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Unfair Trials

Joint Statement: 20 Rights Organizations Alarmed by Appointment of Notorious Judge as Head of Iran’s High Council for Human Rights

Joint Statement: 20 Rights Organizations Alarmed by Appointment of Notorious Judge as Head of Iran’s High Council for Human Rights

February 20, 2025

February 20, 2025 — In a joint statement released today, the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) alongside nineteen human rights organizations, condemned the appointment of ...

Death Sentence for Woman Labor Activist In Iran Re-Issued

Death Sentence for Woman Labor Activist In Iran Re-Issued

February 19, 2025

Sharifeh Mohammadi’s Second Death Sentence Imposed on Her Son’s 13th Birthday Three Women Political Prisoners Face Execution on Sham Charges February 19, 2025 — Iranian authorities have once again sentenced female labor activist...

FP: Trump’s Grand Bargain With Iran Shouldn’t Abandon Its People

FP: Trump’s Grand Bargain With Iran Shouldn’t Abandon Its People

February 12, 2025

Trump has significant leverage to negotiate a new nuclear deal with Tehran that also protects protesters. This article was originally published on Foreign Policy. February 11, 2025 By ...

Sixteen Lawyers Slammed with Bogus Charges in Iran for Criticizing Government

Sixteen Lawyers Slammed with Bogus Charges in Iran for Criticizing Government

February 11, 2025

Lawyers Who Defended Woman Life Freedom Protesters Targeted for Prosecution Notorious Prosecutor Involved in Death of Iranian-Canadian Journalist Zahra Kazemi Receives License to Practice Law February 11, 2025 —Iran is intensifying its assault on ...

Two More Political Prisoners Join Dozens at Risk of Political Executions in Iran

Two More Political Prisoners Join Dozens at Risk of Political Executions in Iran

February 4, 2025

Iran Using the Gallows to Terrorize Population into Silence Severe Violations of Due Process and Fair Trial Rights Even in Death Penalty Cases February 4, 2025 – Two political prisoners, Manouchehr Fallah and ...

Iran’s Campaign of Terror Against Minorities Surges Across Country

Iran’s Campaign of Terror Against Minorities Surges Across Country

January 29, 2025

State Commits Mass Violent Crimes as It Moves to Suppress Dissent Huge Surge in Mass Arrests, Violence, and Enforced Disappearances of Kurd, Baluch, Arab, and Azeri Turk Citizens  January 29, 2025 —The Iranian government ...

Iran’s Judiciary Shields Perpetrators of ‘Bloody Friday’ State Massacre

Iran’s Judiciary Shields Perpetrators of ‘Bloody Friday’ State Massacre

January 23, 2025

Senior Officials Protected, Low-Ranking Officers Receive Reduced Sentences  Lawyers for Victims Arrested, Evidence Suppressed, Families Pressured to Take “Blood Money” and Stay Silent  January 23, 2025 – In a stark mockery of justice, ...

A Year of Resistance Inside Iran’s Prisons Against Executions

A Year of Resistance Inside Iran’s Prisons Against Executions

January 21, 2025

Prisoners in Over 30 Prisons Stage Weekly Hunger Strikes Demanding End to Executions January 21, 2025 — One year ago, a small group of prisoners on death row in Iran initiated a brave ...

UN: Iran Must Immediately Revoke Death Sentence Against Kurdish Woman Activist

UN: Iran Must Immediately Revoke Death Sentence Against Kurdish Woman Activist

January 17, 2025

Pakhshan Azizi’s Death Sentence is a “serious violation of international human rights law” January 17, 2025 —Top UN human rights experts have expressed “grave concern” over the Iranian Supreme Court's ...

International Community Must Demand Immediate Release of Swedish Academic Facing Execution in Iran

International Community Must Demand Immediate Release of Swedish Academic Facing Execution in Iran

January 15, 2025

New Audi File Released From Prison: “Swedish Authorities Have Abandoned Me” Sweden Should Rally Global Action to Free Ahmadreza Djalali, Imprisoned Since 2016 Governments Must Work Together to End Iran’s Hostage Taking, ...

Iran Intensifies Crackdown on Human Rights Lawyers Amid Growing Repression

Iran Intensifies Crackdown on Human Rights Lawyers Amid Growing Repression

January 13, 2025

Security Groups Control Cases of Victims Seeking Justice; Lawyers Then Prosecuted for Filing Cases January 13, 2025 — The Islamic Republic of Iran is waging a campaign of intimidation and prosecution against ...

Imminent Risk of Execution of Kurdish Woman Activist After Grossly Unfair Trial

Imminent Risk of Execution of Kurdish Woman Activist After Grossly Unfair Trial

January 9, 2025

If Carried Out, Pakhshan Azizi Will Be First Woman Political Prisoner Hanged in Iran in 14 Years Death Sentence Upheld Despite Torture, Evidence of Innocence of Charges January 9, 2025 — The first ...

Killed Because You Are a Woman—Violence Against Women in Iran Reaches New Heights

Killed Because You Are a Woman—Violence Against Women in Iran Reaches New Heights

January 6, 2025

Killed by husbands or fathers for fleeing an abusive forced marriage, seeking a divorce, or allegedly “dishonoring” the family, women are being killed in Iran by male family members in alarming numbers. The Iranian government is complicit in this violence, as it refuses to take legal or practical measures to address a crisis affecting women ...

