Confirmation of Life Sentence for Hamid Nouri Sparks Hope for Expanded Pursuit of Justice Under Universal Jurisdiction December 19, 2023 – The recent affirmation ...
“I will make my voice louder for the world to hear,” says Mohammadi Suffering from Serious Health Issues, Authorities Ban Phone Calls, Visitations December 8, 2023 – Governments worldwide, UN leaders, and human rights organizations should ...
Toomaj Salehi Re-Arrested After Publicly Disclosing Plans to Sue State Requires Medical Treatment for Injuries Sustained in Prison December 5, 2023 – The arbitrary re-arrest ...
One Child, and at Least Six Political Prisoners Hanged This Week December 1, 2023 – The surging executions of political prisoners in Iran ...
Nobel Laureate Should Be Allowed to Travel to Oslo to See Family and Receive Prize The Center for Human ...
November 17, 2023 – An arbitrarily detained woman, facing unjust imprisonment in Iran, has provided a detailed account of her violent abduction ...
Imprisoned for Peaceful Advocacy, Global Leaders Must Demand Her Immediate Release November 13, 2023 – Imprisoned Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi faces new charges ...
Nasrin Sotoudeh Among Those Violently Arrested, Faces Grave Danger and Re-Imprisonment Manzar Zarabi, Who Lost Family Members on Downed Airplane, and Teacher’s Rights ...
A UN human rights expert has reported on the entrenched shortcomings within the Islamic Republic of Iran's legal and political framework, which ...
Niloufar Hamedi Gets 13 Years Behind Bars and Elahe Mohammadi 12 Years Iranian Government Moves to Crush “Woman, Life, Freedom” Movement On All ...
Iranian Government Targeting Disability Rights Advocates In Separate Case, Lawyer Representing Mahsa Jina Amini Sentenced to a Year in Prison October 18, 2023 – A prominent and blind disability rights lawyer from Saqqez, the hometown of Mahsa Jina Amini, whose ...
October 11, 2023 – Business owners in Iran are facing severe consequences, including loss of livelihoods and restricted access to vital services ...
Signatories, Including Wounded Protesters, Urge Investigation by UN’s Fact-Finding Mission and Support by International Medical Organizations October 9, 2023 — A group of ...
Journalist Who Interviewed Victim Detained While Interviewing Mother Like Mahsa Jina Amini Case, Family Under Intense Pressure October 4, 2023 — Reports of yet ...
Grave Concerns Over Further State Violence Ahead of “Blood Friday” Anniversary, When 100+ Protesters Were Killed *Update on September 30, 2023: ...
New Law Requires Teachers To Be “Evaluated” with Ideological Questions Every Year September 28, 2023 – A year-long state crackdown on civil society ...
September 27, 2023 — The release of the five American hostages held in the Islamic Republic of Iran is a welcome development. ...
International Community Should Call for an End to Gender Apartheid in Iran September 20, 2023 – On the anniversary week of the eruption ...
Child Soldiers Used to Assist State Security Forces Relatives of Victims of State Violence, Activists Threatened to Refrain from Protesting Prisoners ...
At least 26 Professors Punished, Students Face Heightened Restrictions and Repression September 13, 2023 – One year after the inception of Iran's "Woman, ...
More State Violence Feared as Anniversary of “Woman Life Freedom” Uprising Nears Intentional Killing of Unarmed Civilians Amounts to Crimes Against Humanity September 5, 2023 – A new report just released by the Center for Human Rights in Iran ...
Another Political Prisoner’s Death Sparks Outrage Weeks Before Anniversary of Iran’s “Woman, Life, Freedom” Uprising Citing Relative, Activist Says Javad Roohi was “Killed” September ...
Rights and Revolt: Three Lawyers Analyze the Legal Terrain of Iran's "Women Life Freedom" Movement In anticipation of the anniversary of Iran's transformative "Women, Life, Freedom" movement, the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) ...
Authorities Seek to Quash Protest and Silence Justice-Seekers with Over 20 Arrests August 29, 2023 – The arrests of numerous family members of ...
At Least 22 Activists Arrested in Last Three Weeks as State’s Repressive Capacity Gears Up International Community “Must Take Decisive Measures” August 21, ...
