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Iran Suspends Thousands of Drug-Related Death Sentences After Years of Domestic and International Campaigning

Iran Suspends Thousands of Drug-Related Death Sentences After Years of Domestic and International Campaigning

January 10, 2018

January 10, 2018--An estimated 4,000 prisoners currently on death row in Iran for drug-related crimes could have their death sentences revoked according to a just-issued judicial order based on the country’s newly amended drug trafficking law. “Iran ...

Iranian Human Rights Organizations File Motion in Germany Against Ayatollah Shahroudi for Crimes Against Humanity

Iranian Human Rights Organizations File Motion in Germany Against Ayatollah Shahroudi for Crimes Against Humanity

January 10, 2018

A coalition of Iranian human rights NGOs including Centre for Defenders of Human Rights, Centre for Human Rights in Iran, Impact Iran, Iran Human Rights Documentation Centre, Justice for Iran, and the Siamak Pourzand Foundation, has provided the Government of Germany with compelling evidence that Ayatollah ...

Iranian Protesters’ Relatives Threatened With Arrest For Holding Sit-In at Evin Prison

Iranian Protesters’ Relatives Threatened With Arrest For Holding Sit-In at Evin Prison

January 5, 2018

“We will not go anywhere until we get some news about our kids.” The families of protesters detained during the anti-government protests that began in Iran on December 28, 2017, have been threatened with arrest for holding a sit-in at Evin Prison in Tehran. “Since the first night he was arrested, we have ...

Iran Executes 19-Year-Old Charged as Juvenile in Violation of Two International Treaties

Iran Executes 19-Year-Old Charged as Juvenile in Violation of Two International Treaties

January 5, 2018

Ignoring pleas by international organizations and in violation of two international treaties, Iran executed 19-year-old Amirhossein Pourjafar, who was sentenced to death as a ...

Ahmadreza Djalali’s Wife: My Husband Was “Framed” For Refusing to Spy for Iran

Ahmadreza Djalali’s Wife: My Husband Was “Framed” For Refusing to Spy for Iran

December 28, 2017

The wife of an Iranian-born Swedish resident sentenced to death in Iran on espionage charges has denied new allegations that her husband spied for the Israeli secret ...

Tehran Prosecutor’s Office Ignores Imprisoned Iranian-Austrian’s Request for Back Operation

Tehran Prosecutor’s Office Ignores Imprisoned Iranian-Austrian’s Request for Back Operation

December 19, 2017

The Tehran prosecutor's office has ignored a request by imprisoned Iranian-Austrian dual national Kamran Ghaderi for an urgent back operation, his wife told ...

Forced Confession of Academic on Death Row in Iran Has No Legitimacy

Forced Confession of Academic on Death Row in Iran Has No Legitimacy

December 18, 2017

A scene from Ahmadreza Djalali's forced confession that was aired on Iran's state-run IRIB news channel on December 17, 2017. Islamic Republic Has Long History of ...

Iran’s Intelligence Ministry Has Been Pressuring Families Of “Chain Murder” Victims to Be Silent for Decades

Iran’s Intelligence Ministry Has Been Pressuring Families Of “Chain Murder” Victims to Be Silent for Decades

December 14, 2017

Sohrab Mokhtari is the son of writer Mohammad Mokhtari, who was murdered by agents of Iran’s Intelligence Ministry in 1998. The families of intellectuals and dissidents murdered by agents of Iran’s Intelligence Ministry in ...

Security Forces Block Annual Ceremony to Commemorate “Chain Murders” Victims

Security Forces Block Annual Ceremony to Commemorate “Chain Murders” Victims

December 11, 2017

Mohammad Mokhtari(left) and Mohammad Jafar Pouyandeh were murdered in the fall of 1998. Security forces ...

Supreme Court Upholds Swedish Resident Ahmadreza Djalali’s Death Sentence

Supreme Court Upholds Swedish Resident Ahmadreza Djalali’s Death Sentence

December 11, 2017

Iran’s Supreme Court has upheld the death sentence issued against Iranian-born Swedish resident Ahmadreza Djalali, who has been imprisoned in Tehran since April ...

175 Nobel Laureates Call on Iran to Release Swedish Resident Ahmadreza Djalali

175 Nobel Laureates Call on Iran to Release Swedish Resident Ahmadreza Djalali

November 21, 2017

In a letter addressing Iran’s ambassador to the UN, 175 Nobel laureates have called on the country’s authorities to release Iranian-born Swedish resident Ahmadreza ...

Parastou Forouhar: Iran’s Intelligence Ministry Filed Charges Against Me Based on a Photograph

Parastou Forouhar: Iran’s Intelligence Ministry Filed Charges Against Me Based on a Photograph

November 16, 2017

Iran’s Intelligence Ministry pressed charges against activist Parastou Forouhar based on a photo of one of her artworks that created a stir on social media, she told the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) on November ...

