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Campaign Highlights

June 23, 2020

List of Attorneys Imprisoned in Iran for Defending Human Rights (Updated)

At least five defense lawyers are currently imprisoned in Iran for supporting human rights ...

October 14, 2019

Iranian Women Artists Showcased in Upcoming Exhibit Curated by Shirin Neshat

Exhibition Extended Until December 14 October 14, 2019 - The Center for Human Rights in Iran is honored to announce an upcoming exhibition of 13 contemporary Iranian women artists in New York City, curated by the ...

August 1, 2012

American Hikers’ Lawyer Threatened, Interrogated, Denied Permission to Leave Iran

Massoud Shafiee, the lawyer who represented the three Americans who were released after more than a year in an Iranian prison, said in an exclusive interview with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that since his clients left Iran he has been repeatedly ...

January 24, 2012

Censorship and Satellite Jamming

News segment on Voice of America on the illegal telecommunications practices of Iran. ...

January 9, 2012

Who is Amir Hekmati?

Radio interview with Hadi Ghaemi about imprisoned Iranian-American Amir Hekmati. ...

December 12, 2011

Le Monde Reports on the Free Sotoudeh Project

Coverage of the Campaign’s Free Sotoudeh Project in France. ...

October 6, 2011

Who Are Iran’s Political Prisoners?

Roxana Saberi writes about political prisoners, human rights defenders, and abuses taking place in Iran. ...

June 20, 2011

Charlie Rose on Iranian Reform

Charlie Rose interviews Executive Director Hadi Ghaemi on the reform movement in Iran. ...

June 15, 2011

Social Media Gives Women a Voice In Iran

Silenced by stigma and fear, women turn to social media. (Article on The Guardian) ...

May 13, 2011

Senate Hearing on Human Rights in Iran

The Campaign testifies before Foreign Relations committee on violations of human rights in Iran. ...

May 2, 2011

Video: Shirin Ebadi on Workers’ Rights

Human rights lawyer and Nobel Laureate Shirin Ebadi discusses the challenges facing workers in Iran (video). ...

February 28, 2011

Commentary: President Dilma; Please Keep Your Promise

Oped by Parvin Ardalan and Hadi Ghaemi published in Brazilian newspaper, Estado de Sao Paulo. ...

February 3, 2011

Iran Uses Media Stunts in Lieu of Fair Trials

Iranian officials should base convictions on reliable evidence and due process. ...

August 30, 2010

Neda’s Mother Appeals to the International Community

Hajar Rostami appeals to international community to help find her daughter’s murderer. ...

August 25, 2010

“2,100 on Death Row in Mashad, 300 Secretly Executed”

An activist in Mashad told the Campaign of secret group executions. ...

May 6, 2010

Repressed in Iran need SA’s support

Mehrangiz Kar writes of the peaceful transition from apartheid to democracy in South Africa. ...

April 22, 2010

No to Iran on the Human Rights Council!

Oped in the Daily Star of Lebanon by Ali Akbar Mousavi against inclusion of Iran on the HRC. ...

April 22, 2010

264 Days and Counting

Editorial in The New York Times: American hikers in jail for nine months. Two-hundred-sixty-four days. ...

February 23, 2010

Iran’s ‘Excruciating’ Human Rights Record – Council on Foreign Relations

“The government has lost all legitimacy and ‘Iranians will continue their protests.'” ...

February 9, 2010

Soltani: “Throwing stones or breaking windows is not ‘moharebeh'”

Iranian lawyer Abdolfattah Soltani discusses the proper application of moharebeh laws. ...

February 8, 2010

Shirin Ebadi: Politics Rule the Iranian Judiciary

The 2003 Nobel Peace Laureate Shirin Ebadi, was interviewed by the Campaign regarding Iran’s Judiciary. ...

January 28, 2010

Pace of Political Executions Accelerating

The execution of Mohammad Reza Ali Zamani (37) and Arash Rahmani Pour (19) were executed on 28 January. ...

