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Downed Passenger Plane: Iran’s Government Should Allow People to Freely Mourn, Pursue Justice

Downed Passenger Plane: Iran’s Government Should Allow People to Freely Mourn, Pursue Justice

January 6, 2022

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 ...

Writer in Coma, Another Political Prisoner Dead after Unjust Imprisonment in Iran

Writer in Coma, Another Political Prisoner Dead after Unjust Imprisonment in Iran

January 3, 2022

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 ...

Support Human Rights in Iran and Your Donation Will be Matched

Support Human Rights in Iran and Your Donation Will be Matched

December 21, 2021

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 Across Iran Protest for Fair Pay, Release of Jailed Colleagues

Teachers Across Iran Protest for Fair Pay, Release of Jailed Colleagues

December 13, 2021

Teachers and supporters protested in the streets of more than 119 Iranian cities across Iran ...

Isfahan: Instead of Crushing Protests, the Iranian Government Should Solve Its Water Crisis

Isfahan: Instead of Crushing Protests, the Iranian Government Should Solve Its Water Crisis

November 29, 2021

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 ...

Who Will Support the People of Iran?

Who Will Support the People of Iran?

November 29, 2021

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, ...

Renowned Activist Narges Mohammadi Arrested on Anniversary of Historic Protests

Renowned Activist Narges Mohammadi Arrested on Anniversary of Historic Protests

November 17, 2021

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 ...

Iran Atrocities Tribunal on November 2019 Massacre: A Major Step towards Seeking Justice

Iran Atrocities Tribunal on November 2019 Massacre: A Major Step towards Seeking Justice

November 15, 2021

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 ...

“They’re Torturing Me Without Touching Me” Says Unarmed Protester Shot by Iranian Security Forces

“They’re Torturing Me Without Touching Me” Says Unarmed Protester Shot by Iranian Security Forces

November 14, 2021

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 ...

Two Years After Iran’s Massacre of Protesters, Officials Who Oversaw Killings Now Lead Government

Two Years After Iran’s Massacre of Protesters, Officials Who Oversaw Killings Now Lead Government

November 10, 2021

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 ...

Relatives of UK Hostages in Iran Spend Cold Night Outside Foreign Office   

Relatives of UK Hostages in Iran Spend Cold Night Outside Foreign Office  

November 3, 2021

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 ...

Detained Lawyer of Iranian Instagram Star Tortured, Bit Off Tongue After Unidentified Injection

Detained Lawyer of Iranian Instagram Star Tortured, Bit Off Tongue After Unidentified Injection

October 20, 2021

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 ...

Human Rights Lawyers, Activist to Be Illegally Tried as Their Legal Team is Denied Case Files

Human Rights Lawyers, Activist to Be Illegally Tried as Their Legal Team is Denied Case Files

October 12, 2021

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 ...

Bipartisan Congressional Group Urges Biden to Support Internet Freedom in Iran

Bipartisan Congressional Group Urges Biden to Support Internet Freedom in Iran

October 11, 2021

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 ...

Iran’s New Government Moves to Silence Dissent by Muzzling Leading Activists

Iran’s New Government Moves to Silence Dissent by Muzzling Leading Activists

September 28, 2021

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 ...

Supreme Court Refusal to Review 25-year Sentence for Afkari Brother is Travesty of Justice

Supreme Court Refusal to Review 25-year Sentence for Afkari Brother is Travesty of Justice

August 26, 2021

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 ...

Fact Sheet: LGBTQ Community in Iran Faces Deadly Violence and Severe Rights Abuses

Fact Sheet: LGBTQ Community in Iran Faces Deadly Violence and Severe Rights Abuses

August 24, 2021

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 ...

President Biden Should Offer Vaccines to the People of Iran

President Biden Should Offer Vaccines to the People of Iran

August 18, 2021

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 ...

Lawyers, Activists Arrested as they Attempt to Sue State for Failed COVID Response

Lawyers, Activists Arrested as they Attempt to Sue State for Failed COVID Response

August 17, 2021

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 Should Lift Deadly Ban on Foreign COVID Vaccines

Iran Should Lift Deadly Ban on Foreign COVID Vaccines

August 11, 2021

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, ...

Musician Marjan Farsad’s New Song Pays Tribute to Iranian Political Prisoners

Musician Marjan Farsad’s New Song Pays Tribute to Iranian Political Prisoners

August 5, 2021

“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 ...

