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Iran Protests: Children Killed and Tortured to Crush Dissent

Iran Protests: Children Killed and Tortured to Crush Dissent

December 13, 2022

Children Beaten on Streets and in State Custody, Assaulted in Schools December 13, 2022 – Children in Iran accused of supporting the country’s protest movement are being subjected to physical and ...

Lynching in Iran: Majidreza Rahnavard, 23, Publicly Hanged in State-Sponsored Murder

Lynching in Iran: Majidreza Rahnavard, 23, Publicly Hanged in State-Sponsored Murder

December 12, 2022

Young People will Continue to be Killed in Iran without International Action  December 12, 2022 – The hanging in public of Majidreza Rahnavard, 23, in Mashhad today—the second execution of a young person in Iran ...

Executions in Iran: World Must Respond with Strong Action Against State Killings of Protesters

Executions in Iran: World Must Respond with Strong Action Against State Killings of Protesters

December 8, 2022

Café Worker Mohsen Shekari, 23, Denied Due Process in Kangaroo Court   December 8, 2022 – The execution today in Iran of Mohsen Shekari, 23, after a trial by a kangaroo court that ...

Iran Protests: Detained University Students Subjected to Sexual Assault, Disappearances

Iran Protests: Detained University Students Subjected to Sexual Assault, Disappearances

December 6, 2022

At Least 574 Known Students Arrested in Less Than Three Months, Actual Number Much Higher December 6, 2022 – Iranian police and state security forces have arrested at least 574 university students, according to research by ...

Iran Protests: Juveniles Could Face Death Penalty in Kangaroo “Revolutionary” Court

Iran Protests: Juveniles Could Face Death Penalty in Kangaroo “Revolutionary” Court

November 30, 2022

Governments, UN Must Take Urgent Action to Protect Them November 30, 2022 – At least three juveniles are among 15 individuals in the Iranian city of Karaj who are facing charges that could carry ...

Iran: Key Labor Sectors Launch Major Strikes Amid Anti-State Protests

Iran: Key Labor Sectors Launch Major Strikes Amid Anti-State Protests

November 29, 2022

At Least a Dozen Labor Leaders Arrested in Effort to Crush Strikes Islamic Republic Should Be Expelled from ILO Governing Board November 29, 2022 – More than three months into anti-state protests ...

Iran Protests: Voices from Iran (Updated)

Iran Protests: Voices from Iran (Updated)

November 22, 2022

As nationwide protests continue to sweep Iran, there are very few direct voices from inside Iran reaching the international stage. An understanding of the fabric of the society and its rapidly evolving ...

Iran Protests: Massacre in Kurdish Areas Feared as Security Forces Launch Lethal Crackdown

Iran Protests: Massacre in Kurdish Areas Feared as Security Forces Launch Lethal Crackdown

November 21, 2022

Authorities Shut Down Internet to Prevent Evidence of State’s Atrocities from Reaching Outside World November 21, 2022 – With Iranian security forces launching a massive assault on protesters in Kurdish-populated cities ...

Three More Children Killed as Iranian Merchants Close Shops in Solidarity with Uprising

Three More Children Killed as Iranian Merchants Close Shops in Solidarity with Uprising

November 18, 2022

November 18, 2022 – In a strong show of support for their country’s growing protest movement, and as children continue to be among those killed by state security forces, merchants in major cities closed their ...

World Must Warn Iran Against Death Sentences for Protesters in Upcoming Mass Trials

World Must Warn Iran Against Death Sentences for Protesters in Upcoming Mass Trials

November 2, 2022

Charges Carrying Possible Death Sentence Already Being Issued November 2, 2022 – With mass public trials for protesters recently announced in Iran, and charges already beginning to be issued that could ...

Witch Hunt in Iran: Grave Concerns for Journalists Niloofar Hamedi and Elahe Mohammadi

Witch Hunt in Iran: Grave Concerns for Journalists Niloofar Hamedi and Elahe Mohammadi

November 1, 2022

Unable to Crush Protests, State Resorts to Smearing Female Reporters with Sham Accusations November 1, 2022 – The Iranian government’s fabricated accusations against two unlawfully detained female journalists, Niloofar Hamedi and ...

