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Iran’s Truck Drivers’ Strike Sweeps 163 Cities, Dozens Arrested

Iran’s Truck Drivers’ Strike Sweeps 163 Cities, Dozens Arrested

June 4, 2025

Families Pressured to Remain Silent to Obtain Release of Loved Ones Largest Labor ...

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 ...

Iran Moves to Silence Literary Voices with Arrests, Prison and Death Sentences

Iran Moves to Silence Literary Voices with Arrests, Prison and Death Sentences

May 20, 2025

At Least 19 Writers and Poets Targeted in 2025, One Sentenced to Death “Lawyers ...

Crackdown on Justice: CHRI Reveals Systematic Persecution of Iran’s Human Rights Lawyers

Crackdown on Justice: CHRI Reveals Systematic Persecution of Iran’s Human Rights Lawyers

May 14, 2025

New CHRI Fact Sheet Exposes Deepening Legal Crisis for Iran’s Embattled ...

‘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 ...

Iran’s Workers: Battered by Brutal Repression and Lethal Work Conditions

Iran’s Workers: Battered by Brutal Repression and Lethal Work Conditions

April 30, 2025

19 Labor Activists Still Imprisoned, One Woman at Risk of Execution Over ...

Op-Ed: Combine ‘Maximum Pressure’ on Iran with Maximum Support for the Iranian People

Op-Ed: Combine ‘Maximum Pressure’ on Iran with Maximum Support for the Iranian People

April 24, 2025

This article was originally published on The Hill. April 24, ...

Iran’s Mass Executions of Drug Offenders Are a Human Rights Emergency

Iran’s Mass Executions of Drug Offenders Are a Human Rights Emergency

April 16, 2025

Over 100 Executed in Just Three Months for Drug Offences  Former Prisoner ...

EU Sanctions Iranian Judicial Officials Over Abductions of European Nationals

EU Sanctions Iranian Judicial Officials Over Abductions of European Nationals

April 14, 2025

Collective Action Is Only Way to Address Iran’s Hostage ...

Five More Political Prisoners Hanged in Iran as Use of Death Penalty to Crush Dissent Surges

Five More Political Prisoners Hanged in Iran as Use of Death Penalty to Crush Dissent Surges

April 9, 2025

Executions Follow Sham Trials and “Confessions” Extracted Under Torture At Least 50 ...

Landmark Resolution: UN Human Rights Council Expands Fact-Finding Mission on Iran

Landmark Resolution: UN Human Rights Council Expands Fact-Finding Mission on Iran

April 3, 2025

All of Iran’s Ongoing Human Rights Crimes To Be Investigated 24 States ...

Imprisonment of Christians Jumps Six-Fold in Iran as Persecution Intensifies

Imprisonment of Christians Jumps Six-Fold in Iran as Persecution Intensifies

April 1, 2025

Judge to Christian: “It’s a disgrace that you are even ...

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 ...

43 International Rights Organizations Urge UN Human Rights Council to Renew Mandates of Iran Monitoring Bodies

43 International Rights Organizations Urge UN Human Rights Council to Renew Mandates of Iran Monitoring Bodies

March 18, 2025

Work of the Special Rapporteur and the Fact-Finding Mission Deemed Critical Given “Full-fledged Human Rights Crisis” in Iran March 18, 2025 – A broad coalition of international human rights organizations, including the Center for Human ...

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 ...

Iranian Authorities Are Killing Prisoners by Denying Lifesaving Medical Care

Iranian Authorities Are Killing Prisoners by Denying Lifesaving Medical Care

March 12, 2025

At Least Four Prisoners Dead in Just Two Months CHRI Speaks to ...

Gender Apartheid in Iran is Crushing Women’s Lives and Futures

Gender Apartheid in Iran is Crushing Women’s Lives and Futures

March 6, 2025

This International Women’s Day, the World Must Declare Gender Apartheid a ...

Joint Statement: Stop the Imminent Deportation of Activist Nahid Modaressi to Iran

Joint Statement: Stop the Imminent Deportation of Activist Nahid Modaressi to Iran

February 25, 2025

Refugees in Turkey at High Risk of Imprisonment, Torture if Returned to Iran February 25, 2025 — We, ...

Joint Statement: 20 Rights Organizations Alarmed by Appointment of Notorious Judge as Head of Iran’s High Council for Human Rights

Joint Statement: 20 Rights Organizations Alarmed by Appointment of Notorious Judge as Head of Iran’s High Council for Human Rights

February 20, 2025

February 20, 2025 — In a joint statement released today, the ...

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 ...

FP: Trump’s Grand Bargain With Iran Shouldn’t Abandon Its People

FP: Trump’s Grand Bargain With Iran Shouldn’t Abandon Its People

February 12, 2025

Trump has significant leverage to negotiate a new nuclear deal with Tehran that also protects protesters. ...

