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  • Over 80 Iranian Lawyers Demand Transparency in Suspicious Death of Human Rights Lawyer Khosro Alikordi
  • UN: Iran Must Halt Execution of Woman Survivor of Child Marriage and Abuse
  • Eight Political Prisoners at Grave Risk of Execution as Death Sentences Upheld
  • Victim of Child Marriage Faces Execution in Iran
  • Writers and Scholars Arrested and Held Incommunicado in Iran

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    • Over 80 Iranian Lawyers Demand Transparency in Suspicious Death of Human Rights Lawyer Khosro Alikordi
      Over 80 Iranian Lawyers Demand Transparency in Suspicious Death of Human Rights Lawyer Khosro Alikordi
      December 11, 2025
    • UN: Iran Must Halt Execution of Woman Survivor of Child Marriage and Abuse
      UN: Iran Must Halt Execution of Woman Survivor of Child Marriage and Abuse
      December 3, 2025
    • Eight Political Prisoners at Grave Risk of Execution as Death Sentences Upheld
      Eight Political Prisoners at Grave Risk of Execution as Death Sentences Upheld
      November 25, 2025
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    Over 80 Iranian Lawyers Demand Transparency in Suspicious Death of Human Rights Lawyer Khosro Alikordi

    Over 80 Iranian Lawyers Demand Transparency in Suspicious Death of Human Rights Lawyer Khosro Alikordi

    December 11, 2025

    Brother of Alikordi Summoned, Authorities Warn Activists Not to Give Any Speeches at Funeral December 11, 2025 — A group of 81 lawyers, all inside Iran, have signed a public ...

    UN: Iran Must Halt Execution of Woman Survivor of Child Marriage and Abuse

    UN: Iran Must Halt Execution of Woman Survivor of Child Marriage and Abuse

    December 3, 2025

    “Her execution would constitute a grave violation of international human rights law” December 3, 2025 — Top UN human rights experts have urgently called on the Iranian authorities ...

    Eight Political Prisoners at Grave Risk of Execution as Death Sentences Upheld

    Eight Political Prisoners at Grave Risk of Execution as Death Sentences Upheld

    November 25, 2025

    At least 42 Political Prisoners Currently Sentenced to Death in Iran Case of Ehsan Faridi, 22, Highlights Gross Abuses by Interrogators and Judicial Officials November 25, 2025 — In just the last two ...

    Victim of Child Marriage Faces Execution in Iran

    Victim of Child Marriage Faces Execution in Iran

    November 13, 2025

    Execution Scheduled for December Unless $90K Paid for Killing Abusive Husband Denied Lawyer During Interrogation, Coerced into Confession Despite Illiteracy November 13, 2025 — At only 12 years old, Goli Kouhkan was forced ...

    Writers and Scholars Arrested and Held Incommunicado in Iran

    Writers and Scholars Arrested and Held Incommunicado in Iran

    November 6, 2025

    Whereabouts Unknown, No Contact with Families or Lawyers Iranian Authorities' Attack on Intellectuals Meant to Silence Any Independent Thought November 6, 2025 — In a coordinated operation targeting members of Iran’s intellectual community, ...

    Iran Shuts Down Oldest NGO Supporting Vulnerable Children, Detains Founder

    Iran Shuts Down Oldest NGO Supporting Vulnerable Children, Detains Founder

    November 3, 2025

    NGO Leader Held Without Charge, Whereabouts Unknown, Denied Access to Family and Lawyer State’s Intensifying Assault on Civil Society Will Worsen Crisis Facing Iran’s Children November 3, 2025 — The Iranian authorities have ...

    UN: Iran’s Surge in Unlawful Executions May Amount to Crimes Against Humanity

    UN: Iran’s Surge in Unlawful Executions May Amount to Crimes Against Humanity

    November 3, 2025

    November 3, 2025 — The United Nations Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on the Islamic Republic of Iran has sounded the alarm over the serious deterioration of the human rights situation in Iran, including unlawful killings, mass ...

    Iran’s Rappers: Voices of Dissent, Targets of the State

    Iran’s Rappers: Voices of Dissent, Targets of the State

    October 27, 2025

    Artists Face Arrests, Torture, Forced Confessions, Prison October 27, 2025 — In Iran, rap music has become a powerful and peaceful form of dissent, with many rappers using their lyrics to express ...

    Political Prisoner’s Hunger Strike Highlights Plight of Religious and Political Prisoners in Iran

    Political Prisoner’s Hunger Strike Highlights Plight of Religious and Political Prisoners in Iran

    October 23, 2025

    Nasim Simiyari Protests Iran’s Brutal Persecution of Baha’is, Demands Release of Fariba Kamalabadi October 23, 2025 — In Iran, where defendants are convicted after sham trials, prisoners are abused, ...

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    Iran Protests: Voices from Iran (Updated)

    Our team at the Center for Human Rights in Iran is in daily contact with Iranians throughout the country. In this regularly updated post, we publish what we are hearing from Iranians from all walks of life.

    Images of Resistance: Photographers Who Documented Iran’s Woman, Life, Freedom Movement

    For the second anniversary of Iran’s Woman, Life, Freedom movement, the Center for Human Rights in Iran partnered with Middle East Images to present a powerful collection of photographs and interviews, highlighting the courage of the protesters who stood up to the Islamic Republic’s security forces and the photographers who documented their resistance. The photographs were taken by photojournalists who have faced state violence and detention for exposing the unwavering courage of Iran’s peaceful rights movement and the brutality of the Islamic Republic’s violent crackdown on protesters.

    Webinar: Day of the Endangered Lawyer Highlights Plight of Iranian Lawyers

    Co-organised by the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI), the International Observatory of Lawyers (OIAD), the Geneva Bar Association (Ordre des Avocats de Genève), the event highlighted the plight of Iranian lawyers who face persecution for carrying out their professional duties to uphold human rights and the rule of law.

    Webinar: Legal Challenges Facing Iran’s “Woman Life Freedom” Movement

    Rights and Revolt: Three Lawyers Analyze the Legal Terrain of Iran's "Women Life Freedom" Movement In anticipation of the anniversary of Iran's transformative "Women, Life, Freedom" movement, the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) hosted a webinar on September 12, 2023, featuring distinguished human rights

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