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March 22, 2022

Interview: Rights Lawyer Turned Political Prisoner Condemns “Shameful” Acts Against Lawyers in Iran

Defense attorney Amirsalar Davoudi was imprisoned in Iran for running a social media channel that provided information to lawyers. *Editor’s Note: Amirsalar Davoudi was forced to return to Evin Prison… ...

February 4, 2021

36 Human Rights Groups Appeal for Release of Kurdish Detainees and Other Minorities in Iran

The Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) has joined 35 fellow civil society and human rights organizations to make the following urgent appeal and end the ongoing intimidation and… ...

April 23, 2020

COVID-19 Poses Extreme Danger to Arbitrarily Jailed Conservationists, Dual Nationals

Infected Wildlife Conservationist Sam Rajabi Refused Hospitalization, Cellmates Untested American Citizen Siamak Namazi Held in Same “Cell and Bunk Bed Row” as Rajabi Prisoners Held on Politically Motivated Charges Excluded… ...

March 5, 2020

Families Urge Judiciary Chief to Include Jailed Conservationists In Mass Prisoner Release

56,000 Temporarily Freed from Iran’s Overcrowded Prisons Amid Coronavirus Outbreak The families of eight conservationists imprisoned in Iran on trumped-up charges have called on Iranian Judiciary Chief Ebrahim Raisi to… ...

February 27, 2020

2020

The Center for Human Rights in Iran received over 4,000 news media citations from international print, radio, TV, and online news media outlets between January 1, 2020 and December 31…. ...

February 20, 2020

“Torture” and “Sexual Threats” Detailed in Letters by Jailed Former UN Environment Consultant

Conservation Scientist Niloufar Bayani: “Every time I… sought help from the authorities, the pressures, threats, and acts of torture increased.” Appeals Court Upheld Prison Sentences Against Conservationists on Baseless Charges… ...

February 18, 2020

Appeals Court Upholds Baseless Prison Sentences Against Wildlife Conservationists

Prison Terms Range from 4-10 Years Based on No Evidence and False “Confessions” February 18, 2020 – The Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) condemns the Iranian appeals court’s… ...

December 12, 2019

Jailed Under Lengthy Sentences, Iran’s Conservationists Suffer Ongoing Rights Violations

Detainees Punished for Complaining That They Were Forced to Make False Statements, Says Lawyer Iranian authorities are refusing to transfer imprisoned conservationist Sam Rajabi to the hospital to treat a… ...

November 7, 2019

Conservationists Slapped with New Charge 22 Months After Being Arrested by Revolutionary Guards

Fate of Detainees Unclear Despite Intervention by Supreme Leader Nearly two years after they were first detained in Tehran, eight conservationists have been charged with “cooperation with U.S. and Israeli… ...

October 14, 2019

Death Penalty-Carrying Charge Dropped Against Four Conservationists After Supreme Leader Intervened

The charge of “corruption on earth,” which can lead to the death penalty under Iranian law, has been dropped against four detained conservationists following intervention by Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali… ...

September 9, 2019

Mass Sentencing of Labor Activists, Journalists Prelude to Reign of Repression Under New Judiciary Chief

Seven Sentenced to Lengthy Jail Terms in Connection with Peaceful Protests September 9, 2019—Less than a year after workers’ rights activists in southwestern Iran publicized evidence that Intelligence Ministry agents… ...

August 26, 2019

Iran Sentences Satirist Keyomars Marzban to 23 Years Imprisonment

Marzban’s Only “Crime” Was Working for Foreign Media Outlets He Must Serve 11 Years if Appeals Court Upholds Sentence Before Eligibility for Parole Satirist Keyomars Marzban has been sentenced to… ...

August 8, 2019

Detained Conservationists Niloufar Bayani and Sepideh Kashani on Hunger Strike

Wildlife conservationists Niloufar Bayani and Sepideh Kashani have been detained in Iran without due process along with six other conservationists since… ...

July 2, 2019

Letter: Families Cite Seven Law Violations in Cases of Detained Wildlife Conservationists 

Iran’s judiciary has violated at least seven laws in its handling of the cases of eight wildlife conservationists who’ve been detained on unfounded espionage charges since January 2017, according to… ...

March 8, 2019

Open Letter to National Geographic: Failure to Report Context in Iran is Dangerous

National Geographic has failed to report on the death of a prominent wildlife conservationist in Iran in an article about wildlife conservation in Iran. The conservationist, Dr. Kavous Seyed-Emami, died… ...

March 5, 2019

UN Environment Calls on Iran to Guarantee “Fair, Transparent” Trial for Eight Conservationists

In a statement published March 5, 2019, the highest ranking agency in the United Nations on the environment has called on Iran to guarantee a fair, transparent and independent trial… ...

March 4, 2019

US-Based Environmentalist Detained in Iran’s Kurdistan Province

Environmentalist Afshin Sheikholeslami Vatani, a US permanent resident, was arrested on February 17, 2019, at his father’s home in the city of Sanandaj, the capital of Iran’s Kurdistan Province, a… ...

February 25, 2019

26 European MPs Call on President Rouhani to Free Conservationists

Twenty-six members of the European Parliament (MEPs) have urged Iranian President Hassan Rouhani to free eight conservationists who are currently being tried in the country’s secretive revolutionary court system: We… ...

February 14, 2019

Ten Detained Political Activists and Environmentalists Denied Counsel in Iran’s Kurdistan Province

Ten political activists and environmentalists arrested in Iran’s Kurdistan Province between December 31, 2018, and January 6, 2019, are being held at the Intelligence Ministry’s detention center in the city… ...

