‘We Are Alive, But in Captivity’: Letter from Imprisoned Kurdish Labor Activist
May 5, 2025 — In a letter obtained by the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI), Issa Ebrahimzadeh, a Kurdish farmer and labor rights activist who is currently on ...
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Iran’s Workers: Battered by Brutal Repression and Lethal Work Conditions
19 Labor Activists Still Imprisoned, One Woman at Risk of Execution Over 2000 Workers Dead in Last 12 Months Due to Unsafe Working Conditions April 30, 2025 – On this International Labor Day, the ...
Op-Ed: Combine ‘Maximum Pressure’ on Iran with Maximum Support for the Iranian People
This article was originally published on The Hill. April 24, 2025 By Michael Eisner, the general counsel of the Center for Human Rights in Iran, and Saeid Dehghan, ...
Iran’s Mass Executions of Drug Offenders Are a Human Rights Emergency
Over 100 Executed in Just Three Months for Drug Offences Former Prisoner and Lawyers Reveal Blatantly Unlawful Judicial Proceedings April 16, 2025 — Hundreds of men and women are being unlawfully executed in ...
EU Sanctions Iranian Judicial Officials Over Abductions of European Nationals
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Five More Political Prisoners Hanged in Iran as Use of Death Penalty to Crush Dissent Surges
Executions Follow Sham Trials and “Confessions” Extracted Under Torture At Least 50 Political Prisoners Now Facing Execution in Iran, Including Three Women April 9, 2025 — At dawn on Tuesday, April 8, the ...
Landmark Resolution: UN Human Rights Council Expands Fact-Finding Mission on Iran
All of Iran’s Ongoing Human Rights Crimes To Be Investigated 24 States Vote to Expand Accountability for Iran’s Atrocities April 3, 2025 – In a significant step toward accountability, the United Nations Human ...
Imprisonment of Christians Jumps Six-Fold in Iran as Persecution Intensifies
Judge to Christian: “It’s a disgrace that you are even breathing the air in this sacred courtroom. You should go to prison right now.” Over 300 Prosecuted in Tehran Alone, Nearly ...
Joint Letter: Global Coalition Calls on Iran to Cease Persecution of Human Rights Lawyers
Iran’s Lawyers in a “Perilous Position,” Face Arrest, Torture and Imprisonment Statement Asks UN to Relay Concerns Directly to Iranian Authorities March 18, 2025—In a joint statement released today, the Center for Human ...
