Rights groups call on UN experts to intervene on behalf of a Kurdish woman...
London, 8 March 2015 – In a petition filed this week, REDRESS and Justice for Iran have urged the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention to intervene on behalf of a female Kurdish activist who is...
View ArticleIran indicates a move toward ending anti-LGBT torture
19 March 2015 – Justice for Iran (JFI) & Iranian Lesbian and Transgender Network (6Rang) welcome the decision by the Islamic Republic of Iran to accept 139 of the 291 recommendations and to...
View ArticleImprisoned cartoonist forced to face ‘virginity test’
Justice for Iran (JFI), 9 October 2015 | Court hearing for civil rights activist and cartoonist, Atena Farghadani, and her lawyer, Mohammad Moghimi, accused of shaking hands together, was conducted in...
View ArticleIran admits to conducting a virginity test on Atena Farghadani
Justice for Iran (JFI), 11 March 2015: Islamic Republic of Iran’s authorities have admitted to subjecting Atena Farghadani to a virginity test while in captivity of the Iran’s Evin prison in their...
View ArticleUN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention demands immediate release of the only...
7 June 2016 – In a strong opinion released on May 26th, the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) has ordered Iran to immediately release and provide compensation to Kurdish women’s human...
View ArticleViolating children rights: Girl marriages
On 28 May 2018, Iranian officials disclosed that 3635 marriages involving girls under the age of 15, and 8 involving girls under the age of 10, were recorded in East Azerbaijan over the past...
View ArticleHuman Rights Violator: Ali Razini
Full Name:Ali Razini Biography:Ali Razini was born in Razan, Hamedan in 22 May 1943. He graduated from a seminary. Positions:Revolutionary Court Magistrate in Tehran from 1980 to 1981Revolutionary...
View ArticleHuman Rights Violator: Hadi Hashemian
Full Name:Hadi HashemianBiography:No information is available about Hadi Hashemian’s birth and education.Positions:Chief Justice at Branch 24 of the Court of Appeals in Mazandaran Province until Spring...
View ArticleHuman Rights Violator: Ahmad Fazelian
Full Name:Ahmad FazelianBiography:Ahmad Fazelian was born in Hamedan, Iran.Positions: ⦁ Chief of Branch 7 of the Appeals Court in Golestan Province until 12 September 2006⦁ Assistant Court Appraiser of...
View ArticleSeyyed Zia MirEmadi: From bloody prosecutions to Bar Association
Seyyed Zia MirEmadi used his positions of high-ranking judicial authority to violate the rights of Iranian citizens for decades. Watch the video to learn about his bloody history as a prosecutor and...
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