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Children's Rights

July 16, 2019

Fact Sheet: Children in Iran Are Unprotected from Abuse and Severe Rights Violations

July 16, 2019—At a time when international headlines are focused on Iran, little attention is given to the millions of children in the country who are subjected to a broad range of abuses and rights violations, including ...

May 17, 2019

New Legislation, If Approved, Will Give Citizenship Rights to Children Born to Iranian Women

In an important step to eliminate a fundamental and longstanding discriminatory restriction on Iranian women and their children, Iran’s Parliament overwhelmingly ratified the “Granting Citizenship to Children Resulting from Marriage Between Iranian Women and Non-Iranian Men” on ...

May 9, 2019

Iran’s Education Minister Cracks Down on School Kids’ Dance Challenge

Iran’s minister of education has called on the police to trace the “source” of what he described as “disturbing videos” of schoolchildren cheerfully dancing to a pop song by US-based Iranian singer Sasy Mankan. The videos are part of an online “dance challenge” that features ...

May 9, 2019

Iran’s Minister of Education Sees “Plot” Behind Videos of Dancing Schoolchildren  

Iran’s minister of education has called on the police to trace the “source” of what he described as “disturbing videos” of schoolchildren cheerfully dancing to a pop song by US-based Iranian singer Sasy Mankan. The videos are ...

May 3, 2019

UN Stresses Execution of Child Offenders in Iran “Absolutely Prohibited” by International Law

UN, GENEVA (3 May 2019) – The execution of two 17-year-old boys in Iran on charges of rape and robbery, after a trial that appears to have seriously breached fundamental due process guarantees, is deplorable, ...

March 15, 2019

UN Expert Concerned by Crackdown on Protests and Strikes in Iran

Iranian students clash with riot police during an anti-government protest around the University of Tehran, Iran, 30 December 2017. Living conditions difficult for many Iranians Expert calls for release of those ...

March 8, 2019

End Violence and Discrimination Against Women in Iran

Every day women in Iran experience discrimination and violence. Some groups are more vulnerable than others. Children, women with disabilities and senior women face extreme violence with little means of seeking legal protections. All branches of the Iranian government are responsible for protecting women's rights. ...

March 5, 2019

Autistic Children in Iran Segregated and Punished for Having Learning Disabilities   

Abdolreza Fouladvand, the head of the Education Department in Tehran Responding to news of an autistic child being treated inhumanely in a school, Iranian officials blamed the child and the ...

March 1, 2019

Lawyer of Juvenile Offender on Death Row Says Client Mohammad Kalhori Should be Pardoned

Despite being diagnosed with mental and emotional disorders, Mohammad Kalhori is facing imminent execution in Iran for a crime he allegedly committed at the age of 15, his attorney ...

March 1, 2019

Imprisoned Activist Atena Daemi May Have a Debilitating Disease But She’s Being Denied an MRI

Imprisoned civil rights activist Atena Daemi is being denied medical treatment despite possibly suffering from multiple sclerosis (MS), a family member told the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI). ...

February 27, 2019

New UN Report on Iran Notes Decline in Executions, Ongoing Executions of Child Offenders

Javaid Rehman was appointed as the third Special Rapporteur ...

February 21, 2019

Abuse of 11-Year-Old Child Bride in Iran Sees Some Lawmakers Calling for Reforms

News of an 11-year-old girl in the Iranian city of Ilam being repeatedly raped after being illegally married off to a man four times her age has renewed protests by some members of Parliament against the law that allows child marriage. The child, referred to by ...

January 29, 2019

Autistic Individuals Deprived of Services and Medications Due to Costs, Lack of Insurance

The mother of two autistic sons says there was no ...

January 15, 2019

UK Foreign Secretary: Iran’s Treatment of Zaghari-Ratcliffe “Breach of Human Rights”

Jeremy Hunt Summons Ambassador to Tehran Following Revelations Iran Pressured Dual National to Spy UK Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt summoned Iran’s ambassador to Tehran on January 14, 2018, the day Iranian ...

December 28, 2018

Outrage After Judicial Parliamentary Committee Rejects Bill to Ban Child Marriages in Iran

Two years after it was introduced to Iran’s Parliament, the parliamentary Committee for Judicial and Legal Affairs has rejected a bill to ban marriage for girls under the age of 13. Civil rights advocates responded to the ...

