Escaping Death: The New Reality for Iran's Imprisoned Dissidents

Escaping Death: The New Reality for Iran's Imprisoned Dissidents

Fears Of More Executions As Iran's New Espionage Bill Raises Alarm

This edition of the Farda Briefing looks at why the Iranian parliament's passage of a bill imposing harsher penalties for espionage has raised concerns.

Life Inside Iran: One Dissident’s Battle Against Torture, Tyranny, and Silence

(RAIR Foundation)—On the night before Israel and soon after, the United States, launched strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities, I was up exchanging messages with an Iranian dissident who was nearly killed just for trying to tell his story. The regime doesn’t just silence you, it slashes your arms, your chest, and your legs. That’s what happened to “Asher Jorjani.” At 4:00 a.m., on June 20,  as we messaged across time zones and thousands of miles,…