Raisi Government to Launch Religious “Vice-Prevention” Courses, Paramilitary “Community Patrols”
Two months after the inauguration of ultra-conservative President Ebrahim Raisi, Iran’s state-run Headquarters for the Promotion ...
Right to Protest
UN Expert: Death Penalty Used as a Political Tool in Iran
In a speech to the UN General Assembly for his fourth annual report, Javaid Rehman, the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human ...
Detained Lawyer of Iranian Instagram Star Tortured, Bit Off Tongue After Unidentified Injection
More Political Prisoners Could Die in Custody without Urgent International Action October 20, 2021 – A prominent defense attorney in ...
Human Rights Lawyers, Activist to Be Illegally Tried as Their Legal Team is Denied Case Files
Group was Arrested Ahead of Filing Lawsuit Against State Officials for Disastrous Pandemic Response Legal Teams ...
Iran’s New Government Moves to Silence Dissent by Muzzling Leading Activists
September 28, 2021 – The Iranian security establishment’s attempt to imprison four prominent human rights defenders, only ...
Teachers in Iran Continue Protests Under New Raisi Government
With Iran’s new academic year, beginning on September 23, 2021, just around the corner, teachers have ...
Lawyers, Activists Arrested as they Attempt to Sue State for Failed COVID Response
Six Arbitrarily Detained as State Tries to Block Attempt to Seek Justice August 17, 2021—The unlawful arrests of ...
Total Control Over Internet Use in Iran Sought by Security Agencies with New Legislation
Parliament Maneuvers to Pass Bill Without Full Vote to Avoid Public Scrutiny Move Comes on Heels of State’s ...
U.S., EU Must Speak Out Forcefully to Avoid Further Bloodshed in Iran
Security Forces Are Again Killing Peaceful Protesters; Repeat of 2019 Massacre Feared State-engineered Internet Shutdown Aimed at Hiding ...
Khuzestan: Fears Grow of Massive Carnage as Authorities Repeat Deadly Repression of 2019 Protests
New Amnesty Report Highlights Use of Live Ammunition, Killings in Drought-Ridden Province July 23, 2021—With security forces in ...
Khuzestan Protests: Iranians Should be Allowed to Air Grievances Without Threat of Death
At Least Three Shot Dead Less Than a Week into Demonstrations Against Water, Power Shortages July 19, 2021—The ...
Rights Groups: Iranian Dissidents Remain at Risk Worldwide Without International Action
July 19, 2021—In a joint statement released today, 10 human rights groups, including the Center for Human ...
Foiled Kidnapping of Dissident Part of Iran’s Ramped-Up Campaign to Crush Dissent
Iranian Activists Abroad at Risk if Europe, U.S. Don’t Address Iran’s Unlawful Activities July 14, 2021 – The ...
Iranian Judiciary Assumes Sweeping New Powers Over Lawyers
State Now Issues and Revokes Law Licenses, Crushing Independence of Legal Profession Due Process and Fair Trial Rights ...
Mohseni-Ejei’s Appointment as Iran’s Judiciary Chief Poses Grave Threat to Rights Activists
Judicial System To Be Used To Further Suppress Dissent July 6, 2021—The appointment of Gholam-Hossein Mohseni Ejei, ...
Iran’s Parliament Seeks Death Penalty for “Collaborating with Enemy States”
Draft Bill Criminalizes Filming of “Crime Scenes” to Prevent Spread of Images of State Violence On June 8, ...
Oil Industry Strikes Gain Support Across Iran, Raising Prospect of Confrontation with State
Incoming President Raisi’s Record of Violence against Protesters Increases Concerns June 29, 2021—The continuation of strikes in ...
Iran Election: Heightened Vigilance Needed as Major Rights Violator Takes Power
Ebrahim Raisi is Guilty of Gross Human Rights Violations June 19, 2021—As Ebrahim Raisi ascends to the presidency ...
Prominent Activist in Iran Fears Her “Life is in Danger” After Violent Confrontations
Narges Mohammadi Attacked and Threatened Twice in Past Week by State Agents Iran Should Stop Assaulting, Threatening Peaceful ...
Family of Executed Wrestler Seeks Supreme Court Review
Ghost of Navid Afkari Haunts Judiciary Chief’s Election Bid June 15, 2021 – One week before Iranian ...
Iran Election: Don’t Ignore Ebrahim Raisi’s Gross Rights Violations
Judiciary Chief’s Presidential Bid Reignites Calls for Accountability June 3, 2021 – Iranian presidential candidate Ebrahim Raisi ...
Iran Narrows in on Repressing Farmers’ Protests as Water Crisis Spreads
Protests by hard-hit farmers over Iran’s worsening water crisis are being repressed by state security forces as ...
Joint Letter: Biden’s Iran Policy Must Include Focus on Human Rights
The Center for Human Rights in Iran, along with eight other organizations, today sent a letter ...
Two Brothers of Executed Iranian Wrestler Fear Same Fate
May 5, 2021 – Eight months after an Iranian wrestler was unjustly executed in Shiraz, ...
Labor Day in Iran: Listen to the People’s Demands for Basic Rights
Unpaid Wages and Benefits, Unfair Wages Trigger Increasingly Organized Strikes Labor Activists Jailed Under Trumped-Up Charges April ...