Reports of Bystanders Killed by Security Forces Firing Indiscriminately at Protestors Grow

Young Man Killed by Bullet While Stuck in Traffic During Protest in Isfahan Reports of bystanders who were killed ...

Family of Slain Bystander Warned: “We Will Dig Up the Body and Take It Away If You Speak to the Media”

Iran’s security officials have warned the family of Erfan Faeghi, a 21-year-old who died from a bullet wound to ...

People with Disabilities Deserve Equal Rights and Equal Participation in Society

December 3 Marks International Day of Persons with Disabilities The International Day of Persons with Disabilities, begun by the UN in ...

Public Outrage Grows As Reports of Bloody Crackdown Emerge: “Every Corner of Iran is Mourning the Atrocities”

Public Outrage Grows As Reports of Bloody Crackdown Emerge: “Every Corner of Iran is Mourning the Atrocities” As ...

Housewife Killed by Bullet to Neck While Helping Wounded Protestor, Family Forced To Pay to Take Body

Family Surrounded by Agents at Funeral, Warned to Keep Mourning Crowd Small An unarmed civilian and mother of ...

Shot to Heart Kills Protester in Security Forces’ Lethal Attacks Against Unarmed Civilians

Body Only Released to Family After They Pledge to “Bury Him Calmly” Hamid Rasouli, who died in the ...

Slain Protester’s Father Will File Suit to Find Killer, Calls for Accountability for State Violence

27-Year-Old Died from Bullet to Head Amidst Violent State Assault on Protestors Manouchehr Bakhtiari, the father of a ...

“We Know Where You Live,” Iran Goes After Foreign-based Reporters

Campaign of Intimidation Against Families of Journalists Intensifies in Wake of Protests Intelligence Agents Tell Families Reporters Will ...

University Helped Build Sham Court Case against Young Student Activist, Source Reveals

Parisa Rafiei Loses Her Last Legal Challenge to Seven-Year Sentence for Peaceful Protest Parisa Rafiei, the young ...

Iranian Government Dictated to Local Media How to Cover Protests, New Documents Reveal

Journalists Will Be Charged with “Crimes” if Coverage Diverges from Official Line Officials Expected Protests, Dictated Instructions to ...

Initial Reports Show Thousands Arrested in Iran’s Crackdown on November Protests

*This article was updated with additional details on November 25. Early Tally Indicates at Least 4,000 Arrests as Concerns Mount for Detainees Smeared by State Media as “Rioters” In the wake of ...

UN Raises Alarm at Arrests and Reported Killings, Internet Shutdown

Javaid Rehman, the special rapporteur on the human ...

EU Calls on Iran’s Security Forces to Exercise “Maximum Restraint” in Handling Protests

Violence “Unacceptable,” Free Flow of Information Must Be Ensured The European Union’s External Action Committee, which manages the EU's diplomatic relations with other countries and conducts EU foreign and security ...

Lethal and Excessive Force Against Protestors in Iran Must Cease, News Blackout Must End

November 19, 2019—The authorities’ use of excessive force against protestors in Iran, which has included the use of live ammunition and has resulted in dozens of deaths, is a blatant and unjustifiable violation of international law and must cease, the ...