Joint Statement: Civil Society Groups Call on Iran to Overturn Disbandment of Prominent Charity
The Imam Ali Popular Students Relief Society (IAPSRS) ...
The U.N. and Iran
UN: Women and Girls in Iran Treated as Second Class Citizens, Reforms Urgently Needed
UN Press Release, GENEVA (8 March 2021) – Women and girls continue to be treated as second class citizens in Iran, a UN expert says in a report to the Human Rights Council, citing domestic ...
UN Deplores “Systematic” Use of Lethal State Force Against Border Couriers in Iran
Widespread Shutdown of Internet Described as Violation of International Law In response to the killing by state security forces of couriers and protesters in Iran’s Sistan and Baluchistan Province since unrest broke out ...
UN: Iran Committed Multiple Rights Violations in Downing of Ukrainian Jet and Aftermath
45-Page Letter by Top Experts Details Harassment of Victims’ Families and Violent Suppression of Protests In a 45-page official letter to the government of Iran by Agnès Callamard, UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or ...
Non-Persian Mother Languages Treated as “National Security Threat” in Iran
As the world marked International Mother Language Day in 2021, non-Persian native languages remained under attack in Iran, where non-Persian-speaking ethnic minorities are subject to state and institutional discrimination and the official ...
New UN Report Assails Iran for Persistent Discrimination against Women
Juvenile Executions, Persecution of Human Rights Defenders Also Condemned In the latest report issued by the UN’s top expert on Iran, UN special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran ...
UN Experts Condemn Iran’s Executions of Baloch Minority Prisoners
Following is the UN statement issued today condemning the Iranian judiciary's hanging of Javid Dehghan, a member of the country's Baloch minority, amid a recent increase in executions of Baloch minority prisoners ...
Major Humanitarian Organizations Call for Access to COVID-19 Vaccines for Iranians
US Government Must Provide Assurances that Sanctions Will Not Impede Purchases A coalition of major human rights and humanitarian organizations released a statement today, calling on the US government to ensure that ...
Comment by UN High Commissioner Michelle Bachelet on the Execution in Iran of Ruhollah Zam
Geneva, 14 December 2020 I am appalled at the execution in Iran on 12 December of Ruhollah Zam, activist and founder of the AmadNews Telegram channel. His death sentence and execution by hanging are emblematic of ...
Beautiful Holiday Gift: A Book of Illustrations and Essays on Human Rights
The book, published by the Center for Human Rights in Iran, highlights the days set aside by the international community for reflection and action on rights that are fundamental to the human condition—and the struggle for these rights in Iran. Days to Remember is not only a special holiday gift for those on your list who ...
Iran Must Not Execute Ahmadreza Djalali
Execution Reported to Be Imminent, Wife Has Received Farewell Call Swedish-Iranian Doctor Was Convicted on Spurious Charges After Unfair Trial November 25, 2020—The reported imminent execution of Ahmadreza Djalali, a Swedish-Iranian doctor ...
Top UN Experts: Iran Must Halt Execution of Ahmadreza Djalali
Execution of Swedish Doctor “would be a clear and serious violation” of law The UN issued a statement today calling for an immediate halt to the execution of Ahmadreza Djalali, which is reportedly imminent. The Swedish-Iranian medical scholar was convicted on spurious charges in 2017 after ...
UN: Iran Must Quash Nasrin Sotoudeh’s Convictions and Ensure Her Permanent Release
Top Experts Say Her COVID-19 Diagnosis “Shows the real risks for those in detention in Iran” Top UN experts* released a statement today, welcoming the temporary release of human rights attorney ...
UN: Iran Must Conduct Independent Inquiry into Violence against Protests in November 2019
“Nasrin Sotoudeh and all other individuals arbitrarily detained must be immediately released” The UN’s top expert on Iran, Javaid Rehman, the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic ...
UN Press Release: Citing COVID Risk, Bachelet Calls on Iran to Release Jailed Human Rights Defenders
Iran is “Using the criminal justice system as a tool to silence civil society” Farsi version Geneva (6 October 2020) – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on Tuesday expressed deep ...
Top UN Experts Demand Immediate Release of Nasrin Sotoudeh
UN Calls Her Return to Prison “Unfathomable” and “State Retaliation for Her Tireless Work Defending Human Rights” Sixteen of the UN’s top experts released a statement today demanding that Iran immediately release ...
Leading Academics and Policy Experts Call on Iran to Release Imprisoned Dual Nationals
The use of prisoners as bargaining chips in order to coerce other governments to provide concessions is a cruel policy” A group of prominent academics, policy experts, former government officials, parliamentarians and diplomats ...
UN “Strongly Condemns” Iran’s Execution of 27-Year-Old Wrestler
Execution of Navid Afkari: “Imposed following a process that did not meet even the most basic…fair trial standards, behind a smokescreen of a murder charge” UN human rights experts released a statement today ...
Top UN Iran Expert Expresses “Alarm” at Iran’s “Unprecedented Violent Crackdown” against Protestors
Imprisonment of Lawyers and Human Rights Defenders, Juvenile Executions, Singled Out for Condemnation In the latest report by the UN’s top expert on Iran, the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of ...
22 Rights Organizations Call for UN-Led Inquiry Into Repression of Iran’s November 2019 Protests
A session of the UN's Human Rights Council. Urgent Need for Accountabilty After “Brutal Campaign of Mass Repression by the Iranian Authorities” A coalition of international rights organizations, including the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI), has called on all ...
UN Press Release: Bachelet Alarmed by Threats against Prominent Iranian NGO
Farsi Version (PDF) GENEVA (30 July 2020) – The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, said today she was alarmed by the Iranian Government’s increased ...
UN Press Release: Experts Demand Urgent Release from Prison of Narges Mohammadi and other Arbitrarily Detained Prisoners
Farsi Version (PDF) GENEVA (22 July 2020) – Iran must release human rights defender Narges Mohammadi, reportedly ill with coronavirus symptoms, and other arbitrarily detained individuals before it is too late, a group of UN human ...
UN Press Release: Experts Demand Iran Quash Death Sentences Against Protesters
Farsi version Farsi version (PDF) GENEVA (16 July 2020) – UN human rights experts today strongly condemned the decision to uphold death sentences against three men for participating in protests ...
UN Condemns Iran’s Secret Execution of Kurdish Political Prisoner
“I will pay the price of freedom with my life so that my memory stays in the hearts of freedom seekers and my people.” UN ...
UN Must End “Sterile Exchanges” and Investigate Iran’s Lethal Violence against Protesters, Says Father of Slain Demonstrator
Letter Reveals New Details: 144 Bodies Secretly Held in Karaj Medical Examiner’s Office Alone June 29, 2020 — In an impassioned plea to top UN officials, the father of Pouya Bakhtiyari, ...