February 11, 2019

Iranian Agents Tried to Frame Detained Conservationists by Staging Scenes to Falsely Implicate Them

Three Major State Agencies Rejected Charges of Espionage, Indictment Based on Retracted False “Confessions” February 11, 2019 – Amid eight conservationists’ closed-door trial in Iran’s revolutionary court system, the Center… ...

February 8, 2019

Family of Late Conservationist Kavous Seyed-Emami Petitions Iran to Respond to State TV Smears

Widow Remains Barred From Leaving Country Despite Expired Travel Ban One year after his father’s suspicious death in Tehran’s Evin Prison, Ramin Seyed-Emami has filed a petition to respond to… ...

January 30, 2019

Eight Conservationists Tried in Iran on Basis of Retracted False “Confessions”

First Half of Indictment Lacks Evidence, Relies on Statements Made Under Extreme Duress January 30, 2019 – In their first trial session since being detained in Iran one year ago,… ...

January 24, 2019

Iran is Using False “Confessions” to Manufacture Cases Against Detained Conservationists

One Dead, Eight Others At Grave Risk for Harm Detainees, Jailed for 12 Months, Denied Counsel, Could Face Death Penalty January 24, 2019 – Some of the conservationists who have… ...

January 19, 2019

Defense Lawyer Mostafa Tork Hamedani Sentenced to Six Months Imprisonment in Iran

Human rights attorney Mostafa Tork Hamedani has been sentenced to six months imprisonment in Iran for allegedly slandering a former prosecutor, his lawyer Peyman Haj Mahmoud Attar announced on January… ...

December 3, 2018

Jane Goodall Among 132 Conservationists Calling for Jailed Colleagues to Receive Fair Trial in Iran

Dozens of conservation practitioners and scholars, including renowned primatologist Jane Goodall, have issued an impassioned defense of eight of their colleagues who have been detained in Iran since January 2018… ...

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Latest News

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  • Leading Iranian Lawyers Urge UN to Address Illegal Use of Death Penalty
    Leading Iranian Lawyers Urge UN to Address Illegal Use of Death Penalty
    May 30, 2023
  • Joint Letter: Biden Urged to Help Retract Appointment of Iranian Ambassador to Chair Social Forum
    Joint Letter: Biden Urged to Help Retract Appointment of Iranian Ambassador to Chair Social Forum
    May 26, 2023
  • World Leaders Urged to Radically Increase Pressure on Iran to Cease Executions
    World Leaders Urged to Radically Increase Pressure on Iran to Cease Executions
    May 24, 2023
  • UN Human Rights Council Fact-Finding Mission on Iran Condemns Surging Executions
    UN Human Rights Council Fact-Finding Mission on Iran Condemns Surging Executions
    May 20, 2023
  • More Executions of Protesters in Iran Imminent after Sham Trials
    More Executions of Protesters in Iran Imminent after Sham Trials
    May 17, 2023
  • UNHRC: Retract Appointment of Iranian Ambassador to Chair Social Forum
    UNHRC: Retract Appointment of Iranian Ambassador to Chair Social Forum
    May 11, 2023
  • UN Human Rights Chief: Executions in Iran Must Stop
    UN Human Rights Chief: Executions in Iran Must Stop
    May 10, 2023
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    Three Hangings in Three Days: The Islamic Republic Continues Its Killing Spree
    May 8, 2023
  • Activists Detained, Workers Threatened as Oil Industry Workers Strike in Iran
    Activists Detained, Workers Threatened as Oil Industry Workers Strike in Iran
    May 4, 2023
  • Dozens of Labor Activists Detained, Thousands of Workers Threatened as Strikes Roil Iran
    Dozens of Labor Activists Detained, Thousands of Workers Threatened as Strikes Roil Iran
    May 4, 2023
  • Iran: School Girls Continue to Face Chemical Attacks, Officials Refuse to Provide Security
    Iran: School Girls Continue to Face Chemical Attacks, Officials Refuse to Provide Security
    April 24, 2023
  • Imprisoned Dissident Rapper Toomaj Salehi, Voice of Iran’s Protests, Faces Possible Execution
    Imprisoned Dissident Rapper Toomaj Salehi, Voice of Iran’s Protests, Faces Possible Execution
    April 6, 2023
  • Journalists Denied Release from Prison Amid Supreme Leader’s “Pardon” PR Ploy
    Journalists Denied Release from Prison Amid Supreme Leader’s “Pardon” PR Ploy
    March 23, 2023
  • Iranian and French Lawyers, Doctors Demand Release of Lawyer Mohammad Najafi
    Iranian and French Lawyers, Doctors Demand Release of Lawyer Mohammad Najafi
    March 17, 2023
  • Another Abducted Dissident Sentenced to Death in Iran
    Another Abducted Dissident Sentenced to Death in Iran
    March 13, 2023
  • Teachers Across Iran Protest Government’s Inaction on School Gas Attacks
    Teachers Across Iran Protest Government’s Inaction on School Gas Attacks
    March 10, 2023
  • CHRI Board Member Mehrangiz Kar Receives Women’s Award for Justice and Advocacy from NYC Bar Association
    CHRI Board Member Mehrangiz Kar Receives Women’s Award for Justice and Advocacy from NYC Bar Association
    March 9, 2023
  • 20 Prominent Iranian Lawyers Call on UN to Investigate School Girl Poisonings
    20 Prominent Iranian Lawyers Call on UN to Investigate School Girl Poisonings
    March 6, 2023
  • Political Prisoner Narges Mohammadi: I Will “Testify” About Sexual Assault Against Protesters
    Political Prisoner Narges Mohammadi: I Will "Testify" About Sexual Assault Against Protesters
    March 3, 2023
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