Women Being Sent to the Gallows in Alarming Numbers in Iran

Women Being Sent to the Gallows in Alarming Numbers in Iran

December 18, 2024

Many Were Child Brides Hanged for Murder of Abusive Husbands From Whom There Was No Protection  Growing Political Executions in Iran Now Also Include Women December 18, 2024 — Amidst a huge ...

Iran Wages War Against Women with Draconian New Hijab Law

Iran Wages War Against Women with Draconian New Hijab Law

December 13, 2024

This CHRI briefing examines Iran’s new “Law to Support the Family by Promoting the Culture of Chastity and Hijab,” which mandates the wearing of the hijab by women in all spheres of life. The law’s draconian punishments for noncompliance, including heavy fines, lashing, imprisonment, and, for certain hijab-related offenses, even the death penalty, are detailed. The ...

Narges Mohammadi’s Temporary Medical Release is Grossly Insufficient 

Narges Mohammadi’s Temporary Medical Release is Grossly Insufficient 

December 5, 2024

International Community Must Campaign Vigorously to Prevent Her Return to Prison Permanent and Unconditional Release of Nobel Peace Laureate Is Critical December 5, 2024 – ...

Photos from Iran ‘Bloody November’ in 2019: The State Massacre Hidden by an Internet Blackout

Photos from Iran ‘Bloody November’ in 2019: The State Massacre Hidden by an Internet Blackout

November 29, 2024

“November 2019 was one of the Islamic Republic’s most intense crackdowns…They managed to cover their tracks well." November 29, 2024 – To commemorate the fifth ...

UN Calls for Accountability for Iran’s Crimes against Humanity During Woman, Life, Freedom Crackdown

UN Calls for Accountability for Iran’s Crimes against Humanity During Woman, Life, Freedom Crackdown

November 27, 2024

Survivors Express Frustration at Lack of Action by International Community November 27, 2024 – In a statement released today, the International Fact-Finding Mission on the Islamic Republic ...

Atrocities Suffered by Iran’s Minority Children Are Largely Ignored by World

Atrocities Suffered by Iran’s Minority Children Are Largely Ignored by World

November 20, 2024

World Children's Day is Meaningless Without Fighting to Protect the Most Vulnerable  November 20, 2024 — The children of Iran’s ethnic and religious minority communities suffer an appalling range of rights abuses ...

Joint Letter: 44 Human Rights Groups Call on UN to Secure Immediate Medical Release for Narges Mohammadi

Joint Letter: 44 Human Rights Groups Call on UN to Secure Immediate Medical Release for Narges Mohammadi

November 18, 2024

Nobel Peace Laureate Urgently Needs Essential Medical Care for Serious Health Problems November 18, 2024 – In a joint letter released today, the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) and 43 human ...

Six More Young Protesters Sentenced to Death in Iran After Grossly Unfair Trial

Six More Young Protesters Sentenced to Death in Iran After Grossly Unfair Trial

November 14, 2024

Judges Violate Iran’s Own Laws Under Pressure from the Security Establishment Ruling Meant to Intimidate Public on Eve of Anniversary of Bloody November 2019 Protests  November ...

Five Years Later, Still No Justice for Iran’s Massacre of November 2019 Protesters

Five Years Later, Still No Justice for Iran’s Massacre of November 2019 Protesters

November 13, 2024

Families Seeking Accountability for Killed Loved Ones Face Imprisonment Credible Estimates Say State Security Forces Killed More than 1000 Protesters November 13, 2024 – As the fifth anniversary of the Islamic Republic’s bloody ...

Death Sentence Against Woman Kurdish Activist Continues Iran’s Campaign of Terror to Silence Dissent

Death Sentence Against Woman Kurdish Activist Continues Iran’s Campaign of Terror to Silence Dissent

November 12, 2024

Varisheh Moradi Tortured, Sentenced to Death Without Due Process or Fair Trial Women, Protesters, Children—No One Spared, Minorities Targeted November 12, 2024 – The death sentence just handed down for Kurdish activist Varisheh Moradi, ...

Arrests, Imprisonments of Baha’i Soar as Iran’s War on Religious Minority Intensifies

Arrests, Imprisonments of Baha’i Soar as Iran’s War on Religious Minority Intensifies

November 5, 2024

Baha’i Women Singled Out for Harsh and Aggressive Persecution Over 1,200 Facing Court Proceedings or Sentenced to Prison for Practicing Faith November 5, 2024 – The Islamic Republic has intensified its crackdown on the ...

Student Who Undressed to Protest Iran’s Repressive Dress Code Joins Other Dissidents Forced Into Psychiatric Centers

Student Who Undressed to Protest Iran’s Repressive Dress Code Joins Other Dissidents Forced Into Psychiatric Centers

November 4, 2024

World Must Demand Her Immediate Release and Due Process Rights Iran’s Use of Psychiatric Centers to Punish Dissidents Is Severe Violation of Law November 4, 2024 – The Center for Human Rights in Iran ...

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