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Support Human Rights in Iran and Your Donation Will be Matched

Support Human Rights in Iran and Your Donation Will be Matched

December 21, 2021

Dear Friend and Supporter, While families around the world come together to celebrate the holiday season, we ask that you remember the people of Iran, who are facing great hardships under a repressive and corrupt government, and support our work to defend their basic human rights. YOUR ...

Teachers Across Iran Protest for Fair Pay, Release of Jailed Colleagues

Teachers Across Iran Protest for Fair Pay, Release of Jailed Colleagues

December 13, 2021

Teachers and supporters protested in the streets of more than 119 Iranian cities across Iran ...

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 ...

Isfahan: Instead of Crushing Protests, the Iranian Government Should Solve Its Water Crisis

Isfahan: Instead of Crushing Protests, the Iranian Government Should Solve Its Water Crisis

November 29, 2021

The Iranian security and military forces’ violent crackdown on large protests in the city of Isfahan that broke out over severe state mismanagement of water resources is more evidence of the Ebrahim Raisi government’s policy of zero tolerance of public criticism and dissent ...

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 ...

Renowned Activist Narges Mohammadi Arrested on Anniversary of Historic Protests

Renowned Activist Narges Mohammadi Arrested on Anniversary of Historic Protests

November 17, 2021

Mother of Two Facing Flogging, Prison—Two Years After Completing 5.5-Year Sentence November 17, 2021 – The prominent rights advocate Narges Mohammadi was detained on the anniversary of the country’s violently repressed November 2019 protests and could be flogged and serve a 30-month prison term if the ...

Iran Atrocities Tribunal on November 2019 Massacre: A Major Step towards Seeking Justice

Iran Atrocities Tribunal on November 2019 Massacre: A Major Step towards Seeking Justice

November 15, 2021

International Community Must Finally Act with One Voice to Address these Crimes Evidence of the Islamic Republic’s Top Officials Directly Involved in the Atrocities November 15, 2021 -- The Iran Atrocities Tribunal (or “Aban Tribunal”), an independent People’s Tribunal held in London to investigate the killing and wounding of thousands ...

“They’re Torturing Me Without Touching Me” Says Unarmed Protester Shot by Iranian Security Forces

“They’re Torturing Me Without Touching Me” Says Unarmed Protester Shot by Iranian Security Forces

November 14, 2021

Two years after Iran’s massive November 2019 protests, the government has yet to respond to questions about its deadly use of force to suppress the demonstrations, which occurred in more than 200 cities, leaving hundreds dead and thousands injured ...

Iran Rights Lawyer: Judicial Process is a “Means to Settle Political Scores”

Iran Rights Lawyer: Judicial Process is a “Means to Settle Political Scores”

November 11, 2021

One of the few remaining defense lawyers in Iran willing to take on human rights cases, Nasser Zarafshan is an expert at navigating the Islamic Republic’s judicial system, which criminalizes dissent and imprisons lawyers like Zarafshan for doing their job. Usually tried under trumped-up “national security” ...

Two Years After Iran’s Massacre of Protesters, Officials Who Oversaw Killings Now Lead Government

Two Years After Iran’s Massacre of Protesters, Officials Who Oversaw Killings Now Lead Government

November 10, 2021

No Accountability for Hundreds Killed, Thousands Injured and Arrested International Community Must Demand Independent Investigation and Justice for Victims November 10, 2021 -- Two years after Iran’s security forces violently crushed mass protests that erupted across the country, leaving hundreds of civilians killed, two officials who oversaw that ...

Raisi Government to Launch Religious “Vice-Prevention” Courses, Paramilitary “Community Patrols”

Raisi Government to Launch Religious “Vice-Prevention” Courses, Paramilitary “Community Patrols”

October 29, 2021

Two months after the inauguration of ultra-conservative President Ebrahim Raisi, Iran’s state-run Headquarters for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice organization has announced plans to launch religious college-level courses dedicated to the “promotion of virtue and prevention of vice”, according to Iran’s ...

Four Baha’is Sentenced to Five Years in Prison for Trying to Access Higher Education

Four Baha’is Sentenced to Five Years in Prison for Trying to Access Higher Education

October 14, 2021

Court Rulings Reveal Systematic Religious Discrimination The Baha’i faith community is one of the most severely persecuted religious minorities in Iran. Iran’s government is unabashed in its propagating of false narratives about the community and has for decades blocked Baha’is from obtaining prominent positions in Iranian society as well ...

Imprisoned Iranian Writers Among Countless Who’ve Been Jailed for Dissent

Imprisoned Iranian Writers Among Countless Who’ve Been Jailed for Dissent

September 29, 2021

The Iranian government’s intolerance of dissent has resulted in systemic suppression of freedom of expression. To prevent the free flow of information and views, Iranian courts work with the intelligence-security establishment to identify civil rights activists, writers, journalists, artists, and intellectuals and accuse them of trying to undermine ...

