University of Tehran personnel assisted a raid by state forces on a dormitory that resulted in at least eight students being arrested as they gathered for a protest, an eyewitness told the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) ...
After putting blame on Iran’s Supreme Leader for the downing of a Ukrainian passenger plane, new restrictions have been imposed on former presidential candidate Mehdi Karroubi, who has been under extra-judicial house arrest in Tehran for nearly nine years, the ...
Victim Was Caregiver of Mother, and Brother With Down Syndrome The family of Mohammad Hashamdar, who was ...
Growing Numbers of Bystanders Killed Reflects Security Forces’ Indiscriminate Firing at Civilians “God will not forgive this injustice...they were firing ...
Eyewitnesses Report Heavy Paramilitary Presence, Internet and Phone Disruptions Protesters were physically attacked and arrested at universities in Tehran and ...
Addressing the Nuclear Deal is Not Enough; Rights Issues Are Central to Region’s Stability 28-Country Bloc Should Call ...
Hundreds of protesters and bystanders were killed in Iran last November when armed forces waged a violent crackdown on widespread demonstrations. Yet Iranians ...
Iranian security forces used what appeared to be live ammunition and tear gas to repress protests in ...
January 11, 2020 – The Iranian people should be allowed to exercise their constitutional right to peaceful ...
Iran's judiciary should free all women and men who were arbitrarily detained as state forces violently repressed street protests ...
A grieving mother who vowed to continue pursuing her slain son’s pursuit of freedom. ...
Prisoner of Conscience Violently Transferred to Distant Prison for Demanding Justice for Slain Street Protesters By transferring prominent human rights ...
The grandmother of Pouya Bakhtiari, a 27-year-old man who was gunned down at a street protest ...
Sixteen mothers whose children were killed amid violent state crackdowns on street protests have called for Iranians ...
December 16, 2019 -- A coalition of international human rights organizations including the Center for ...
Fifteen-year-old Mohammad Dastankhah (also spelled Dadsetankhah) was walking home from high school in the city of Shiraz, ...
Family of Bystander Killed During Protests Demands Answers Reports of the shooting deaths of bystanders not involved in ...
Victim Hamid Taheri's Relatives Forced to Sign "Pledge of Silence" Hospital authorities in the city of Islamshahr, Tehran ...
Violent state repression of protests in Iran is not unique, yet the lethal means government forces used to repress recent protests that broke out across dozens of cities reached new heights this year, resulting in ...
“Who should we complain to? Our child is under the ground” The body of teenager Mohammad Javad Abedi was delivered to his family wrapped in a shroud and ready for burial ...
The EU should lead calls for the UN to investigate the perpetrators of state repression in Iran that left at least 208 people dead amid nationwide protests ...
“There can only be one demand and that is the punishment of those responsible for ...
Young Man Killed by Bullet While Stuck in Traffic During Protest in Isfahan Reports of bystanders who were ...
December 3 Marks International Day of Persons with Disabilities The International Day of Persons with Disabilities, begun by the UN ...