Iran

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 : A year after the death of Mahsa Jîna Amini, the family lawyer, Saleh Nikbakht, is brought to trial for carrying out his profession

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: Reza Khandan, human rights defender and husband of Iranian lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh summoned to prison

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.