More Than 27 Civilians Killed, including Six Children, Over 2000 Arrested Authorities’ Crackdown Again Amounts to Crimes Against Humanity January 6, 2025 — Iranian authorities have sharply escalated their violent… ...
39 Detained, Access to Lawyers and Families Denied, Brutal Interrogations Underway December 17, 2025 — Concerns are intensifying over the safety, health, and legal rights of at least 39 individuals… ...
“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 to immediately… ...
…November 13, 2025 — At only 12 years old, Goli Kouhkan was forced into an abusive marriage. At 13, she gave birth to her son without any medical care. At… ...
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… ...
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… ...
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, and… ...
Three Women Prisoners Dead in Ten Days After Denial of Medical Care October 7, 2025 — In the span of just over a week, three women have died from the… ...
Woman Political Prisoner in Iran Is Dead After Deliberate Denial of Medical Care Many Others At Risk Due to Systematic Denial of Medical Care in Iranian Prisons September 25, 2025… ...
A letter from imprisoned Iranian lawyers urging immediate medical care for their colleague, Taher Naqavi, and an urgent appeal to the international legal community to intervene. September 22, 2025 —… ...
Numerous Prisoners at Imminent Risk as International Attention is Focused Elsewhere Governments Must Demand a Halt to Iran’s State-Sanctioned Killing Editor’s note: This article has been amended on August 21,… ...
Arrests, Imprisonments, Death Sentences Surge in Small Towns Where Minorities Predominate State Agents, Judges, Prison Authorities Rain Down Abuse Without Fear of Scrutiny August 12, 2025 — Far from the… ...
Firsthand letter reveals coordinated attack, beatings, and execution of two political prisoners: ‘We’ll kill every last one of you sons of whores!’ August 11, 2025 — The following letter, authored… ...
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CHRI Warns Iran May Use Wartime Chaos to Execute Political Prisoners June 19, 2025 — As the war between Iran and Israel intensifies, the Center for Human Rights in Iran… ...
Systematic Denial of Medical Care in Iran: A Slow and Silent Execution May 27, 2025 — From Evin Prison, woman political prisoner and international law scholar Mahvash (Sayeh) Seydal has issued… ...
At Least 19 Writers and Poets Targeted in 2025, One Sentenced to Death “Lawyers working on such cases face threats, stigmatization, fabricated charges, arrest and disbarment” May 20, 2025 — An… ...
…Issa Ebrahimzadeh, a Kurdish farmer and labor rights activist who is currently on a brief medical leave from Naqadeh Central Prison where he is serving a five year sentence, describes… ...
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… ...
At Least Four Prisoners Dead in Just Two Months CHRI Speaks to Cellmate of Political Prisoner Who Died Due to Medical Neglect March 12, 2025 — At least four prisoners… ...
Iran Using the Gallows to Terrorize Population into Silence Severe Violations of Due Process and Fair Trial Rights Even in Death Penalty Cases February 4, 2025 – Two political prisoners,… ...
Prisoners in Over 30 Prisons Stage Weekly Hunger Strikes Demanding End to Executions January 21, 2025 — One year ago, a small group of prisoners on death row in Iran… ...
Baha’i Women Singled Out for Harsh and Aggressive Persecution Over 1,200 Facing Court Proceedings or Sentenced to Prison for Practicing Faith November 5, 2024 – The Islamic Republic has intensified… ...
Executed Dual National Was Abducted, Tortured, and Convicted without Due Process Countries Must Join Together to Stop Iran’s Hostage Taking October 28, 2024 – The Center for Human Rights in Iran… ...
Denial of Critical Care Intensifies as Prisoners Speak Out Against Abuses August 21, 2024 – The deliberate denial of medical care to political prisoners, long a practice in the Islamic… ...
