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Dual and Foreign Nationals

“Show Trials” of Dual Nationals Will Continue Until P5+1 Creates United Front Against Hostage-Taking

“Show Trials” of Dual Nationals Will Continue Until P5+1 Creates United Front Against Hostage-Taking

April 27, 2021

April 27, 2021 – World powers negotiating with Iran over its nuclear program should present a joint stance against Iran’s cruel and unlawful practice of jailing dual nationals to use as bargaining ...

US, EU Should Seek Release of Dual-National Hostages in Tandem with Nuclear Talks

US, EU Should Seek Release of Dual-National Hostages in Tandem with Nuclear Talks

April 20, 2021

April 20, 2021—The situation of dual-nationals and foreign persons taken hostage and imprisoned by the Iranian government has not only remained unchanged, but in certain cases it has deteriorated, despite the new US ...

UN to Iran: Ahmadreza Djalali Nearing Death in Solitary Confinement, Torture Must End Now

UN to Iran: Ahmadreza Djalali Nearing Death in Solitary Confinement, Torture Must End Now

March 19, 2021

Persian version (PDF) GENEVA, UN Press Release (18 March 2021) — UN human rights experts* today demanded that Iranian authorities immediately release arbitrarily detained Iranian-Swedish academic Ahmadreza Djalali who is reportedly in ...

French National Benjamin Briere Tried on National Security Charges in Iran

French National Benjamin Briere Tried on National Security Charges in Iran

March 15, 2021

Ten months after being arrested in Iran, a French national has been charged with “espionage” and “propaganda against the state,” the Center for Human Rights in Iran has ...

Abducted German-Iranian Denied Choice of Attorney, Whereabouts Still Unknown

Abducted German-Iranian Denied Choice of Attorney, Whereabouts Still Unknown

December 23, 2020

Jamshid Sharmahd Assigned Lawyer Who “Defended” Executed Dissident Ruhollah Zam  The exact whereabouts of Jamshid Sharmahd, the German-Iranian dissident who was arrested and apparently abducted by Iranian intelligence agents in July ...

Europe Says “No Business as Usual” with Iran After Hanging of Dissident Journalist

Europe Says “No Business as Usual” with Iran After Hanging of Dissident Journalist

December 14, 2020

EU Countries Withdraw from Iran Business Forum in Protest Over Execution France Tweets Outrage over “Barbaric and Unacceptable” Execution of Rouhollah Zam December 14, 2020—Major European countries have pulled out of a planned ...

Iran Must Not Execute Ahmadreza Djalali

Iran Must Not Execute Ahmadreza Djalali

November 25, 2020

Execution Reported to Be Imminent, Wife Has Received Farewell Call Swedish-Iranian Doctor Was Convicted on Spurious Charges After Unfair Trial November 25, 2020—The reported imminent execution of Ahmadreza Djalali, a Swedish-Iranian doctor ...

Top UN Experts: Iran Must Halt Execution of Ahmadreza Djalali

Top UN Experts: Iran Must Halt Execution of Ahmadreza Djalali

November 25, 2020

Execution of Swedish Doctor “would be a clear and serious violation” of law The UN issued a statement today calling for an immediate halt to the execution of Ahmadreza Djalali, which is reportedly imminent. The Swedish-Iranian medical scholar was convicted on spurious charges in 2017 after ...

Concern Grows Over German-Iranian Women Held in Solitary at Evin Prison

Concern Grows Over German-Iranian Women Held in Solitary at Evin Prison

November 25, 2020

Authorities Refuse to Give Any Information Nearly Six Weeks After Her Arrest Except for one short phone call, 66-year-old German-Iranian dual national Nahid Taghavi has not been heard from since her arrest ...

Leading Academics and Policy Experts Call on Iran to Release Imprisoned Dual Nationals

Leading Academics and Policy Experts Call on Iran to Release Imprisoned Dual Nationals

September 18, 2020

The use of prisoners as bargaining chips in order to coerce other governments to provide concessions is a cruel policy” A group of prominent academics, policy experts, former government officials, parliamentarians and diplomats ...

Top UN Iran Expert Expresses “Alarm” at Iran’s “Unprecedented Violent Crackdown” against Protestors

Top UN Iran Expert Expresses “Alarm” at Iran’s “Unprecedented Violent Crackdown” against Protestors

September 11, 2020

Imprisonment of Lawyers and Human Rights Defenders, Juvenile Executions, Singled Out for Condemnation In the latest report by the UN’s top expert on Iran, the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of ...

