Iranians Call For Freedom of Shiraz Councilman Who Tried to Secure Release of Detained Baha’is

Iranians have taken to social media to call for the freedom of Mehdi Hajati, a member of the Shiraz City Council ...

October 1, 2018

New UN Special Rapporteur Javaid Rehman Requests Entry to Iran

UN SRs on Human Rights Banned From Visiting Since 2005 The new special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the ...

October 1, 2018

Civil Rights Activist Farhad Meysami Barricades Himself in Evin Prison Clinic

Meysami Intensifies Hunger Strike and Calls For Release of Reza Khandan Imprisoned civil rights activist Farhad Meysami has resisted medical treatment ...

October 1, 2018

Iran Should Immediately Free Political Prisoner Arash Sadeghi on Medical Grounds

Denial of Medical Care to Political Prisoners Routine in Iran October 1, 2018 – Iranian authorities should immediately free political prisoner Arash Sadeghi so he can ...

September 28, 2018

Rouhani Falsely Claims Iran’s Imprisoned Dual Nationals Have Been Treated Fairly

Two months after a judge in Iran told imprisoned Iranian British dual national Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe that ...

September 28, 2018

Families of Kurdish Prisoners Held Incommunicado Fear Imminent Execution

Two Kurdish men, Houshmand Alipour and Mohammad Ostad-Ghader, have been held incommunicado inside Iran’s Intelligence Ministry detention center in Sanandaj, Kurdistan Province, since they ...

September 28, 2018

17 Baha’is Arrested in One Month in Iran

Seventeen members of the Baha’i faith were arrested by agents of the Intelligence Ministry throughout Iran between August 23 and September 23, ...

September 28, 2018

Political Prisoner Farhad Meysami Refusing Food and Medication in Desperate Protest

Political Prisoner Farhad Meysami has intensified his hunger strike against his unjust imprisonment by refusing ...

September 27, 2018

For the First Time in Three Years, Political Prisoner Narges Mohammadi Has Gone On Furlough

For the first time in more than three years, imprisoned human rights activist Narges Mohammadi was ...

September 27, 2018

Fourth Women’s Rights Activist Arrested in Iran in Less Than a Month

Women’s rights advocate Maryam Azad was arrested by security agents at Tehran’s Imam Khomeini International Airport on September 25, 2018, after boarding a ...

September 25, 2018

Hunger-Striking Activist Farhad Meysami Refuses To Be Hospitalized in Shackles

Despite his worsening condition, hunger-striking detainee Farhad Meysami refused to be transferred to a hospital ...

September 25, 2018

Nasrin Sotoudeh Sends Heart-Breaking Apology to Son For Missing First Day of School

Detained human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh has written a letter to her 12-year-old son, Nima, ...

September 25, 2018

Families of Iran’s Detained Environmentalists Urge Supreme Leader to Release Their Loved Ones

The families of environmentalists who have been detained for nearly eight months in Iran on unsubstantiated accusations of espionage ...

September 25, 2018

Iran Should Fulfill Its UN Commitments and Recognize Sign Language

September 25, 2018—On the occasion of the International Day of Sign Languages and International Week of the Deaf, the Center for Human Rights ...

September 24, 2018

Activists Call on UNGA Attendees to Hold Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani Accountable

With President Hassan Rouhani in New York attending the 73rd session of the UN General Assembly, the Center for Human Rights in Iran has urged UNGA attendees to directly address the worsening human rights situation in Iran. Diplomats should raise the issue of the arrests of ...

September 24, 2018

Iranian Nobel Laureate Warns Against “State Violence” After Ahvaz Terrorist Attack

Iranian Nobel Peace Laureate Shirin Ebadi has warned against state retaliation against innocent people “in the name of fighting terrorism” following ...

September 24, 2018

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s Health Condition Has “Gotten Worse” in Iran’s Evin Prison

The health of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has severely declined since she was forcibly returned to Evin Prison in Iran after ...

September 19, 2018

Rouhani Should Be Called to Account for Human Rights Abuses in Iran at UN Gathering

Mobile Billboard with Photos of Iran’s Political Prisoners to Circle UN Headquarters During Meetings September 19, 2018—As President Hassan Rouhani comes to NY to attend ...

September 19, 2018