For the second anniversary of Iran’s Woman, Life, Freedom movement, the Center for Human Rights in Iran partnered with Middle East Images to present a powerful collection of photographs and interviews, highlighting the courage of the protesters who stood up to the Islamic Republic’s security forces and the photographers who documented their resistance. The photographs ...
Interviews with Iranian Women Show Civil Disobedience Takes Root as Hijab is Discarded Rejection of the Symbol of Islamic Republic Repression Becomes Normalized September 11, 2024 – Two years ago, 22-year-old Mahsa ...
Pakhshan Azizi Sentenced to Death After Manufactured Charges, Torture, and Sham Trial September 9, 2024 – The Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI), along with 25 fellow human rights organizations, issued a joint statement ...
30 Kurdish and 34 Baluchi Couriers Killed by Guards So Far in 2024, Including 1 Child “When border agents see a fuel courier…they just start shooting” September 4, 2023 – An alarming number of border couriers, primarily from Iran’s Kurdish and ...
UN Cites “Reports of serious violations of fair trial and due process rights” September 3, 2024 — UN experts have voiced grave concern over a sharp rise in executions in Iran, urging ...
September 1, 2024 – On this Labor Day, observed in the United States, Canada, and Australia, the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) honors the resilient and courageous workers and ...
Peaceful Protests for Fair Wages and Improved Working Conditions Met with Arbitrary Arrests August 28, 2024 – As nurses' strikes surge across Iran, the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) ...
Death Penalty in Iran Used as a “Tool of Political Repression” August 27, 2024 – In a joint statement released today, the Center for Human Rights in Iran, along with 67 human rights ...
August 26, 2024 – The Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) strongly urges Congress to support the Internet Reach and Access Now Act (IRAN Act) (H.R.9299), which CHRI has officially ...
Denial of Critical Care Intensifies as Prisoners Speak Out Against Abuses August 21, 2024 – The deliberate denial of medical care to political prisoners, long a practice in the Islamic Republic of Iran, ...
August 19, 2024 — In a joint letter, the Center for Human Rights in Iran and 42 fellow human rights organizations and activists have voiced their support for women political ...
76-Year-Old Mohammad Seifzadeh is the “Godfather” of Human Rights Lawyers in Iran Punished for Signing a Letter to the UN on Unlawful Executions in Iran August 14, 2024 – In a glaring display of ...
Executions, Arrests, Attacks on Women, Abuse of Political Prisoners All Soaring World Must Respond to the Islamic Republic’s Escalating Crimes Against Its Own People August 13, 2024—As regional hostilities continue to build, the Islamic ...
August 7, 2024 – The UN’s Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Iran has released a report detailing the disproportionate impact of lethal state crackdowns on ...
Human Rights Activist’s Serious Cardiac, Gastrointestinal and Spinal Issues Left Untreated International Community Must Demand Release and Medical Care for Iran’s Political Prisoners August 2, 2024 – The Islamic Republic of Iran ...
Four Women Slammed with Bogus Political Charges That Carry the Death Penalty Women Subjected to Torture, Mock Executions, Forced Confessions, Denial of Counsel July 30, 2024 – Multiple women political prisoners are at risk ...
Unelected and Repressive Centers of Power in Iran Remain Untouched by Election World Must Remain Focused on Atrocities Committed by Islamic Republic July 27, 2024—The ...
UN’s Top Expert on Iran Calls for Prosecution of Responsible Iranian Officials July 22, 2024 – The UN’s top human rights expert on Iran has called for an international mechanism to investigate and ...
Growing Number of Activists Behind Bars for Asking for Their Rights Islamic Republic in Severe Violation of Its ILO Obligations July 17, 2024 – The recent death sentence against female labor activist ...
Women Activists In and Outside Iran’s Prisons Targeted for Harsh Retribution June 25, 2024—As the Iranian government touts its democratic credentials with a carefully orchestrated presidential election that includes only state-approved candidates, the ...
Hundreds of Arrests, Detainees Violently Assaulted and Tortured Global Leaders Must Speak Out Against the Islamic Republic’s Violence June 11, 2024 - Three weeks after the death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, and as ...
Same Judge Sentenced Rapper Toomaj Salehi to Death Few Weeks Earlier Death Sentence for Social Media Posts Shows Intensifying Repression in Iran May 13, 2024 – The death sentence issued against Mahmoud Mehrabi, a ...
Sentence Comes on Heels of Death Sentence Against Rapper Toomaj Salehi Nationwide Assault on Artistic Freedom Reveals Iran’s Agenda to Crush Dissent May 9, 2024 – The eight-year prison and flogging sentence issued against ...
Atena Farghadani Beaten to the Point of Losing Consciousness International Community Must Demand Her Freedom April 30, 2024 – Atena Farghadani, a 37-year-old cartoonist and civil rights activist, should be immediately released from ...
UN experts have called for the immediate release of rapper and songwriter Toomaj Salehi and urged Iranian authorities to overturn his unjust death sentence, stressing that artistic expression, even when critical of ...