A new petition launched by the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) calls on European Union (EU) countries to support the women and girls of Iran, who are facing severe and violent repression, by summoning Iranian ambassadors in unison ...
Blatant Attempt to Silence Sotoudeh for Outspoken Support for Protesters February 14, 2023 – The human rights activist Reza Khandan, who is the husband of the prominent human rights lawyer Nasrin ...
Global Medical Community Must Speak Out Against Severe Violation of International Law February 10, 2023 — An increasing number of doctors and medical workers continue to be arrested, detained, tortured and killed by Islamic Republic forces for ...
Previous Pardons Have Not Been Followed by Actual Prisoner Releases Detained Protesters Assumed Guilty, Must “Apologize” First February 8, 2023 - ...
Recommendations Lay Out Tangible Actions Governments Can Take to Address Violent Repression February 7, 2023 – More than ...
Imposing Costs on the Islamic Republic for Its Human Rights Atrocities View a PDF ...
Meysami Hunger-Striking to Demand End to Political Executions and Compulsory Hijab February 2, 2023 – The ...
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 ...
Women Aiding Vulnerable Children Detained As State Broadens Efforts to Crush Movement for ...
Attorneys Jailed to Prevent Them From Defending Protesters and Their Families January 25, 2023 – ...
Credible Evidence Challenges Iranian Authorities’ Claims of “Suicides” Families Describe Visibly Tortured Bodies, Fabricated Evidence, Forced Quick Burials January ...
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 ...
Crackdown Aimed at Destroying Any Chance of Fair Trials for Protesters Detainees Forced to Use Court-Appointed Lawyers January 10, ...
World Leaders Should Withdraw Ambassadors, Demand Moratorium on Executions January 7, 2023 – The hanging ...
Canada, Sweden, Ukraine, and UK Call for Binding Arbitration No One Held Accountable for IRGC’s Killing ...
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 ...
Editor's Note: This article is regularly updated with new information. January 4, 2023 – The Islamic Republic’s persecution ...
December 21, 2022 – Since peaceful protests erupted across Iran in September 2022, the Islamic Republic has ...
Read our Press Release Read the recommendations in a PDF Since peaceful ...
26-Year-Old Actor Sentenced to Death, More Than 100 Industry Members Imprisoned December 20, 2022 – The ...
At Least 11 Sentenced to Death and 24 Others Facing Charges that Could Carry Death ...
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 ...
Children Beaten on Streets and in State Custody, Assaulted in Schools December 13, 2022 – Children ...
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 ...
Café Worker Mohsen Shekari, 23, Denied Due Process in Kangaroo Court December 8, 2022 – The execution ...