Iran’s New Weapon: Group Prosecutions of Protesters Send Dozens Toward the Gallows
Protesters are being tried collectively, in fast-tracked prosecutions that deny defendants individual trials and due process and ...
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August 10, 2026
UN Experts Urge Iran to End Escalating Targeting of Ethnic Minorities
On August 6, 2026, UN experts called on Iranian authorities to immediately end the escalating use of arbitrary detention, enforced disappearance, torture and other ...
July 28, 2026
Iran Intensifies Nationwide Crackdown on Teachers and Union Activists
At least 60 Teachers Arrested, Prosecuted, or Imprisoned as Authorities Seek to Dismantle One of Iran's Most Influential ...
July 27, 2026
UN Fact-Finding Mission Urgently Calls on Iran to Immediately Halt Executions
On July 23, 2026, the UN Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Iran urgently called on ...
July 16, 2026
Authorities Escalate Crackdown on Iranian Students Amid Post-War Repression
More Than a Hundred Students Arrested, Expelled, or Jailed in Expanding Assault on Dissent at Universities July 16, 2026 — Iranian authorities have launched a ...
July 15, 2026
Civilians Must Be Protected At All Times During War
Deliberate attacks on civilians and civilian infrastructure are prohibited under international humanitarian law and would constitute ...
June 18, 2026
Iran Intensifies Assault on Independent Lawyers Amid Expanding Post-War Crackdown
At Least 32 Lawyers Arrested, Prosecuted, or Imprisoned in Iran Since January 2026 Political Detainees, Death Row Prisoners at Grave Risk Without Independent ...
June 8, 2026
As Executions Surge in Iran, Prisoners Risk Their Lives to Protest the State’s Killings
For more than two years, prisoners have staged weekly hunger strikes against one of the world's deadliest execution sprees—despite facing execution, torture, and retaliation June 8, 2026 — As Iranian authorities carry out executions at a ...
May 28, 2026
A Collective Call from Inside Iran for Free and Equal Internet Access
Organizations and Advocates Inside Iran Reject State-Controlled Internet Access Harm to Children, Education, and Underprivileged Areas Especially Severe A broad coalition of civil society organizations in Iran has published a statement urgently calling for a free and open internet ...
May 19, 2026
Iran’s Baha’i Community Under Intensified State Attack Amid Escalating Domestic Repression
State Campaign of Arrests, Raids, Torture, and Enforced Disappearances in Cities Across Iran Judge: “You Must Pay ...
April 30, 2026
Iran’s Execution Machine: Political Hangings Surge as Dozens Face Imminent Death
At Least 22 Executed in Six Weeks as Secret Trials, Torture, and Forced Confessions Drive a ...
April 29, 2026
UN Rights Chief Urges Halt to Executions, Warns of Escalating Repression Iran
On April 29, 2026, UN Human ...
April 14, 2026
30 Legal Groups Call for Immediate Release of Detained Iranian Human Rights Lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh and Her Husband Reza Khandan
A coalition of 30 international legal organizations has issued a joint letter calling for the immediate and unconditional release of prominent Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh, warning that her detention is part of a sustained campaign to ...
April 6, 2026
Attacks on Essential Infrastructure Will Have Catastrophic Consequences for Millions of Civilians Across the Region
April 6, 2026 — In the context of the ongoing threats and attacks against civilians and ...
March 31, 2026
At least 1,500 Arrested in Iran as State Intensifies Domestic Crackdown
Grave Fears of Manufactured Charges, Sham Trials, Death Sentences Cover of War Used to Silence Dissent and ...
March 25, 2026
Opinion: Iran is already ramping up its next war. Guess who the ‘enemy’ is.
The Islamic Republic is determined to extinguish any internal challenge to its rule. This article was ...
March 19, 2026
Three Protesters Publicly Hanged in Iran; Dozens More At Imminent Risk of Execution
Governments Worldwide Must Take Urgent Action to Stop Executions in Iran March 19, 2026 — On the ...
March 5, 2026
Civilians Must Be Protected Across the Middle East
March 5, 2026 — The Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) is gravely concerned ...
March 2, 2026
Grave Concerns for the Safety of Political Prisoners and Detainees in Iran
The Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) is gravely concerned about the safety and condition ...
February 25, 2026
Iran’s Machinery of Repression Escalates: Arbitrary Arrests, Torture, Enforced Disappearances, and Death Sentences After Protest Massacre
More than 53,000 Arrested, Activists and Lawyers Now Increasingly Targeted Reports of Deaths in Custody Emerge as ...
February 20, 2026
UN Experts Demand Iran Reveal Fate of Detainees, Halt Executions
February 20, 2026 — A broad and diverse coalition of UN human rights experts issued a strong statement on February 20, 2026, urging Iranian authorities to immediately disclose the fate and whereabouts of all those detained, forcibly disappeared, ...
February 16, 2026
Op-Ed: Iran’s Protests Have Ended. The State’s Terror Campaign Has Not.
Tens of thousands of people are being held in secret detention sites. This article was originally ...
February 12, 2026
Over 200 Schoolchildren Killed by Security Forces in Iran: ‘They’ve Effectively Massacred an Entire School’
Families Forced to Carry Out Secret Burials, Banned from Publicly Mentioning Their Children’s Names Teacher ...
January 30, 2026
Unreported Atrocities: Eyewitnesses Detail Massive and Deadly State Crackdown Against Protesters in Iran’s Provincial Cities
Arrests Skyrocketing After Mass Killings, Detainees Held in Hidden Warehouses, Violent Nighttime House Raids, Trials Conducted ...
January 29, 2026
Statement From Physicians in Iran: ‘Being a Doctor Is Not a Crime’
Amid reports of state security forces arresting healthcare professionals in Iran for treating injured protesters, a group of physicians in Iran has issued a statement affirming that providing medical care is not a crime but a legal, ethical, ...