China’s ABC Bank is reactivating suspended accounts of Iranian citizens.