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Iranian Political Prisoner in Evin Prison Urges Action to Protect Prisoners As War Escalates

Iranian Political Prisoner in Evin Prison Urges Action to Protect Prisoners As War Escalates

June 18, 2025

Legal Scholar Asks for Emergency Furloughs and Releases for Trapped Prisoners June 18, 2025 — From Tehran’s Evin Prison, woman political prisoner and international law ...

Urgent Appeal from Evin Prison: Imprisoned Scholar Mahvash Seydal Exposes Iran’s Denial of Medical Care to Women Political Prisoners

Urgent Appeal from Evin Prison: Imprisoned Scholar Mahvash Seydal Exposes Iran’s Denial of Medical Care to Women Political Prisoners

May 27, 2025

Systematic Denial of Medical Care in Iran: A Slow and Silent Execution May 27, 2025 — From Evin Prison, woman political prisoner and international law scholar Mahvash (Sayeh) ...

‘We Are Alive, But in Captivity’: Letter from Imprisoned Kurdish Labor Activist

‘We Are Alive, But in Captivity’: Letter from Imprisoned Kurdish Labor Activist

May 5, 2025

May 5, 2025 — In a letter obtained by the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI), Issa Ebrahimzadeh, a Kurdish farmer and labor rights activist who ...

Joint Letter: Global Coalition Calls on Iran to Cease Persecution of Human Rights Lawyers

Joint Letter: Global Coalition Calls on Iran to Cease Persecution of Human Rights Lawyers

March 18, 2025

Iran’s Lawyers in a “Perilous Position,” Face Arrest, Torture and Imprisonment Statement Asks UN to Relay Concerns Directly to Iranian Authorities March 18, 2025—In a joint statement released ...

UN Says Iran’s Crimes Against Humanity Demand Expanded Investigation

UN Says Iran’s Crimes Against Humanity Demand Expanded Investigation

March 14, 2025

Fact-Finding Mission Cites Widescale Murder, Imprisonment, Torture and Rape UN: Systematic Abuses Continue, Accountability Outside Iran Should be Pursued March 14, 2025 – In a new report based on a two-year investigation, the UN Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Iran (FFMI) states that two and a half years after ...

Death Sentence for Woman Labor Activist In Iran Re-Issued

Death Sentence for Woman Labor Activist In Iran Re-Issued

February 19, 2025

Sharifeh Mohammadi’s Second Death Sentence Imposed on Her Son’s 13th Birthday Three Women Political Prisoners Face Execution on Sham Charges February 19, 2025 — Iranian authorities have once again sentenced female labor activist...

Sixteen Lawyers Slammed with Bogus Charges in Iran for Criticizing Government

Sixteen Lawyers Slammed with Bogus Charges in Iran for Criticizing Government

February 11, 2025

Lawyers Who Defended Woman Life Freedom Protesters Targeted for Prosecution Notorious Prosecutor Involved in Death of Iranian-Canadian Journalist Zahra Kazemi Receives License to Practice Law February 11, 2025 —Iran is intensifying its assault on ...

Iran Intensifies Crackdown on Human Rights Lawyers Amid Growing Repression

Iran Intensifies Crackdown on Human Rights Lawyers Amid Growing Repression

January 13, 2025

Security Groups Control Cases of Victims Seeking Justice; Lawyers Then Prosecuted for Filing Cases January 13, 2025 — The Islamic Republic of Iran is waging a campaign of intimidation and prosecution against ...

Narges Mohammadi’s Temporary Medical Release is Grossly Insufficient 

Narges Mohammadi’s Temporary Medical Release is Grossly Insufficient 

December 5, 2024

International Community Must Campaign Vigorously to Prevent Her Return to Prison Permanent and Unconditional Release of Nobel Peace Laureate Is Critical December 5, 2024 – ...

Joint Letter: 44 Human Rights Groups Call on UN to Secure Immediate Medical Release for Narges Mohammadi

Joint Letter: 44 Human Rights Groups Call on UN to Secure Immediate Medical Release for Narges Mohammadi

November 18, 2024

Nobel Peace Laureate Urgently Needs Essential Medical Care for Serious Health Problems November 18, 2024 – In a joint letter released today, the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) and 43 human ...

