“The Person Who Shot Her Was on Top of a Building”
Family Demands Justice for Young Mother Golnar Samsami Golnar Samsami was on her way home after work when she was struck in the ...
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December 16, 2019
Blacklisted Tehran University Student Activist Detained Incommunicado
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December 16, 2019
23 Rights Organizations Urge UN to Take “Urgent Action” on Iran Protest Deaths
December 16, 2019 -- A coalition of international human rights organizations including the Center for Human Rights in Iran has called on ...
December 13, 2019
Shiraz Protests: “They Killed Our Boy with a Bullet on Our Own Street”
Family Ordered to Conceal Shiraz Man’s Death at Protest Iranian authorities pressured the family of Bahman Jafari, who died from a bullet wound ...
December 12, 2019
“Today I Have Sons and Daughters Throughout Iran,” Says Slain Protester’s Mother Sentenced to Prison
Shahnaz Akmali Summoned to Jail After Visiting Fellow Victim’s Family Less than a month after hundreds of people were killed in the Iranian authorities’ ...
December 12, 2019
Jailed Under Lengthy Sentences, Iran’s Conservationists Suffer Ongoing Rights Violations
Detainees Punished for Complaining That They Were Forced to Make False Statements, Says Lawyer Iranian authorities are refusing to transfer imprisoned conservationist Sam Rajabi to the hospital to treat a serious medical condition, and are continuing to ...
December 11, 2019
“How Could They Shoot at a Kid?” Authorities Shirk Responsibility After Teen Killed on Way Home from School
Fifteen-year-old Mohammad Dastankhah (also spelled Dadsetankhah) was walking home from high school in the city of Shiraz, Fars Province when he was ...
December 11, 2019
“My Brother Was a Passerby… We Want them to Tell Us Why They killed Him”
Family of Bystander Killed During Protests Demands Answers Reports of the shooting deaths of bystanders not involved in the recent protests in Iran ...
December 10, 2019
State Forces Buried Man Killed in Iran Protests Against Family’s Wishes
Victim Hamid Taheri's Relatives Forced to Sign "Pledge of Silence" Hospital authorities in the city of Islamshahr, Tehran Province, transferred the body of ...
December 10, 2019
EU Should Lead Calls for UN Commission of Inquiry Into Iran Protest Deaths
Foreign Policy Chief Urges Iran to Hold Perpetrators of Protest Deaths Accountable, Provide Detainees Due Process December 10, 2019 - The EU should lead calls for the UN to investigate Iranian state forces' use of lethal ...
December 9, 2019
Interview with CNN’s Christiane Amanpour: Iranian Art in the Shadow of a Crackdown
Violent state repression of protests in Iran is not unique, yet the lethal means government forces used to repress recent protests that broke out across dozens of cities reached new heights this year, resulting in at least 208 deaths between November ...
December 8, 2019
Teenager Killed in Isfahan During Protests Delivered to Family in a Shroud
“Who should we complain to? Our child is under the ground” The body of teenager Mohammad Javad Abedi was delivered to his family wrapped in a shroud and ready for burial several days after he was ...
December 3, 2019
Public Outrage Grows As Reports of Bloody Crackdown Emerge: “Every Corner of Iran is Mourning the Atrocities”
Public Outrage Grows As Reports of Bloody Crackdown Emerge: “Every Corner of Iran is Mourning the Atrocities” As reports of the unprecedented state ...
November 25, 2019
Stop Violence Against Women
Women and Girls in Iran Are Unprotected from Many Forms of Violence November 25 marks the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women The UN states: “Violence against women and girls is one of the most widespread, persistent ...
November 22, 2019
Initial Reports Show Thousands Arrested in Iran’s Crackdown on November Protests
*This article was updated with additional details on November 25. Early Tally Indicates at Least 4,000 Arrests as Concerns Mount for Detainees Smeared by State Media as “Rioters” In the wake of preliminary reports suggesting that thousands ...
November 22, 2019
UN Raises Alarm at Arrests and Reported Killings, Internet Shutdown
Javaid Rehman, the special rapporteur on the human rights situation in Iran, joined ...
November 21, 2019
EU Calls on Iran’s Security Forces to Exercise “Maximum Restraint” in Handling Protests
Violence “Unacceptable,” Free Flow of Information Must Be Ensured The European Union’s External Action Committee, which manages the EU's diplomatic relations with other countries and conducts EU foreign and security policy for the 28-country ...
November 19, 2019
UN Calls on Iran to Avoid Force, Respect Right to Protest
State security forces have used violent and deadly force to repress protests that erupted in dozens of cities in Iran during the evening of November 15, 2019, after ...
November 17, 2019
Officials Confirm One Death After Protests Erupt in Iran After Sudden Fuel Price Hike
Protesters in Shiraz. Numerous Unconfirmed Reports of Casualties, Injured After Protests Hit 50 Cities Protests ...
November 16, 2019
Promote Respect for All on the International Day for Tolerance
November 16 Marks the International Day for Tolerance The International Day for Tolerance, declared by UNESCO in 1995, is observed each year on ...
November 11, 2019
Kurdish Political Prisoner Held for 25+ Years Should be Freed Under Revised Penal Code, Says Lawyer
One of the longest-serving political prisoners in Iran, Mohammad Nazari, is eligible for release but is being arbitrarily denied freedom, Mohammad Hossein Aghasi told ...
November 11, 2019
Missing American’s Iran-Based Lawyer Reveals Previously Undisclosed Details in New Court Filing
Complaint: Authorities Should Investigate Last Known Person Who Saw Levinson Before His Disappearance, American Citizen Dawud Salahuddin No Mention of Statement or Findings by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ (IRGC) Intelligence Organization in Case Files The Iran-based ...
November 7, 2019
Conservationists Slapped with New Charge 22 Months After Being Arrested by Revolutionary Guards
Fate of Detainees Unclear Despite Intervention by Supreme Leader Nearly two years after they were first detained in Tehran, eight conservationists have been charged with “cooperation with U.S. and Israeli enemy states against the Islamic Republic of Iran for the ...
November 6, 2019
Imprisoned Sufi Dervishes Launch Hunger Strike Demanding Freedom of Movement for Ailing Spiritual Leader
More than 70 imprisoned members of the Sufi Gonabadi Order began a hunger strike in early November to honor their ailing spiritual leader Nour-Ali Tabandeh, who had been hospitalized due to complications from his ...
November 4, 2019
Former Political Prisoner Arrested at “Cyrus Day” Celebration
The tomb of Cyrus the Great, a UNESCO protected world heritage site, is located southwest ...