23-Year-Old Iranian Student Sentenced to Death Over Social Media Post
“Be my voice. All I want is justice and a chance to defend myself.” October 19, 2026 — A 23-year-old Iranian woman has been sentenced to death for ...
Prisoners / Arrests
Iranian Authorities Target Artists, Writers, and Poets in Escalating Crackdown
Arrests, Incommunicado Detention, and Imprisonments Mounting October 6, 2026 — Iranian authorities are intensifying their crackdown on artists, writers, poets, musicians, and other cultural figures, pulling peaceful voices into ...
46 States Condemn Iran’s Escalating Use of the Death Penalty at UN Human Rights Council
October 1, 2026 — In a significant joint intervention at the UN Human Rights Council, 46 States condemned Iranian authorities' continued and escalating use of the death ...
UN: Iranian Authorities Committed Crimes Against Humanity in January 2026 Suppression of Nationwide Protests
Murder, Torture, Other Inhumane Acts Committed as Part of a ‘Widespread and Systematic Attack Directed Against a Civilian Population’ September 24, 2026 — The September 2026 report of the ...
The Cost of Impunity: Four Years After Jina Mahsa Amini’s Death, Thousands More Are Victims of Iran’s Brutal Repression
September 16, 2026 — Four years after the death in police custody of 22-year-old Jina Mahsa Amini, which ignited Iran’s historic Woman, Life, Freedom uprising, those ...
Iran’s Sweeping New Bill Threatens to Isolate Its People From the World
Proposed bill would give intelligence agencies extraordinary powers to monitor citizens’ foreign contacts and impose prison terms of up to 30 years Iranian Artist: "We will be ...
Ten Civil Society Groups Inside Iran Vow to Continue the Struggle for Freedom Ahead of Fourth Anniversary of Mahsa Amini’s Killing
September 9, 2026 — As Iran approaches the fourth anniversary of the Woman, Life, Freedom uprising, a diverse group of labor and civil society groups has issued a joint statement reaffirming the movement’s demands for freedom, equality, economic security, and an end to repression and executions. The statement is ...
UN Fact-Finding Mission Urges Iran to Withdraw Bill Criminalizing Contact With Foreign Entities
September 3, 2026 – The UN Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Iran has called on Iranian authorities to immediately withdraw a sweeping “Countering Foreign Infiltration” bill ...
The Court of History Film Broadcast to Millions in Iran, Envisioning Justice and Accountability in a Future Iran
The Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) is proud to announce the international broadcast of The Court of History, a gripping ...
Iran’s New Weapon: Group Prosecutions of Protesters Send Dozens Toward the Gallows
Protesters are being tried collectively, in fast-tracked prosecutions that deny defendants individual trials and due process and end in death sentences and executions August 12, 2026 — ...
UN Experts Urge Iran to End Escalating Targeting of Ethnic Minorities
On August 6, 2026, UN experts called on Iranian authorities to immediately end the escalating use of arbitrary detention, enforced disappearance, torture and other ill-treatment, and executions against ethnic minorities, particularly Kurds ...
Iran Intensifies Nationwide Crackdown on Teachers and Union Activists
At least 60 Teachers Arrested, Prosecuted, or Imprisoned as Authorities Seek to Dismantle One of Iran's Most Influential Civic Groups July 28, 2026 — Since crushing the ...
UN Fact-Finding Mission Urgently Calls on Iran to Immediately Halt Executions
On July 23, 2026, the UN Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Iran urgently called on Iranian authorities to immediately halt all executions, including those in ...
Authorities Escalate Crackdown on Iranian Students Amid Post-War Repression
More Than a Hundred Students Arrested, Expelled, or Jailed in Expanding Assault on Dissent at Universities July 16, 2026 — Iranian authorities have launched a sweeping crackdown on university campuses, subjecting students to arbitrary arrests, ...
Civilians Must Be Protected At All Times During War
Deliberate attacks on civilians and civilian infrastructure are prohibited under international humanitarian law and would constitute war crimes The Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) strongly ...
Iran Intensifies Assault on Independent Lawyers Amid Expanding Post-War Crackdown
At Least 32 Lawyers Arrested, Prosecuted, or Imprisoned in Iran Since January 2026 Political Detainees, Death Row Prisoners at Grave Risk Without Independent Lawyers June 18, 2026 — As domestic repression intensifies across Iran, ...
As Executions Surge in Iran, Prisoners Risk Their Lives to Protest the State’s Killings
For more than two years, prisoners have staged weekly hunger strikes against one of the world's deadliest execution sprees—despite facing execution, torture, and retaliation June 8, 2026 — As Iranian authorities carry out executions at a pace unmatched in decades, death row prisoners and political detainees ...
A Collective Call from Inside Iran for Free and Equal Internet Access
Organizations and Advocates Inside Iran Reject State-Controlled Internet Access Harm to Children, Education, and Underprivileged Areas Especially Severe A broad coalition of civil society organizations in Iran has published a statement urgently calling for a free and open internet in the country, arguing that it is inseparable from the ...
Iran’s Baha’i Community Under Intensified State Attack Amid Escalating Domestic Repression
State Campaign of Arrests, Raids, Torture, and Enforced Disappearances in Cities Across Iran Judge: “You Must Pay the Price for Being Baha’i” May 19, 2026 — As Iranian ...
Iran’s Execution Machine: Political Hangings Surge as Dozens Face Imminent Death
At Least 22 Executed in Six Weeks as Secret Trials, Torture, and Forced Confessions Drive a Wave of Death Sentences Protesters, Women, and Juveniles Swept into a ...
UN Rights Chief Urges Halt to Executions, Warns of Escalating Repression Iran
On April 29, 2026, UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk condemned Iran’s escalating crackdown on dissent, ...
30 Legal Groups Call for Immediate Release of Detained Iranian Human Rights Lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh and Her Husband Reza Khandan
A coalition of 30 international legal organizations has issued a joint letter calling for the immediate and unconditional release of prominent Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh, warning that her detention is part of a sustained campaign to silence independent legal advocacy in Iran. Security agents affiliated with the ...
Attacks on Essential Infrastructure Will Have Catastrophic Consequences for Millions of Civilians Across the Region
April 6, 2026 — In the context of the ongoing threats and attacks against civilians and civilian infrastructure across the region, including power plants, water treatment ...
At least 1,500 Arrested in Iran as State Intensifies Domestic Crackdown
Grave Fears of Manufactured Charges, Sham Trials, Death Sentences Cover of War Used to Silence Dissent and Justify Violent Repression March 31, 2026 — One month since the ...
Opinion: Iran is already ramping up its next war. Guess who the ‘enemy’ is.
The Islamic Republic is determined to extinguish any internal challenge to its rule. This article was originally published in the Washington Post. By Karen ...