EU Should Loudly Condemn Iran’s Baseless Jailing of French Tourist Benjamin Brière
Iranian Court Refers to France as an “Enemy Government” June 28, 2022 – Countries negotiating with Iran over its ...
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Borrell, EU Must Speak Out Against Growing Human Rights Crisis in Iran
Same Efforts Applied to Nuclear Deal Can and Should Be Given to Human Rights President Biden Has Also Remained Silent ...
Mother of Detained Labor Rights Activist Calls for Daughter’s Freedom: “I Ask You All to Be Our Voice”
On May 9, 2022, Anisha Asadollahi and her husband, Keyvan Mohtadi, both labor rights activists, were arrested by security forces in Tehran after serving as translators for two French ...
As Eight Prisoners Face Finger Amputations, UN Calls on Government in Iran to Cease the Torture Once and For All
In a statement released today by UN Human Rights Office spokesperson Ravina Shamdasani, the UN called on the Iranian government, headed ...
In Cahoots with the State, Iranian Court Sentences Lawyers, Activists Trying to Sue Officials to Prison
Supreme Leader’s COVID Vaccine Ban Resulted in Thousands of Unnecessary Deaths June 22, 2022 – ...
UN Secretary General Condemns Increasing Executions, Worsening Repression in Raisi’s Iran
In his latest report presented to the UN Human Rights Council, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres expressed ...
International Community Should Call on Iran to End Punitive Amputations
Eight Prisoners Could Soon See Their Fingers Cut Off June 15, 2022 – In ...
UN Experts Alarmed by Civil Society Crackdown in Iran
UN human rights experts today expressed serious concerns about a violent crackdown against civil society in Iran, ...
Policy Briefing: Human Rights in Iran and U.S. National Security Interests
Repression of Civil Society Harms U.S. Security Interests June 14, 2022— President Biden’s silence so far ...
Rights Groups Call on Meta to Fix Persian Content Moderation for Instagram
June 9, 2022 — In a joint statement released today, human rights organizations ARTICLE 19, Access Now, ...
Open Letter by Former Cellmates of Imprisoned Conservationists in Iran
Former female cellmates of a group of wildlife conservationists who’ve been unjustly imprisoned in Iran since ...
Iran Should Be Ejected from ILO’s Governing Board Says Iran’s National Teacher Organization
Open Letter Condemns Iran’s “Brutal Repression” of Trade Unions and Labor Activists June 2, 2022—In an open letter to the delegates at the International Labour Organization’s (ILO) 110th Session of the ...
85 Lawyers Call on Iranian Government to Respect Right to Protest
In an unprecedented display of unity in defense of the Iranian people, 85 lawyers from Iran have signed an open letter calling on the Iranian government to respect the right to protest. “It ...
As Millions Face Poverty, Iran’s Government Dissolves Largest NGO for the Poor
May 26, 2022 – While millions of Iranians are struggling to make ends meet, the Iranian government has shut down the country’s oldest and largest independent non-governmental organization (NGO) focused on poverty alleviation, ...
Protesters Killed While Iran’s Government Blocks Internet and Media Coverage
May 17, 2022 – At least five protesters are dead amid a violent state crackdown on street demonstrations in Iran, while the authorities have blocked internet access in protest hot zones, pressured ...
Iran Protesters at Risk of Lethal State Violence
International Community Must Call on Iranian Officials to Refrain from Deadly Repression May 12, 2022 – Ongoing street protests in Iran could lead to more killings and arbitrary imprisonments by state security forces if ...
Activists Urge UN Rep to Meet Them During Trip to Iran
Government’s Refusal to Allow UN Human Rights Experts into Country Condemned May 12, 2022 -- A group of prominent civil rights activists in Iran has called on UN representative Alena Douhan, who ...
Khuzestan Protests: Fears of Another Bloody Crackdown
Internet Shutdown, Heavy Security Presence Signal Lethal State Repression May 9, 2022 – Government-enforced internet outages and the increased presence of state security forces throughout the Iranian province of Khuzestan, where street protests erupted ...
Iran’s Execution Threat Against Swedish Scientist Aimed at Thwarting War Crimes Trial
May 4, 2022 – The Iranian government’s threat to execute Swedish scientist Ahmadreza Djalali later ...
Dozens of Teachers Arrested in Iran During Workers’ Day Protests
Iranian security forces arrested at least 28 teachers in the four days leading up to international workers’ ...
Interview: Atena Daemi was Jailed in Iran for Advocating Women’s Rights. Now She’s Free and Refusing to be Silent
When Atena Daemi was growing up in Iran and attending school in a religious-conservative neighborhood in south Tehran, she noticed the many ways in which women were treated differently than men. Girls ...
Joint Statement: Iran Should Stop Persecuting Families Seeking Justice for State Atrocities
The 15 undersigned organizations, including the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI), today issued a joint statement calling on the international community to urge the Iranian authorities to immediately cease their reprisals against the Iran Atrocities (Aban) Tribunal’s witnesses ...
Relatives of Victims of State Violence are Being Persecuted in Iran
The government of President Ebrahim Raisi should end the state’s campaign of harassment and intimidation against the families of victims of state violence, including those who died during street protests ...
Civil Disobedience: Rights Defender Narges Mohammadi Resists Prison Summons
Longtime human rights defender and former prisoner of conscience Narges Mohammadi is peacefully refusing to report to prison in Tehran to serve an eight-year sentence that was issued against her after a five-minute trial ...