Iran Protests: Doctors Treating Wounded Protesters Face Deadly State Violence

Iran Protests: Doctors Treating Wounded Protesters Face Deadly State Violence

October 31, 2022

One Female Doctor Reportedly Killed, At Least Six Arrested October 31, 2022 – Reports of at least one doctor being killed by state security forces and at least six others being arbitrarily arrested at peaceful protests ...

Iran Protests: State Trying to Crush Dissent Through More Killings, Imprisonment

Iran Protests: State Trying to Crush Dissent Through More Killings, Imprisonment

October 24, 2022

Prominent Teachers, Labor Leaders Slapped with Jail Time as 500+ Face Sham Charges October 24, 2022 – The sentencing of prominent teachers and labor rights advocates to prison in Iran amid a violent ...

Hero Climber Elnaz Rekabi Deserves Support of Climbing Organizations, International Community

Hero Climber Elnaz Rekabi Deserves Support of Climbing Organizations, International Community

October 19, 2022

International Federation of Sport Climbing Should Suspend Islamic Republic’s Membership Serious Concerns for Rekabi, Under Extreme Pressure by State Since Competing without Hijab October 19, 2022 – Climbing organizations and professionals, as ...

New Briefing: International Action Urgently Needed to Stop Carnage in Iran

New Briefing: International Action Urgently Needed to Stop Carnage in Iran

October 18, 2022

U.S., World Must Collectively Address State Atrocities Against Peaceful Protesters in Iran Policy Paper Lays out Specific Actions Biden and Other World Leaders Should Take October 18, 2022—With security forces in Iran continuing their ...

Breaking: Iran’s Enflamed Evin Prison Provokes Extreme Concerns

Breaking: Iran’s Enflamed Evin Prison Provokes Extreme Concerns

October 15, 2022

Defenseless Prisoners Barricaded Inside Embattled Prison Editor's update on Oct. 15, 7:01pm EST: A source in Tehran told CHRI that people were protesting near Evin ...

Iran Protests: Arrests of School Children Prompt Grave Fears of More Child Killings

Iran Protests: Arrests of School Children Prompt Grave Fears of More Child Killings

October 13, 2022

Officials Paint Children as Enemies of the State, Claim They’re “Reforming” Kids At Least 28 Children Killed Since September 16, Reports Tehran-based Group October 13, 2022 – The arrests and interrogations of ...

Iran Protests: Human Rights Lawyers Arrested, Teargassed

Iran Protests: Human Rights Lawyers Arrested, Teargassed

October 12, 2022

Unmarked Vans Rounded Up Dozens of Peaceful Protesters Outside Iranian Bar Association October 12, 2022 – At least three lawyers were among dozens of individuals who were arrested today outside the ...

Iran Protests: Sanandaj Becomes Latest Killing Zone Amid Worsening State Violence

Iran Protests: Sanandaj Becomes Latest Killing Zone Amid Worsening State Violence

October 10, 2022

Oil Workers Wage Strikes in Solidarity with Nationwide Anti-State Demonstrations October 10, 2022 – The government in Iran must immediately halt its use of lethal force against civilian protesters, including in ...

Iran Protests: Scores of Civil Society Members Detained “Preventatively”

Iran Protests: Scores of Civil Society Members Detained “Preventatively”

October 6, 2022

 Grave Concerns for Torture, Killings of Political Prisoners Amid Mass Arrests  October 6, 2022 – Less than three weeks after protests erupted across Iran, at least 1,200 people have been arrested, including at ...

Students Violently Attacked, Arrested by Security Forces as Protests in Iran Spread

Students Violently Attacked, Arrested by Security Forces as Protests in Iran Spread

October 3, 2022

Students Trapped, Beaten, Tear Gassed, Taken to Unknown Locations  Fears of Worsening Violence as Protests Spread to Over 100 Universities October 3, 2022—On Sunday night, October 2, 2022, after 15 ...

World Leaders Must Act Now to Avoid Bloodbath in Iran

World Leaders Must Act Now to Avoid Bloodbath in Iran

September 26, 2022

Threat of Mass Deaths Grows as Government Seeks to Squash Protests September 26, 2022—With the government of Iran signaling it intends to silence the protests across Iran that are now well into their second week, the ...

Joint Statement: U.S. Treasury’s New General License D2 Advances Internet Freedom in Iran

Joint Statement: U.S. Treasury’s New General License D2 Advances Internet Freedom in Iran

September 26, 2022

Now Companies Must Make Tech Products Available and U.S. Government Must Encourage Them September 26, 2022—Today, the Public Affairs Alliance of Iranian Americans (PAAIA) and the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) welcomed ...

