Iran Protests: Voices from Iran (Updated)
As nationwide protests continue to sweep Iran, there are very few direct voices from inside Iran reaching the international stage. An understanding of the fabric of the society and its rapidly evolving ...
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Iran Protests: Massacre in Kurdish Areas Feared as Security Forces Launch Lethal Crackdown
Authorities Shut Down Internet to Prevent Evidence of State’s Atrocities from Reaching Outside World November 21, 2022 – With Iranian security forces launching a massive assault on protesters in Kurdish-populated cities ...
Joint Statement: 21 Iranian Human Rights Lawyers Urge UN to Stop Child Killings in Iran
In a joint statement obtained by the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) and translated into English, 21 Iranian human rights lawyers have called on UN officials and agencies to take immediate ...
Three More Children Killed as Iranian Merchants Close Shops in Solidarity with Uprising
November 18, 2022 – In a strong show of support for their country’s growing protest movement, and as children continue to be among those killed by state security forces, merchants in major cities closed their ...
Beleaguered Yet Defiant, Iranian Artists Persecuted for Supporting Anti-State Protests
Actresses Appear Without State-Mandated Headscarves as 100+ Film Industry Workers Face Unemployment, Prosecution Almost anywhere else, it wouldn’t have been a big deal. But because she’s based in the Islamic ...
UN Experts Urge Iran to Stop Sentencing Peaceful Protesters to Death
Heeding calls by human rights organizations including the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI), 16 UN-appointed independent human rights experts have called on Iranian authorities to stop indicting people with charges punishable by death for participating in peaceful demonstrations ...
State Massacres Fail to Crush Protests in Sistan and Baluchestan Province
Government Ignores Top Sunni Cleric’s Calls for Accountability Massacres of protesters by state security forces in the Iranian province of Sistan and Baluchestan have not stemmed protests that began there in late September over the ...
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 rights lawyers from inside and outside the country have ...
World Must Warn Iran Against Death Sentences for Protesters in Upcoming Mass Trials
Charges Carrying Possible Death Sentence Already Being Issued November 2, 2022 – With mass public trials for protesters recently announced in Iran, and charges already beginning to be issued that could ...
Witch Hunt in Iran: Grave Concerns for Journalists Niloofar Hamedi and Elahe Mohammadi
Unable to Crush Protests, State Resorts to Smearing Female Reporters with Sham Accusations November 1, 2022 – The Iranian government’s fabricated accusations against two unlawfully detained female journalists, Niloofar Hamedi and ...
Iran Protests: Doctors Treating Wounded Protesters Face Deadly State Violence
One Female Doctor Reportedly Killed, At Least Six Arrested October 31, 2022 – Reports of at least one doctor being killed by state security forces and at least six others being arbitrarily arrested at peaceful protests ...
Face-Off in Iran: State Security Forces Attack Protesters on Day of Mourning for Mahsa Amini
UN Special Rapporteurs Echo Calls by Rights Groups for Action by Human Rights Council Tehran Medical Council President, Deputy Resign One Day After Doctors Release Statement Condemning State Repression ...
Iran Protests: State Trying to Crush Dissent Through More Killings, Imprisonment
Prominent Teachers, Labor Leaders Slapped with Jail Time as 500+ Face Sham Charges October 24, 2022 – The sentencing of prominent teachers and labor rights advocates to prison in Iran amid a violent ...
Briefing: Addressing State Atrocities Against Protesters in Iran
Recommendations for the U.S. Government and the International Community View a PDF version of this briefing here. View this briefing's press release here. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Since the September 16, ...
Hero Climber Elnaz Rekabi Deserves Support of Climbing Organizations, International Community
International Federation of Sport Climbing Should Suspend Islamic Republic’s Membership Serious Concerns for Rekabi, Under Extreme Pressure by State Since Competing without Hijab October 19, 2022 – Climbing organizations and professionals, as ...
New Briefing: International Action Urgently Needed to Stop Carnage in Iran
U.S., World Must Collectively Address State Atrocities Against Peaceful Protesters in Iran Policy Paper Lays out Specific Actions Biden and Other World Leaders Should Take October 18, 2022—With security forces in Iran continuing their ...
Joint Statement: 43 Rights Groups Call for Urgent Action on Iran at UN Human Rights Council
Forty-three human rights groups, including the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI), today urged the UN Human Rights Council to urgently hold a special session that should ...
Breaking: Iran’s Enflamed Evin Prison Provokes Extreme Concerns
Defenseless Prisoners Barricaded Inside Embattled Prison Editor's update on Oct. 15, 7:01pm EST: A source in Tehran told CHRI that people were protesting near Evin ...
Iran Protests: Arrests of School Children Prompt Grave Fears of More Child Killings
Officials Paint Children as Enemies of the State, Claim They’re “Reforming” Kids At Least 28 Children Killed Since September 16, Reports Tehran-based Group October 13, 2022 – The arrests and interrogations of ...
Iran Protests: Human Rights Lawyers Arrested, Teargassed
Unmarked Vans Rounded Up Dozens of Peaceful Protesters Outside Iranian Bar Association October 12, 2022 – At least three lawyers were among dozens of individuals who were arrested today outside the ...
Oil Workers Condemn Arbitrary Arrests, Pledge to Continue Protests
“We will Not Remain Silent” A union representing oil workers in Iran has published a statement condemning Iranian authorities for arbitrarily arresting their colleagues who have joined the nationwide, anti-state protests that have been ongoing throughout ...
Iran Protests: Sanandaj Becomes Latest Killing Zone Amid Worsening State Violence
Oil Workers Wage Strikes in Solidarity with Nationwide Anti-State Demonstrations October 10, 2022 – The government in Iran must immediately halt its use of lethal force against civilian protesters, including in ...
Joint Letter: Human Rights Groups Urge Biden to Help Protect Iran’s Protesters
The following letter, signed by 21 human rights groups including the Center for Human Rights in Iran, was sent on October 6, 2022, to the offices of U.S. President Joe Biden, Secretary of State Antony ...
Iran Protests: Scores of Civil Society Members Detained “Preventatively”
Grave Concerns for Torture, Killings of Political Prisoners Amid Mass Arrests October 6, 2022 – Less than three weeks after protests erupted across Iran, at least 1,200 people have been arrested, including at ...
Students Violently Attacked, Arrested by Security Forces as Protests in Iran Spread
Students Trapped, Beaten, Tear Gassed, Taken to Unknown Locations Fears of Worsening Violence as Protests Spread to Over 100 Universities October 3, 2022—On Sunday night, October 2, 2022, after 15 ...