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  • Prioritizing Human Rights in Iran: A New U.S. Foreign Policy Approach
  • Fact Sheet: LGBTQ Community in Iran Faces Deadly Violence and Severe Rights Abuses
  • Outdated U.S. Policies Are Helping Iran Censor Its Citizens (Commentary Published in Foreign Policy)
  • Biden Must Not Ignore Iran’s Human Rights Record (Commentary published in Foreign Policy)
  • Policy Briefing: Human Rights in Iran and U.S. National Security Interests

  • PRESS RELEASES

    • Salman Rushdie is Yet Another Victim of Iran’s Extraterritorial Censorship
      Salman Rushdie is Yet Another Victim of Iran’s Extraterritorial Censorship
      August 15, 2022
    • Human Rights Can and Should be Front and Center in U.S. Foreign Policy on Iran
      Human Rights Can and Should be Front and Center in U.S. Foreign Policy on Iran
      August 9, 2022
    • UN Should Condemn Renewed Crackdown on Persecuted Baha’i Faith in Iran
      UN Should Condemn Renewed Crackdown on Persecuted Baha’i Faith in Iran
      August 5, 2022
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    Salman Rushdie is Yet Another Victim of Iran’s Extraterritorial Censorship

    Salman Rushdie is Yet Another Victim of Iran’s Extraterritorial Censorship

    August 15, 2022

    Government of Iran Has Long Targeted its Critics Abroad for Assassination August 15, 2022 – The heinous attack in New York on the author Salman Rushdie, in which a knifeman inflicted life-threatening injuries, stems from the Islamic Republic’s longstanding policy of stifling freedom of expression both inside and outside its borders, ...

    More Prisoner Deaths Feared in Iran’s COVID-Infested Jails

    More Prisoner Deaths Feared in Iran’s COVID-Infested Jails

    August 12, 2022

    Authorities Deny Prisoners Medical Treatment and Safety Measures Despite a renewed wave of COVID-19 infections in Iranian prisons, a growing number of infected political prisoners have been denied proper treatment, raising fears of more unnecessary deaths of prisoners in state custody. In a non-exhaustive study, Amnesty International has reported that ...

    Human Rights Can and Should be Front and Center in U.S. Foreign Policy on Iran

    Human Rights Can and Should be Front and Center in U.S. Foreign Policy on Iran

    August 9, 2022

    Prioritizing human rights represents the most effective means for the U.S. to influence Iranian state behavior and address the Islamic Republic’s destabilizing activities, the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) said in a new Q&A, “Prioritizing
Human Rights in Iran:
A New U.S. Foreign Policy Approach:  Q&A on Recommendations for the U.S. Government” published today ...

    Prioritizing Human Rights in Iran: A New U.S. Foreign Policy Approach

    Prioritizing Human Rights in Iran: A New U.S. Foreign Policy Approach

    August 9, 2022

    The Center for Human Rights in Iran’s (CHRI) new briefing, Human Rights in Iran and U.S. National Security Interests: A Path Forward for U.S. Foreign Policy Toward the Islamic Republic, lays out a U.S. foreign policy approach to Iran that affords human rights a central role, equal in importance to and pursued on par with other political, economic and strategic ...

    UN Should Condemn Renewed Crackdown on Persecuted Baha’i Faith in Iran

    UN Should Condemn Renewed Crackdown on Persecuted Baha’i Faith in Iran

    August 5, 2022

    August 5, 2022 – Increasing arbitrary arrests of members of the persecuted Baha’i faith in Iran, and an intensifying government-sponsored campaign of destruction and confiscation of their properties should be internationally condemned, said the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI). Ahmed Shaheed, the UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion ...

    Gharchak Prison in Iran: A Cauldron of Abuse and Violations

    Gharchak Prison in Iran: A Cauldron of Abuse and Violations

    August 5, 2022

    Longstanding, Severe Violations of International Standards for Prisoners  International Community Should Demand Closure of Facility For more than a decade, the inmates incarcerated at Iran’s Gharchak Prison for women have been desperately protesting inhumane, unsafe and unlawful conditions at the facility that violate all international norms and standards for prisons. Consistent reports of ...

    UN Expert Welcomes Historic Verdict in Universal Jurisdiction Case on Iran

    UN Expert Welcomes Historic Verdict in Universal Jurisdiction Case on Iran

    July 15, 2022

    Lauding a landmark universal jurisdiction conviction in Sweden against Hamid Nouri, an Iranian official accused of mass atrocities, the UN special rapporteur on Iran said today, “The process and verdict in Sweden constitute a landmark and important leap forward ...

    Nouri Conviction by Swedish Court a Triumph for Iran’s “Seeking-Justice” Movement

    Nouri Conviction by Swedish Court a Triumph for Iran’s “Seeking-Justice” Movement

    July 14, 2022

    Conviction Opens Door for More Trials Against Officials Accused of Atrocities July 14, 2022 -- After 92 sessions of a trial that lasted almost a year, a court in Stockholm, Sweden convicted Iranian judicial official Hamid Nouri of a "serious crime against international law" and ...

    Heightened Reign of Terror in Iran Under New Intelligence Chief

    Heightened Reign of Terror in Iran Under New Intelligence Chief

    July 11, 2022

    Less than a month after the intelligence chief of the Iranian military’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) was replaced, a crackdown on dissent is being ramped up in the country ...

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  • FACTSHEET SPOTLIGHT

    Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) people in Iran face extreme rights violations, deadly violence perpetrated by both the state and society, and legal and social discrimination in all walks of life. Same-sex relations are punishable by flogging and death, and legalized persecution incites widespread violence against the community, as highlighted in this new fact sheet.

     
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    • Salman Rushdie is Yet Another Victim of Iran’s Extraterritorial Censorship
      Salman Rushdie is Yet Another Victim of Iran’s Extraterritorial Censorship
      August 15, 2022
    • Heightened Reign of Terror in Iran Under New Intelligence Chief
      Heightened Reign of Terror in Iran Under New Intelligence Chief
      July 11, 2022
    • Rights Groups Call on Meta to Fix Persian Content Moderation for Instagram
      Rights Groups Call on Meta to Fix Persian Content Moderation for Instagram
      June 9, 2022
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    List of Attorneys Imprisoned in Iran for Defending Human Rights (Updated)

    At least one human rights lawyer is currently imprisoned in Iran, Mohammad Najafi, who is currently serving a 54-month prison term

    Iran’s Human Rights Record

    A panel discussion by the Atlantic Council's Future of Iran Initiative by leading experts on Iran, including the Center's Executive Director, Dr. Hadi Ghaemi

    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

    In the Media – Center for Human Rights in Iran

    In the Media

    The Center for Human Rights in Iran receives thousands of citations in print and broadcast media across the world each year, and we are heavily cited in all U.N. reports on Iran

    Art Exhibitions

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

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

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