UN Experts Call on Iran to Release Detained Protesters
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 group ...
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December 29, 2019
These Women and Men Inspired Us All
A grieving mother who vowed to continue pursuing her slain son’s pursuit of freedom. A housewife who lost her life ...
December 27, 2019
“They Know That Moving Her to This Prison Could Kill or Paralyze a Human Rights Activist”
Prisoner of Conscience Violently Transferred to Distant Prison for Demanding Justice for Slain Street Protesters By transferring prominent human rights activist Narges Mohammadi from Evin Prison in ...
December 27, 2019
Cemetery Becomes Battleground as State Forces Detain Supporters of Slain Protester
The grandmother of Pouya Bakhtiari, a 27-year-old man who was gunned down at a street protest on November 16, 2019, said ...
December 26, 2019
Moore-Gilbert’s Letter to Australian PM: “Do Whatever it Takes to Get Me Out”
Melboune University Scholar's Open Letter Describes: "Psychological Torture," Prolonged Solitary Confinement Unjust Arrest by Revolutionary Guards to "Lure" Her Husband to Iran 10-Year Prison ...
December 24, 2019
Australian, French Academics Call for Christmas Eve Hunger Strike
December 24, 2019 -- Two female academics held in Tehran’s Evin Prison called for international solidarity as they announced that they would be denying food and ...
December 20, 2019
“He Was Hit in the Back by a Bullet,” Says Relative of Slain Protester from War Veteran Family
The family of Borhan Mansournia, who was shot by a bullet in the city of Kermanshah on November 16, 2019, are filing ...
December 20, 2019
Family of Marivan Man Found in Dam: “We Are Sure He Died in Detention Under Torture”
*Warning: This article contains details that may be disturbing to some readers. The family of 25-year-old Ershad Rahmanian, whose body was found in ...
December 20, 2019
“They Told Us to Say He Had Died in an Accident,” Says Mother of Man Slain in Shiraz Protests
The mother of Alireza Anjavi, who died after being shot in the forehead on November 16, 2019, as the authorities repressed protests ...
December 20, 2019
“This Verdict Means Any Protest Will Be Considered an Act of Violence”
Nine Labor Rights Activists and Journalists Sentenced to Prison Without Right to Appeal Judiciary Chief Ebrahim Raisi Eliminated Appeal Process with ...
December 20, 2019
UN Experts Alarmed at Alleged Mistreatment of Detained Protesters
UN Press Release, GENEVA (20 December 2019) – UN human rights experts* today called on the Iranian authorities to release ...
December 19, 2019
“She Had a Right to Live” Nurse Killed by Bullet to the Heart Amid State Repression of Karaj Protests
Azar Mirzapour Zahabi, a 48-year-old nurse and mother of four, was killed by a bullet to the heart in the Golshahr district ...
December 18, 2019
Mothers of Iran Protest Victims Call for “Minute of Silence,” UN Fact-Finding Committee
Sixteen mothers whose children were killed amid violent state crackdowns on street protests have called for Iranians to observe a minute of ...
December 18, 2019
“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 ...
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 ...
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 ...