October 2015
October 16, 2015
Tehran's Reaction to US Report on Religious Freedom Violations in Iran
The Iranian Foreign Ministry has dismissed a US State Department report accusing Iran of suppressing religious freedoms as politically motivated and lacking credibility. The report…
October 14, 2015
223 Lashes and Six Years in Prison for Iranian Filmmaker Keyvan Karimi
Keyvan Karimi, an Iranian documentary filmmaker, has been sentenced to six years in prison and 223 lashes for charges including insulting the sacred and illicit…
October 12, 2015
Mehdi Mousavi and Fatemeh Ekhtesari Sentenced to Long-Term Imprisonment and Flogging
Poets Mehdi Mousavi and Fatemeh Ekhtesari have been sentenced to lengthy prison terms and lashes by Iran's Revolutionary Court for charges including 'insulting the sacred'…