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UN Decries Imminent Execution of Juvenile Offender Hossein Shahbazi in Iran

UN Decries Imminent Execution of Juvenile Offender Hossein Shahbazi in Iran

January 14, 2022

Session of the UN's Human Rights Council. Another juvenile offender, Hossein Shahbazi, is in imminent danger of being executed in Iran after being sentenced to death as a child at the age of 17. "The court relied in part on confessions ...

UN Experts Condemn Secret Execution of Kurdish Prisoner in Iran

UN Experts Condemn Secret Execution of Kurdish Prisoner in Iran

December 22, 2021

UN human rights experts today strongly condemned the execution in Iran of political prisoner Heydar (or Heidar) Ghorbani, who was tortured and sentenced to death without a lawyer. Following is the complete UN press release. GENEVA, UN Press Release (22 December 2021) - UN ...

UN Adopts Resolution Criticizing Iran’s Human Rights Abuses

UN Adopts Resolution Criticizing Iran’s Human Rights Abuses

December 17, 2021

On December 16, 2021, the UN General Assembly adopted draft resolution II, “Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran,” with 78 votes in favor, 31 against and 69 abstentions. The resolution expressed serious concern at the alarmingly high frequency of the death penalty, including against ...

Khuzestan Kangaroo Court Sentences Two Protesters to Death, Life in Prison

Khuzestan Kangaroo Court Sentences Two Protesters to Death, Life in Prison

December 8, 2021

Abbas and Mohsen Deris, both members of Iran’s ethnic Arab minority in Khuzestan Province, were arrested during the country’s violently repressed November 2019 protests, which broke out across the country that month and which saw an estimated 100 protesters killed in Khuzestan alone ...

UN Calls on Iran to Commute Death Sentences Against Child Offenders Upon Execution of Arman Abdolali

UN Calls on Iran to Commute Death Sentences Against Child Offenders Upon Execution of Arman Abdolali

November 24, 2021

The United Nations has strongly condemned the execution of child offender Arman Abdolali in a press release republished below. Comment by UN Human Rights Office spokesperson Liz Throssell on execution of juvenile offender Arman Abdolali in Iran GENEVA (24 November 2021) – We condemn the ...

Victims of State Oppression Defy Iranian Government’s Denial of the Right to Mourn

Victims of State Oppression Defy Iranian Government’s Denial of the Right to Mourn

November 19, 2021

The right to mourn is a human right, yet totalitarian regimes have long tried to deny this right to families who’ve lost loved ones from state oppression. Public mourning can expose and embarrass regimes that seek to silence dissent, and the Islamic Republic of Iran is no ...

UN Expert: Death Penalty Used as a Political Tool in Iran

UN Expert: Death Penalty Used as a Political Tool in Iran

October 29, 2021

In a speech to the UN General Assembly for his fourth annual report, Javaid Rehman, the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran, criticized three vague criminal charges in Iran that carry the death penalty and are often used against political opponents ...

Lack of Accountability Perpetuates Deaths of Prisoners in Iran

Lack of Accountability Perpetuates Deaths of Prisoners in Iran

September 21, 2021

The torture and inhuman mistreatment of detainees and prisoners in Iran are among the most serious violations of human rights in the country’s prisons. In many cases, prisoners or detainees have died from injuries inflicted upon them in custody and yet the government has never acknowledged responsibility on ...

Social Media Users Condemn Unlawful Deadly Police Force Against Karaj Man

Social Media Users Condemn Unlawful Deadly Police Force Against Karaj Man

September 9, 2021

Video footage showing a policeman unlawfully shooting a suspect in the Mehrshahr district of Karaj, a city west of Tehran, was met with widespread condemnation on social media networks by Persian speakers who condemned the use of excessive force. A video clip shared on Twitter shows a ...

Supreme Court Refusal to Review 25-year Sentence for Afkari Brother is Travesty of Justice

Supreme Court Refusal to Review 25-year Sentence for Afkari Brother is Travesty of Justice

August 26, 2021

Investigation Marked by Torture, Witness Tampering and Contradictions August 26, 2021—The refusal by Iran’s Supreme Court to allow a judicial review of the 25-year prison sentence for Vahid Afkari, the brother of wrestling champion Navid Afkari who was unlawfully executed last year, despite evidence of torture, ...

Analysis: Falsehoods and Contradictions in the Rulings against the Afkari Brothers

Analysis: Falsehoods and Contradictions in the Rulings against the Afkari Brothers

August 26, 2021

Lawyer: The Ruling against Vahid Afkari had “24 Contradictions and 3 Lies” Despite Inconsistencies and Torture, Supreme Court Refuses to Review 25-year Prison Sentence Nearly a year after the unlawful execution of wrestling champion Navid Afkari, a request by his brother Vahid, who along with a third Afkari ...

Key Witness in Nouri’s Crimes Against Humanity Trial: Conviction Could Lead to Prosecution of President Raisi

Key Witness in Nouri’s Crimes Against Humanity Trial: Conviction Could Lead to Prosecution of President Raisi

August 11, 2021

The historic trial against Nouri, which will hear testimonies from dozens of witnesses in 72 sessions, will be the first time that one of the worst crimes committed in the Islamic Republic of Iran will be thoroughly examined and exposed in a court of law ...

Swedish Trial of Iranian Prosecutor Offers Historic Opportunity to Shed Light on Iran’s 1988 Massacre

Swedish Trial of Iranian Prosecutor Offers Historic Opportunity to Shed Light on Iran’s 1988 Massacre

August 4, 2021

Upcoming Trial of Hamid Nouri May Reveal Details of Executions of Thousands of Prisoners and Role of Incoming President Raisi August 4, 2021—The upcoming trial of a former assistant prosecutor in Iran, Hamid Nouri, in a Swedish court on charges of committing war crimes and murder for ...