French-Iranian Academic’s Five-year Prison Sentence Upheld on Appeal

French-Iranian Academic’s Five-year Prison Sentence Upheld on Appeal

July 1, 2020

French Government “Condemns” Unjust Decision Against Fariba Adelkhah The five-year prison sentence of French-Iranian academic Fariba Adelkhah, held at Evin Prison since June 2019 on manufactured national security charges, has been upheld ...

Who Are the Dual and Foreign Nationals Imprisoned in Iran? (Updated)

Who Are the Dual and Foreign Nationals Imprisoned in Iran? (Updated)

May 24, 2018

At least 21 (15 dual nationals, five foreign nationals and one foreign permanent resident) were known to be held in Iran (imprisoned, under house arrest, or prohibited from leaving the country) as of July 2022 ...

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    Urgent Appeal from Evin Prison: Imprisoned Scholar Mahvash Seydal Exposes Iran’s Denial of Medical Care to Women Political Prisoners
    May 27, 2025
  • Iran Moves to Silence Literary Voices with Arrests, Prison and Death Sentences
    Iran Moves to Silence Literary Voices with Arrests, Prison and Death Sentences
    May 20, 2025
  • Crackdown on Justice: CHRI Reveals Systematic Persecution of Iran’s Human Rights Lawyers
    Crackdown on Justice: CHRI Reveals Systematic Persecution of Iran’s Human Rights Lawyers
    May 14, 2025
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    ‘We Are Alive, But in Captivity’: Letter from Imprisoned Kurdish Labor Activist
    May 5, 2025
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    Iran’s Workers: Battered by Brutal Repression and Lethal Work Conditions
    April 30, 2025
  • Op-Ed: Combine ‘Maximum Pressure’ on Iran with Maximum Support for the Iranian People
    Op-Ed: Combine ‘Maximum Pressure’ on Iran with Maximum Support for the Iranian People
    April 24, 2025
  • Iran’s Mass Executions of Drug Offenders Are a Human Rights Emergency
    Iran’s Mass Executions of Drug Offenders Are a Human Rights Emergency
    April 16, 2025
  • EU Sanctions Iranian Judicial Officials Over Abductions of European Nationals
    EU Sanctions Iranian Judicial Officials Over Abductions of European Nationals
    April 14, 2025
  • Five More Political Prisoners Hanged in Iran as Use of Death Penalty to Crush Dissent Surges
    Five More Political Prisoners Hanged in Iran as Use of Death Penalty to Crush Dissent Surges
    April 9, 2025
  • Landmark Resolution: UN Human Rights Council Expands Fact-Finding Mission on Iran
    Landmark Resolution: UN Human Rights Council Expands Fact-Finding Mission on Iran
    April 3, 2025
  • Imprisonment of Christians Jumps Six-Fold in Iran as Persecution Intensifies
    Imprisonment of Christians Jumps Six-Fold in Iran as Persecution Intensifies
    April 1, 2025
  • Joint Letter: Global Coalition Calls on Iran to Cease Persecution of Human Rights Lawyers
    Joint Letter: Global Coalition Calls on Iran to Cease Persecution of Human Rights Lawyers
    March 18, 2025
  • 43 International Rights Organizations Urge UN Human Rights Council to Renew Mandates of Iran Monitoring Bodies
    43 International Rights Organizations Urge UN Human Rights Council to Renew Mandates of Iran Monitoring Bodies
    March 18, 2025
  • UN Says Iran’s Crimes Against Humanity Demand Expanded Investigation
    UN Says Iran’s Crimes Against Humanity Demand Expanded Investigation
    March 14, 2025
  • Iranian Authorities Are Killing Prisoners by Denying Lifesaving Medical Care
    Iranian Authorities Are Killing Prisoners by Denying Lifesaving Medical Care
    March 12, 2025
  • Gender Apartheid in Iran is Crushing Women’s Lives and Futures
    Gender Apartheid in Iran is Crushing Women’s Lives and Futures
    March 6, 2025
  • Joint Statement: Stop the Imminent Deportation of Activist Nahid Modaressi to Iran
    Joint Statement: Stop the Imminent Deportation of Activist Nahid Modaressi to Iran
    February 25, 2025
  • Joint Statement: 20 Rights Organizations Alarmed by Appointment of Notorious Judge as Head of Iran’s High Council for Human Rights
    Joint Statement: 20 Rights Organizations Alarmed by Appointment of Notorious Judge as Head of Iran's High Council for Human Rights
    February 20, 2025
  • Death Sentence for Woman Labor Activist In Iran Re-Issued
    Death Sentence for Woman Labor Activist In Iran Re-Issued
    February 19, 2025
  • FP: Trump’s Grand Bargain With Iran Shouldn’t Abandon Its People
    FP: Trump’s Grand Bargain With Iran Shouldn’t Abandon Its People
    February 12, 2025
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