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The UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran Ahmed Shaheed on Wednesday hailed the recent release of more than a dozen prisoners of conscience but urged the...

The High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice President of the Commission Catherine Ashton on Thursday condemned Iran for its treatment of minorities and called on the...

Iranian human rights lawyer Abdolfattah Soltani has been sentenced to 13 years of imprisonment by a Tehran Revolutionary Court , his daughter said Tuesday. Maede Soltani, who lives in Germany, was...

A group of UN human rights experts on Friday criticized the government of Iran for the detentions and harsh sentences of human rights defenders. The Special Rapporteurs on human rights defenders, the situation of human rights in...

Iranian human rights lawyer Abdolfattah Soltani has been sentenced to 18 years in prison after being found guilty by a Tehran Revolutionary Court of spreading anti-government propaganda, his daughter confirmed...

An Iranian appeals court has acquitted human rights lawyer Abdolfattah Soltani of charges related to espionage after he spent seven months in prison, Soltani said Monday. According to Soltani, the appeals court held that there...

Human Rights Watch denounced Iran on Wednesday for threatening to prosecute the Iranian Center for Defense of Human Rights (CDHR) , a human rights group based in Tehran founded by 2003 Nobel peace laureate...

The Interior Ministry of Iran has prohibited a human rights group led by 2003 Nobel Peace Prize laureate Shirin Ebadi from operating in the country, saying the group has neglected to obtain...

Iranian human rights lawyer Abdolfattah Soltani says he has received a five-year prison sentence for disclosing confidential information and engaging in propaganda against the regime, even though neither he nor his lawyers appeared in...

The lawyer representing the family of Iranian-Canadian photographer Zahra Kazemi , who died in Iranian custody in July 2003 amidst allegations of torture and abuse , was arrested over the weekend on charges of spying. Abdolfattah Soltani...