Swedish Trial of Iranian Prosecutor Offers Historic Opportunity to Shed Light on Iran’s 1988 Massacre

Swedish Trial of Iranian Prosecutor Offers Historic Opportunity to Shed Light on Iran’s 1988 Massacre

August 4, 2021

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, ...

Two Elderly Dual Nationals Among Five Sentenced to Prison in Iran

Two Elderly Dual Nationals Among Five Sentenced to Prison in Iran

August 4, 2021

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 ...

Total Control Over Internet Use in Iran Sought by Security Agencies with New Legislation

Total Control Over Internet Use in Iran Sought by Security Agencies with New Legislation

July 30, 2021

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 ...

U.S., EU Must Speak Out Forcefully to Avoid Further Bloodshed in Iran

U.S., EU Must Speak Out Forcefully to Avoid Further Bloodshed in Iran

July 28, 2021

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 ...

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  • Press Releases

    • Borrell, EU Must Speak Out Against Growing Human Rights Crisis in Iran
      June 27, 2022
    • In Cahoots with the State, Iranian Court Sentences Lawyers, Activists Trying to Sue Officials to Prison
      June 22, 2022
    • International Community Should Call on Iran to End Punitive Amputations
      June 15, 2022
    • Policy Briefing: Human Rights in Iran and U.S. National Security Interests
      June 14, 2022
    • Rights Groups Call on Meta to Fix Persian Content Moderation for Instagram
      June 9, 2022
    • Iran Should Be Ejected from ILO’s Governing Board Says Iran’s National Teacher Organization
      June 3, 2022
    • As Millions Face Poverty, Iran’s Government Dissolves Largest NGO for the Poor
      May 26, 2022
    • Protesters Killed While Iran’s Government Blocks Internet and Media Coverage
      May 17, 2022
    • Iran Protesters at Risk of Lethal State Violence
      May 12, 2022
    • Activists Urge UN Rep to Meet Them During Trip to Iran
      May 12, 2022
    • Khuzestan Protests: Fears of Another Bloody Crackdown  
      May 9, 2022
    • Iran’s Execution Threat Against Swedish Scientist Aimed at Thwarting War Crimes Trial
      May 4, 2022
    • Joint Statement: Iran Should Stop Persecuting Families Seeking Justice for State Atrocities
      April 7, 2022
    • A Nowruz Message from Shirin Neshat
      March 18, 2022
    • Plea to UN to Demand Freedom for Gravely Ill Sepideh Qoliyan
      March 10, 2022
    • International Women’s Day: Women in Iran are Leading the Struggle for Human Rights
      March 7, 2022
    • Denial of Medical Treatment for Ailing Political Prisoners in Iran Aimed at Crushing Dissent
      March 3, 2022
    • Joint Statement: Free Imprisoned Human Rights Lawyer Mohammad Najafi in Iran
      March 3, 2022
    • Bill Increasing Surveillance and Censorship of Internet Moves Forward in Iran
      February 24, 2022
    • Rights Groups: Human Rights Sanctions on Iran Must Not Be Lifted to Reach Nuclear Deal
      February 18, 2022
    • Another Foreign Citizen Nabbed by Iran Now Faces Possible Execution
      February 8, 2022
    • Hostage Benjamin Briere's “Price” Raised as Judge Imposes Eight-Year Prison Term
      January 25, 2022
    • Rights Activist Narges Mohammadi Sentenced to Another Eight Years in Prison
      January 24, 2022
    • Imprisoned Journalist Keyvan Samimi is Being Led to His Death
      January 11, 2022
    • Iranian Poet Baktash Abtin Dies After Being Arbitrarily Detained in Iran
      January 8, 2022
    • Downed Passenger Plane: Iran’s Government Should Allow People to Freely Mourn, Pursue Justice
      January 6, 2022
    • Writer in Coma, Another Political Prisoner Dead after Unjust Imprisonment in Iran
      January 3, 2022
    • Support Human Rights in Iran and Your Donation Will be Matched
      December 21, 2021
    • Teachers Across Iran Protest for Fair Pay, Release of Jailed Colleagues
      December 13, 2021
    • Isfahan: Instead of Crushing Protests, the Iranian Government Should Solve Its Water Crisis
      November 29, 2021
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