Iran Using the Gallows to Terrorize Population into Silence Severe Violations of Due Process and Fair Trial Rights Even in Death Penalty Cases February 5, 2025 – Two political prisoners, Manouchehr Fallah and Shahriar Bayat, are at risk ...
State Commits Mass Violent Crimes as It Moves to Suppress Dissent Huge Surge in Mass Arrests, Violence, and Enforced Disappearances of Kurd, Baluch, Arab, and Azeri Turk Citizens January 29, 2025 —The Iranian government has greatly escalated its brutal ...
Senior Officials Protected, Low-Ranking Officers Receive Reduced Sentences Lawyers for Victims Arrested, Evidence Suppressed, Families Pressured to Take “Blood Money” and Stay Silent January 23, 2025 – In a stark mockery of justice, Iran’s judiciary has ...
Prisoners in Over 30 Prisons Stage Weekly Hunger Strikes Demanding End to Executions January 21, 2024 — One year ago, a small group of prisoners on death row in Iran initiated a brave and powerful act of resistance—they ...
Pakhshan Azizi’s Death Sentence is a “serious violation of international human rights law” January 17, 2025 —Top UN human rights experts have expressed “grave concern” over the Iranian Supreme Court's decision to uphold the death ...
New Audi File Released From Prison: “Swedish Authorities Have Abandoned Me” Sweden Should Rally Global Action to Free Ahmadreza Djalali, Imprisoned Since 2016 Governments Must Work Together to End Iran’s Hostage Taking, Many Dual and Foreign Nationals ...
Security Groups Control Cases of Victims Seeking Justice; Lawyers Then Prosecuted for Filing Cases January 13, 2025 — The Islamic Republic of Iran is waging a campaign of intimidation and prosecution against human rights lawyers, targeting those ...
If Carried Out, Pakhshan Azizi Will Be First Woman Political Prisoner Hanged in Iran in 14 Years Death Sentence Upheld Despite Torture, Evidence of Innocence of Charges January 9, 2025 — The first woman political prisoner in 14 ...
Skyrocketing Femicides Fueled by Lack of Legal Protection Against Domestic Violence (See end of article for publicly reported femicide cases in Iran in 2024.) January 6, 2025—Killed by husbands or fathers for fleeing an abusive forced marriage, seeking a ...
