Prominent Iranian Human Rights Lawyers’ Criticize Islamic Republic in Joint Statement
In a joint statement obtained by the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) and translated into English below, 40 Iranian human ...
Human Rights Lawyers
September 26, 2022
Iran Protests: Lawyers Call for Fact-Finding Commission, Referendum
A group of prominent Iranian lawyers has called for international action amid nationwide protests that erupted in Iran on September 16, 2022, following the ...
June 22, 2022
In Cahoots with the State, Iranian Court Sentences Lawyers, Activists Trying to Sue Officials to Prison
Supreme Leader’s COVID Vaccine Ban Resulted in Thousands of Unnecessary Deaths June 22, 2022 – For trying to sue Iranian leaders for ...
March 22, 2022
Interview: Rights Lawyer Turned Political Prisoner Condemns “Shameful” Acts Against Lawyers in Iran
Defense attorney Amirsalar Davoudi was imprisoned in Iran for running a social media channel that ...
March 10, 2022
Unprecedented Lawsuit Filed Against Supreme Leader, Top Iranian Officials
Complaint Alleges Gross Negligence in Government’s Response to COVID-19 Pandemic Lawyers Who Filed the Complaint are Facing Prison Time Two lawyers in ...
March 3, 2022
Joint Statement: Free Imprisoned Human Rights Lawyer Mohammad Najafi in Iran
Lawyer Unlawfully Imprisoned for His Defense of Basic Civil and Political Liberties March 3, 2022 – The lawyer Mohammad Najafi, who has ...
February 15, 2022
Crackdown on Labor Activists in Iran
Amid an intensifying campaign of political repression in Iran, state authorities have been summoning, detaining, and imprisoning peaceful labor rights ...
November 11, 2021
Iran Rights Lawyer: Judicial Process is a “Means to Settle Political Scores”
One of the few remaining defense lawyers in Iran willing to take on human rights cases, Nasser Zarafshan is an expert ...