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  • Iranian and French Lawyers, Doctors Demand Release of Lawyer Mohammad Najafi
  • Iran Protests: Voices from Iran (Updated)
  • Another Abducted Dissident Sentenced to Death in Iran
  • Teachers Across Iran Protest Government’s Inaction on School Gas Attacks
  • Sign the Petition for Women’s Rights in Iran on International Women’s Day

  • PRESS RELEASES

    • Another Abducted Dissident Sentenced to Death in Iran
      Another Abducted Dissident Sentenced to Death in Iran
      March 13, 2023
    • CHRI Board Member Mehrangiz Kar Receives Women’s Award for Justice and Advocacy from NYC Bar Association
      CHRI Board Member Mehrangiz Kar Receives Women’s Award for Justice and Advocacy from NYC Bar Association
      March 9, 2023
    • 20 Prominent Iranian Lawyers Call on UN to Investigate School Girl Poisonings
      20 Prominent Iranian Lawyers Call on UN to Investigate School Girl Poisonings
      March 6, 2023
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    Iranian and French Lawyers, Doctors Demand Release of Lawyer Mohammad Najafi

    Iranian and French Lawyers, Doctors Demand Release of Lawyer Mohammad Najafi

    March 17, 2023

    31 Lawyers and Doctors Call for Freedom of “Peace-Seeking Lawyer and Human Rights Activist” In a joint letter published today, 31 doctors and human rights lawyers from within Iran and France called on the Iranian government to release imprisoned human rights lawyer Mohammad Najafi, who has been ...

    Another Abducted Dissident Sentenced to Death in Iran

    Another Abducted Dissident Sentenced to Death in Iran

    March 13, 2023

    Supreme Court Upholds Death Sentence Against Habib Farajollah Chaab After Show Trial Three Foreign Dissidents Have Been Abducted and Sentenced to Death in Iran Since 2019 March 13, 2022 – An Iranian-born Swedish citizen and dissident, Habib Farajollah Chaab, who was reportedly lured to Turkey by Islamic Republic agents ...

    Teachers Across Iran Protest Government’s Inaction on School Gas Attacks

    Teachers Across Iran Protest Government’s Inaction on School Gas Attacks

    March 10, 2023

    Arrests, Tear Gas Against Peaceful Protesters Reported by Eyewitnesses Government Dithers While Thousands of Schoolgirls Sickened Amid ongoing poison gas attacks reported at girls’ schools in dozens of cities in Iran, the Coordinating Council of the Iranian Teachers Trade Association (CCITTA) held nationwide protests in Iran on March 7, ...

    CHRI Board Member Mehrangiz Kar Receives Women’s Award for Justice and Advocacy from NYC Bar Association

    CHRI Board Member Mehrangiz Kar Receives Women’s Award for Justice and Advocacy from NYC Bar Association

    March 9, 2023

    March 9, 2023 – Iranian human rights lawyer and activist Mehrangiz Kar, a board member of the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI), received the Women’s Award for Justice and Advocacy from the New York City Bar Association on March 8, 2023, International ...

    20 Prominent Iranian Lawyers Call on UN to Investigate School Girl Poisonings

    20 Prominent Iranian Lawyers Call on UN to Investigate School Girl Poisonings

    March 6, 2023

    Over 1,000 Students, Mostly Girls, Poisoned by Gas in Iran Since November 2022 March 6, 2023 – Twenty prominent human rights lawyers from Iran today published a letter urgently calling for an independent, joint committee—comprised of experts from the world’s top public health, children’s rights, and education-focused UN agencies—to immediately investigate ...

    Political Prisoner Narges Mohammadi: I Will “Testify” About Sexual Assault Against Protesters

    Political Prisoner Narges Mohammadi: I Will “Testify” About Sexual Assault Against Protesters

    March 3, 2023

    Prominent Human Rights Defender Takes Grave Risks by Penning Open Letter in Prison “As a witness in both cases of physical, sexual assault, and physical torture, I am willing to testify anywhere…” Those words were written by human rights defender and longtime prisoner of conscience in Iran ...

