Political Prisoners Remain in “Limbo,” Untested for Coronavirus Despite Symptoms
Peaceful Activists in Mashhad’s Vakilabad Prison Left Vulnerable to Infection One week after judicial officials announced they had released ...
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UN Expert Alarmed by Detention Conditions in the Wake of Recent Protests
UN Press Release GENEVA (9 March 2020) – Individuals detained in Iranian detention facilities are suffering from ...
Political Prisoners Excluded from Mass Release as COVID-19 Spreads
Iranian authorities have excluded peaceful political prisoners from the mass prisoner release that was announced by Judiciary Chief ...
Families Urge Judiciary Chief to Include Jailed Conservationists In Mass Prisoner Release
56,000 Temporarily Freed from Iran's Overcrowded Prisons Amid Coronavirus Outbreak The families of eight conservationists imprisoned in Iran on trumped-up ...
Amid Coronavirus Outbreak, Renowned Filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof Summoned to Prison
Rasoulof’s Film About Iran’s Death Penalty Recently Won Top Prize at Berlin Film Festival March 4, 2020 – The Center ...
Grave Concerns for Prisoners in Iran Amid Coronavirus Outbreak
Tehran Prison Lacks Medicines, Sanitary Supplies as Some Inmates Exhibit “Severe” Cold Symptoms February 28, 2020 - The Center ...
Coronavirus in Iran: Health Experts Question Officially Reported Infection Numbers
Grave Concerns Mounting Amid Rising Death Toll, Fears of Regional Outbreak February 26, 2020 -- Amid a rising ...
Coronavirus: Citing Crowded Prisons, Renowned Attorney Nasrin Sotoudeh’s Husband Calls for Release of Political Prisoners
Reza Khandan, a women's rights activist and the husband of prominent imprisoned human rights attorney Nasrin Sotoudeh, ...
Amid Coronavirus Outbreak Political Prisoners Should be Granted Furlough, Say Relatives
Hashem Khastar (left) and Mohammad Nourizad (right). Grave Concerns About the ...
“Torture” and “Sexual Threats” Detailed in Letters by Jailed Former UN Environment Consultant
Conservation Scientist Niloufar Bayani: "Every time I... sought help from the authorities, the pressures, threats, and acts of torture increased." Appeals Court Upheld Prison Sentences Against Conservationists on Baseless Charges and ...
Appeals Court Upholds Baseless Prison Sentences Against Wildlife Conservationists
Prison Terms Range from 4-10 Years Based on No Evidence and False "Confessions" February 18, 2020 – The Center for ...
Evin Prison Sees Inmate Transfers, Construction as Authorities Prep for More Protest Crackdowns
Iranian authorities have transferred a large number of inmates out of Evin Prison in Tehran—notorious for holding ...
Iran Moves to Silence Journalists, Activists Ahead of Parliamentary Elections
Tehran-Based Reporter: “They Want Us to Stop Writing” February 11, 2020 – The intelligence arm of the ...
Detained Protestors in Iran: Beaten, Tortured, Forced to “Confess”
February 10, 2020 – Detainees held in Iran since the November 2019 street protests—including juveniles—are being beaten, ...
Dissidents Sentenced to Prison for “Insulting” Supreme Leader Facing Additional Charges
Dissidents who were sentenced to prison in Iran after calling for the resignation of Supreme Leader Ali ...
Slain Protester’s Family Refuses to Give Iranian Government “Propaganda Coup”
Iranian authorities are continuing to pressure the family of Borhan Mansournia, who died from a bullet ...
Brother of Killed Protester “Refused” Pressure to Absolve Iranian Government on State TV
Iranian government agents pressured at least one family member of Nasser Rezaie, a protester who died after being shot at a street demonstration in the city of Karaj on November 17, 2019, to falsely describe Nasser as a passerby who ...
English Translation: Iran’s “Law to Protect the Rights of the Disabled”
For the first time, the complete text of Iran’s "Law to Protect the Rights of the Disabled" is available in English. A translation of the Persian-language law by the Center for ...
Unrecognized Minorities in Iran Must Now Hide Religion to Obtain Crucial Government ID
New Rule Strengthens Long-Standing Discrimination Against Persecuted Religious Minorities, Especially Bahai’s January 27, 2020 – In a new ...
“Feverish Climate” at Tehran University After Students Arrested in Dormitory Raid
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) ...
Former Presidential Candidate Under House Arrest Punished for Blaming Plane Downing on Supreme Leader
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 ...
Family of Man Killed in Iran’s November Protests: “We Want Justice”
Victim Was Caregiver of Mother, and Brother With Down Syndrome The family of Mohammad Hashamdar, who ...
Father of Two Shot and Killed in Karaj As He Stepped into Street During November Protests
Growing Numbers of Bystanders Killed Reflects Security Forces’ Indiscriminate Firing at Civilians “God will not forgive this injustice...they ...
Students Assaulted, Arrested in State Crackdown on University Protests
Eyewitnesses Report Heavy Paramilitary Presence, Internet and Phone Disruptions Protesters were physically attacked and arrested at universities in ...
EU Should Not Remain Silent on Iran’s Violence Against Protestors
Addressing the Nuclear Deal is Not Enough; Rights Issues Are Central to Region’s Stability 28-Country Bloc Should Call ...