Human Rights

Saeed Shirzad, a political prisoner from Kermashan (Kermanshah) , was arrested at Tabriz refinery on June 12, 2014, and was transferred to Evin Prison and then to Rajai Shahr Prison. ...

Seid Moradi never wanted to leave Iran. But under threats to his life because of his non-Muslim faith, he saw no choice. Savings in hand, he fled his hometown near ...

Six Kurdish artists and activists are being detained in Dizelabad Prison in Iran’s Kermanshah Province for protesting the latest killing by Iranian border guards of “kulbars,” the Persian word for ...

Iran HRM : A young man was publicly hanged on September 12, 2017 in West Islamabad (Islam Abad Gharb), west of Iran, according to the state-run Rokna news agency. The ...

Protests erupted in the city of Baneh (western Iran) over the killing or wounding of several porters by members of the Iranian regime’s State Security Forces (police) and Revolutionary Guards ...

Protecting and promoting human rights is one of the major promises that Hassan Rouhani and the so-called moderates continue to give to the people of Iran. As Rouhani enters his ...

 At least 21 political prisoners, who were forcibly moved to high security Ward 10 of Gohardasht prison in Karaj, along with other prisoners, have been on their 28th days of ...

IRAN 2016 INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM REPORT Executive Summary The constitution defines the country as an Islamic republic, and specifies Ja’afari Shia Islam as the official state religion. It states all ...

To Asma Jahangir- UN Special Rapporteur on Iran From Yarsan Democratic Organization                               2017/14/8 About Yarsan, a religious minority in Iran Yarsan are followers of Yari religion. ...

Islamic regime of Iran and ISIS Two brothers, different in surface, the same in procedure Farshid Soltani-Yarsan Democratic Organization (YDO)-National committee of Sweden This article is a brief comparison between ...