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World Leaders Urged to Radically Increase Pressure on Iran to Cease Executions

World Leaders Urged to Radically Increase Pressure on Iran to Cease Executions

May 24, 2023

Islamic Republic Is Severely Violating International Laws Governing Death Penalty  Protesters Hanged After Sham Trials, Minorities Targeted for Capital Punishment May 24, 2023 — In a letter delivered to 75 ...

More Executions of Protesters in Iran Imminent after Sham Trials

More Executions of Protesters in Iran Imminent after Sham Trials

May 17, 2023

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 ...

UNHRC: Retract Appointment of Iranian Ambassador to Chair Social Forum

UNHRC: Retract Appointment of Iranian Ambassador to Chair Social Forum

May 11, 2023

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 Islamic Republic’s Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the UN, to ...

Three Hangings in Three Days: The Islamic Republic Continues Its Killing Spree

Three Hangings in Three Days: The Islamic Republic Continues Its Killing Spree

May 8, 2023

Executions to Silence Dissent After Grossly Unfair Trials Increase in Iran Dissidents and Minorities Targeted, 42 People Executed in Last Ten Days May 8, 2023—The execution of three men over the last three days ...

Activists Detained, Workers Threatened as Oil Industry Workers Strike in Iran

Activists Detained, Workers Threatened as Oil Industry Workers Strike in Iran

May 4, 2023

ILO Must Speak Out Forcefully Against Islamic Republic’s Abuses Against Labor May 4, 2023 – Strikers in Iran’s oil, gas and petrochemicals industries are being threatened with firing ...

Iran: School Girls Continue to Face Chemical Attacks, Officials Refuse to Provide Security

Iran: School Girls Continue to Face Chemical Attacks, Officials Refuse to Provide Security

April 24, 2023

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 ...

Imprisoned Dissident Rapper Toomaj Salehi, Voice of Iran’s Protests, Faces Possible Execution

Imprisoned Dissident Rapper Toomaj Salehi, Voice of Iran’s Protests, Faces Possible Execution

April 6, 2023

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 ...

Another Abducted Dissident Sentenced to Death in Iran

Another Abducted Dissident Sentenced to Death in Iran

March 13, 2023

Supreme Court Upholds Death Sentence Against Habib Farajollah Chaab After Show Trial Three Foreign Dissidents Have Been Abducted and Sentenced to Death in Iran Since 2019 March 13, 2022 – An Iranian-born Swedish citizen ...

CHRI Board Member Mehrangiz Kar Receives Women’s Award for Justice and Advocacy from NYC Bar Association

CHRI Board Member Mehrangiz Kar Receives Women’s Award for Justice and Advocacy from NYC Bar Association

March 9, 2023

March 9, 2023 – Iranian human rights lawyer and activist Mehrangiz Kar, a board member of the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI), received the Women’s Award for ...

20 Prominent Iranian Lawyers Call on UN to Investigate School Girl Poisonings

20 Prominent Iranian Lawyers Call on UN to Investigate School Girl Poisonings

March 6, 2023

Over 1,000 Students, Mostly Girls, Poisoned by Gas in Iran Since November 2022 March 6, 2023 – Twenty prominent human rights lawyers from Iran today published a letter urgently calling for an independent, joint committee—comprised of ...

One Girl Dead, 400 Children Poisoned Amid Attacks on Schools in Iran

One Girl Dead, 400 Children Poisoned Amid Attacks on Schools in Iran

February 28, 2023

Unfettered Acts of Terror Against School Girls Raise Questions of Government Complicity School Girls Enthusiastically Participated in Major Anti-State Protests February 28, 2023 – Five months into Iran’s “Woman, Life, Freedom” movement, in which girls and ...

Iran Sentences German Citizen to Death to Intimidate Iranian Diaspora, German Government

Iran Sentences German Citizen to Death to Intimidate Iranian Diaspora, German Government

February 21, 2023

Jamshid Sharmahd Was Abducted by Islamic Republic Agents, Tortured and Denied Due Process February 21, 2023 – The death sentence against Iranian-born German citizen Jamshid Sharmahd is a blatant ...

