“Our Homes are No Refuge” Baha’i Minority in Iran Facing Intensified State Assault
UN and International Community Must Spotlight Cases, Demand End to Escalating Oppression 180 Reports of Baha’is Targeted by State Security ...
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August 15, 2023
Special Report: Sunni Clerics in the Crosshairs of Islamic Republic Repression
Religious Leaders of Minority Communities Are Arrested, Imprisoned, Defrocked for Supporting Protesters August 15, 2023 – Religious leaders of the Sunni Muslim communities in Iran’s ...
August 2, 2023
Political Executions Surge in Iran as Government Seeks to Silence All Dissent
Young Men Are Hanged without Due Process or Fair Trials August 2, 2023 – Politically motivated executions are increasing dramatically in Iran, with at least 17 mostly young men hung in blatantly unlawful prosecutions over the last 10 months. The Islamic ...
July 24, 2023
Jailed Rapper Tortured, Forced into Psychiatric Center After Demanding Justice
Saman Yasin: Latest Victim of Iran’s Use of Forced Psychiatric Care to Punish Political Prisoners July 24, 2023 – The forced psychiatric hospitalization ...
July 18, 2023
Iranian Women Face Increased Violence as State Resumes Forced-Veiling Patrols
Fact-Finding Mission on Iran Must Vigilantly Monitor, Document Associated Abuses UN Should Call on Islamic Republic to Repeal Compulsory Hijab Law July 18, 2023 ...
July 5, 2023
Fact-Finding Mission Calls on Iran to Stop Executing Protesters, Release Political Prisoners
The independent, international Fact-Finding Mission (FFM) on the Islamic Republic of Iran today provided its first ...
June 28, 2023
Iran: State’s “Investigation” of Bar Association Aims to Crush Dissent
Iranian Officials Commit Rights Violations with Impunity While Parliament Votes to Further Persecute Human Rights Defenders June 28, 2023 – Bolstering a state ...
June 21, 2023
Family Jailed in Iran for Seven Months on National Security Charges Could Face Death Penalty
Denied Access to Counsel and Held in Prolonged Solitary, Health Deteriorating A family of three and a friend of the family jailed in ...
June 19, 2023
Students Across Iran Say “No” to Forced Hijab
At least a dozen student groups from universities across Iran have issued strong statements of support for fellow students who are facing severe persecution at the Art University of Tehran for peacefully protesting forced-hijab rules and punishments on campus ...
June 15, 2023
Iran: Proposed Bill Pushes Denial of Basic Rights to Unveiled Women
Defiance Against Mandatory Hijab Grows as Iranian Government Seeks Stricter Measures Unveiled Women Assaulted, Blocked from Accessing Essential Services June 15, 2023 – In the wake of the "Woman Life Freedom" movement that ignited nine months ago, a new ...
June 12, 2023
Young Man Shot Dead as Iranian Authorities Try to Silence Justice-Seeking Families
Police Kill Cousin at Gravesite of Nine-Year-Old Kian Pirfalak Thirty Relatives of Slain Street Protesters, Mostly Mothers, Detained June 12, ...
June 1, 2023
Students Arrested and Banished, Professors Fired in Latest State Crackdown in Iran
University Officials Are Committing Major Rights Violations, Say Students At Least 720 Students Arrested Since Protests Began in September 2022 June 1, 2023 – ...
May 30, 2023
Leading Iranian Lawyers Urge UN to Address Illegal Use of Death Penalty
In light of the escalating number of illegal executions in Iran, a group of leading Iranian human rights lawyers have penned ...
May 26, 2023
Joint Letter: Biden Urged to Help Retract Appointment of Iranian Ambassador to Chair Social Forum
In a joint letter sent to U.S. President Joseph Biden and Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield today, the Center for Human Rights in Iran ...
May 24, 2023
World Leaders Urged to Radically Increase Pressure on Iran to Cease Executions
Islamic Republic Is Severely Violating International Laws Governing Death Penalty Protesters Hanged After Sham Trials, Minorities Targeted for Capital ...
May 20, 2023
UN Human Rights Council Fact-Finding Mission on Iran Condemns Surging Executions
UN Photo Press briefing by Mr. Javaid Rehman, the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic ...
May 17, 2023
More Executions of Protesters in Iran Imminent after Sham Trials
Prosecution of Three Young Men Relied on Torture, Forced “Confessions” Defendant: "They kept beating me to make me tell their version of their crime on camera" *Editor's Note: Saeed Yaghoubi, Saleh Mirhashemi, and Majid Kazemi were hanged on May ...
May 11, 2023
UNHRC: Retract Appointment of Iranian Ambassador to Chair Social Forum
Iran Chairing Human Rights Body While HRC Is Investigating Its Crimes Against Humanity Is Moral Outrage May 11, 2023—The appointment of Ali Bahreini, the ...
May 10, 2023
UN Human Rights Chief: Executions in Iran Must Stop
Ten People Being Put to Death Each Week, 209 Hangings Since January 1 UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk called on the ...
May 8, 2023
Three Hangings in Three Days: The Islamic Republic Continues Its Killing Spree
Executions to Silence Dissent After Grossly Unfair Trials Increase in Iran Dissidents and Minorities Targeted, 42 People Executed in Last Ten Days May 8, ...
May 4, 2023
Activists Detained, Workers Threatened as Oil Industry Workers Strike in Iran
ILO Must Speak Out Forcefully Against Islamic Republic’s Abuses Against Labor May 4, 2023 – Strikers in Iran’s ...
May 4, 2023
Dozens of Labor Activists Detained, Thousands of Workers Threatened as Strikes Roil Iran
ILO Must Speak Out Forcefully Against Islamic Republic’s Abuses Against Labor Strikers in Iran’s oil, gas and petrochemicals ...
April 24, 2023
Iran: School Girls Continue to Face Chemical Attacks, Officials Refuse to Provide Security
Authorities Threaten Students, Families and Teachers While Refusing to Provide Transparent Investigations School Girls and Staff Describe Being Forced to Stay in Affected Buildings While Authorities Dismiss Concerns April 24, 2023 – Five months after the first report of a ...
April 6, 2023
Imprisoned Dissident Rapper Toomaj Salehi, Voice of Iran’s Protests, Faces Possible Execution
Sources Close to Toomaj Urge International Community to Demand His Release Before Trial Begins Imprisoned Unjustly Since October 2022, in Urgent Need of Medical Care April 6, 2023 – The international community, including music and arts institutions as well ...
March 23, 2023
Journalists Denied Release from Prison Amid Supreme Leader’s “Pardon” PR Ploy
More than a month has passed since the Iranian government issued a “pardon” for an unverified number of prisoners and detainees following the arrests of tens of thousands of people across the country amid anti-state protests ...