December 21, 2018

Bill to Ban Child Marriages in Iran Facing Implacable Opposition by Religious Conservatives

Legislation Banning Marriages of Girls Under the Age of 13 Remains Stalled A proposed bill seeking to ban child marriage in Iran continues to face stiff opposition amongst conservative lawmakers and religious figures, and remains stalled ...

December 20, 2018

Open Letter From Evin Prison: Narges Mohammadi Calls on Tehran Prosecutor to Stop Denying Her Medical Treatment

Iranian political prisoner Narges Mohammadi has written an open letter calling on Jafari Dowlatabadi, the prosecutor general of Tehran, to stop denying her medical treatment. According to her letter, Mohammadi has not ...

December 18, 2018

Delays in Ratification of Bill for Protection of Children Means More Violence and Abuse

Latest Delay: Guardian Council Objects to Punishing Negligent Parents Parliament’s Judiciary Commission Must Find Compromise Language on Parental Neglect to Ensure Passage of Bill “Each day’s delay in its ratification means children will continue to be unprotected ...

December 12, 2018

Political Prisoner Saeed Shirzad Could Lose Kidney From Lack of Proper Medical Care  

Iranian political prisoner Saeed Shirzad could lose a kidney if Iranian authorities continue to refuse to hospitalize him outside of Rajaee Shahr Prison where he has been held for the ...

November 15, 2018

Banning Imprisoned Lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh From Seeing Her Children is Cruel and Unlawful

Nasrin Sotoudeh smiles for a picture with her two ...

October 30, 2018

UN Expert Says Human Rights Should Be at the Heart of the Response to Challenges Faced in Iran

Javaid Rehman was appointed as the third Special Rapporteur ...

October 25, 2018

Lawyer Vows to Seek Justice After Prominent Iranian Activist’s Corpse Found Burned in Car

The corpse of Iranian activist Farshid Hakki was found burned in the trunk of his car near his home in Tehran on October 17, 2018. The lawyer representing ...

October 24, 2018

Discrimination and Inaccessibility Prevent Blind People From Obtaining Employment in Iran

Agency Tasked With Aiding People With Disabilities Fails to Fulfill Mandate Every October 15 is marked in Iran by White Cane Safety Day, which according to the National Federation of the Blind, ...

October 22, 2018

International Community Must Establish Mechanisms to Sell Humanitarian Goods to Iran, Iranian Government Must Ensure Affordability

Access to Medicines and Basic Foods in Iran Must Be Protected Economic Mismanagement and Sanctions Combine to Endanger Economic and Social Rights of Iranians, Poor at Greatest Risk October 23, 2018—With the full reinstatement of US sanctions on Iran ...

October 19, 2018

Watered Down Domestic Violence Bill in Approval Stage Eight Years After Drafting in Iran

Hardliners Claim Bill Threatens Foundations of Iranian Families A heavily revised Bill for the Protection of Women Against Violence has been sent to the Iranian city of Qom for review by Shia scholars, ...

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  • UN Experts Alarmed by Civil Society Crackdown in Iran
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  • Policy Briefing: Human Rights in Iran and U.S. National Security Interests
    Policy Briefing: Human Rights in Iran and U.S. National Security Interests
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    Rights Groups Call on Meta to Fix Persian Content Moderation for Instagram
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  • Open Letter by Former Cellmates of Imprisoned Conservationists in Iran
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  • Iran Should Be Ejected from ILO’s Governing Board Says Iran’s National Teacher Organization
    Iran Should Be Ejected from ILO’s Governing Board Says Iran’s National Teacher Organization
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  • 85 Lawyers Call on Iranian Government to Respect Right to Protest
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  • As Millions Face Poverty, Iran’s Government Dissolves Largest NGO for the Poor
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  • Protesters Killed While Iran’s Government Blocks Internet and Media Coverage
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  • UN Urges Iran to Revoke Execution of Swedish Academic Ahmadreza Djalali
    UN Urges Iran to Revoke Execution of Swedish Academic Ahmadreza Djalali
    May 17, 2022
  • Iran Protesters at Risk of Lethal State Violence
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  • Activists Urge UN Rep to Meet Them During Trip to Iran
    Activists Urge UN Rep to Meet Them During Trip to Iran
    May 12, 2022
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  • Interview: Atena Daemi was Jailed in Iran for Advocating Women’s Rights. Now She’s Free and Refusing to be Silent
    Interview: Atena Daemi was Jailed in Iran for Advocating Women's Rights. Now She's Free and Refusing to be Silent
    April 27, 2022
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