On November 17, 2022, Hadi Ghaemi, executive director of the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI), spoke at a panel discussion hosted by the Marie Colvin Center for International Reporting at Stonybrook University's School of Communication and Journalism on the people's uprising in Iran following the believed killing in state ...
Governments, UN Must Take Urgent Action to Protect Them November 30, 2022 – At least three juveniles are among 15 individuals in the Iranian city of Karaj who are facing charges that could carry the death penalty in Iran’s “Islamic Revolutionary Court” system, which has a documented history of ...
At Least a Dozen Labor Leaders Arrested in Effort to Crush Strikes Islamic Republic Should Be Expelled from ILO Governing Board November 29, 2022 – More than three months into anti-state protests across Iran that state security forces have been unable to crush despite the use of ...
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 outlook and demands is essential for understanding the protests and what the international community ...
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 in Iran, and mounting deaths being reported, the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) ...
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 steps to end child killings in Iran, where at least 50 children have been killed ...
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 shops this week, which marked the third anniversary of the state’s violent suppression of the ...
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 Republic of Iran, prominent Iranian actress Taraneh Alidoosti made international headlines when she, for the ...
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 ...
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 alleged rape of a 15-year-old girl by the police chief of the city of Chabahar, ...
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 expressed strong support for Iran's growing, anti-state movement, arguing that the "Iranian people’s uprising is for ...
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 carry a death sentence, it is urgent that the international community forcefully warn the Iranian ...
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 Elahe Mohammadi, who face severe punishments without access to due process, are part of the ...
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 in Tehran and Mashhad indicate Iran’s medical community is facing deadly state violence as the ...
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 Peaceful protesters faced off with heavily armed state security forces in dozens of cities across ...
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 crackdown on protests that has seen hundreds killed, including children, more than 12,000 ...
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, 2022, killing of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini by Iran’s police for “improper” hijab, Islamic Republic security ...
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 month-long assault on peaceful protesters, the only way to stop the killing in Iran—which has ...
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 establish an independent mechanism with investigative, reporting and accountability functions to address the most serious ...
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 Prison as of 2:25 AM, October 16 Tehran time. The source who request ...
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 school children accused of joining nationwide protests in Iran and their detention in so-called “psychological ...
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 Iranian Bar Association in Tehran amid anti-state protests that continued in the capital and several ...
“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 the country since September 16, 2022. Protests by large numbers of oil and petrochemical project workers ...
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 the besieged province of Kurdistan, where at least four people were reportedly killed and ...
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 Blinken, and the U.S. Representative to the UN Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield. Download a PDF of the letter ...