Iran Protests: Grave Concerns for Extreme State Violence Amid Rising Death Toll

Iran Protests: Grave Concerns for Extreme State Violence Amid Rising Death Toll

September 21, 2022

World Leaders Must Call on Iranian Officials to Immediately Cease Use of Lethal Force, Allow Peaceful Protest September 21, 2022 – On the sixth day of protests in Iran that have followed the ...

Iran’s Raisi to Freely Address UNGA While Crushing Rights and Freedoms at Home

Iran’s Raisi to Freely Address UNGA While Crushing Rights and Freedoms at Home

September 19, 2022

Mahsa Amini’s Death in State Custody Should be Investigated as Murder World Must Condemn Violent Repression of Protests and Civil Society September 19, 2022 – President Ebrahim Raisi will use his platform ...

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  • Press Releases

    • Another Abducted Dissident Sentenced to Death in Iran
      March 13, 2023
    • CHRI Board Member Mehrangiz Kar Receives Women’s Award for Justice and Advocacy from NYC Bar Association
      March 9, 2023
    • 20 Prominent Iranian Lawyers Call on UN to Investigate School Girl Poisonings
      March 6, 2023
    • One Girl Dead, 400 Children Poisoned Amid Attacks on Schools in Iran
      February 28, 2023
    • Iran Sentences German Citizen to Death to Intimidate Iranian Diaspora, German Government
      February 21, 2023
    • Joint Letter by 39 NGOs Calls on EU Countries to Summon Iranian Ambassadors in Unison on International Women’s Day
      February 20, 2023
    • Sign the Petition for Women’s Rights in Iran on International Women’s Day
      February 16, 2023
    • Human Rights Lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh’s Husband Ordered to Report to Prison
      February 14, 2023
    • Iran Protests: More Doctors Treating Protesters Killed, Tortured and Detained
      February 10, 2023
    • Analysis: Khamenei’s “Pardon” Is a Public Relations Stunt That Cedes No Ground to the Protesters
      February 8, 2023
    • New Briefing: Failure to Increase International Costs on Islamic Republic Will Green-Light Further Atrocities
      February 7, 2023
    • Civil Rights Defender Farhad Meysami at Risk of Death in Iranian Prison
      February 2, 2023
    • Children’s Rights Advocates, Mainly Women, Targeted in Crackdown on Anti-State Protests in Iran
      February 1, 2023
    • Iran: Families of Detained and Killed Protesters Beaten, Threatened to Stay Silent
      January 25, 2023
    • Suspicious Deaths of Released Protesters in Iran Should be Investigated by UN
      January 19, 2023
    • Governments Worldwide Should Recall Ambassadors from Iran
      January 12, 2023
    • Iran Protests: At Least 44 Defense Attorneys Arrested Since September
      January 10, 2023
    • Two More Men Executed in Iran in Connection with Protests, Others at Imminent Risk
      January 7, 2023
    • Third Anniversary of Shooting Down of Ukrainian Passenger Plane, Still No Justice
      January 6, 2023
    • What Can I Do to Support the Protesters and Human Rights in Iran?
      January 5, 2023
    • Iranian Athletes Killed, Tortured, Sentenced to Death for Supporting Protests (Updated)
      January 4, 2023
    • Recommendations: Congress Can Play a Vital Role in Supporting the Protesters in Iran
      December 21, 2022
    • Iran: Death Sentences and Imprisonment Used to Crush Dissent in Film and Theatre Industries
      December 20, 2022
    • Iran’s Courts Using Death Penalty Charges to Crush Protests
      December 15, 2022
    • Islamic Republic of Iran Expelled from UN Commission on the Status of Women
      December 14, 2022
    • Iran Protests: Children Killed and Tortured to Crush Dissent
      December 13, 2022
    • Lynching in Iran: Majidreza Rahnavard, 23, Publicly Hanged in State-Sponsored Murder
      December 12, 2022
    • Executions in Iran: World Must Respond with Strong Action Against State Killings of Protesters
      December 8, 2022
    • Iran Protests: Detained University Students Subjected to Sexual Assault, Disappearances
      December 6, 2022
    • Iran Protests: Juveniles Could Face Death Penalty in Kangaroo “Revolutionary” Court
      November 30, 2022
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