Arrests

Human rights lawyer Mohammad Najafi began his three years prison sentence in Central Prison of Arak.Mohammad Najafi has been sentenced...

Daughter of recently arrested teacher, Abbas Vahedian, has written an open letter about her father's unlawful arrest, protesting the authorities...

Iran steps up crackdown against its Arab minority No news on young woman, Sahba (Lamia) Hemadi, 21, who was arrested...

The Revolutionary Court of Sardasht handed down prison sentences to 15 porters after convicting them of “carrying smuggled goods.” The...

Hashem Khastar, a teachers' union leader who was abducted yesterday by members of the Ministry of Intelligence has been kept in...

Iranian authorities continue to arrest Arab activists in the cities of Ahvaz, Khoramshahr, Sosangerd, and Abadan following an attack on...

Abbas Vahedian, a teacher and civil activist in Mashhad, northeast Iran, has been arrested after a group of intelligence agents...

Iran’s intelligence and security forces have rounded up and detained hundreds in Ahvaz, Khoramshahr, Sosangerd, and Abadan, in what appears...

Mehrnaz Haghighi, physician and civil rights activist, was taken to Bandar Abbas prison on September 22, to serve a six-month...

Six Iranian education activists were each sentenced to nine months behind bars and 74 lashes which could be bought for...