Nasrin Sotoudeh

December 2, 2024 | |

A ‘Medieval Law’: Iran’s New Hijab Bill Cracks Down on Women

Iran Unveils New Hijab Law: Tehran on November 30 released the full text of a new bill that would increase punishments on women who refuse to wear the mandatory hijab, or headscarf,...

January 7, 2023 | Toby Dershowitz, Saeed Ghasseminejad

‘Adopt’ an Iranian Political Prisoner to Save a Life

The regime kills much more easily in darkness.

September 24, 2020 | Tzvi Kahn |

Trapped in a Pandemic: Iran’s Political Prisoners Face COVID-19 Behind Bars

“Our bodies are ruined,” Narges Mohammadi, the imprisoned Iranian journalist and human rights advocate, wrote in July. “There are twelve of us in the ward who have come down with the coronavirus,”...

March 10, 2020 | Benjamin Weinthal |

UN issues scathing indictment of Iran’s human rights violations

The newly released U.N. Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran savaged Tehran’s failure to adhere to basic human rights norms. Javaid Rehman,...

December 11, 2018 | Tzvi Kahn |

U.S. Urges Iran to Release Women’s Rights Activist on Hunger Strike

The State Department on Friday called on Iran to release women’s rights activist Farhad Meysami immediately, noting that his “lif...

September 4, 2018 | Tzvi Kahn

U.S. Should Sanction Judge of Iran’s Brutal Kangaroo Court

The torture still occupies her nightmares. In 1984, high school student Mahnaz Ghezellou found herself blindfolded and handcuffed in Iran’s notorious Evin Prison for her peaceful a...

July 30, 2015 | Benjamin Weinthal |

How the West Can Use the Iran Deal to Foster Regime Change

Since the comprehensive deal on Iran’s nuclear-weapons program was reached, technical aspects of the agreement have been discussed, but a crucially unremarked-upon topic deserves significan...

December 1, 2014 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Analysis: Europe retreats from pressing Iran on human rights progress

Since the world powers reached an interim agreement to slow down Iran’s nuclear weapons program last year, there has been an astonishingly fast-paced change by some European countries and i...

May 19, 2014 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Analysis: The Benefits Of Canadian Parliament’s ‘Adopt Iranian Political Prisoner’ Campaign

There is no shortage of political prisoners incarcerated in Iran’s penitentiaries. The plight of persecuted Iranians rarely reaches the level of audible background music in Western...

November 1, 2013 | Benjamin Weinthal FDD Policy Brief |

Rouhani’s Failed Human Rights Promises

The first 100 days of Hassan Rouhani’s presidency has done little to improve Iran’s human rights record. Widely hailed as a moderate, Rouhani...

June 3, 2013 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Canadian MPs Decry Iran Human Rights Violations

Co-authored by Michael Wilner Canada’s Parliament hosted Iran Accountability Week last week, documenting the Islamic Republic’s human rights violations, particularly...

November 2, 2012 | Benjamin Weinthal The Jewish Chronicle |

German MPs Do Business with Iran

European politicians in Brussels and Berlin have unleashed a storm of criticism over their planned trips to meet representatives of Iran’s regime. A group of five left-wing MEPs ha...

October 31, 2012 | Benjamin Weinthal |

European Lawmakers Cool to Obama’s Iran Sanctions

President Obama's efforts to isolate Iran’s rogue regime is drawing a cool response from some key European lawmakers, who may be putting trade over principle. A group of Germa...

November 7, 2011 | Benjamin Weinthal The Jerusalem Post |

German-Iranian Business Forum Sparks Outrage

A pro-Iranian business conference slated for Tuesday in Berlin triggered sharp criticism last week and on Saturday from European-based NGOs and Mideast experts because the event seeks to promote...

September 15, 2011 | Benjamin Weinthal, Mark Dubowitz

Iran’s Victims

Scores of political dissidents are languishing in jail or have been executed.