Middle East

In joint appeal Nobel Peace laureate Shirin Ebadi and six human rights groups have called on the Iranian authorities to “immediately” release the leaders of ……Read More

More than 200 journalists slam arrests More than 200 Iranian journalists have voiced their outrage at the government’s clampdown on members of the press in recent days. ……Read More

Iranian authorities have arrested five students of a leading dissident cleric in the southern city of Shiraz, human rights sources say. According to the Committee ……Read More

Clampdown on press intensifies Iranian security forces have launched a fresh wave of arrests against dissident journalists. On Sunday, security forces raided the offices of ……Read More

Assault on Kurdish rights continues The Iranian government’s recent restrictions on the use of minority languages are in clear violation of the constitution, says the ……Read More