Four of the men accused in a gang rape have been sentenced to death. The Iranian Student News Agency (ISNA) reports that Gholamreza Ansari, the head of the Esfahan Justice Department, told a press conference today that four of the accused in this case have been sentenced to death for rape and will be hanged [...]

Reza Khandan, husband of imprisoned Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh, talked to International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran about his five-hour detention along with his two children and his sister-in-law, during a recent visit with Sotoudeh. Khandan told the Campaign about the disrespectful treatment of prison staff and the physical abuse of his [...]

Tehran pays tribute to US activist crushed to death by bulldozer while trying stop the demolition of Palestinian homes Tehran city council has named a street after an American activist who was crushed to death by an Israeli military bulldozer in the Gaza Strip in 2003, a local newspaper has reported. The report in the [...]

The National Press Club has spoken out against the arrest of Iranian blogger Kouhyar Goudarzi and his mother, calling it a “slap in the face of the international community.” Mark Hamrick, the NPC president, issued a statement on August 10 calling for the release of Goudarzi and his mother, Parvin Mokhtare, who were arrested by [...]

Iranian Intelligence Minister Heydar Moslehi says the PJAK organization is on the verge of destruction due to the “appropriate actions of the Revolutionary Guards.” Iranian media report that Moslehi told cabinet today: “Following the approved course of action, the Revolutionary Guards executed a series of operations to fight against PJAK and have done so very [...]

Having already offered to send an expert team to investigate human rights abuses amid the riots, the Iranian regime has gone one step further and called on the UN security council to intervene over the British government’s handling of the unrest rocking the country. Speaking to reporters after a cabinet meeting on Wednesday, Iran’s president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, [...]

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has criticized the British government in light of the recent riots in London. Since Friday, those riots have shaken the British capital and have now spread to other British cities. It all started with the fatal police shooting of 29-year-old Mark Duggan. His family and friends staged a peaceful demonstration to demand an [...]

Ahmad Ronaghi Maleki, father of this blogger spoke of his son’s latest condition to Human Rights House of Iran (RAHANA). “With Hossein in very poor health, he was transferred to Tehran’s Hasheminejad hospital for a night where some tests were conducted on him, then he was immediately transferred back to Evin prison.” Ahmad Ronaghi objected [...]

Iranian state media say militants have attacked Iranian security forces in the northwestern region of West Azerbaijan and killed five officers. Iranian television says residents of the town of Maku near the Turkish border held a funeral ceremony for the five officers on Tuesday. It blamed Monday’s attack on “thugs and saboteurs.” Iran’s northwestern areas [...]

Iran’s Minister of Education says school textbooks will be altered in the new academic year in order to strike back at the so-called “soft war.” ILNA reports that Education Minister Mohammad Hajibabayi said: “School textbooks will undergo fundamental changes this year.” He added: “In view of the fact that the enemy likes to target youth, [...]