Iran Primer: President Raisi’s Record on Human Rights

Iran Primer: President Raisi’s Record on Human Rights

July 21, 2021

The following interview with Hadi Ghaemi, executive director of the Center for Human Rights in Iran, was conducted and published by Iran Primer and republished here with permission.  What role did Raisi play in the 1988 executions of thousands of Iranian political prisoners? How important or ...

Raisi’s Role in 1988 Mass Executions Should be Investigated by UN Human Rights Council

Raisi’s Role in 1988 Mass Executions Should be Investigated by UN Human Rights Council

July 6, 2021

Top UN Expert Ready to Share Testimonies, Evidence for Impartial Inquiry July 6, 2021 – The UN Human Rights Council should act upon the call by UN Special Rapporteur Javaid Rehman for an impartial inquiry into the state-ordered mass executions of thousands of prisoners in Iran ...

Top UN Official: Human Rights Situation in Iran is of “Serious Concern”

Top UN Official: Human Rights Situation in Iran is of “Serious Concern”

June 23, 2021

Secretary-General Cites Impunity for Rights Violations and Increase Risk of Future Violations *Read the full UN Secretary-General report here. In the latest report on Iran by the UN Secretary-General, the world’s top diplomat stated that the rights situation in Iran “remains of serious concern” and that “impediments to the rule ...

Family of Executed Wrestler Seeks Supreme Court Review

Family of Executed Wrestler Seeks Supreme Court Review

June 15, 2021

Ghost of Navid Afkari Haunts Judiciary Chief’s Election Bid June 15, 2021 – One week before Iranian Judiciary Chief Ebrahim Raisi runs virtually uncontested for president, the family of Navid Afkari—a wrestler who was executed under Raisi’s watch—has filed a supreme court petition seeking a ...

“Do You Also Sleep With a Clear Conscience?” (An Open Letter to Candidate Raisi’s Wife)

“Do You Also Sleep With a Clear Conscience?” (An Open Letter to Candidate Raisi’s Wife)

June 9, 2021

In 2017, when Iranian Judiciary Chief Ebrahim Raisi launched his first presidential campaign, Effat Mahbaz–the widow of a political prisoner killed during mass executions in the 1980s–published an open letter to Raisi’s wife highlighting Raisi’s role in what the UN says should be investigated as “crimes against humanity” ...

Iran Election: Political Prisoners Dying Under Candidate Raisi’s Watch

Iran Election: Political Prisoners Dying Under Candidate Raisi’s Watch

June 7, 2021

At Least Two Political Prisoners Have Died in Past Four Months  Niknafs Was Jailed Despite Health Conditions That Made Him Unfit for Prison June 7, 2021 – Another political prisoner has died in state custody two weeks before Iran’s Judiciary Chief Ebrahim Raisi, who is ultimately responsible for ...

Iran Election: Don’t Ignore Ebrahim Raisi’s Gross Rights Violations

Iran Election: Don’t Ignore Ebrahim Raisi’s Gross Rights Violations

June 3, 2021

Judiciary Chief’s Presidential Bid Reignites Calls for Accountability June 3, 2021 – Iranian presidential candidate Ebrahim Raisi should be investigated for crimes against humanity, the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) said in a statement today. “Raisi is a pillar of a system that jails, tortures, and ...

Joint Letter: Biden’s Iran Policy Must Include Focus on Human Rights

Joint Letter: Biden’s Iran Policy Must Include Focus on Human Rights

May 10, 2021

The Center for Human Rights in Iran, along with eight other organizations, today sent a letter to the Biden-Harris administration calling for human rights to be advanced parallel to other matters with Iran May 10, 2021 -- Today PEN America and the Center for Human Rights in ...

Joint Letter: Biden Admin Urged to Prioritize Iranian Human Rights Concerns

Joint Letter: Biden Admin Urged to Prioritize Iranian Human Rights Concerns

May 10, 2021

May 10, 2021 The Honorable Joseph R. Biden The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, D.C. 20500 Dear President Biden, We, the undersigned organizations, write to urge you to prioritize human rights as you shape your administration’s foreign policy toward Iran. As the United States works to return to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of ...

Relatives Visit Ethnic Arab Prisoners in Khuzestan Jail Only to Be Handed Corpses Minutes Later

Relatives Visit Ethnic Arab Prisoners in Khuzestan Jail Only to Be Handed Corpses Minutes Later

March 4, 2021

"They Learned of the Executions When the Bodies of Their Children Were Delivered to Them" Ethnically Arab political prisoners Jasem Heidary, Hossein Silawi, Ali Khasraji, and Nasser Khafajian (Khafaji) were executed inside Sepidar Prison in Ahvaz, the capital of Iran's Khuzestan Province, on February 28, 2021, without ...

UN: Iran Committed Multiple Rights Violations in Downing of Ukrainian Jet and Aftermath

UN: Iran Committed Multiple Rights Violations in Downing of Ukrainian Jet and Aftermath

March 2, 2021

45-Page Letter by Top Experts Details Harassment of Victims’ Families and Violent Suppression of Protests In a 45-page official letter to the government of Iran by Agnès Callamard, UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, and Javaid Rehman, UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the ...

Iran’s Political Prisoners Are Dying Due to Denial of Medical Care

Iran’s Political Prisoners Are Dying Due to Denial of Medical Care

February 22, 2021

Death of Behnam Mahjoubi Will Be Followed by Others without Urgent Action February 22, 2021—The death of prisoner of conscience Behnam Mahjoubi, who died on February 21, 2021, after untreated medical conditions that included serious neurological issues, reflects the continued crisis in Iran’s prisons, where prisoners, especially prisoners of conscience ...

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