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IRAN: Reza Khandan, human rights defender and husband of Iranian lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh, has been arrested to serve a 6-year prison sentence

Iran: Human rights defender and lawyer Taher Naghavi was sentenced to six years in prison on 20 October 2024 by the Revolutionary Court of Tehran. The sentence was based on his peaceful human rights activities, in particular his work in defence of…

Iran: Mohammadreza Faghihi is an Iranian human rights lawyer. He was sentenced to five years in prison for taking part in a lawful and peaceful demonstration on 12 October 2022.

IRAN: Mohammad Seifzadeh sentenced to prison by the Iranian judiciary

Iran: Kurdish lawyer Golaheh Vatandoust sentenced to over six years in prison by the Islamic Republic of Iran

Iran: Arash Keykhosravi, an Iranian lawyer and fierce defender of human rights, has been facing prolonged detention since 25 September 2023. He was sentenced by Tehran’s Revolutionary Court on charges of “propaganda activities against…

IRAN: Arrested and interrogated on arrival at Tehran airport, lawyer Saleh Nikbakht faces imprisonment for practising law

The First Section of the Revolutionary Court has sentenced Khosrow Alikordi to one year’s imprisonment, two years’ exile, a two-year travel ban, a two-year ban on practising as a lawyer, and a two-year ban on appearing on the Internet.

Iran: Nasser Sargaran, a prominent human rights lawyer and academic, was arrested by the Islamic Republic of Iran’s Intelligence Department in Saqqez.

Iran: Repeatedly subjected to relentless harassment by the Iranian government, Iranian lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh, winner of the Ludovic Trarieux prize in 2018, was arrested and severely beaten while attending the funeral of Armita Garavand, who died…

IRAN : Maryam Arvin, an Iranian lawyer and fervent defender of the rights of women who were victims of discrimination, died two months after her release from prison. She had been pursuing a doctorate in law since the age of 28, after obtaining her…

IRAN: The Observatory condemns the sentencing of Iranian lawyer Farzaneh Zilabi to 18 months in prison and calls for all other charges against her to be dropped.

IRAN: Iranian lawyer Mohammad Najafi imprisoned on false charges and banned from medical care

Iran: The iranian lawyer Mohammad Ali Dadkhah has been arrested and sent to prison to serve a sentence that was handed down more than ten years ago

IRAN: Lawyer Soheila Hejab violently arrested as she exits court.

IRAN: Lawyer Amir Salar Davoodi sentenced to 30 years in prison and 111 lashes.