**UPDATE 10/1/12** On Saturday morning, Sept 8, 2012, human rights activist Shiva Nazar Ahari was sent back to Evin prison… read more
*UPDATE MAY 2013* Nasrin Sotoudeh’s Eyesight Is Deteriorating in Prison. “Before going to prison, she was only using reading glasses,… read more
September 14, 2010: Abdollah Momeni, a prominent Iranian activist jailed since June 2009, has described to the world, that he… read more
**Update April 15, 2012** The Committee for Human Rights Reporters (CHRR) in Iran reported that Goudarzi, one of its members,… read more
Hamed Rouhinejad is a young man in Iran who was arrested in May 2009, 40 days BEFORE the presidential elections… read more
**Update March 9, 2012** Sister of Saeed Malekpour talks to media and says it has been 50 days and she… read more
PETITION UPDATE MADE 5/20/2010 GREAT NEWS THAT THE DEATH SENTENCE HAS BEEN OVERTURNED, HIS LIFE IS SAFE FOR NOW. HOWEVER… read more
**Update April 15, 2012** Please read updated information here about Mr. Ghanbari. His execution is now imminent: http://persianbanoo.wordpress.com/2012/04/07/abdolreza-ghanbari-a-teacher-sentenced-to-death-based-on-false-accusations-and-testimony/ **UPDATE Aug… read more
In a new wave of arrests in 2012 against journalists in Iran: Parastoo Dokouhaki and Marzieh Rasouli, two journalists and… read more
Sharokh Zamani is an Iranian labor activist who was sentenced 11 years in prison for his peaceful activism. He is… read more