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 ...

Two More Political Prisoners Join Dozens at Risk of Political Executions in Iran

Two More Political Prisoners Join Dozens at Risk of Political Executions in Iran

February 4, 2025

Iran Using the Gallows to Terrorize Population into Silence Severe Violations of Due Process and Fair Trial ...

Iran’s Campaign of Terror Against Minorities Surges Across Country

Iran’s Campaign of Terror Against Minorities Surges Across Country

January 29, 2025

State Commits Mass Violent Crimes as It Moves to Suppress Dissent Huge Surge in Mass Arrests, Violence, and ...

Iran’s Judiciary Shields Perpetrators of ‘Bloody Friday’ State Massacre

Iran’s Judiciary Shields Perpetrators of ‘Bloody Friday’ State Massacre

January 23, 2025

Senior Officials Protected, Low-Ranking Officers Receive Reduced Sentences  Lawyers for Victims Arrested, Evidence Suppressed, Families Pressured to ...

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Latest News

  • Iran’s Truck Drivers’ Strike Sweeps 163 Cities, Dozens Arrested
    Iran’s Truck Drivers’ Strike Sweeps 163 Cities, Dozens Arrested
    June 4, 2025
  • 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
  • Iran Moves to Silence Literary Voices with Arrests, Prison and Death Sentences
    Iran Moves to Silence Literary Voices with Arrests, Prison and Death Sentences
    May 20, 2025
  • Crackdown on Justice: CHRI Reveals Systematic Persecution of Iran’s Human Rights Lawyers
    Crackdown on Justice: CHRI Reveals Systematic Persecution of Iran’s Human Rights Lawyers
    May 14, 2025
  • ‘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
  • Iran’s Workers: Battered by Brutal Repression and Lethal Work Conditions
    Iran’s Workers: Battered by Brutal Repression and Lethal Work Conditions
    April 30, 2025
  • Op-Ed: Combine ‘Maximum Pressure’ on Iran with Maximum Support for the Iranian People
    Op-Ed: Combine ‘Maximum Pressure’ on Iran with Maximum Support for the Iranian People
    April 24, 2025
  • Iran’s Mass Executions of Drug Offenders Are a Human Rights Emergency
    Iran’s Mass Executions of Drug Offenders Are a Human Rights Emergency
    April 16, 2025
  • EU Sanctions Iranian Judicial Officials Over Abductions of European Nationals
    EU Sanctions Iranian Judicial Officials Over Abductions of European Nationals
    April 14, 2025
  • Five More Political Prisoners Hanged in Iran as Use of Death Penalty to Crush Dissent Surges
    Five More Political Prisoners Hanged in Iran as Use of Death Penalty to Crush Dissent Surges
    April 9, 2025
  • Landmark Resolution: UN Human Rights Council Expands Fact-Finding Mission on Iran
    Landmark Resolution: UN Human Rights Council Expands Fact-Finding Mission on Iran
    April 3, 2025
  • Imprisonment of Christians Jumps Six-Fold in Iran as Persecution Intensifies
    Imprisonment of Christians Jumps Six-Fold in Iran as Persecution Intensifies
    April 1, 2025
  • 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
  • 43 International Rights Organizations Urge UN Human Rights Council to Renew Mandates of Iran Monitoring Bodies
    43 International Rights Organizations Urge UN Human Rights Council to Renew Mandates of Iran Monitoring Bodies
    March 18, 2025
  • UN Says Iran’s Crimes Against Humanity Demand Expanded Investigation
    UN Says Iran’s Crimes Against Humanity Demand Expanded Investigation
    March 14, 2025
  • Iranian Authorities Are Killing Prisoners by Denying Lifesaving Medical Care
    Iranian Authorities Are Killing Prisoners by Denying Lifesaving Medical Care
    March 12, 2025
  • Gender Apartheid in Iran is Crushing Women’s Lives and Futures
    Gender Apartheid in Iran is Crushing Women’s Lives and Futures
    March 6, 2025
  • Joint Statement: Stop the Imminent Deportation of Activist Nahid Modaressi to Iran
    Joint Statement: Stop the Imminent Deportation of Activist Nahid Modaressi to Iran
    February 25, 2025
  • Joint Statement: 20 Rights Organizations Alarmed by Appointment of Notorious Judge as Head of Iran’s High Council for Human Rights
    Joint Statement: 20 Rights Organizations Alarmed by Appointment of Notorious Judge as Head of Iran's High Council for Human Rights
    February 20, 2025
  • Death Sentence for Woman Labor Activist In Iran Re-Issued
    Death Sentence for Woman Labor Activist In Iran Re-Issued
    February 19, 2025
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