New UN Report on Iran Notes Decline in Executions, Ongoing Executions of Child Offenders
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Children's Rights
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
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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
November 15, 2018
Banning Imprisoned Lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh From Seeing Her Children is Cruel and Unlawful
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October 30, 2018
UN Expert Says Human Rights Should Be at the Heart of the Response to Challenges Faced in Iran
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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 ...
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...
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 ...
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 ...
October 9, 2018
Listen to Iranian Political Prisoner Narges Mohammadi Sing a Love Song For Her Children
Narges Mohammad hasn't seen her children since she was imprisoned in Iran for her human rights activism more than three years ago. In this video she sings a love song for them during a ...
October 9, 2018
“Oppression Stops Life:” Narges Mohammadi Recounts Returning to An Empty Home
For the first time in more than three years, Iranian political prisoner Narges Mohammadi was allowed ...
October 8, 2018
These Four Educators Were Behind Bars in Iran on World Teachers’ Day 2018
Four teachers are currently behind bars in Iranian prisons for engaging in peaceful trade union activities, according to Rassoul Bodaghi, a formerly imprisoned labor ...
September 25, 2018
Families of Iran’s Detained Environmentalists Urge Supreme Leader to Release Their Loved Ones
The families of environmentalists who have been detained for nearly eight months in Iran on unsubstantiated accusations of espionage ...
September 13, 2018
Families Supporting Children With Disabilities Struggle to Obtain Supplies in Iran’s Troubled Economy
The mothers of two children with spinal disabilities in Tehran Province told the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) that ...
September 12, 2018
Let My Daughter See Her Sick Father, Pleads Narges Mohammadi’s Mother
The mother of imprisoned human rights activist Narges Mohammadi has urged Tehran Prosecutor Abbas Jafari Dowlatabadi to allow the ...
September 5, 2018
Iran’s Assault on Legal Profession Intensifies with Three More Attorneys Arrested
Seven Lawyers Now Behind Bars with More Summoned or Banned from Work *On September 6, after publication of this article, the lawyers Payam Derafshan ...
August 15, 2018
Imprisoned Iranian Activist Rushed to Hospital, Husband Calls For Her Release
Prominent Rights Defender Has Lost 16 Pounds in Short Time Span The husband of prominent Iranian political prisoner Narges ...
August 7, 2018
Iran’s Child Protection Bill Includes Kids With Disabilities But Fails to Close Legal Loopholes
A bill in the final stages of Iran’s legislative process addresses the country’s legal vacuum regarding the abuse of children with disabilities but includes ...
July 29, 2018
Nine Years After It Was Drafted, Iran’s Parliament Begins Debating Child Abuse Bill
Bill Lacks Enforcement Mechanisms A bill drafted nine years ago in Iran to combat child abuse is finally being debated by Parliament following a number of ...