Family Jailed in Iran for Seven Months on National Security Charges Could Face Death Penalty
Denied Access to Counsel and Held in Prolonged Solitary, Health Deteriorating A family of three and a friend of ...
Issues
Students Across Iran Say “No” to Forced Hijab
At least a dozen student groups from universities across Iran have issued strong statements of support for fellow students who are facing severe persecution at the Art University of Tehran for peacefully protesting forced-hijab rules and punishments on campus ...
Iran: Proposed Bill Pushes Denial of Basic Rights to Unveiled Women
Defiance Against Mandatory Hijab Grows as Iranian Government Seeks Stricter Measures Unveiled Women Assaulted, Blocked from Accessing Essential Services June 15, 2023 – In the wake of the "Woman Life Freedom" movement that ignited nine ...
Young Man Shot Dead as Iranian Authorities Try to Silence Justice-Seeking Families
Police Kill Cousin at Gravesite of Nine-Year-Old Kian Pirfalak Thirty Relatives of Slain Street Protesters, Mostly Mothers, ...
Students Arrested and Banished, Professors Fired in Latest State Crackdown in Iran
University Officials Are Committing Major Rights Violations, Say Students At Least 720 Students Arrested Since Protests Began in ...
Leading Iranian Lawyers Urge UN to Address Illegal Use of Death Penalty
In light of the escalating number of illegal executions in Iran, a group of leading Iranian ...
Joint Letter: Biden Urged to Help Retract Appointment of Iranian Ambassador to Chair Social Forum
In a joint letter sent to U.S. President Joseph Biden and Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield today, the Center ...
World Leaders Urged to Radically Increase Pressure on Iran to Cease Executions
Islamic Republic Is Severely Violating International Laws Governing Death Penalty Protesters Hanged After Sham ...
UN Human Rights Council Fact-Finding Mission on Iran Condemns Surging Executions
UN Photo Press briefing by Mr. Javaid Rehman, the Special Rapporteur on the situation of ...
More Executions of Protesters in Iran Imminent after Sham Trials
Prosecution of Three Young Men Relied on Torture, Forced “Confessions” Defendant: "They kept beating me to make me tell their version of their crime on camera" *Editor's Note: Saeed Yaghoubi, Saleh Mirhashemi, and Majid ...
UNHRC: Retract Appointment of Iranian Ambassador to Chair Social Forum
Iran Chairing Human Rights Body While HRC Is Investigating Its Crimes Against Humanity Is Moral Outrage May 11, 2023—The ...
UN Human Rights Chief: Executions in Iran Must Stop
Ten People Being Put to Death Each Week, 209 Hangings Since January 1 UN Human Rights Chief Volker ...
Three Hangings in Three Days: The Islamic Republic Continues Its Killing Spree
Executions to Silence Dissent After Grossly Unfair Trials Increase in Iran Dissidents and Minorities Targeted, 42 People Executed ...
Activists Detained, Workers Threatened as Oil Industry Workers Strike in Iran
ILO Must Speak Out Forcefully Against Islamic Republic’s Abuses Against Labor May 4, ...
Dozens of Labor Activists Detained, Thousands of Workers Threatened as Strikes Roil Iran
ILO Must Speak Out Forcefully Against Islamic Republic’s Abuses Against Labor Strikers in ...
Iran: School Girls Continue to Face Chemical Attacks, Officials Refuse to Provide Security
Authorities Threaten Students, Families and Teachers While Refusing to Provide Transparent Investigations School Girls and Staff Describe Being Forced to Stay in Affected Buildings While Authorities Dismiss Concerns April 24, 2023 – Five months after ...
Imprisoned Dissident Rapper Toomaj Salehi, Voice of Iran’s Protests, Faces Possible Execution
Sources Close to Toomaj Urge International Community to Demand His Release Before Trial Begins Imprisoned Unjustly Since October 2022, in Urgent Need of Medical Care April 6, 2023 – The international community, including music ...
Journalists Denied Release from Prison Amid Supreme Leader’s “Pardon” PR Ploy
More than a month has passed since the Iranian government issued a “pardon” for an unverified number of prisoners and detainees following the arrests of tens of thousands of people across ...
Iranian and French Lawyers, Doctors Demand Release of Lawyer Mohammad Najafi
31 Lawyers and Doctors Call for Freedom of “Peace-Seeking Lawyer and Human Rights Activist” In a joint letter ...
Another Abducted Dissident Sentenced to Death in Iran
Supreme Court Upholds Death Sentence Against Habib Farajollah Chaab After Show Trial Three Foreign Dissidents Have Been Abducted ...
Teachers Across Iran Protest Government’s Inaction on School Gas Attacks
Arrests, Tear Gas Against Peaceful Protesters Reported by Eyewitnesses Government Dithers While Thousands of Schoolgirls Sickened Amid ongoing poison gas attacks reported at girls’ schools in dozens of cities in Iran, the Coordinating ...
CHRI Board Member Mehrangiz Kar Receives Women’s Award for Justice and Advocacy from NYC Bar Association
March 9, 2023 – Iranian human rights lawyer and activist Mehrangiz Kar, a board ...
20 Prominent Iranian Lawyers Call on UN to Investigate School Girl Poisonings
Over 1,000 Students, Mostly Girls, Poisoned by Gas in Iran Since November 2022 March 6, 2023 – Twenty prominent human rights lawyers from Iran today published a letter urgently calling for an independent, joint ...
Political Prisoner Narges Mohammadi: I Will “Testify” About Sexual Assault Against Protesters
Prominent Human Rights Defender Takes Grave Risks by Penning Open Letter in Prison “As ...
One Girl Dead, 400 Children Poisoned Amid Attacks on Schools in Iran
Unfettered Acts of Terror Against School Girls Raise Questions of Government Complicity School Girls Enthusiastically Participated in Major Anti-State Protests February 28, 2023 – Five months into Iran’s “Woman, Life, Freedom” movement, in which ...