Children Among Detainees at Risk of Severe Rights Violations November 29, 2021 - The Iranian security and military forces’ violent crackdown on large protests in the city of Isfahan that broke out over ...
Dear Friends and Supporters, The Iranian people have risked and lost their lives protesting the unjust policies of their government, given up years of freedom to sit behind bars for defending human rights, ...
Mother of Two Facing Flogging, Prison—Two Years After Completing 5.5-Year Sentence November 17, 2021 – The prominent rights advocate Narges Mohammadi was detained on the anniversary of the country’s violently repressed ...
International Community Must Finally Act with One Voice to Address these Crimes Evidence of the Islamic Republic’s Top Officials Directly Involved in the Atrocities November 15, 2021 -- The Iran Atrocities Tribunal (or “Aban ...
Two years after Iran’s massive November 2019 protests, the government has yet to respond to questions about its deadly use of force to suppress the demonstrations, which occurred in more than 200 cities, leaving hundreds dead and thousands injured ...
No Accountability for Hundreds Killed, Thousands Injured and Arrested International Community Must Demand Independent Investigation and Justice for Victims November 10, 2021 -- Two years after Iran’s security forces violently crushed mass protests ...
Two British citizens spent the night in frigid temperatures outside the Foreign Office in London on November 2, 2021, in a bid to gain freedom for their loved ones who are unjustly jailed in Iran ...
More Political Prisoners Could Die in Custody without Urgent International Action October 20, 2021 – A prominent defense attorney in Iran bit off part of his tongue after being forcibly given an injection ...
Group was Arrested Ahead of Filing Lawsuit Against State Officials for Disastrous Pandemic Response Legal Teams of Defendants Denied Access to Case Files, Homes Raided Detainees Were Pressured to Sign Pledges ...
Congressional letter was spearheaded by Center for Human Rights in Iran and Public Affairs Alliance of Iranian Americans Oct. 11, 2021 – A bipartisan congressional group today urged U.S. President Joe Biden ...
September 28, 2021 – The Iranian security establishment’s attempt to imprison four prominent human rights defenders, only a few months after the inauguration of the country’s new presidential administration, signals the beginning ...
Investigation Marked by Torture, Witness Tampering and Contradictions August 26, 2021—The refusal by Iran’s Supreme Court to allow a judicial review of the 25-year prison sentence for Vahid Afkari, the brother of ...