UN: Iran Must Halt Execution of Woman Survivor of Child Marriage and Abuse
“Her execution would constitute a grave violation of international human rights law” December 3, 2025 — Top UN human rights experts have urgently called ...
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Eight Political Prisoners at Grave Risk of Execution as Death Sentences Upheld
At least 42 Political Prisoners Currently Sentenced to Death in Iran Case of Ehsan Faridi, 22, Highlights Gross Abuses by Interrogators and Judicial Officials November 25, 2025 — In just ...
Victim of Child Marriage Faces Execution in Iran
Execution Scheduled for December Unless $90K Paid for Killing Abusive Husband Denied Lawyer During Interrogation, Coerced into Confession Despite Illiteracy November 13, 2025 — At only 12 years old, Goli ...
Writers and Scholars Arrested and Held Incommunicado in Iran
Whereabouts Unknown, No Contact with Families or Lawyers Iranian Authorities' Attack on Intellectuals Meant to Silence Any Independent Thought November 6, 2025 — In a coordinated operation targeting ...
Iran Shuts Down Oldest NGO Supporting Vulnerable Children, Detains Founder
NGO Leader Held Without Charge, Whereabouts Unknown, Denied Access to Family and Lawyer State’s Intensifying Assault on Civil Society Will Worsen Crisis Facing Iran’s Children November 3, 2025 ...
UN: Iran’s Surge in Unlawful Executions May Amount to Crimes Against Humanity
November 3, 2025 — The United Nations Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on the Islamic Republic of Iran has sounded the alarm over the serious deterioration of the human rights situation in ...
Iran’s Rappers: Voices of Dissent, Targets of the State
Artists Face Arrests, Torture, Forced Confessions, Prison October 27, 2025 — In Iran, rap music has become a powerful and peaceful form of dissent, with many rappers ...
Political Prisoner’s Hunger Strike Highlights Plight of Religious and Political Prisoners in Iran
Nasim Simiyari Protests Iran’s Brutal Persecution of Baha’is, Demands Release of Fariba Kamalabadi October 23, 2025 — In Iran, where defendants are convicted after ...
Iran’s New Tactics to Crush Mandatory Hijab Resistance: Business Raids and Surveillance
Closures, Undercover Agents, and Prosecutions Replace Street Patrols in New Phase of Mandatory Hijab Enforcement October 15, 2025 — The battle over the mandatory hijab in Iran ...
Iran’s Qarchak Prison: A Place of Death That Must Be Closed
Three Women Prisoners Dead in Ten Days After Denial of Medical Care October 7, 2025 — In the span of just over a week, three ...
Three Years After Bloody Friday, Iran Shields Commanders Behind the Massacre of Over 100 Protesters
"We Killed Them; Take Your Blood Money" Low-Level Officers Receive Light Sentences, Senior Officials Walk Free; Families of Victims Coerced into Silence and Denied Justice September 30, 2025 ...
45 Women Political Prisoners in Iran Blame Authorities for Death of Somayeh Rashidi After Deliberate Denial of Medical Care
Woman Political Prisoner in Iran Is Dead After Deliberate Denial of Medical Care Many Others At Risk Due to Systematic Denial of Medical Care ...
Wave of Unlawful Arrests Targets Iran’s Minority Children
Children Held Incommunicado, Without Any Access to Families or Lawyers “The number of children who have been arrested is higher than the cases reported.” September 24, 2025 — ...
Lives at Risk: An Urgent Call from Inside Evin Prison
A letter from imprisoned Iranian lawyers urging immediate medical care for their colleague, Taher Naqavi, and an urgent appeal to the international legal community ...
‘They see us as targets’: Iran’s Brutal Repression of Journalistic Freedom
‘Don’t step outside your house. You are going to be arrested again.’ September 3, 2025 — The Islamic Republic of Iran continues to be ...
UN Human Rights Chief Demands Iran Cease All Executions
UN Says Iran Uses the Death Penalty “as a Tool of State Intimidation” Condemns “Disproportionate targeting of ethnic minorities and migrants” In a forceful statement issued by the ...
Iran’s Destruction of Graves from 1980s State Massacres Must Be Condemned
Paving Over Mass Graves Destroys Evidence of Crimes against Humanity August 26, 2025—The Iranian authorities’ destruction of the graves of victims of the state’s massacres of political ...
Scores of Political Prisoners Will Be Executed in Iran Without an International Outcry
Numerous Prisoners at Imminent Risk as International Attention is Focused Elsewhere Governments Must Demand a Halt to Iran’s State-Sanctioned Killing Editor's note: This article has been amended on ...
Crushing Dissent Outside the Spotlight in Iran’s Provincial Cities
Arrests, Imprisonments, Death Sentences Surge in Small Towns Where Minorities Predominate State Agents, Judges, Prison Authorities Rain Down Abuse Without Fear of Scrutiny August 12, 2025 — Far from the international spotlight ...
‘Bloody Saturday’ in Ghezel Hesar: Testimony from Political Prisoners Expose Brutal Assault and Executions by Iranian Authorities
Firsthand letter reveals coordinated attack, beatings, and execution of two political prisoners: ‘We’ll kill every last one of you sons of whores!’ August 11, 2025 — The following letter, authored by a ...
Over 1,300 Activists Demand End to Iran’s Brutal Anti-Afghan Crackdown
“Deporting ‘illegal migrants’ is a euphemism for inhumane treatment of all migrants” Over 1.5 Million Afghans Forcibly Deported from Iran So Far in 2025 ...
14 Countries Condemn Iran’s Plots to ‘Kill, Kidnap and Harass’ Citizens Abroad
Journalists, Dissidents, Jewish Citizens, and Officials Targeted by Intelligence Agencies August 1, 2025 — A group of 14 countries, including Canada, France, Germany, the ...
Iran: Proposed Cyber Bill Gives Authorities Sweeping New Powers to Block and Punish Online Content
If Approved, Law Could Criminalize Any Content the Authorities Consider “False” July 29, 2025—A sweeping new bill currently under fast-track review by Iran’s parliament would grant the ...
UN Rights Chief Calls for Death Penalty Moratorium in Iran as Executions Skyrocket
At Least 48 People on Death Row, 12 at Imminent Risk of Execution “Proceedings consistently failed to meet due process and fair trial guarantees.” July 28, 2025 — In a ...
‘They Said My Body Would Be Dumped in a Lake’: Kurdish Political Prisoner Details Brutal Torture in Detention
“We haven’t registered your name anywhere as a prisoner. So when you die under interrogation, it’ll be easy to dump your body” July ...