Videos Shed Light On 'Violent Assaults' On Iranian Women Over Dress Code

Videos shared on social media recently have demonstrated the "shocking levels of abuse" women in Iran face from morality police and pro-government "thugs" seeking to enforce the country's strict dress code, Amnesty International says.

Top Cleric Admits ‘Brain Drain’ Is A Problem

Activists Lambast Khamenei For Appointing Controversial Judge

Political Prisoners Denied Medical Care Despite Promises

Two political prisoners in Tehran have said that they are still being denied access to medical treatment despite claims by Iranian authorities, according to the Defenders of Human Rights Center (DHRC)

Iran Has Jailed Her, France Has Invited Her To G7 Council

Top Iran Prosecutor Insists Jailed Environmentalists Are Spies

As the trial gets under way for eight prominent Iranian environmentalists on charges of espionage, Iran’s prosecutor-general has said the defendants are certainly guilty.

Friends And Family Raise Money For Navy Veteran Detained In Iran

Radio Farda's Hannah Kaviani has interviewed Jonathan Franks the spokesperson for Michael White's mother, Joanne White.

Centrists, Civil Society Must Work Together To Check Iran’s Military Before It’s Too Late

The deep entanglement of Iran’s military apparatus in the country’s politics, economy, and society is a well-known fact. Its interventionist role must be curbed to avoid catastrophe.

Why Iran’s Reformists Welcome A Hardliner As Judiciary Chief?

In a strange twist some Iranian reformists have welcomed the likely appointment of hardliner cleric Ebrahim Raeesi as Iran’s next Judiciary chief.

Dubious Caspian Sea Water Transfer Project Moving Ahead

Prominent Women’s Rights Activist Faces 34 Years In Prison

Prominent Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh faces up to 34 years in prison and 148 lashes after being convicted in two trials that Amnesty International has called “grossly unfair.”