Publications
Massacre in Javanrud: State Atrocities Against Protesters in Iran’s Kurdish Regions
Recommendations for the International Community on Iran
Recommendations for the U.S. Congress on Iran
New Briefing: International Action Urgently Needed to Stop Carnage in Iran
This policy briefing addresses the urgent for need for collective international action to address the violent state suppression of peaceful protests in Iran. It provides specific recommendations for the Biden Administration and the broader international community, aimed at imposing meaningful ...
Q&A Prioritizing Human Rights in Iran: A New U.S. Foreign Policy Approach
This Q&A addresses questions regarding CHRI’s recommendations to the U.S. government that human rights be promoted as a policy stream equal in importance to other political, economic and strategic policy streams. It argues that prioritizing human rights does not undermine ...
Policy Briefing: Human Rights in Iran and U.S. National Security Interests
This policy briefing reveals the cost to U.S. national security interests of the human rights crisis in Iran, and provides detailed recommendations for the US government on ways to impact destabilizing Islamic Republic policies by recognizing the key role of ...
Policy Briefing: Internet Freedom Stymied by Iranians’ Lack of Access to Tech Products
Beautiful Holiday Gift: A Book of Illustrations and Essays on Human Rights
The book, published by the Center for Human Rights in Iran, highlights the days set aside by the international community for reflection and action on rights that are fundamental to the human condition—and the struggle for these rights in Iran. Days ...
“They Aimed at My Son’s Head”: Report Reveals Carnage in Crushed Iran Protests
May 27, 2020 — A new report released today by the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) ...
Children With Disabilities in Iran Denied Access to Inclusive Education
CHRI’s 2018 Annual Report
For 10 years, the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) has been working to support the basic rights and freedoms of the Iranian people and hold the Iranian government accountable to its international human ...
Iran: People With Disabilities Face Discrimination and Abuse
Human Rights Watch and the Center for Human Rights in Iran conducted in-depth interviews with 58 women and men with various disabilities, as well as with disability rights advocates and specialists across Iran. The World Health Organization and World Bank ...
Iran Telegram Ban Strangles Country Amid Struggling Economy, Protests
This report examines the Iranian Judiciary’s ban on the Telegram messaging app, which as of 2018 was integrated into all aspects of daily life in Iran and had some 40 million active users in the country. It assesses what it ...
Rouhani’s Citizens’ Rights Charter: A Harmful Distraction
This report is essential reading for policymakers and officials charting a forward path with the Islamic Republic. It provides an in-depth review of the Citizens’ Rights Charter and analysis of the political dynamics affecting human rights in Iran. The report ...
Iran’s Suppression of December 2017 Unrest Marked by Brutal Violations of Law
The state crackdown that crushed the protests that erupted across Iran in late December 2017 was marked by violence and brutal disregard for the law. This CHRI briefing, based on interviews with released detainees, the families and attorneys of detainees, ...
Internet Cut-Off During Recent Unrest in Iran Reveals Tehran’s New Cyber Capabilities
Guards at the Gate: The Expanding State Control Over the Internet in Iran provides an in-depth review of Iran’s internet policies and initiatives, in particular, the development of its state-controlled National Internet Network (NIN), which gives the government newly expanded ...
Rouhani: Delivering Human Rights After the Election
Hassan Rouhani was re-elected as president of Iran in May 2017 largely on the basis of his support for human rights and Iranians’ perceptions that he would do more to improve civil and political rights in the country than his ...
Iran’s 2017 Presidential Election: Implications for Human Rights
Briefing: Iran’s Fashion Industry is the Latest Victim of Khamenei’s War on Western Culture
New Report: Inside the Women’s Ward: Mistreatment of Women Political Prisoners at Iran’s Evin Prison
Political prisoners held in the Women’s Ward at Iran’s Evin Prison are routinely denied medical care and hospitalization, face restricted or denied visitation rights even with their young children, are deprived of regular telephone contact with their families, and are ...
High Hopes, Tempered Expectations: Views from Iran on the Nuclear Negotiations
Campaign Releases New Study on the Views of Civil Society in Iran June 22, 2015—Civil society in Iran remains steadfast and unequivocal in its support for the nuclear negotiations, and its members hope for an agreement that will end years ...
Vigilante Violence: The Acid Attacks against Women in Iran and the State’s Assault on Women’s Rights
The Iranian Parliament should immediately withdraw the pending Plan to Promote Virtue and Prevent Vice, which explicitly calls for Basij militias to enforce strict hijab (female dress). This plan not only violates the rights of all Iranian women, it also ...
New Report Reveals State’s Growing Efforts to Control Internet Access in Iran
The Rouhani administration should use all its authority to end the government’s initiatives to restrict Iranians’ access to the Internet, immediately cease state efforts to monitor users’ online accounts, and end the prosecution of individuals for their peaceful online activities, ...
Voices from Iran: Strong Support for the Nuclear Negotiations
As this study demonstrates, leading Iranian civil society figures support the P5+1 nuclear negotiations and hope for a successful deal. No one can presume that such a deal will automatically lead to improvements in human rights and civil liberties in ...