Five Years Later, Still No Justice for Iran’s Massacre of November 2019 Protesters

Five Years Later, Still No Justice for Iran’s Massacre of November 2019 Protesters

November 13, 2024

Families Seeking Accountability for Killed Loved Ones Face Imprisonment Credible Estimates Say State Security Forces Killed More than 1000 Protesters November 13, 2024 – As the fifth anniversary of the Islamic Republic’s bloody ...

Images of Resistance: Photographers Who Documented Iran’s Woman, Life, Freedom Movement

Images of Resistance: Photographers Who Documented Iran’s Woman, Life, Freedom Movement

September 16, 2024

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 ...

A Quiet Revolution Continues in Iran Two Years After the Woman Life Freedom Uprising

A Quiet Revolution Continues in Iran Two Years After the Woman Life Freedom Uprising

September 11, 2024

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 ...

Joint Statement: 26 Human Rights Organizations Urge Iran to Revoke Death Sentence for Kurdish Woman Activist

Joint Statement: 26 Human Rights Organizations Urge Iran to Revoke Death Sentence for Kurdish Woman Activist

September 9, 2024

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 Letter: 68 Human Rights Organizations Call for Immediate Halt to Executions in Iran

Joint Letter: 68 Human Rights Organizations Call for Immediate Halt to Executions in Iran

August 27, 2024

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 ...

Iran: Congress Should Back Bipartisan “Internet Reach and Access Now Act”

Iran: Congress Should Back Bipartisan “Internet Reach and Access Now Act”

August 26, 2024

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 ...

Joint Letter: Global Coalition Demands Immediate Release of Iranian Lawyer, End to Repression of Rights Defenders

Joint Letter: Global Coalition Demands Immediate Release of Iranian Lawyer, End to Repression of Rights Defenders

August 22, 2024

August 22, 2022 – In partnership with the Law Society of England and Wales, Lawyers for Lawyers, the Iran Human Rights Documentation Center, and the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute, the ...

At Least 34 Political Prisoners in Iran Denied Access to Medical Care in Recent Weeks

At Least 34 Political Prisoners in Iran Denied Access to Medical Care in Recent Weeks

August 21, 2024

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, ...

Joint Letter: 40+ Iran Rights Groups Call for Independent Investigation into Violence Against Women Political Prisoners 

Joint Letter: 40+ Iran Rights Groups Call for Independent Investigation into Violence Against Women Political Prisoners 

August 19, 2024

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 ...

Ruthless Retaliation: Human Rights Lawyer Summoned to Prison Amid Heart Problems

Ruthless Retaliation: Human Rights Lawyer Summoned to Prison Amid Heart Problems

August 14, 2024

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 ...

Iran Uses Cover of Regional Tensions to Crush Its Domestic Opponents

Iran Uses Cover of Regional Tensions to Crush Its Domestic Opponents

August 13, 2024

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 ...

UN Human Rights Chief Urges Immediate Halt to Executions in Iran After Alarming Surge

UN Human Rights Chief Urges Immediate Halt to Executions in Iran After Alarming Surge

August 9, 2024

August 9, 2024 – The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, has called for an immediate halt to executions in Iran after a disturbing surge in state-sanctioned killings, with over ...

UN Uncovers “Crimes Against Humanity” Against Minorities During “Woman, Life, Freedom” Movement

UN Uncovers “Crimes Against Humanity” Against Minorities During “Woman, Life, Freedom” Movement

August 7, 2024

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 ...

Imprisoned Nobel Peace Laureate Narges Mohammadi Denied Urgent Medical Treatment

Imprisoned Nobel Peace Laureate Narges Mohammadi Denied Urgent Medical Treatment

August 2, 2024

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 ...

Women Activists Increasingly Sentenced to Death as Political Executions in Iran Surge

Women Activists Increasingly Sentenced to Death as Political Executions in Iran Surge

July 30, 2024

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 ...

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