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The Iranian regime’s judiciary hanged a prisoner in public today in Hamedan, west of Iran, the state-run IRNA news agency reported. The prisoner identified as Mehdi Cheraghi Far, had been sentenced to on the charge of "waging war…

The state security forces on Wednesday, May 22, 2019, raided a restaurant in a university in the northeastern city of Mashhad that was serving food during the Ramadan fast. A video circulated on social media showed college students…

An Iranian female singer has been charged for singing solo as part of a sightseeing tour in the village of Abyaneh, according to Isfahan's prosecutor. Neghar Moazam sang solo in the historical village of Abyaneh on Friday, while traveling…

More than 900 writers, poets, essayists, and journalists in Iran have condemned the recent harsh verdicts against three prominent members of the Iranian Writers Association (IWA) as an "unjustified," and "severe damage to the fundamental…

Tehran’s Revolutionary Court on Sunday sentenced four men affiliated with the People's Mojahedin Organisation of Iran (PMOI/MEK) to prison and death. The branch 28 of Tehran's Revolutionary Court headed by notorious judge, Mohammad…

Political prisoner Akbar Bagheri has started a hunger strike since Wednesday, May 15, to protest his abrupt transfer from Evin Prison to the Great Tehran Penitentiary. He has gone on dry hunger strike to demand his transfer to Evin…

Women’s rights activist Nahid Shaghaghi was arrested at home on May 15, 2019, for unknown reasons. On the same day Shaghaghi’s brother, Kaveh, wrote on his Instagram page: “Nahid called us this morning and said there are security…

The Iranian judiciary sentenced three members of the Iranian Writers Association (IWA) to a total of 18 years in prison on May 15, 2019. Reza Khandan Mahabadi, Baktash Abtin, and Kayvan Bajan were convicted of “propaganda against the…

Twenty-three prisoners convicted of theft are languishing in the Great Tehran Penitentiary, Fashafoyeh, awaiting hand amputation. Reports indicate that the hand of one of the prisoners is to be amputated in the coming days. The prisoner…

Online Tyranny: Revolutionary Guards hunting Iran Internet users Iranians are considered one of the most vibrant populations using the internet. More than half of the 80 million Iranians, especially the youth, use the internet to share…