Latest News

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    Firsthand Account from Evin Prisoners: Trapped Between Israel’s Unlawful Attacks and Iranian Authorities’ Shocking Abuses
    July 7, 2025
  • Op-Ed: Iran Is Terrorizing Its Own Citizens. The World Needs to Respond.
    Op-Ed: Iran Is Terrorizing Its Own Citizens. The World Needs to Respond.
    July 4, 2025
  • Iran Launches Sweeping Crackdown: Hundreds Detained, Executions Underway
    Iran Launches Sweeping Crackdown: Hundreds Detained, Executions Underway
    June 26, 2025
  • Lives of Prisoners in Iran in Immediate Danger
    Lives of Prisoners in Iran in Immediate Danger
    June 23, 2025
  • Political Prisoners on Death Row in Iran at Grave Risk Amid War
    Political Prisoners on Death Row in Iran at Grave Risk Amid War
    June 19, 2025
  • Iranian Political Prisoner in Evin Prison Urges Action to Protect Prisoners As War Escalates
    Iranian Political Prisoner in Evin Prison Urges Action to Protect Prisoners As War Escalates
    June 18, 2025
  • Immediate Ceasefire Needed as Attacks on Civilians Intensify
    Immediate Ceasefire Needed as Attacks on Civilians Intensify
    June 16, 2025
  • CHRI: Civilians Must Not Be Targets in Iran
    CHRI: Civilians Must Not Be Targets in Iran
    June 12, 2025
  • UNICEF’s Silence on Iran: Nobel Laureate Demands Action on Children’s Rights Abuses
    UNICEF’s Silence on Iran: Nobel Laureate Demands Action on Children’s Rights Abuses
    June 11, 2025
  • Iran’s Truck Drivers’ Strike Sweeps 163 Cities, Dozens Arrested
    Iran’s Truck Drivers’ Strike Sweeps 163 Cities, Dozens Arrested
    June 4, 2025
  • Urgent Appeal from Evin Prison: Imprisoned Scholar Mahvash Seydal Exposes Iran’s Denial of Medical Care to Women Political Prisoners
    Urgent Appeal from Evin Prison: Imprisoned Scholar Mahvash Seydal Exposes Iran’s Denial of Medical Care to Women Political Prisoners
    May 27, 2025
  • Iran Moves to Silence Literary Voices with Arrests, Prison and Death Sentences
    Iran Moves to Silence Literary Voices with Arrests, Prison and Death Sentences
    May 20, 2025
  • Crackdown on Justice: CHRI Reveals Systematic Persecution of Iran’s Human Rights Lawyers
    Crackdown on Justice: CHRI Reveals Systematic Persecution of Iran’s Human Rights Lawyers
    May 14, 2025
  • ‘We Are Alive, But in Captivity’: Letter from Imprisoned Kurdish Labor Activist
    ‘We Are Alive, But in Captivity’: Letter from Imprisoned Kurdish Labor Activist
    May 5, 2025
  • Iran’s Workers: Battered by Brutal Repression and Lethal Work Conditions
    Iran’s Workers: Battered by Brutal Repression and Lethal Work Conditions
    April 30, 2025
  • Op-Ed: Combine ‘Maximum Pressure’ on Iran with Maximum Support for the Iranian People
    Op-Ed: Combine ‘Maximum Pressure’ on Iran with Maximum Support for the Iranian People
    April 24, 2025
  • Iran’s Mass Executions of Drug Offenders Are a Human Rights Emergency
    Iran’s Mass Executions of Drug Offenders Are a Human Rights Emergency
    April 16, 2025
  • EU Sanctions Iranian Judicial Officials Over Abductions of European Nationals
    EU Sanctions Iranian Judicial Officials Over Abductions of European Nationals
    April 14, 2025
  • Five More Political Prisoners Hanged in Iran as Use of Death Penalty to Crush Dissent Surges
    Five More Political Prisoners Hanged in Iran as Use of Death Penalty to Crush Dissent Surges
    April 9, 2025
  • Landmark Resolution: UN Human Rights Council Expands Fact-Finding Mission on Iran
    Landmark Resolution: UN Human Rights Council Expands Fact-Finding Mission on Iran
    April 3, 2025
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