Joint Letter by 39 NGOs Calls on EU Countries to Summon Iranian Ambassadors in Unison on International Women’s Day

Joint Letter by 39 NGOs Calls on EU Countries to Summon Iranian Ambassadors in Unison on International Women’s Day

February 20, 2023

February 20, 2023 — A joint letter by 39 women's and Iranian human rights organizations calls on EU countries to summon their ambassadors in unison on International Women's Day, March 8, and demand ...

Sign the Petition for Women’s Rights in Iran on International Women’s Day

Sign the Petition for Women’s Rights in Iran on International Women’s Day

February 16, 2023

A new petition launched by the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) calls on European Union (EU) countries to support the women and girls of Iran, who are facing severe and violent repression, by summoning Iranian ambassadors in unison ...

Human Rights Lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh’s Husband Ordered to Report to Prison

Human Rights Lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh’s Husband Ordered to Report to Prison

February 14, 2023

Blatant Attempt to Silence Sotoudeh for Outspoken Support for Protesters February 14, 2023 – The human rights activist Reza Khandan, who is the husband of the prominent human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh, has ...

Iran Protests: More Doctors Treating Protesters Killed, Tortured and Detained

Iran Protests: More Doctors Treating Protesters Killed, Tortured and Detained

February 10, 2023

Global Medical Community Must Speak Out Against Severe Violation of International Law February 10, 2023 — An increasing number of doctors and medical workers continue to be arrested, detained, tortured and killed by Islamic Republic forces for treating ...

Analysis: Khamenei’s “Pardon” Is a Public Relations Stunt That Cedes No Ground to the Protesters

Analysis: Khamenei’s “Pardon” Is a Public Relations Stunt That Cedes No Ground to the Protesters

February 8, 2023

Previous Pardons Have Not Been Followed by Actual Prisoner Releases Detained Protesters Assumed Guilty, Must “Apologize” First February 8, 2023 - The announced pardons and sentence reductions for tens of thousands of people charged ...

New Briefing: Failure to Increase International Costs on Islamic Republic Will Green-Light Further Atrocities

New Briefing: Failure to Increase International Costs on Islamic Republic Will Green-Light Further Atrocities

February 7, 2023

Recommendations Lay Out Tangible Actions Governments Can Take to Address Violent Repression February 7, 2023 – More than four months into the Islamic Republic’s violent suppression of nationwide protests in Iran, in which ...

Civil Rights Defender Farhad Meysami at Risk of Death in Iranian Prison

Civil Rights Defender Farhad Meysami at Risk of Death in Iranian Prison

February 2, 2023

Meysami Hunger-Striking to Demand End to Political Executions and Compulsory Hijab February 2, 2023 – The UN and international human rights organizations should urgently demand that the Iranian judiciary release political ...

Children’s Rights Advocates, Mainly Women, Targeted in Crackdown on Anti-State Protests in Iran

Children’s Rights Advocates, Mainly Women, Targeted in Crackdown on Anti-State Protests in Iran

February 1, 2023

Women Aiding Vulnerable Children Detained As State Broadens Efforts to Crush Movement for Change February 1, 2023 – Women who have devoted their lives to aiding underprivileged and at-risk ...

Iran: Families of Detained and Killed Protesters Beaten, Threatened to Stay Silent

Iran: Families of Detained and Killed Protesters Beaten, Threatened to Stay Silent

January 25, 2023

Attorneys Jailed to Prevent Them From Defending Protesters and Their Families   January 25, 2023 – Four months into the Islamic Republic’s violent suppression of anti-state protests, Iranian authorities are beating, ...

Suspicious Deaths of Released Protesters in Iran Should be Investigated by UN

Suspicious Deaths of Released Protesters in Iran Should be Investigated by UN

January 19, 2023

Credible Evidence Challenges Iranian Authorities’ Claims of “Suicides” Families Describe Visibly Tortured Bodies, Fabricated Evidence, Forced Quick Burials January 19, 2023 – The UN Fact-Finding Mission should investigate the suspicious deaths of a ...

