UN “Strongly Condemns” Iran’s Execution of 27-Year-Old Wrestler
Execution of Navid Afkari: “Imposed following a process that did not meet even the most basic…fair trial standards, behind a smokescreen of a ...
September 12, 2020
Execution of Navid Afkari: “Iran’s Judiciary is a Tool of Political Repression and Violence and a Threat to the People”
Champion Wrestler Executed despite Evidence of Torture and Innocence September 12, 2020—The execution of Navid Afkari, the 27-year-old champion wrestler, by hanging ...
September 11, 2020
Top UN Iran Expert Expresses “Alarm” at Iran’s “Unprecedented Violent Crackdown” against Protestors
Imprisonment of Lawyers and Human Rights Defenders, Juvenile Executions, Singled Out for Condemnation In the latest report by the UN’s top expert on Iran, ...
September 9, 2020
International Bar Association Calls for Immediate Release of Nasrin Sotoudeh and Amirsalar Davoodi
“The unjust sentences of political prisoners…may turn into death sentences if urgent action is not taken.” International pressure on Iran to release imprisoned ...
September 9, 2020
22 Rights Organizations Call for UN-Led Inquiry Into Repression of Iran’s November 2019 Protests
A session of the UN's Human Rights Council. Urgent Need for Accountabilty After “Brutal Campaign of Mass Repression by the Iranian Authorities” A coalition of international rights organizations, including the Center ...
September 2, 2020
Death Sentence for Champion Wrestler Based on False Evidence, Torture and Forced False Confessions
Lawyer for Navid Afkari: Video Footage Proves He Did Not Commit Alleged Crime “There is not one shred of evidence ... they are ...
August 31, 2020
Critical Deterioration in Nasrin Sotoudeh’s Health as Hunger Strike Hits Three-Week Mark
Imprisoned Human Rights Attorney Refuses Food to Demand Release of Prisoners Endangered by COVID-19 Husband: “Nasrin has become extremely weak” August 31, 2020—The health ...
August 24, 2020
Veteran Journalist Reporting to Prison To Serve Three-Year Sentence
Keyvan Samimi Sees Worsening Fear and Repression in Iran The veteran journalist and political activist Keyvan Samimi must report to Evin Prison ...
August 18, 2020
Imprisoned Human Rights Lawyer in Poor Health, Needs Hospitalization
New Law Reduces Derafshan’s Sentence By 6 Months, Must Still Serve Two Years Sentence Reductions at Judge’s Discretion in “National Security” Cases Imprisoned human ...
August 18, 2020
Nasrin Sotoudeh’s Daughter Detained, Persecution of Imprisoned Lawyer’s Family Intensifies
Arrest of Mehraveh Khandan Aimed at Forcing Sotoudeh to End Her Hunger Strike in Prison August 18, 2020—Mehraveh Khandan, the 20-year-old daughter of ...
August 12, 2020
Nasrin Sotoudeh Begins Hunger Strike in Evin Prison
Prominent Attorney Seeks Release of Political Prisoners Amid COVID-19 Outbreak August 12, 2020—The imprisoned human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh began a hunger ...
August 11, 2020
New Conviction against Imprisoned Labor Leader Upheld to Keep Him Behind Bars
Jafar Azimzadeh Should Have Been Released, Instead Given Another 13 Months Now Activist Has Contracted COVID-19 in Iran’s Overcrowded Prisons The prominent labor activist ...
August 11, 2020
Political Prisoners in Iran Contracting COVID-19 at Alarming Rate
Twelve Test Positive, Many Others with Symptoms, None Receiving Proper Treatment Prominent Labor Activists, Lawyer and Journalist Among Those Falling Ill August 11, ...
August 4, 2020
Strikes Break Out in Iran’s Critical Oil Industry Amid Continuing Labor Unrest
New Fact Sheet Highlights Widespread Rights Abuses, Protests Likely to Continue August 4, 2020—With workers in Iran’s critical oil refining, petrochemicals and drilling ...
July 30, 2020
UN Press Release: Bachelet Alarmed by Threats against Prominent Iranian NGO
Farsi Version (PDF) GENEVA (30 July 2020) – The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, ...
July 28, 2020
Judiciary Blocks Nasrin Sotoudeh’s Bank Account, Cutting Off Funds for Family
Husband of Imprisoned Human Rights Attorney Says Tactic Aimed at Silencing Family Reza Khandan: “They want to send a message to those who ...
July 28, 2020
Australian Kylie Moore-Gilbert Moved to Notoriously Inhumane Prison in Iran as “Punishment”
Scholar Held at Gharchak Prison Alongside Violent Criminals July 28, 2020—The Australian academic Kylie Moore-Gilbert, who has been imprisoned in Iran on ...
July 27, 2020
Prominent Activist Sentenced to Four Years in Prison for Protesting Downing of Ukrainian Passenger Plane
Bahareh Hedayat: Those 176 people will not come back to life; neither will those killed in November 2019 July 27, 2020—For her participation ...
July 22, 2020
UN Press Release: Experts Demand Urgent Release from Prison of Narges Mohammadi and other Arbitrarily Detained Prisoners
Farsi Version (PDF) GENEVA (22 July 2020) – Iran must release human rights defender Narges Mohammadi, reportedly ill with coronavirus symptoms, and other arbitrarily detained individuals ...
July 20, 2020
Clip of Narges Mohammadi Being Tested for COVID-19 Manufactured, Says Husband
Video is Attempt to Counter Reports That Imprisoned Activist May Have Virus A clip broadcast on Iranian state TV on July 16, 2020, claiming ...
July 16, 2020
Activist’s Brother Sentenced to Eight Years in Prison, Collective Punishment of Families Continues in Iran
Alireza Alinejad Convicted on Sham National Security Charges and “Insulting” Supreme Leader July 16, 2020—Alireza Alinejad, the brother of Iranian activist Masih Alinejad, ...
July 16, 2020
UN Press Release: Experts Demand Iran Quash Death Sentences Against Protesters
Farsi version Farsi version (PDF) GENEVA (16 July 2020) – UN human rights experts today strongly condemned the decision to ...
July 15, 2020
Two Kurdish Political Prisoners Executed Despite “Serious Questions” in the Case
Both Executed without Notifying Their Families or Lawyers Politically Motivated Executions in Iran Continue to Increase Despite serious questions regarding evidence of guilt, two ...
July 14, 2020
Kurdish Political Prisoner Not Heard from for Weeks Since Announcing COVID Symptoms
Long Denied Medical Care, Family Fears for Well-being of Zeinab Jalalian Kurdish political prisoner Zeinab Jalalian, who has had a history ...
July 14, 2020
Baha’i Youth Expelled from Secondary School for Gifted Students Solely Due to His Faith
15-Year-Old Exemplary Student Refused Enrollment After Stating He Is a Baha’i Father: “Don’t expect us to lie when you pose a question” Fifteen-year-old ...