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Death Sentence Against Woman Kurdish Activist Continues Iran’s Campaign of Terror to Silence Dissent

Death Sentence Against Woman Kurdish Activist Continues Iran’s Campaign of Terror to Silence Dissent

November 12, 2024

Varisheh Moradi Tortured, Sentenced to Death Without Due Process or Fair Trial Women, Protesters, Children—No One Spared, Minorities Targeted November ...

Arrests, Imprisonments of Baha’i Soar as Iran’s War on Religious Minority Intensifies

Arrests, Imprisonments of Baha’i Soar as Iran’s War on Religious Minority Intensifies

November 5, 2024

Baha’i Women Singled Out for Harsh and Aggressive Persecution Over 1,200 Facing Court Proceedings or Sentenced to Prison for Practicing ...

Student Who Undressed to Protest Iran’s Repressive Dress Code Joins Other Dissidents Forced Into Psychiatric Centers

Student Who Undressed to Protest Iran’s Repressive Dress Code Joins Other Dissidents Forced Into Psychiatric Centers

November 4, 2024

World Must Demand Her Immediate Release and Due Process Rights Iran’s Use of Psychiatric Centers to Punish Dissidents Is Severe ...

Iran: One of the Most Dangerous Places in the World for Journalists

Iran: One of the Most Dangerous Places in the World for Journalists

October 31, 2024

On International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists, World Must Focus on Iran Reporters Face Arrest, ...

Iran’s Execution of Iranian-German Dissident Jamshid Sharmahd is State-Sanctioned Murder

Iran’s Execution of Iranian-German Dissident Jamshid Sharmahd is State-Sanctioned Murder

October 28, 2024

Executed Dual National Was Abducted, Tortured, and Convicted without Due Process Countries Must Join Together to Stop Iran’s ...

Interview: Iranian Photojournalist Recounts State Violence During Woman, Life, Freedom Protests

Interview: Iranian Photojournalist Recounts State Violence During Woman, Life, Freedom Protests

October 22, 2024

Journalists Face Arrest, Torture, Detention to Document Iran’s Lethal Repression  October 22, 2024 – As we approach the ...

Atrocities Against Girls in Iran Must Be Addressed as World Marks Day of the Girl Child

Atrocities Against Girls in Iran Must Be Addressed as World Marks Day of the Girl Child

October 10, 2024

Child Marriage and Lack of Protection from Violence Threaten Iranian Girls’ Future  October 10, 2024 – On this ...

Iran’s President Pezeshkian Must Be Questioned on Human Rights Crisis at UNGA

Iran’s President Pezeshkian Must Be Questioned on Human Rights Crisis at UNGA

September 23, 2024

Mass Executions, Abuse of Political Prisoners, Severe Violations of Women’s Rights Must Be Addressed September 23, 2024 — ...

Iran Protests: Voices from Iran (Updated)

Iran Protests: Voices from Iran (Updated)

September 16, 2024

Our team at the Center for Human Rights in Iran is in daily contact with Iranians throughout the country. In this regularly updated post, we publish what we are hearing from Iranians from all walks of life. ...

Images of Resistance: Photographers Who Documented Iran’s Woman, Life, Freedom Movement

Images of Resistance: Photographers Who Documented Iran’s Woman, Life, Freedom Movement

September 16, 2024

For the second anniversary of Iran’s Woman, Life, Freedom movement, the Center for Human Rights in Iran partnered with Middle East Images to present a powerful collection of photographs and interviews, highlighting the courage of the protesters who stood up ...

A Quiet Revolution Continues in Iran Two Years After the Woman Life Freedom Uprising

A Quiet Revolution Continues in Iran Two Years After the Woman Life Freedom Uprising

September 11, 2024

Interviews with Iranian Women Show Civil Disobedience Takes Root as Hijab is Discarded Rejection of the Symbol of ...

