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March 12, 2019

EU Foreign and Defence Ministry Condemns Conviction of Nasrin Sotoudeh

The diplomatic service and foreign and defence ministry of the EU, European Union External Action (EEAS), has condemned the conviction of prominent Iranian attorney Nasrin Sotoudeh and urged Iran to guarantee her and her ...

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, ...

March 7, 2019

French President Invites Nasrin Sotoudeh to G7 Gender Equality Advisory Council

Seat for Imprisoned Lawyer Was Left Empty at the Council’s Meeting Last Month The husband of imprisoned human rights attorney ...

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 for eight conservationists detained there ...

March 1, 2019

CHRI’s 2018 Annual Report

For 10 years, the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) has been working to support the basic rights and freedoms of the Iranian people and hold the Iranian government accountable to its international human rights obligations. ...

February 27, 2019

New UN Report on Iran Notes Decline in Executions, Ongoing Executions of Child Offenders

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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 ...

February 19, 2019

Choosing Raisi as Judiciary Head Will Be a “Catastrophe” for Justice in Iran

The appointment of Ebrahim Raisi, who participated in “death commissions” that ordered the extrajudicial executions of thousands of prisoners in Iran in 1988, as Iran’s next head of the judiciary, will represent a complete repudiation of the rule of law and a reward for those ...

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 for ...

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 been imprisoned incommunicado in Iran for the ...

January 22, 2019

Iran Sentences Men Who Supported Women’s Protests Against Compulsory Hijab to Six Years Prison

Reza Khandan and Farhad Meysami Denied Right to a Public Trial Update: On August 11, 2019, the Appeals Court confirmed Farhad Meysami’s six-year ...

January 9, 2019

Mother of Imprisoned Activist Describes Beatings and Threats by Interrogators to Kill Family

Atena Daemi’s Mother: “[Torture] is not just Mr. Bakhshi’s story. It’s my daughter’s story, too.” In the wake of revelations of the torture of labor activist Esmail Bakhshi, others have stepped forward to join the ...

January 4, 2019

Judicial Official Announces Order to Block Instagram Less Than a Year After Banning Telegram Messaging App

Judicial Order Tied to Previously Undeclared Policy of App Usage Level Eight months after Iran blocked the country’s most widely used messaging app, Telegram, a deputy prosecutor has announced a judicial order to also ...

January 3, 2019

Open Letter: Mohammadi and Zaghari-Ratcliffe to Hunger Strike for Access to Medical Treatment

Will Take “Other Steps” if Authorities Continue to “Endanger” Their Health Political prisoners Narges Mohammadi and Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe have written an open letter warning that they will go on hunger strike if the authorities continue ...

December 28, 2018

Peaceful Teachers Protesting Heavy Sentence Against Mohammad Habibi Met With Tear Gas, Arrests

Teachers who were peacefully protesting a fellow colleague’s heavy prison sentence were met with tear gas by anti-riot units who made “several arrests” in the Iranian city of Isfahan on December 27, 2018, a trade ...

December 28, 2018

Outrage After Judicial Parliamentary Committee Rejects Bill to Ban Child Marriages in Iran

Two years after it was introduced to Iran’s Parliament, the parliamentary Committee for Judicial and Legal Affairs has rejected a ...

December 28, 2018

People with Intellectual Disabilities in Iran Lack Crucial Services and Support

Government Does Not Differentiate Between Intellectual and Psychological Disabilities At least 1.5 million people were living with intellectual disabilities in Iran in 2018 but only 350,000 of them were registered with the State Welfare Organization ...

December 26, 2018

Elderly Baha’i Man Arrested for Third Time for Peacefully Practicing His Religion

While searching Ali Ahmadi's house, agents of Iran's ...

December 26, 2018

Imprisoned Attorney Mohammad Najafi Facing More Jail Time for Criticizing Supreme Leader

Mohammad Najafi has been in Arak Central Prison since October 2018 serving a three-year sentence (currently being ...

December 14, 2018

European Parliament Calls on Iran to “Unconditionally” Release Rights Lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh

December 14, 2018 — Adding its voice to an increasingly international call, the European Parliament has overwhelmingly passed a motion urging the Iranian authorities to “immediately and unconditionally release” prominent human rights attorney ...

December 10, 2018

121 Nobel Laureates Urge Khamenei to Free Imprisoned Dual National Ahmadreza Djalali

In an open letter published December 9, 2018, 121 Nobel Laureates have called on Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei to ...

December 6, 2018

Support Human Rights in Iran and Double Your Impact

“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.” --Margaret Mead, Anthropologist This holiday season, reaffirm your commitment to protecting and ...

December 3, 2018

Open Letter by Six Families of Dual and Foreign Nationals Imprisoned in Iran

The following open letter was written and signed by six families of dual and foreign nationals who have ...

November 29, 2018

UN Experts: Iran Must Protect Women’s Rights Advocates

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November 20, 2018

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