Editor's Note: This article is regularly updated with new information. January 4, 2023 – The Islamic Republic’s persecution of athletes for peacefully supporting anti-state ...
December 21, 2022 – Since peaceful protests erupted across Iran in September 2022, the Islamic Republic has tried to crush them by killing hundreds ...
Read our Press Release Read the recommendations in a PDF Since peaceful protests erupted across Iran in September 2022, ...
26-Year-Old Actor Sentenced to Death, More Than 100 Industry Members Imprisoned December 20, 2022 – The sentencing of theater actor Hossein Mohammadi ...
At Least 11 Sentenced to Death and 24 Others Facing Charges that Could Carry Death Penalty December 15, 2022 – At least ...
Two Major UN Votes Signal World’s Revulsion at Islamic Republic’s Violence against Protesters December 14, 2022 – The vote today by the UN Economic and Social Council to remove the Islamic Republic of Iran from the UN Commission on ...
Children Beaten on Streets and in State Custody, Assaulted in Schools December 13, 2022 – Children in Iran accused of supporting the ...
Young People will Continue to be Killed in Iran without International Action December 12, 2022 – The hanging in public of Majidreza Rahnavard, 23, in Mashhad today—the second execution of a young person in Iran without due process ...
Café Worker Mohsen Shekari, 23, Denied Due Process in Kangaroo Court December 8, 2022 – The execution today in Iran of Mohsen Shekari, ...
At Least 574 Known Students Arrested in Less Than Three Months, Actual Number Much Higher December 6, 2022 – Iranian police and state security forces have arrested at least 574 university students, according to research by the Center for ...
Our team at the Center for Human Rights in Iran is in daily contact with Iranians throughout the country. In this regularly updated post, we publish what we are hearing from Iranians from all walks of life. ...
On November 17, 2022, Hadi Ghaemi, executive director of the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI), spoke at a panel discussion hosted by the Marie Colvin Center for International Reporting at Stonybrook University's School of Communication and Journalism on the people's ...
Governments, UN Must Take Urgent Action to Protect Them November 30, 2022 – At least three juveniles are among 15 individuals in the Iranian city ...
At Least a Dozen Labor Leaders Arrested in Effort to Crush Strikes Islamic Republic Should Be Expelled from ILO Governing Board November 29, ...
Authorities Shut Down Internet to Prevent Evidence of State’s Atrocities from Reaching Outside World November 21, 2022 – With Iranian security forces ...
In a joint statement obtained by the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) and translated into English, 21 Iranian human rights lawyers have called on UN officials and agencies to take immediate steps to end ...
November 18, 2022 – In a strong show of support for their country’s growing protest movement, and as children continue to be among those killed by state security forces, merchants in major cities closed their shops this week, ...
Actresses Appear Without State-Mandated Headscarves as 100+ Film Industry Workers Face Unemployment, Prosecution Almost anywhere else, it wouldn’t have been a ...
Heeding calls by human rights organizations including the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI), 16 UN-appointed independent human rights experts have called on Iranian authorities to stop indicting people with charges punishable by death for participating in peaceful demonstrations ...
Government Ignores Top Sunni Cleric’s Calls for Accountability Massacres of protesters by state security forces in the Iranian province of Sistan and Baluchestan have not stemmed protests that began there in late September over the alleged rape of ...
In a joint statement obtained by the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) and translated into English below, 40 Iranian human ...
Charges Carrying Possible Death Sentence Already Being Issued November 2, 2022 – With mass public trials for protesters recently announced in Iran, ...
Unable to Crush Protests, State Resorts to Smearing Female Reporters with Sham Accusations November 1, 2022 – The Iranian government’s fabricated accusations ...
One Female Doctor Reportedly Killed, At Least Six Arrested October 31, 2022 – Reports of at least one doctor being killed by state security forces and at least six others being arbitrarily arrested at peaceful protests in Tehran and ...
UN Special Rapporteurs Echo Calls by Rights Groups for Action by Human Rights Council Tehran Medical Council President, Deputy Resign ...
