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Dissident Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi – an heir to the legacies of Persian rap's founders – carries a torch for Women, Life, Freedom as death looms.

After a recent order from Iranian leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, "morality police" are increasing patrols, and women who refuse to wear headscarves are reporting more violent harassment and arrests.

Salehi's case has received worldwide attention as the Islamic regime in Iran continues to threaten activists with severe sentences.

The French Iranian author and artist, best known for her graphic novel Persepolis, edited and contributed to a new graphic anthology titled Woman, Life, Freedom, inspired by Iran's recent protests.

Fatemeh Ziaii, a Political Prisoner Granted Temporary Release Due to Severe Illness, Returned to Evin Prison Mid-Treatment On Sunday, April 21, Fatemeh

The Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) is an independent, nonpartisan, nonprofit organization dedicated to the protection and promotion of human rights in Iran. CHRI investigates and documents rights violations occurring throughout Iran, relying on first-hand accounts to expose abuses that would otherwise go unreported. We bring these violations to the attention of the international community through news articles, briefings, in-depth reports, podcasts, and videos, and work to build support ...

"Long live the resistance. Long live freedom. Long live the indomitable brave women of Iran," said Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi.

Arrested, jailed, killed, forced into exile, released with restrictions… each year, WAN-IFRA’s Golden Pen of Freedom Award symbolises the challenges faced by all too many journalists throughout their careers – and lives…

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe used wool from fellow inmates who were about to be released and called it the ‘freedom pinafore’

برای خواندن این مطلب به فارسی اینجا را کلیک کنید In a development that shines a light on the continuing struggle for human rights in Iran, Sepideh Kashani and Taher Ghadirian were released from Evin Prison on Tuesday, April 9th, just a day after the liberation of their environmentalist colleagues,