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A gun attack against a military parade in the southwestern Iranian city of Ahvaz at the weekend killed 29 people and wounded scores.

Wars are much like Russian author Leo Tolstoy’s unhappy families. They are each wars in their own way. Historical comparisons can be simplistic and lead

Latest update - 8:45 pm CET Different sectors of Iran’s society are continuing to take to the streets to voice their demands as the country’s economic

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 ...

Labor activist Sepideh Qolian, serving a 5-year sentence in Tehran’s Evin Prison after a forced “confession” UPDATES: Iran Protests — Regime Imposes 3 More Death Sentences UPDATES: Iran Sentences Belgium National to 40 Years in Prison Political prisoner and labor activist Sepideh Qolian has described how Iranian authorities force confessions from detainees.| Qolian was condemned […]

One of Iran's most prominent female activists has described how confessions are forced out of prisoners, in a letter written inside a notorious jail. Sepideh Qolian has been serving a five-year sentence since 2018 after being convicted of acting

LONDON: In a letter written inside Tehran’s notorious Evin prison, Sepideh Qolian, a prominent female Iranian activist, revealed how prisoners are tortured to extract confessions, the BBC reported. Qolian was arrested in 2018 and convicted of acting “against national security” for her support of a strike and protest by workers at a sugar factory in Iran’s Khuzestan province.

Sepideh Qolian tells how confessions are extracted from detainees, in a rare letter from Evin prison.

TEHRAN—The chants of “Death to the Supreme Leader” and “Death to Khamenei” which have been heard across Iran in recent weeks are reminiscent of the cries of “Death to the Shah” that resonated throughout 1977 and 1978, in a movement that eventually led to the overthrow of the Shah’s p...

TEHRAN—The chants of “Death to the Supreme Leader” and “Death to Khamenei” which have been heard across Iran in recent weeks are reminiscent of the cries of “Death to the Shah” that resonated throughout 1977 and 1978, in a movement that eventually led to the overthrow of the Shah’s p...