Iran’s New Government Moves to Silence Dissent by Muzzling Leading Activists

Iran’s New Government Moves to Silence Dissent by Muzzling Leading Activists

September 28, 2021

September 28, 2021 – The Iranian security establishment’s attempt to imprison four prominent human rights defenders, only a few months after the inauguration of the country’s new presidential administration, signals the beginning of a new and intensified era of repression. “This is a clear attempt to enchain the ...

Teachers in Iran Continue Protests Under New Raisi Government

Teachers in Iran Continue Protests Under New Raisi Government

September 16, 2021

With Iran’s new academic year, beginning on September 23, 2021, just around the corner, teachers have been protesting in front of Parliament and the Plan and Budget Organization in Tehran to voice anger and frustration over low pay and serious challenges including state repression ...

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, ...

Fact Sheet: LGBTQ Community in Iran Faces Deadly Violence and Severe Rights Abuses

Fact Sheet: LGBTQ Community in Iran Faces Deadly Violence and Severe Rights Abuses

August 24, 2021

Persecution and Discrimination by State and Society Pervades Daily Life August 26, 2021—In a new LGBTQ Fact Sheet published today by the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI), the extreme rights violations and deadly violence perpetrated by both the state and society against the LGBTQ community ...

Lawyers, Activists Arrested as they Attempt to Sue State for Failed COVID Response

Lawyers, Activists Arrested as they Attempt to Sue State for Failed COVID Response

August 17, 2021

Six Arbitrarily Detained as State Tries to Block Attempt to Seek Justice August 17, 2021—The unlawful arrests of six prominent lawyers and civil rights activists in Tehran as they were preparing to file a lawsuit against state officials for their gross mishandling of the COVID-19 pandemic is ...

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 ...

Musician Marjan Farsad’s New Song Pays Tribute to Iranian Political Prisoners

Musician Marjan Farsad’s New Song Pays Tribute to Iranian Political Prisoners

August 5, 2021

“My Song is About Stars That Go Missing Every Night” August 5, 2021 – Iranian American musician and songwriter Marjan Farsad released a new song today about political prisoners in Iran, a country where people are jailed for peacefully exercising basic human rights such as ...

Two Elderly Dual Nationals Among Five Sentenced to Prison in Iran

Two Elderly Dual Nationals Among Five Sentenced to Prison in Iran

August 4, 2021

Prisons Pose High Risks to Inmates Amid the Country’s Surging Covid-19 Pandemic August 4, 2021 – Elderly dual national prisoners Mehran Raoof, 66, and Nahid Taghavi, 64, were among five prisoners held on trumped-up charges who were sentenced to jail in Iran today, August 4, 2021. The ...

Three More Iranian Human Rights Attorneys Slapped with Unjust Prison Sentences

Three More Iranian Human Rights Attorneys Slapped with Unjust Prison Sentences

August 2, 2021

Three more human rights attorneys in Iran were handed unjust prison sentences in July 2021 amid an ongoing campaign to eliminate due process for activists and dissidents by intimidating the lawyers who defend them, the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) has learned. *At least ...

Total Control Over Internet Use in Iran Sought by Security Agencies with New Legislation

Total Control Over Internet Use in Iran Sought by Security Agencies with New Legislation

July 30, 2021

Parliament Maneuvers to Pass Bill Without Full Vote to Avoid Public Scrutiny  Move Comes on Heels of State’s Internet Shutdowns During Crackdown on Protesters July 30, 2021 – In a bid to sidestep public scrutiny of a contentious new bill that would give Iran’s security agencies near-total control over ...

Khuzestan Protests: Iranians Should be Allowed to Air Grievances Without Threat of Death

Khuzestan Protests: Iranians Should be Allowed to Air Grievances Without Threat of Death

July 19, 2021

At Least Three Shot Dead Less Than a Week into Demonstrations Against Water, Power Shortages July 19, 2021—The unlawful killings of protesters by state security forces in Iran’s drought-ridden Khuzestan Province should be condemned by the UN and international community to prevent further loss of life from ...

Rights Groups: Iranian Dissidents Remain at Risk Worldwide Without International Action

Rights Groups: Iranian Dissidents Remain at Risk Worldwide Without International Action

July 19, 2021

July 19, 2021—In a joint statement released today, 10 human rights groups, including the Center for Human Rights in Iran, urged the international community to hold Iranian authorities accountable for their ongoing campaigns of persecution against Iranian dissidents based inside and outside the country, and called on ...

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