Iranian Political Prisoner Sets Himself on Fire to Be Heard
Mehdi Darini, a political prisoner in Tehran’s Evin Prison, set himself on fire on October 27, 2021, after his lawful requests for parole ...
October 29, 2021
Raisi Government to Launch Religious “Vice-Prevention” Courses, Paramilitary “Community Patrols”
Two months after the inauguration of ultra-conservative President Ebrahim Raisi, Iran’s state-run Headquarters for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice ...
October 29, 2021
UN Expert: Death Penalty Used as a Political Tool in Iran
In a speech to the UN General Assembly for his fourth annual report, Javaid Rehman, the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic ...
October 20, 2021
Detained Lawyer of Iranian Instagram Star Tortured, Bit Off Tongue After Unidentified Injection
More Political Prisoners Could Die in Custody without Urgent International Action October 20, 2021 – A prominent defense attorney in Iran bit off ...
October 14, 2021
Four Baha’is Sentenced to Five Years in Prison for Trying to Access Higher Education
Court Rulings Reveal Systematic Religious Discrimination The Baha’i faith community is one of the most severely persecuted religious minorities in Iran. Iran’s government is ...
October 12, 2021
Human Rights Lawyers, Activist to Be Illegally Tried as Their Legal Team is Denied Case Files
Group was Arrested Ahead of Filing Lawsuit Against State Officials for Disastrous Pandemic Response Legal Teams of Defendants Denied Access to ...
October 11, 2021
Bipartisan Congressional Group Urges Biden to Support Internet Freedom in Iran
Congressional letter was spearheaded by Center for Human Rights in Iran and Public Affairs Alliance of Iranian Americans Oct. 11, 2021 – A bipartisan congressional group today urged U.S. President Joe Biden to support the ...
September 29, 2021
Imprisoned Iranian Writers Among Countless Who’ve Been Jailed for Dissent
The Iranian government’s intolerance of dissent has resulted in systemic suppression of freedom of expression. To prevent the free flow of information and ...
September 28, 2021
Iran’s New Government Moves to Silence Dissent by Muzzling Leading Activists
September 28, 2021 – The Iranian security establishment’s attempt to imprison four prominent human rights defenders, only a few months after the ...
September 21, 2021
Lack of Accountability Perpetuates Deaths of Prisoners in Iran
The torture and inhuman mistreatment of detainees and prisoners in Iran are among the most serious violations of human rights in the ...
September 16, 2021
Teachers in Iran Continue Protests Under New Raisi Government
With Iran’s new academic year, beginning on September 23, 2021, just around the corner, teachers have been protesting in front of ...
September 9, 2021
Social Media Users Condemn Unlawful Deadly Police Force Against Karaj Man
Video footage showing a policeman unlawfully shooting a suspect in the Mehrshahr district of Karaj, a city west of Tehran, was met ...
August 31, 2021
Tortured, Sentenced to Death Without Lawyer: Iran Must Halt Execution of Political Prisoner
Heidar Ghorbani Should Be Granted Case Review August 31, 2021 – Iran’s judiciary should stay an execution order against political prisoner ...
August 30, 2021
The Life of an Iranian Child Bride: An Animation by Marjan Farsad
By the age of eleven, “Raha” already had seven children. Married off to a man five times her age, she was in poor health when her situation was accidentally discovered in the Iranian ...
August 27, 2021
Hacked Iranian Prison Footage Provides Limited Glimpse of Right of Abuses
Hacked footage from security cameras in Iran’s Evin Prison and the publication of some of the prison’s documents published online by a ...
August 26, 2021
Supreme Court Refusal to Review 25-year Sentence for Afkari Brother is Travesty of Justice
Investigation Marked by Torture, Witness Tampering and Contradictions August 26, 2021—The refusal by Iran’s Supreme Court to allow a judicial review of ...
August 26, 2021
Detained Rights Lawyers’ Homes Raided Without Warrant
Agents Confiscate Personal Security Cameras to Hide Evidence of Unlawful Raid State security agents carried out unlawful search operations in the homes of ...
August 26, 2021
Analysis: Falsehoods and Contradictions in the Rulings against the Afkari Brothers
Lawyer: The Ruling against Vahid Afkari had “24 Contradictions and 3 Lies” Despite Inconsistencies and Torture, Supreme Court Refuses to Review 25-year Prison ...
August 24, 2021
Fact Sheet: LGBTQ Community in Iran Faces Deadly Violence and Severe Rights Abuses
Persecution and Discrimination by State and Society Pervades Daily Life August 26, 2021—In a new LGBTQ Fact Sheet published today by the ...
August 18, 2021
President Biden Should Offer Vaccines to the People of Iran
U.S. Leadership on Global Pandemic Response Should Not Be Tied to Politics Iranian American Groups Call for Aid to “Brave and Resilient” Iranian ...
August 17, 2021
Lawyers, Activists Arrested as they Attempt to Sue State for Failed COVID Response
Six Arbitrarily Detained as State Tries to Block Attempt to Seek Justice August 17, 2021—The unlawful arrests of six prominent lawyers and civil ...
August 12, 2021
LBGTQ in Iran
August 11, 2021
Iran Should Lift Deadly Ban on Foreign COVID Vaccines
Iran Refusing COVAX Offers as Infections, Deaths Surge Biden Administration Should Include Iran in Global Vaccination Campaign August 11, 2021–Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei ...
August 11, 2021
Key Witness in Nouri’s Crimes Against Humanity Trial: Conviction Could Lead to Prosecution of President Raisi
The historic trial against Nouri, which will hear testimonies from dozens of witnesses in 72 sessions, will be the first time that one of the worst crimes committed in the Islamic Republic of Iran will be thoroughly examined and exposed in a court of law ...
August 5, 2021
Musician Marjan Farsad’s New Song Pays Tribute to Iranian Political Prisoners
“My Song is About Stars That Go Missing Every Night” August 5, 2021 – Iranian American musician and songwriter Marjan Farsad released a new song today about political prisoners in Iran, a country where ...