Human rights

A powerful group in Iran's parliament called Sunday for expanded investigations into the death of a jailed blogger in a case that has already brought down the chief of the Internet-monitoring police and opened rare public debates over the growing powers of the country's Web watchers.
In a rare move likely to put the spotlight on the Iranian judicial system, former Iranian intelligence minister Ali Younesi launched a series of criticisms against the country’s judiciary for its lack of independence.
Cartoon by Iranian artist Mana Neyestani: The Price (Child Labour)
An Iranian deputy intelligence minister has threatened the country’s reformists with mass arrest, just days before a scheduled two-day reformist convention, the Green Voice of Freedom has learned.
Iran’s Supreme Leader must open the way for greater political freedoms before any negotiation with the United States, say a group of veteran dissidents.
The mother of an Iranian blogger who died in custody was among those attacked by security forces today at her son’s graveside, prompting Amnesty International to call once more for a thorough and impartial investigation into the 35-year-old’s death.
In an interview with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, Robabeh Rezaei, the wife of imprisoned labor activist Reza Shahabi, spoke about her husband’s hunger strike in protest of the prison authorities’ refusal to allow him medical treatment outside.
More than 300 Iranian activists have issued a statement demanding an ease on the restrictions on Mostafa Tajzadeh, one of Iran’s most prominent pro-reform figures who is currently serving a six-year jail term in the quarantine ward of the notorious Evin Prison.
A senior member of the Teacher's Union has been sentenced to a year in prison a court in Tehran.
A Bahai citizen and her nine-month old baby have been incarcerated in Iran, says a human rights organisation.