The Iranian government continues to harass, interrogate, and arrest members of religious minorities and impose heavy restrictions on their public and private lives, says the latest U.S. State Department annual religious freedom report for 2016.
In a long-awaited move, Iran’s Supreme Leader, ayatollah Ali Khamenei has appointed new members and a chairman to one of the country’s most important state institutions, the Expediency Council.
In an open letter to foreign ambassadors in Iran, who recently visited Tehran’s notorious Evin prison, political prisoner Maryam Akbari Monfared has declared that even a minimum of prisoners’ human rights are not respected in Evin and other Iranian prisons.
Iran's Ghadir Investment Company has signed an agreement with Russia's Zarubezhneft and the Turkish energy company Unit International to invest jointly in oil and gas projects in and outside of Iran.
Iranian President Hassan Rohani has named two women as vice presidents, a day after proposing a government that included no women in cabinet positions.
Hassan Rouhani has submitted to parliament the list of his proposed ministers, days after his inauguration as the re-elected president of Iran.
More than 8,000 students’ rights activists have cautioned that “problems and crises in Iran’s higher education institutions” have reached a “tipping point.”
Amnesty International says Iran’s judicial and security bodies have waged a vicious clampdown on human rights defenders, vilifying and imprisoning activists who dare to stand up for people’s rights.
Iran's Health Ministry announced on July 31 that it had not been tasked with medical treatment of opposition leaders Mir Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi, who have been under house arrest since 2011 and suffer from multiple health issues.
Seven verdicts have been issued against former Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad for mishandling billions of dollars, announced Fayyaz Shojaei, the prosecutor at Iran's Supreme Audit Court, on July 30.
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