    One Girl Dead, 400 Children Poisoned Amid Attacks on Schools in Iran

    One Girl Dead, 400 Children Poisoned Amid Attacks on Schools in Iran

    February 28, 2023

    Unfettered Acts of Terror Against School Girls Raise Questions of Government Complicity School Girls Enthusiastically Participated in Major Anti-State Protests February 28, 2023 – Five months into Iran’s “Woman, Life, Freedom” movement, in which girls and women were among hundreds killed at nationwide, anti-state protests, at least one girl has died ...

    Iranian Activists Announce “Justice-Seeking” Pact in New Statement

    Iranian Activists Announce “Justice-Seeking” Pact in New Statement

    February 27, 2023

    A coalition of Iranian human and civil rights defenders, including prominent activists Shirin Ebadi, Nasrin Sotoudeh, Narges Mohammadi, and Atena, published a “Justice-Seeking Pact” on February 23, 2023. Following is the Center for Human Rights in Iran’s (CHRI) translation of the Persian text. ...

    Iran: Scores Blinded as Security Forces Aim Guns at Protesters’ Eyes

    Iran: Scores Blinded as Security Forces Aim Guns at Protesters’ Eyes

    February 22, 2023

    Protesters: “We Aren’t Afraid of the Darkness” In their violent drive to crush the anti-state protests that have roiled Iran over the last five months, Islamic Republic security forces have shot scores of young protesters directly in the eyes, resulting in the loss of sight in one or both eyes in ...

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    • @ICHRI On the eve of the Persian new year, #Nowruz, people gathered to remember 22-year-old Jina Mahsa Amini, and other vi… https://t.co/oGF9RUbrWM
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    • @ICHRI RT @JasminRamsey: Victims of state violence in Iran are not allowed to seek justice, so they protest by remembering. Today is #Nowruz, th…
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  • ART, CULTURE, AND SOCIETY

    • 20 Prominent Iranian Lawyers Call on UN to Investigate School Girl Poisonings
      20 Prominent Iranian Lawyers Call on UN to Investigate School Girl Poisonings
      March 6, 2023
    • Sign the Petition for Women’s Rights in Iran on International Women’s Day
      Sign the Petition for Women’s Rights in Iran on International Women’s Day
      February 16, 2023
    • Human Rights Lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh’s Husband Ordered to Report to Prison
      Human Rights Lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh’s Husband Ordered to Report to Prison
      February 14, 2023
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  • CENTER SPOTLIGHT

    Women’s Uprising in Iran

    On November 17, 2022, Hadi Ghaemi, executive director of the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI), spoke at a panel discussion hosted by the Marie Colvin Center for International Reporting at Stonybrook University's School of Communication and Journalism on the people's uprising in Iran following the believed killing in state

    List of Attorneys Imprisoned in Iran for Defending Human Rights (Updated)

    At least five defense lawyers are currently imprisoned in Iran for supporting human rights

    Who Are the Dual and Foreign Nationals Imprisoned in Iran? (Updated)

    At least 21 (15 dual nationals, five foreign nationals and one foreign permanent resident) were known to be held in Iran (imprisoned, under house arrest, or prohibited from leaving the country) as of July 2022

    Center for Human Rights in Iran – Factsheets

    Fact Sheets

    These Fact Sheets highlight key information on a range of important human rights issues in a concise, accessible format for researchers, journalists and policymakers

    Center for Human Rights in Iran – Policy Briefings

    Policy Briefings

    Our policy briefings provide deeply informed and impartial analysis of human rights issues, their implications, and detailed recommendations for policymakers worldwide

    Art Exhibitions

    CHRI’s exhibition in NYC featuring the works of prominent Iranian-American artists.

    Videos

    The Center produces educational and artistic videos that communicate critical human rights issues in engaging and creative visual formats

    Internet Freedom

    Internet Freedom

    A chronological archive of CHRI's reports and analyses on internet freedom issues in Iran.

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