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Iran: Hanging of man arrested as a teenager looms amid spike in juvenile executions

The Iranian authorities must immediately stop the execution of a man arrested for a crime committed while he was 17...

Iran: Wave of floggings, amputations and other vicious punishments

Released 09:00 GMT Wednesday 18 January 2017 Iran’s persistent use of cruel and inhuman punishments, including floggings, amputations and forced...

Iran: Halt imminent executions of 12 alleged drug offenders

Released 05:01 GMT/ 00:01 EST Friday 13 January 2017 Iran should immediately halt the execution of 12 men convicted of...

Iran’s authorities endangering life of critically ill imprisoned activist by refusing hospital transfer

The Iranian authorities must immediately transfer Arash Sadeghi, an imprisoned human rights defender who ended his 71-day hunger strike yesterday,...

Update:Golrokh Ebrahimi Iraee Iranian writer and human rights activist released on bail today

Update January 3, 2017 Golrokh Ebrahimi Iraee an Iranian writer and human rights activist who was imprisoned for writing a...

Write for Rights: Help free Iranian women human rights defender Narges Mohammadi

Join Amnesty International supporters around the world on International Human Rights Day for our global campaign Write for Rights, and...

Iran: Activist arrested and at risk of torture

In response to the news of the violent arrest of women’s rights activist and anti-death penalty campaigner Atena Daemi today...

Iran: Free Artists! Amnesty International and KIOSK Unite Voices

By: Nazila Nik (Iran Coordination Team) I remember growing up in Iran in the 80s: revolution and war, the dramatic...

100 days imprisoned in Iran: Homa Hoodfar must be freed

By Alex Neve, Secretary General, Amnesty International Canada English Branch. Originally published in the Globe and Mail. When Dr. Homa...

Saman Naseem sends a heartfelt thank you from prison in Iran

July 19 UPDATE: Saman Naseem’s new trial has been rescheduled to September 7, 2016 With a new trial set for...

Saving young lives from execution in Iran

To mark 1 June – International Children’s Day – Raha Bahreini from our Iran team describes how Amnesty has managed...

“I will never stop” – a mother’s campaign to free her son in Iran

By Ezat Taheri, Canada, 4 May 2016, 11:16 UTC Iranian spiritual teacher and prisoner of conscience Mohammad Ali Taheri has...

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