Amnesty International has urged Iran to release a filmmaker accused of criticizing the authorities and allow him to attend this week’s Cannes Film Festival, where
Two Iranian filmmakers – Mohammad Ali Shirzadi and Ja’far Panahi – are detained without charge or trial in Evin Prison, Tehran after their arrest in
Recent developments in Iran have prompted fears that the Iranian authorities are once more using executions as a tool to try and quell political unrest,
To mark the Persian spring holiday of Nowrouz, Amnesty International has launched a campaign to send messages of goodwill to prisoners of conscience in Iran. The
Today is International Women’s Day: a day to celebrate the achievements in the promotion of women’s rights globally and to commit to advance them further.
Amnesty International deplores the re-affirmation by a senior Iranian judicial official that Iran will continue to judicially execute juvenile offenders, clarifying a misleading statement he