Governments Worldwide Should Recall Ambassadors from Iran

Governments Worldwide Should Recall Ambassadors from Iran

January 12, 2023

Executions of Protesters Continuing; Forceful Action Urgently Needed  EU and At Least Eight European Countries Summon Iran’s Ambassadors January 12, 2023 – Governments around the world should recall their ambassadors from the Islamic Republic in ...

Iran Protests: At Least 44 Defense Attorneys Arrested Since September

Iran Protests: At Least 44 Defense Attorneys Arrested Since September

January 10, 2023

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 has been gunning down and executing street protesters, ...

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

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

January 7, 2023

World Leaders Should Withdraw Ambassadors, Demand Moratorium on Executions January 7, 2023 – The hanging in Iran today of two men who were arrested in connection with street protests, Mohammad ...

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  • Press Releases

    • World Leaders Urged to Radically Increase Pressure on Iran to Cease Executions
      May 24, 2023
    • More Executions of Protesters in Iran Imminent after Sham Trials
      May 17, 2023
    • UNHRC: Retract Appointment of Iranian Ambassador to Chair Social Forum
      May 11, 2023
    • Three Hangings in Three Days: The Islamic Republic Continues Its Killing Spree
      May 8, 2023
    • Activists Detained, Workers Threatened as Oil Industry Workers Strike in Iran
      May 4, 2023
    • Iran: School Girls Continue to Face Chemical Attacks, Officials Refuse to Provide Security
      April 24, 2023
    • Imprisoned Dissident Rapper Toomaj Salehi, Voice of Iran’s Protests, Faces Possible Execution
      April 6, 2023
    • Another Abducted Dissident Sentenced to Death in Iran
      March 13, 2023
    • CHRI Board Member Mehrangiz Kar Receives Women’s Award for Justice and Advocacy from NYC Bar Association
      March 9, 2023
    • 20 Prominent Iranian Lawyers Call on UN to Investigate School Girl Poisonings
      March 6, 2023
    • One Girl Dead, 400 Children Poisoned Amid Attacks on Schools in Iran
      February 28, 2023
    • Iran Sentences German Citizen to Death to Intimidate Iranian Diaspora, German Government
      February 21, 2023
    • Joint Letter by 39 NGOs Calls on EU Countries to Summon Iranian Ambassadors in Unison on International Women’s Day
      February 20, 2023
    • Sign the Petition for Women’s Rights in Iran on International Women’s Day
      February 16, 2023
    • Human Rights Lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh’s Husband Ordered to Report to Prison
      February 14, 2023
    • Iran Protests: More Doctors Treating Protesters Killed, Tortured and Detained
      February 10, 2023
    • Analysis: Khamenei’s “Pardon” Is a Public Relations Stunt That Cedes No Ground to the Protesters
      February 8, 2023
    • New Briefing: Failure to Increase International Costs on Islamic Republic Will Green-Light Further Atrocities
      February 7, 2023
    • Civil Rights Defender Farhad Meysami at Risk of Death in Iranian Prison
      February 2, 2023
    • Children’s Rights Advocates, Mainly Women, Targeted in Crackdown on Anti-State Protests in Iran
      February 1, 2023
    • Iran: Families of Detained and Killed Protesters Beaten, Threatened to Stay Silent
      January 25, 2023
    • Suspicious Deaths of Released Protesters in Iran Should be Investigated by UN
      January 19, 2023
    • Governments Worldwide Should Recall Ambassadors from Iran
      January 12, 2023
    • Iran Protests: At Least 44 Defense Attorneys Arrested Since September
      January 10, 2023
    • Two More Men Executed in Iran in Connection with Protests, Others at Imminent Risk
      January 7, 2023
    • Third Anniversary of Shooting Down of Ukrainian Passenger Plane, Still No Justice
      January 6, 2023
    • What Can I Do to Support the Protesters and Human Rights in Iran?
      January 5, 2023
    • Iranian Athletes Killed, Tortured, Sentenced to Death for Supporting Protests (Updated)
      January 4, 2023
    • Recommendations: Congress Can Play a Vital Role in Supporting the Protesters in Iran
      December 21, 2022
    • Iran: Death Sentences and Imprisonment Used to Crush Dissent in Film and Theatre Industries
      December 20, 2022
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