Nouri Conviction by Swedish Court a Triumph for Iran’s “Seeking-Justice” Movement
Conviction Opens Door for More Trials Against Officials Accused of Atrocities July 14, 2022 -- After 92 sessions of a trial that ...
Conviction Opens Door for More Trials Against Officials Accused of Atrocities July 14, 2022 -- After 92 sessions of a trial that ...
Less than a month after the intelligence chief of the Iranian military’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) was replaced, a crackdown on dissent is being ramped up in the country ...
Treaty Encourages Hostage-Taking, Would Return Convicted Terrorist to Iran July 5, 2022 – More than 400 leading Iranian human rights activists, dissidents and ...
Iranian Court Refers to France as an “Enemy Government” June 28, 2022 – Countries negotiating with Iran over its nuclear program, including France, the U.K., ...
Same Efforts Applied to Nuclear Deal Can and Should Be Given to Human Rights President Biden Has Also Remained Silent on State’s Violent Crackdown ...
On May 9, 2022, Anisha Asadollahi and her husband, Keyvan Mohtadi, both labor rights activists, were arrested by security forces in Tehran after serving as translators for two French nationals who were arrested ...
In a statement released today by UN Human Rights Office spokesperson Ravina Shamdasani, the UN called on the Iranian government, headed by President Ebrahim Raisi and Supreme ...
Supreme Leader’s COVID Vaccine Ban Resulted in Thousands of Unnecessary Deaths June 22, 2022 – For trying to sue Iranian leaders ...
In his latest report presented to the UN Human Rights Council, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres expressed deep concern over the rising number ...
Eight Prisoners Could Soon See Their Fingers Cut Off June 15, 2022 – In violation of its international obligations against ...
UN human rights experts today expressed serious concerns about a violent crackdown against civil society in Iran, including members of workers’ unions and ...
Repression of Civil Society Harms U.S. Security Interests June 14, 2022— President Biden’s silence so far on the killings and mass arrests ...
This policy briefing reveals the cost to U.S. national security interests of the human rights crisis in Iran, and provides detailed recommendations for the US government on ways to impact destabilizing Islamic Republic policies by recognizing the key role of the Iranian people, amplifying the ...
June 9, 2022 — In a joint statement released today, human rights organizations ARTICLE 19, Access Now, and the Center for Human Rights ...
Former female cellmates of a group of wildlife conservationists who’ve been unjustly imprisoned in Iran since January 2018 penned the following letter ...
Open Letter Condemns Iran’s “Brutal Repression” of Trade Unions and Labor Activists June 2, 2022—In an open letter to the delegates at the International Labour Organization’s (ILO) 110th Session of the International Labour Conference, currently being ...
In an unprecedented display of unity in defense of the Iranian people, 85 lawyers from Iran have signed an open letter calling on the Iranian government to respect the right to protest. “It is the people’s satisfaction towards ...
May 26, 2022 – While millions of Iranians are struggling to make ends meet, the Iranian government has shut down the country’s oldest and largest independent non-governmental organization (NGO) focused on poverty alleviation, the Imam Ali Popular ...
May 17, 2022 – At least five protesters are dead amid a violent state crackdown on street demonstrations in Iran, while the authorities have blocked internet access in protest hot zones, pressured domestic media not to cover ...
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International Community Must Call on Iranian Officials to Refrain from Deadly Repression May 12, 2022 – Ongoing street protests in Iran could lead to more killings and arbitrary imprisonments by state security forces if the international community remains silent, ...
Government’s Refusal to Allow UN Human Rights Experts into Country Condemned May 12, 2022 -- A group of prominent civil rights activists in Iran has called on UN representative Alena Douhan, who will be visiting Iran shortly ...
Internet Shutdown, Heavy Security Presence Signal Lethal State Repression May 9, 2022 – Government-enforced internet outages and the increased presence of state security forces throughout the Iranian province of Khuzestan, where street protests erupted on May 6, have raised ...
May 4, 2022 – The Iranian government’s threat to execute Swedish scientist Ahmadreza Djalali later this month is aimed at thwarting ...
Iranian security forces arrested at least 28 teachers in the four days leading up to international workers’ day, between April 28 and May ...