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