Families Call for Independent UN Investigation January 6, 2022 – While commemorating the second anniversary of the killing of 176 people aboard Ukrainian International Airlines Flight PS752 by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps ...
Baktash Abtin (left) and Adel Kianpour (right). Concerns Mount for Prisoners Under Judiciary Chief Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje’i COVID-19 in Crowded Jails and Routine Denial of Medical Treatment Put ...
Dear Friend and Supporter, While families around the world come together to celebrate the holiday season, we ask that you remember the people of Iran, who are facing great hardships under a repressive ...
Teachers and supporters protested in the streets of more than 119 Iranian cities across Iran ...
The Iranian security and military forces’ violent crackdown on large protests in the city of Isfahan that broke out over severe state mismanagement of water resources is more evidence of the Ebrahim Raisi government’s policy of zero tolerance of public ...
Dear Friends and Supporters, The Iranian people have risked and lost their lives protesting the unjust policies of their government, given up years of freedom to sit behind bars for defending human rights, ...
Mother of Two Facing Flogging, Prison—Two Years After Completing 5.5-Year Sentence November 17, 2021 – The prominent rights advocate Narges Mohammadi was detained on the anniversary of the country’s violently repressed ...
International Community Must Finally Act with One Voice to Address these Crimes Evidence of the Islamic Republic’s Top Officials Directly Involved in the Atrocities November 15, 2021 -- The Iran Atrocities Tribunal (or “Aban ...
Two years after Iran’s massive November 2019 protests, the government has yet to respond to questions about its deadly use of force to suppress the demonstrations, which occurred in more than 200 cities, leaving hundreds dead and thousands injured ...
No Accountability for Hundreds Killed, Thousands Injured and Arrested International Community Must Demand Independent Investigation and Justice for Victims November 10, 2021 -- Two years after Iran’s security forces violently crushed mass protests ...
Two British citizens spent the night in frigid temperatures outside the Foreign Office in London on November 2, 2021, in a bid to gain freedom for their loved ones who are unjustly jailed in Iran ...
More Political Prisoners Could Die in Custody without Urgent International Action October 20, 2021 – A prominent defense attorney in Iran bit off part of his tongue after being forcibly given an injection ...
Group was Arrested Ahead of Filing Lawsuit Against State Officials for Disastrous Pandemic Response Legal Teams of Defendants Denied Access to Case Files, Homes Raided Detainees Were Pressured to Sign Pledges ...
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 ...
September 28, 2021 – The Iranian security establishment’s attempt to imprison four prominent human rights defenders, only a few months after the inauguration of the country’s new presidential administration, signals the beginning ...
Investigation Marked by Torture, Witness Tampering and Contradictions August 26, 2021—The refusal by Iran’s Supreme Court to allow a judicial review of the 25-year prison sentence for Vahid Afkari, the brother of ...
Persecution and Discrimination by State and Society Pervades Daily Life August 26, 2021—In a new LGBTQ Fact Sheet published today by the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI), the extreme rights ...
U.S. Leadership on Global Pandemic Response Should Not Be Tied to Politics Iranian American Groups Call for Aid to “Brave and Resilient” Iranian People August 18, 2021 – A coalition of major Iranian American organizations ...
Six Arbitrarily Detained as State Tries to Block Attempt to Seek Justice August 17, 2021—The unlawful arrests of six prominent lawyers and civil rights activists in Tehran as they were preparing to file ...
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 should immediately lift his ban on foreign COVID-19 vaccines, ...
“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 ...
Upcoming Trial of Hamid Nouri May Reveal Details of Executions of Thousands of Prisoners and Role of Incoming President Raisi August 4, 2021—The upcoming trial of a former assistant prosecutor in Iran, ...
Prisons Pose High Risks to Inmates Amid the Country’s Surging Covid-19 Pandemic August 4, 2021 – Elderly dual national prisoners Mehran Raoof, 66, and Nahid Taghavi, 64, were among five prisoners held ...
Parliament Maneuvers to Pass Bill Without Full Vote to Avoid Public Scrutiny Move Comes on Heels of State’s Internet Shutdowns During Crackdown on Protesters July 30, 2021 – In a bid to sidestep public ...
Security Forces Are Again Killing Peaceful Protesters; Repeat of 2019 Massacre Feared State-engineered Internet Shutdown Aimed at Hiding the Violence July 28, 2021—As state security forces in Iran continue to violently suppress peaceful protests ...