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Iran: Mass hunger strike by political prisoners in protest at inhumane conditions

More than a dozen political prisoners, including prisoners of conscience, have gone on hunger strike in protest at the cruel,...

Iran’s shameful execution of man arrested at 15

Following today’s execution of Alireza Tajiki, a young Iranian man who was arrested, convicted and sentenced to death as...

Iran: Man arrested at just 15 is hours away from execution

The Iranian authorities must halt the imminent execution of Alireza Tajiki who was arrested as a child, said Amnesty International...

Iran vilifies human rights defenders as ‘enemies of the state’

Iran’s judicial and security bodies have waged a vicious crackdown against human rights defenders since Hassan Rouhani became president in...

Iran must not squander opportunity to end executions for drug-related offences

Iranian lawmakers must not miss a historic opportunity to reject the use of the death penalty for drug-related offences...

Attack at mausoleum and parliament a horrific assault on human life

The group calling itself Islamic State (IS) has claimed responsibility for today’s suicide bombing and gun attack at parliament and...

Iran: Desecrating mass grave site would destroy crucial forensic evidence

The desecration of a mass grave site in Ahvaz, southern Iran that contains the remains of at least 44 people...

Execution of man arrested at 16 exposes Iran’s disregard for child rights

Iran has demonstrated its utter disregard for children’s rights by executing a man arrested for a crime committed while he...

Iran: Release of prominent human rights defender after a decade in prison

In response to today’s release of Iranian Kurdish human rights defender and journalist Mohammad Sadiq Kabudvand, Amnesty International’s Deputy Director...

“Help bring my husband back” – One woman’s campaign to free her husband in Iran

By Vida Mehrannia Sweden Tweet Iranian-born Swedish resident Dr Ahmadreza Djalali, a medical doctor and lecturer in disaster medicine, has...

Iran: Halt imminent execution of two men arrested as teenagers

The Iranian authorities must urgently stop the imminent execution of two long-time death row prisoners who were children at the...

Women on the front lines: In conversation with Iranian women human rights defender Maryam Shafipour

In 2013 and 2014, Amnesty International advocated for prisoner of conscience Maryam Shafipour to be released from Iran’s notorious Evin...

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