Iranian trade unionist Reza Shahabi has been sentenced to six years' imprisonment on vaguely worded charges. He is in poor health, and it is not clear whether he ...
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Iranian human rights defender Narges Mohammadi, a mother of two young children, has begun serving a six-year sentence in Tehran's Evin Prison. Amnesty International ...
A man with dual Iranian-Canadian nationality, Hamid Ghassemi-Shall, appears to be at imminent risk of execution. His family were told on 15 April that his death ...
Iranian human rights activist Mansoureh Behkish has been sentenced to four-and-a- half years in prison. She intends to appeal: if she is sent to jail, Amnesty ...
This briefing is submitted by Amnesty International in advance of the adoption by the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights of a list of issues prior ...
An Iranian teacher who was convicted of moharebeh (enmity against God) and sentenced to death has had his request for pardon rejected. He is at risk of imminent ...
Habibollah Golparipour, a member of Iran's Kurdish minority on death row, has been transferred to Semnan Prison, northern Iran. His family have not been allowed ...