83 Countries Vote to Pass UN Resolution Expressing “Serious Concern” over Human Rights in Iran

83 Countries Vote to Pass UN Resolution Expressing “Serious Concern” over Human Rights in Iran

November 14, 2017

In an overwhelming sign of international support for human rights in Iran, 83 countries approved a resolution by the UN Third Committee today criticizing the state of human rights in the Islamic Republic ...

Iran’s Intelligence Ministry Killed Parastou Forouhar’s Parents. Now It’s Going After Her.

Iran’s Intelligence Ministry Killed Parastou Forouhar’s Parents. Now It’s Going After Her.

November 10, 2017

An Iranian activist who has been seeking justice for her parents murdered by Iran’s Intelligence Ministry in 1998, will soon be put on trial based on charges brought by ...

Thousands of Iranian Death Row Inmates to Receive Sentence Reviews Under Amended Drug Law

Thousands of Iranian Death Row Inmates to Receive Sentence Reviews Under Amended Drug Law

November 3, 2017

Alleged drug traffickers stand in front of narcotics after a police operation. Thousands of Iranians currently on death row for low-level drug crimes will ...

Judge Refuses to Order Psychological Evaluation That Could Save Man Sentenced to Death as Minor

Judge Refuses to Order Psychological Evaluation That Could Save Man Sentenced to Death as Minor

October 31, 2017

A judge in Iran is refusing to order a psychological evaluation to determine the maturity level of Mohammad Reza Haddadi in 2003, the year he allegedly ...

UN Special Rapporteur: Despite “Encouraging Signs,” Human Rights Deteriorating in Iran

UN Special Rapporteur: Despite “Encouraging Signs,” Human Rights Deteriorating in Iran

October 26, 2017

Asma Jahangir, the special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran. In presenting her semi-annual 2017 report on Iran to the United ...

Swedish Resident Facing Death Penalty: I Was Imprisoned For Refusing to Spy For Iran’s Intelligence Ministry

Swedish Resident Facing Death Penalty: I Was Imprisoned For Refusing to Spy For Iran’s Intelligence Ministry

October 25, 2017

Ahmadreza Djalali poses for a picture with his wife, Vida Mehran-nia. Ahmadreza Djajali, an Iranian-born Swedish resident who was sentenced to death by a Revolutionary ...

Iranian-Born Swedish Resident Sentenced to Death Based on Forced Confession

Iranian-Born Swedish Resident Sentenced to Death Based on Forced Confession

October 23, 2017

Ahmadreza Djalali, an Iranian-born Swedish resident who has been imprisoned in Iran since April 2016, was sentenced to death for “moharebeh” (enmity with God) ...

After Years of International Condemnation, Iran Revises Death Penalty Policy

After Years of International Condemnation, Iran Revises Death Penalty Policy

October 20, 2017

Amendment to Drug Law Could Result in Drastically Reduced Execution Rate After years of being pressured by the UN and other rights groups to reduce the country’s high execution rate, Iran’s Parliament has passed ...

“Help Me Gain the Freedom I am Legally Entitled To,” Pleads Hunger-Striking Political Prisoner

“Help Me Gain the Freedom I am Legally Entitled To,” Pleads Hunger-Striking Political Prisoner

October 20, 2017

Mohammad Nazari has been imprisoned in Iran since 1994 for his membership in a separatist group. The life of one of Iran’s longest serving political prisoners, ...

Outspoken Political Prisoner Maryam Akbari-Monfared Denied Medical Care and Furlough

Outspoken Political Prisoner Maryam Akbari-Monfared Denied Medical Care and Furlough

September 29, 2017

Political prisoner Maryam Akbari-Monfared is being denied specialized medical care despite her worsening health, according to her husband, Hassan Jafari. “Thyroid disease is causing her a lot of suffering,” he told CHRI in an interview on September 25, 2017. “We also scheduled a ...

Intelligence Ministry Arrests Woman For Asking About Brother and Infant Niece’s Disappearance

Intelligence Ministry Arrests Woman For Asking About Brother and Infant Niece’s Disappearance

September 15, 2017

Raheleh Rahemipour has been arrested by the Intelligence Ministry in Iran for refusing to give up her search for answers about ...

Iran Executes Man Arrested at 15 Despite Commitment to Stop Executing Juveniles

Iran Executes Man Arrested at 15 Despite Commitment to Stop Executing Juveniles

August 10, 2017

Prominent Lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh: Case Had “Serious Holes” August 10, 2017–Iran has violated its international obligations by executing Alireza Tajiki, who was 15-years-old when he was arrested and 16 when he was sentenced to death, said the Center for ...

Prisoners’ Families Plead for Stays of Executions Until Vote on Potentially Life-Saving Amendment

Prisoners’ Families Plead for Stays of Executions Until Vote on Potentially Life-Saving Amendment

July 27, 2017

The families of prisoners facing imminent execution gathered in front of the judiciary’s headquarters in Tehran on July 26, 2017 to demand a halt to pending executions until Iran’s Parliament votes ...

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