Joint Statement: 26 Human Rights Organizations Urge Iran to Revoke Death Sentence for Kurdish Woman Activist

Joint Statement: 26 Human Rights Organizations Urge Iran to Revoke Death Sentence for Kurdish Woman Activist

September 9, 2024

Pakhshan Azizi Sentenced to Death After Manufactured Charges, Torture, and Sham Trial September 9, 2024 – The Center ...

Iran’s Security Forces Kill Growing Numbers of Kurdish and Baluchi Border Couriers

Iran’s Security Forces Kill Growing Numbers of Kurdish and Baluchi Border Couriers

September 4, 2024

30 Kurdish and 34 Baluchi Couriers Killed by Guards So Far in 2024, Including 1 Child “When border agents see a ...

UN Experts “Alarmed” by Surge in Unlawful Executions in Iran, Call for Halt to Death Penalty

UN Experts “Alarmed” by Surge in Unlawful Executions in Iran, Call for Halt to Death Penalty

September 3, 2024

UN Cites “Reports of serious violations of fair trial and due process rights” September 3, 2024 — ...

Labor Day: A Tribute to the Unyielding Spirit of Iran’s Workers

Labor Day: A Tribute to the Unyielding Spirit of Iran’s Workers

September 1, 2024

September 1, 2024 – On this Labor Day, observed in the United States, Canada, and Australia, the ...

Nurses’ Strikes Escalate Across Iran as Authorities Intensify Repression

Nurses’ Strikes Escalate Across Iran as Authorities Intensify Repression

August 28, 2024

Peaceful Protests for Fair Wages and Improved Working Conditions Met with Arbitrary Arrests August 28, 2024 ...

Joint Letter: 68 Human Rights Organizations Call for Immediate Halt to Executions in Iran

Joint Letter: 68 Human Rights Organizations Call for Immediate Halt to Executions in Iran

August 27, 2024

Death Penalty in Iran Used as a “Tool of Political Repression” August 27, 2024 – In a joint ...

Iran: Congress Should Back Bipartisan “Internet Reach and Access Now Act”

Iran: Congress Should Back Bipartisan “Internet Reach and Access Now Act”

August 26, 2024

August 26, 2024 – The Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) strongly urges Congress to support ...

Joint Letter: Global Coalition Demands Immediate Release of Iranian Lawyer, End to Repression of Rights Defenders

Joint Letter: Global Coalition Demands Immediate Release of Iranian Lawyer, End to Repression of Rights Defenders

August 22, 2024

August 22, 2022 – In partnership with the Law Society of England and Wales, Lawyers for Lawyers, ...

At Least 34 Political Prisoners in Iran Denied Access to Medical Care in Recent Weeks

At Least 34 Political Prisoners in Iran Denied Access to Medical Care in Recent Weeks

August 21, 2024

Denial of Critical Care Intensifies as Prisoners Speak Out Against Abuses  August 21, 2024 – The deliberate denial ...

Joint Letter: 40+ Iran Rights Groups Call for Independent Investigation into Violence Against Women Political Prisoners 

Joint Letter: 40+ Iran Rights Groups Call for Independent Investigation into Violence Against Women Political Prisoners 

August 19, 2024

August 19, 2024 — In a joint letter, the Center for Human Rights in Iran ...

Ruthless Retaliation: Human Rights Lawyer Summoned to Prison Amid Heart Problems

Ruthless Retaliation: Human Rights Lawyer Summoned to Prison Amid Heart Problems

August 14, 2024

76-Year-Old Mohammad Seifzadeh is the “Godfather” of Human Rights Lawyers in Iran Punished for Signing a Letter to ...

Iran Uses Cover of Regional Tensions to Crush Its Domestic Opponents

Iran Uses Cover of Regional Tensions to Crush Its Domestic Opponents

August 13, 2024

Executions, Arrests, Attacks on Women, Abuse of Political Prisoners All Soaring World Must Respond to the Islamic Republic’s ...

UN Human Rights Chief Urges Immediate Halt to Executions in Iran After Alarming Surge

UN Human Rights Chief Urges Immediate Halt to Executions in Iran After Alarming Surge

August 9, 2024

August 9, 2024 – The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, has called for an ...

