Rapper Toomaj Salehi's Death Sentence Marks New Low in Iran's Crackdown on Dissent April 24, 2024 – A death sentence issued in Iran against dissident rapper Toomaj Salehi underscores the glaring unlawfulness and injustice of the Islamic Republic’s judicial system, which has been weaponized and used as a ...
April 17, 2024 – The Iranian government’s escalating violence and repression against women and girls who refuse to comply with the state’s compulsory hijab law requires a firm international response, including codifying gender ...
Sakineh Parvaneh Denied Access to Counsel, Imprisoned after Sham Trial Lawyer Who Tried to Defend Her Arrested and Also Tortured April 16, 2024 – Grave concerns are mounting for a young woman imprisoned in Iran, who has been denied counsel since the onset of her initial imprisonment, repeatedly subjected to torture, ...
Mission Calls on States to Prosecute Responsible Officials Under Universal Jurisdiction Crimes Against Humanity: State Atrocities in Iran Revealed in First Report of UN Fact-Finding Mission March 19, 2024 – Unlawful deaths, extra-judicial executions, ...
Peaceful Protesters Subjected to Excessive Force, Torture, Rape, and Arbitrary Executions Call to Action: UN Human Rights Council Members Urged to Extend Fact-Finding Mission and Special Rapporteur Mandates March 8, 2024 – Grave human rights violations perpetrated by the government of Iran since the outbreak of the “Woman, Life, Freedom” ...
Mass Hunger Strike Launched by Women Prisoners of Conscience Spreading Quickly January 25, 2024 – The surge in executions in Iran has triggered a passionate call from Iranian civil society, amplified by a ...
Relentless Campaign of Repression Seeks to Quash “Woman, Life, Freedom” Movement Jan 16, 2024 – Three women prisoners of conscience in Iran, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Narges Mohammadi and journalists ...
International Community Must Take Action to Halt Deportations December 21, 2023 – Iranian civil and political activists, forced to flee political persecution in the Islamic Republic, face expulsion from their refuge in Turkey ...
“I will make my voice louder for the world to hear,” says Mohammadi Suffering from Serious Health Issues, Authorities Ban Phone Calls, Visitations December 8, 2023 – Governments worldwide, UN leaders, and human rights organizations should demand the immediate release of Iranian human rights defender ...
Toomaj Salehi Re-Arrested After Publicly Disclosing Plans to Sue State Requires Medical Treatment for Injuries Sustained in Prison December 5, 2023 – The arbitrary re-arrest of Toomaj Salehi, a musician and dissident rapper ...
Nobel Laureate Should Be Allowed to Travel to Oslo to See Family and Receive Prize The Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) strongly endorses an appeal initiated by ...
November 17, 2023 – An arbitrarily detained woman, facing unjust imprisonment in Iran, has provided a detailed account of her violent abduction amid mass arrests of peaceful protesters who were beaten and ...
Imprisoned for Peaceful Advocacy, Global Leaders Must Demand Her Immediate Release November 13, 2023 – Imprisoned Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi faces new charges that underscore the draconian tactics employed by Islamic Republic of ...
Nasrin Sotoudeh Among Those Violently Arrested, Faces Grave Danger and Re-Imprisonment Manzar Zarabi, Who Lost Family Members on Downed Airplane, and Teacher’s Rights Advocate Masoud Zeinalzadeh Detained *Note from the editor: Please scroll to ...
Niloufar Hamedi Gets 13 Years Behind Bars and Elahe Mohammadi 12 Years Iranian Government Moves to Crush “Woman, Life, Freedom” Movement On All Fronts October 23, 2023 — The sentencing of two women journalists ...
October 11, 2023 – Business owners in Iran are facing severe consequences, including loss of livelihoods and restricted access to vital services such as banking, due to their support for the "Woman, ...
Journalist Who Interviewed Victim Detained While Interviewing Mother Like Mahsa Jina Amini Case, Family Under Intense Pressure October 4, 2023 — Reports of yet another young girl being hospitalized in a coma after being ...
Grave Concerns Over Further State Violence Ahead of “Blood Friday” Anniversary, When 100+ Protesters Were Killed *Update on September 30, 2023: Since yesterday, Iranian state security forces attempting to suppress anti-state ...
New Law Requires Teachers To Be “Evaluated” with Ideological Questions Every Year September 28, 2023 – A year-long state crackdown on civil society and dissent in Iran has been corroding the country’s education ...
International Community Should Call for an End to Gender Apartheid in Iran September 20, 2023 – On the anniversary week of the eruption of Iran’s “Woman, Life, Freedom” movement, sparked by the killing ...
Child Soldiers Used to Assist State Security Forces Relatives of Victims of State Violence, Activists Threatened to Refrain from Protesting Prisoners of Conscience Launch Solidarity Strikes, Women’s Prison Comes Under Attack September ...
At least 26 Professors Punished, Students Face Heightened Restrictions and Repression September 13, 2023 – One year after the inception of Iran's "Woman, Life, Freedom" movement, research conducted by the Center for Human ...
More State Violence Feared as Anniversary of “Woman Life Freedom” Uprising Nears Intentional Killing of Unarmed Civilians Amounts to Crimes Against Humanity September 5, 2023 – A new report just released by the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) and the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) reveals ...
Another Political Prisoner’s Death Sparks Outrage Weeks Before Anniversary of Iran’s “Woman, Life, Freedom” Uprising Citing Relative, Activist Says Javad Roohi was “Killed” September 1, 2023 – The death of Javad Roohi, aged 35, ...
Rights and Revolt: Three Lawyers Analyze the Legal Terrain of Iran's "Women Life Freedom" Movement In anticipation of the anniversary of Iran's transformative "Women, Life, Freedom" movement, the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) hosted a webinar on September 12, 2023, featuring distinguished human ...