UN Calls on Iran to Stop Executing Juvenile Offenders
(9 May 2019) – UN human rights experts* called on Iran to immediately halt the practice of executing child offenders, citing serious concerns for up to 90 individuals who were all ...
Unfair Trials
New Chief Justice Appoints Proponent of Public Executions as Tehran Prosecutor General
Iran’s Chief Justice Ebrahim Raisi has appointed Ali Alghasi-Mehr as the new ...
Tweets Against Iran’s Compulsory Hijab Law Land Male Activist in Prison
Political activist Siavash Rezaeian has been told to report to a prison in central Iran for criticizing former Judiciary Chief Sadegh Larijani, criticizing Iran’s compulsory hijab law, and condemning the state’s suppression ...
Narges Mohammadi Rushed Back to Prison from Hospital Against Doctors’ Orders
Prominent human rights defender Narges Mohammadi was recently taken from Evin Prison to a hospital in Tehran where she was told she needed urgent treatment for several issues but was instead returned ...
UN Stresses Execution of Child Offenders in Iran “Absolutely Prohibited” by International Law
UN, GENEVA (3 May 2019) – The execution of two 17-year-old boys in Iran on charges of rape and robbery, after a trial that appears to have seriously breached fundamental due process guarantees, is deplorable, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet ...
Imprisoned Lawyer’s Husband Rejects Judiciary’s Accusation of “Exaggerating” Her Heavy Sentence
“The authorities…refuse to accept the fact that they have condemned a woman lawyer to suffer the inhuman act of flogging and a long prison sentence because of activities that were entirely peaceful.” ...
Memo to Zarif: Stop Taking Dual Nationals as Hostages
April 24, 2019 – Foreign Minister Javad Zarif’s statement today that he has the “authority” to exchange Iranian-Americans imprisoned in Iran with the US is a glaring admission that these prisoners are ...
Workers’ Rights Activists Arrested for Revealing Torture by Intelligence Ministry Held Unlawfully
Lawyers representing workers’ rights activists Esmail Bakhshi and Sepideh Qoliyan say the two are being held unlawfully now that their two-month detention orders have expired. “[Bakhshi’s] detention order ended on March 21 without ...
Sufi Woman Beaten by Inmate in Gharchak Prison
Sufi political prisoner Sima Entesari was beaten by an inmate who claims she was promised a case review if she carried out the attack, a source with detailed knowledge of the event ...
Detained Defense Attorney to Be Tried on Four Charges for Peaceful Activities
At Least Three Lawyers Currently Imprisoned in Iran Detained defense attorney Amirsalar Davoudi is facing four charges for running a Telegram app channel for lawyers in Iran and giving interviews to foreign news organizations, attorney Vahid Farahani ...
12 Conservationists Detained Without Counsel in Iran’s Kurdistan Province
Twelve of the 20 environmental conservationists arrested in Iran’s Kurdistan Province in January and February 2019 remain in detention centers run by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and the Ministry of Intelligence in the ...
Save Iranian-Swedish Citizen and Scientist Ahmadreza Djalali
Ahmadreza Djalali, a Swedish citizen of Iranian birth imprisoned in Iran under trumped-up charges, requires urgent medical care. Join Scholars At Risk and the Center for Human Rights in Iran in calling for his release by signing this letter of appeal. ...
University Student to be Flogged, Imprisoned for Insulting Supreme Leader
Supporters Barred from Court Room *Editor's note: Mojtaba Dadashi was taken to prison in the city of Sabzevar on April 13, 2019, to begin serving a three-year sentence, a source with ...
Three Labor Affairs Reporters Remain Detained Three Months After Arrests
Three staff members of Gam news, an independent Persian-language news channel on the Telegram messaging app, remain in detention three months after being arrested ...
Just Released From Prison, Golrokh Iraee Ebrahimi Faces More Time Behind Bars
Newly released from prison, civil rights activist Golrokh Iraee Ebrahimi may have to serve more time behind bars depending on the outcome of another ...
Interview: Jailed Navy Vet Repeatedly Taken to Court Without Lawyer or Translator
Michael White Sentenced to 10 Years Imprisonment US Navy veteran Michael White was repeatedly taken to court in Iran without an attorney or a translator before he was sentenced to ...
Iran: Free Imprisoned Gonabadi Dervishes
Dozens of Sufi Gonabadi dervishes, a persecuted religious minority in Iran, have been sentenced to lengthy prison terms since mass protests in February 2018 turned violent, resulting in the deaths of five members of Iran's armed forces and one Sufi protester. Many dervishes are in jail today without access to counsel or medical treatment, being ...
Female Activist in “Very Poor” Health after Nine Months and Counting of Solitary Confinement
Political activist Hengameh Shahidi is in poor health after a nine-month stint in solitary confinement, the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) has been informed. Arrested...
“It’s an Insult:” Human Rights Attorney Condemns Iran’s New Judiciary Chief Ebrahim Raisi
The appointment by Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei of a known human rights violator to head the country’s judiciary is a prelude to dark days ahead for human and civil rights defenders, Iranian ...
Political Prisoner’s Family Faces Homelessness in Iran Due to State Confiscation of Properties
Hassan Sadeghi and Fatemeh Mosanna Denied Medical Treatment The family of two political prisoners is facing homelessness now that they’ve received notice that their family home and only remaining property will be confiscated by ...
Peaceful Labor Rights Activist Sentenced to Prison in 10-Minute Trial
Labor activist As’ad Behnam Ebrahimzadeh has been sentenced to five years in prison without due process. Another Workers' Rights Activist Appeals Flogging Sentence Labor rights activist As’ad Behnam ...
Iran: Harsh Sentence for Rights Lawyer Threatens Activism
Lengthy Prison Terms Shows Effort to Deter Rights Advocacy (New York, March 20, 2019) – The prominent human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh’s draconian sentence for her peaceful activism shows the ...
Defying Unjust Court Process, Nasrin Sotoudeh Refuses to Appeal Prison Sentence
Husband Publishes Sotoudeh’s Verdict Notes, Addressing Discrepancies Refusing to legitimize the unjust judicial process in Iran, in which defendants held on politically motivated charges are sentenced to long prison terms without fair trials, imprisoned defense attorney ...
Three Men Accused of Killing Anti-Drug-Trafficking Agents Executed in Eastern Iran
Majid Shoja, Police Chief Three prisoners accused of killing law enforcement agents during drug raids were executed in the eastern Iranian province ...
Iran Appeals Court Upholds Lengthy Prison Sentences, Lashings Against 23 Dervishes
Sentences Range from Six to 26 Years Including Lashes March 15, 2019 – The mass conviction of 23 dervishes of the Sufi Gonabadi Order to prison terms of up to 26 years as well ...