UN Uncovers “Crimes Against Humanity” Against Minorities During “Woman, Life, Freedom” Movement

UN Uncovers “Crimes Against Humanity” Against Minorities During “Woman, Life, Freedom” Movement

August 7, 2024

August 7, 2024 – The UN’s Independent International Fact-Finding Mission ...

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  • Press Releases

    • Iran Forcibly Deports Nearly 600,000 Afghan Migrants Amid Post-War Crackdown
      July 9, 2025
    • Firsthand Account from Evin Prisoners: Trapped Between Israel’s Unlawful Attacks and Iranian Authorities’ Shocking Abuses
      July 7, 2025
    • Op-Ed: Iran Is Terrorizing Its Own Citizens. The World Needs to Respond.
      July 4, 2025
    • Iran Launches Sweeping Crackdown: Hundreds Detained, Executions Underway
      June 26, 2025
    • Lives of Prisoners in Iran in Immediate Danger
      June 23, 2025
    • Political Prisoners on Death Row in Iran at Grave Risk Amid War
      June 19, 2025
    • Iranian Political Prisoner in Evin Prison Urges Action to Protect Prisoners As War Escalates
      June 18, 2025
    • Immediate Ceasefire Needed as Attacks on Civilians Intensify
      June 16, 2025
    • CHRI: Civilians Must Not Be Targets in Iran
      June 12, 2025
    • UNICEF’s Silence on Iran: Nobel Laureate Demands Action on Children’s Rights Abuses
      June 11, 2025
    • Iran’s Truck Drivers’ Strike Sweeps 163 Cities, Dozens Arrested
      June 4, 2025
    • Urgent Appeal from Evin Prison: Imprisoned Scholar Mahvash Seydal Exposes Iran’s Denial of Medical Care to Women Political Prisoners
      May 27, 2025
    • Iran Moves to Silence Literary Voices with Arrests, Prison and Death Sentences
      May 20, 2025
    • Crackdown on Justice: CHRI Reveals Systematic Persecution of Iran’s Human Rights Lawyers
      May 14, 2025
    • ‘We Are Alive, But in Captivity’: Letter from Imprisoned Kurdish Labor Activist
      May 5, 2025
    • Iran’s Workers: Battered by Brutal Repression and Lethal Work Conditions
      April 30, 2025
    • Op-Ed: Combine ‘Maximum Pressure’ on Iran with Maximum Support for the Iranian People
      April 24, 2025
    • Iran’s Mass Executions of Drug Offenders Are a Human Rights Emergency
      April 16, 2025
    • EU Sanctions Iranian Judicial Officials Over Abductions of European Nationals
      April 14, 2025
    • Five More Political Prisoners Hanged in Iran as Use of Death Penalty to Crush Dissent Surges
      April 9, 2025
    • Landmark Resolution: UN Human Rights Council Expands Fact-Finding Mission on Iran
      April 3, 2025
    • Imprisonment of Christians Jumps Six-Fold in Iran as Persecution Intensifies
      April 1, 2025
    • Joint Letter: Global Coalition Calls on Iran to Cease Persecution of Human Rights Lawyers
      March 18, 2025
    • 43 International Rights Organizations Urge UN Human Rights Council to Renew Mandates of Iran Monitoring Bodies
      March 18, 2025
    • UN Says Iran’s Crimes Against Humanity Demand Expanded Investigation
      March 14, 2025
    • Iranian Authorities Are Killing Prisoners by Denying Lifesaving Medical Care
      March 12, 2025
    • Gender Apartheid in Iran is Crushing Women’s Lives and Futures
      March 6, 2025
    • Joint Statement: Stop the Imminent Deportation of Activist Nahid Modaressi to Iran
      February 25, 2025
    • Joint Statement: 20 Rights Organizations Alarmed by Appointment of Notorious Judge as Head of Iran's High Council for Human Rights
      February 20, 2025
    • Death Sentence for Woman Labor Activist In Iran Re-Issued
      February 19, 2025
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