Right to Protest

Analysis: Khamenei’s “Pardon” Is a Public Relations Stunt That Cedes No Ground to the Protesters

Previous Pardons Have Not Been Followed by Actual Prisoner Releases Detained Protesters Assumed Guilty, Must “Apologize” First February 8, 2023 ...

New Briefing: Failure to Increase International Costs on Islamic Republic Will Green-Light Further Atrocities

Recommendations Lay Out Tangible Actions Governments Can Take to Address Violent Repression February 7, 2023 – More than four months ...

Policy Briefing: Recommendations for the International Community on Iran

Imposing Costs on the Islamic Republic for Its Human Rights Atrocities View a PDF version of ...

Civil Rights Defender Farhad Meysami at Risk of Death in Iranian Prison

Meysami Hunger-Striking to Demand End to Political Executions and Compulsory Hijab February 2, 2023 – The ...

Jailed Iranian Director Jafar Panahi Hunger Strikes Against “Hostage-Taking”

In an open letter, renowned Iranian director Jafar Panahi has announced the beginning of his hunger strike in Tehran's Evin Prison until he is freed from his illegal imprisonment. "I firmly declare that in ...

Children’s Rights Advocates, Mainly Women, Targeted in Crackdown on Anti-State Protests in Iran

Women Aiding Vulnerable Children Detained As State Broadens Efforts to Crush Movement for ...

Iran: Families of Detained and Killed Protesters Beaten, Threatened to Stay Silent

Attorneys Jailed to Prevent Them From Defending Protesters and Their Families January 25, 2023 – ...

Suspicious Deaths of Released Protesters in Iran Should be Investigated by UN

Credible Evidence Challenges Iranian Authorities’ Claims of “Suicides” Families Describe Visibly Tortured Bodies, Fabricated Evidence, Forced Quick Burials January ...

Governments Worldwide Should Recall Ambassadors from Iran

Executions of Protesters Continuing; Forceful Action Urgently Needed EU and At Least Eight European Countries Summon Iran’s Ambassadors January 12, 2023 – Governments around the world should recall their ambassadors from the Islamic ...

Iran Protests: At Least 44 Defense Attorneys Arrested Since September

Crackdown Aimed at Destroying Any Chance of Fair Trials for Protesters Detainees Forced to Use Court-Appointed Lawyers January 10, ...

Two More Men Executed in Iran in Connection with Protests, Others at Imminent Risk

World Leaders Should Withdraw Ambassadors, Demand Moratorium on Executions January 7, 2023 – The hanging ...

Third Anniversary of Shooting Down of Ukrainian Passenger Plane, Still No Justice

Canada, Sweden, Ukraine, and UK Call for Binding Arbitration No One Held Accountable for IRGC’s Killing ...

What Can I Do to Support the Protesters and Human Rights in Iran?

Since anti-state protests broke out across Iran in September 2022, following the killing in state custody of 22-year-old Jina Mahsa Amini, hundreds of peaceful protesters have been killed by state security forces ...

Iranian Athletes Killed, Tortured, Sentenced to Death for Supporting Protests (Updated)

Editor's Note: This article is regularly updated with new information. January 4, 2023 – The Islamic Republic’s persecution ...

Recommendations: Congress Can Play a Vital Role in Supporting the Protesters in Iran

December 21, 2022 – Since peaceful protests erupted across Iran in September 2022, the Islamic Republic has ...

Recommendations for the U.S. Congress on Iran

Read our Press Release Read the recommendations in a PDF Since peaceful ...

Iran: Death Sentences and Imprisonment Used to Crush Dissent in Film and Theatre Industries

26-Year-Old Actor Sentenced to Death, More Than 100 Industry Members Imprisoned December 20, 2022 – The ...

Iran’s Courts Using Death Penalty Charges to Crush Protests

At Least 11 Sentenced to Death and 24 Others Facing Charges that Could Carry Death ...

Islamic Republic of Iran Expelled from UN Commission on the Status of Women

Two Major UN Votes Signal World’s Revulsion at Islamic Republic’s Violence against Protesters December 14, 2022 – The vote today by the UN Economic and Social Council to remove the Islamic Republic of Iran ...

Iran Protests: Children Killed and Tortured to Crush Dissent

Children Beaten on Streets and in State Custody, Assaulted in Schools December 13, 2022 – Children ...

Lynching in Iran: Majidreza Rahnavard, 23, Publicly Hanged in State-Sponsored Murder

Young People will Continue to be Killed in Iran without International Action December 12, 2022 – The hanging in public of Majidreza Rahnavard, 23, in Mashhad today—the second execution of a young person ...

Executions in Iran: World Must Respond with Strong Action Against State Killings of Protesters

Café Worker Mohsen Shekari, 23, Denied Due Process in Kangaroo Court December 8, 2022 – The execution ...

Iran Protests: Detained University Students Subjected to Sexual Assault, Disappearances

At Least 574 Known Students Arrested in Less Than Three Months, Actual Number Much Higher December 6, 2022 – Iranian police and state security forces have arrested at least 574 university students, according to ...

Women’s Uprising in Iran

On November 17, 2022, Hadi Ghaemi, executive director of the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI), spoke at a panel discussion hosted by the Marie Colvin Center for International Reporting at Stonybrook University's School of ...