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April 22, 2021

Policy Briefing: Internet Freedom Stymied by Iranians’ Lack of Access to Tech Products

March 10, 2021

Children’s Rights Fact Sheet

March 10, 2021

Labor Rights Fact Sheet

March 10, 2021

Women’s Rights Fact Sheet

August 4, 2020

Labor in Iran

December 6, 2019

Top UN Human Rights Official: “Clear Violations” of International Norms on Use of Force in Iran and “Serious” Human Rights Violations Against Protestors

The EU should lead calls for the UN to investigate the perpetrators of state repression in Iran that left at least 208 people dead amid nationwide protests ...

December 4, 2019

Rights Activist Narges Mohammadi Speaks Out from Prison on Iran’s Brutality against Protestors

“There can only be one demand and that is the punishment of those responsible for the massacre of defenseless people. This ...

December 3, 2019

Reports of Bystanders Killed by Security Forces Firing Indiscriminately at Protestors Grow

Young Man Killed by Bullet While Stuck in Traffic During Protest in Isfahan Reports of bystanders who were killed by security forces in Iran because ...

December 3, 2019

Family of Slain Bystander Warned: “We Will Dig Up the Body and Take It Away If You Speak to the Media”

Iran’s security officials have warned the family of Erfan Faeghi, a 21-year-old who died from a bullet wound to the heart on November 17 ...

December 3, 2019

People with Disabilities Deserve Equal Rights and Equal Participation in Society

 December 3 Marks International Day of Persons with Disabilities The International Day of Persons with Disabilities, begun by the UN in 1992, is observed each ...

December 2, 2019

Housewife Killed by Bullet to Neck While Helping Wounded Protestor, Family Forced To Pay to Take Body

Family Surrounded by Agents at Funeral, Warned to Keep Mourning Crowd Small An unarmed civilian and mother of three young children, Ameneh Shahbazi, ...

December 2, 2019

Shot to Heart Kills Protester in Security Forces’ Lethal Attacks Against Unarmed Civilians

Body Only Released to Family After They Pledge to “Bury Him Calmly” Hamid Rasouli, who died in the Golshahr district of Karaj, west ...

November 21, 2019

State-Developed VPN Would Determine Iranians’ Internet Access Based on Their Job

Hamid Fattahi, the CEO of the state-owned Telecommunication Infrastructure Company (TIC), the sole provider of telecommunication infrastructure ...

November 16, 2019

Aras Amiri Tried to Educate British People About Iranian Culture. Now She’s Serving a 10-Year Prison Sentence in Iran

Intelligence Ministry Bans Working for the British Council Without Legal Backing  The family of Aras Amiri, a young Iranian woman who is serving a ...

November 16, 2019

Legal Expert Says Sweden Has Authority to Prosecute Iranian Man Connected with 1988 Mass Executions

Hamid Nouri, in Swedish Custody, Linked to Death Commissions that Ordered the Extrajudicial Killing of Thousands of Prisoners ...

November 16, 2019

Lawyer Protests Unjust Sentence by Refusing Sham Appeal Process, Demands Judicial Review

Imprisoned attorney Amirsalar Davoudi, the latest human rights attorney to be sentenced to a lengthy prison term in Iran for doing ...

November 15, 2019

Honor Student Barred from Completing Graduate Studies Because of His Religious Faith

Member of Yarasan Religious Minority is Expelled from Razi University in Iran Siavash Hayati, spokesman for the minority Yarasan faith, was prohibited from ...

November 14, 2019

Widow of Detainee Who Died in Iranian Custody Recognizes Her Interrogator Posing as “Reporter” on State TV

IRIB Briefly Airs Pseudo-Documentary About Detained Conservationists Ahead of Verdict A man claiming to be a reporter in a pseudo-documentary about Iran’s detained ...

November 12, 2019

Man Imprisoned for Protesting Compulsory Hijab Punished by New Evin Prison Director

Farhad Meysami at a protest in Tehran beside current political prisoner and human rights attorney, ...

November 12, 2019

Detained Kurdish Teacher Falsely Accused of Security Charges, Sister Says

Held Almost Six Months, Over Two Months Incommunicado, Even As Family Has Posted Bail Kurdish language teacher Zahra Mohammadi has been in ...

November 11, 2019

200 Film Personalities Condemn Censorship in Iran: “Our Profession Has Been Under Attack”

More than 200 members of Iran’s film industry signed an open letter dated November 2, 2019, condemning state censorship and demanding  “freedom ...

November 8, 2019

Rule Allowing Appeals Hearings without Defendants Present is Blatant Violation of Law

Judiciary Chief and Supreme Leader Hollow Out Appeal Process, Defendants’ Last Line of Defense The decision by Iran’s Judiciary Chief ...

November 8, 2019

No Action Yet in Parliament on Bill to Ban Broadcast of Confessions During Investigations

Bill Does Not Ban Extraction of Confessions, They Can Still Be Used at Later Stages An Iranian parliamentary bill that aims to stop ...

October 30, 2019

Kurdish Female Political Prisoner Denied Medical Treatment, Attendance at Brother’s Funeral

Despite suffering from serious medical problems, the authorities are denying long-time political prisoner Zeinab Jalalian treatment outside the prison’s limited clinic, according to her ...

October 28, 2019

Iran Releases Seven Political Prisoners on Bail Without Explanation

Six Prisoners Posted Extraordinarily High Bail, Unclear Why Fellow Prisoners of Conscience Remain Jailed A Christian convert, four journalists and two ...

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