Reza Khandan, a women's rights activist and the husband of prominent imprisoned human rights attorney Nasrin Sotoudeh, has called on Iranian authorities to ...
Hashem Khastar (left) and Mohammad Nourizad (right). Grave Concerns About the Spread of COVID-19 in Iranian Prisons Relatives of ...
Conservation Scientist Niloufar Bayani: "Every time I... sought help from the authorities, the pressures, threats, and acts of torture increased." Appeals Court Upheld Prison Sentences Against Conservationists on Baseless Charges and Coerced “Confessions” February 20, 2020 – A ...
Prison Terms Range from 4-10 Years Based on No Evidence and False "Confessions" February 18, 2020 – The Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) ...
Iranian authorities have transferred a large number of inmates out of Evin Prison in Tehran—notorious for holding political prisoners—to other prisons and ...
Tehran-Based Reporter: “They Want Us to Stop Writing” February 11, 2020 – The intelligence arm of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps is ...
February 10, 2020 – Detainees held in Iran since the November 2019 street protests—including juveniles—are being beaten, forced to make self-incriminating statements ...
In a letter from Evin Prison in Tehran where he has been held since October 2015, Iranian American businessman Siamak Namazi asked Judiciary Chief Ebrahim Raisi why his requests for furlough have been repeatedly denied while those around him continue to be allowed to go ...
Dissidents who were sentenced to prison in Iran after calling for the resignation of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei are facing additional charges, ...
Iranian authorities are continuing to pressure the family of Borhan Mansournia, who died from a bullet wound in the back when ...
Iranian government agents pressured at least one family member of Nasser Rezaie, a protester who died after being shot at a street demonstration in the city of Karaj on November 17, 2019, to falsely describe Nasser as a passerby who was shot by “rebels,” his ...
For the first time, the complete text of Iran’s "Law to Protect the Rights of the Disabled" is available in English. A translation of the Persian-language law by the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) ...
New Rule Strengthens Long-Standing Discrimination Against Persecuted Religious Minorities, Especially Bahai’s January 27, 2020 – In a new rule that severely discriminates against ...
January 21, 2020 - Since being jailed in the severely restrictive Ward-2A of Iran's Evin Prison, British-Australian academic Kylie Moore-Gilbert has ...
University of Tehran personnel assisted a raid by state forces on a dormitory that resulted in at least eight students being arrested as they gathered for a protest, an eyewitness told the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) ...
After putting blame on Iran’s Supreme Leader for the downing of a Ukrainian passenger plane, new restrictions have been imposed on former presidential candidate Mehdi Karroubi, who has been under extra-judicial house arrest in Tehran for nearly nine years, the Center for Human Rights in ...
Victim Was Caregiver of Mother, and Brother With Down Syndrome The family of Mohammad Hashamdar, who was killed by a bullet ...
Growing Numbers of Bystanders Killed Reflects Security Forces’ Indiscriminate Firing at Civilians “God will not forgive this injustice...they were firing bullets and beating ...
Alireza Ghandchi: "They Have Taken Away My Family and Destroyed My Life" A man whose wife and two children were killed after the ...
Eyewitnesses Report Heavy Paramilitary Presence, Internet and Phone Disruptions Protesters were physically attacked and arrested at universities in Tehran and other Iranian cities ...
Addressing the Nuclear Deal is Not Enough; Rights Issues Are Central to Region’s Stability 28-Country Bloc Should Call on Iranian Authorities to Respect ...
Iranian security forces used what appeared to be live ammunition and tear gas to repress protests in Tehran on January 12, 2020, ...
January 11, 2020 – The Iranian people should be allowed to exercise their constitutional right to peaceful assembly without the threat of ...
Iran's judiciary should free all women and men who were arbitrarily detained as state forces violently repressed street protests this past November, said a ...
A grieving mother who vowed to continue pursuing her slain son’s pursuit of freedom. A housewife who lost her ...
