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January 10, 2023

Iran Protests: At Least 44 Defense Attorneys Arrested Since September

Crackdown Aimed at Destroying Any Chance of Fair Trials for Protesters Detainees Forced to Use Court-Appointed Lawyers January 10, 2023 – While the Islamic Republic ...

January 7, 2023

Two More Men Executed in Iran in Connection with Protests, Others at Imminent Risk

World Leaders Should Withdraw Ambassadors, Demand Moratorium on Executions January 7, 2023 – The hanging in Iran today of two men who ...

January 6, 2023

Third Anniversary of Shooting Down of Ukrainian Passenger Plane, Still No Justice

Canada, Sweden, Ukraine, and UK Call for Binding Arbitration No One Held Accountable for IRGC’s Killing of 176 Passengers January 6, 2023—Three years ...

January 5, 2023

What Can I Do to Support the Protesters and Human Rights in Iran?

Since anti-state protests broke out across Iran in September 2022, following the killing in state custody of 22-year-old Jina Mahsa Amini, hundreds of peaceful protesters have been killed by state security forces and thousands arrested. Two young ...

January 4, 2023

Iranian Athletes Killed, Tortured, Sentenced to Death for Supporting Protests (Updated)

Editor's Note: This article is regularly updated with new information. January 4, 2023 – The Islamic Republic’s persecution of athletes for peacefully supporting ...

December 21, 2022

Recommendations: Congress Can Play a Vital Role in Supporting the Protesters in Iran

December 21, 2022 – Since peaceful protests erupted across Iran in September 2022, the Islamic Republic has tried to crush them by ...

December 21, 2022

Recommendations for the U.S. Congress on Iran

Read our Press Release Read the recommendations in a PDF Since peaceful protests erupted across Iran in ...

December 20, 2022

Iran: Death Sentences and Imprisonment Used to Crush Dissent in Film and Theatre Industries

26-Year-Old Actor Sentenced to Death, More Than 100 Industry Members Imprisoned December 20, 2022 – The sentencing of theater actor Hossein ...

December 15, 2022

Iran’s Courts Using Death Penalty Charges to Crush Protests

At Least 11 Sentenced to Death and 24 Others Facing Charges that Could Carry Death Penalty December 15, 2022 – At ...

December 14, 2022

Islamic Republic of Iran Expelled from UN Commission on the Status of Women

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 ...

December 13, 2022

Iran Protests: Children Killed and Tortured to Crush Dissent

Children Beaten on Streets and in State Custody, Assaulted in Schools December 13, 2022 – Children in Iran accused of supporting ...

December 12, 2022

Lynching in Iran: Majidreza Rahnavard, 23, Publicly Hanged in State-Sponsored Murder

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 ...

December 8, 2022

Executions in Iran: World Must Respond with Strong Action Against State Killings of Protesters

Café Worker Mohsen Shekari, 23, Denied Due Process in Kangaroo Court December 8, 2022 – The execution today in Iran of Mohsen ...

December 6, 2022

Iran Protests: Detained University Students Subjected to Sexual Assault, Disappearances

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 ...

December 5, 2022

Women’s Uprising in Iran

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 ...

November 30, 2022

Iran Protests: Juveniles Could Face Death Penalty in Kangaroo “Revolutionary” Court

Governments, UN Must Take Urgent Action to Protect Them November 30, 2022 – At least three juveniles are among 15 individuals in the Iranian ...

November 29, 2022

Iran: Key Labor Sectors Launch Major Strikes Amid Anti-State Protests

At Least a Dozen Labor Leaders Arrested in Effort to Crush Strikes Islamic Republic Should Be Expelled from ILO Governing Board November ...

November 21, 2022

Iran Protests: Massacre in Kurdish Areas Feared as Security Forces Launch Lethal Crackdown

Authorities Shut Down Internet to Prevent Evidence of State’s Atrocities from Reaching Outside World November 21, 2022 – With Iranian security ...

November 21, 2022

Joint Statement: 21 Iranian Human Rights Lawyers Urge UN to Stop Child Killings in Iran

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

Three More Children Killed as Iranian Merchants Close Shops in Solidarity with Uprising

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, ...

November 16, 2022

Beleaguered Yet Defiant, Iranian Artists Persecuted for Supporting Anti-State Protests

Actresses Appear Without State-Mandated Headscarves as 100+ Film Industry Workers Face Unemployment, Prosecution Almost anywhere else, it wouldn’t have been ...

November 14, 2022

UN Experts Urge Iran to Stop Sentencing Peaceful Protesters to Death

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 ...

November 8, 2022

State Massacres Fail to Crush Protests in Sistan and Baluchestan Province

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 ...

November 2, 2022