“Seeking Justice” Civil Rights Movement Aims to Uncover Facts and Keep Victims’ Memories Alive
A New Civil Rights Movement is Born in Iran June 10, 2021 - Ahead of Iran's June 18 presidential ...
Press releases
Iran Election: Political Prisoners Dying Under Candidate Raisi’s Watch
At Least Two Political Prisoners Have Died in Past Four Months Niknafs Was Jailed Despite Health Conditions That Made Him ...
Iran Election: Don’t Ignore Ebrahim Raisi’s Gross Rights Violations
Judiciary Chief’s Presidential Bid Reignites Calls for Accountability June 3, 2021 – Iranian presidential candidate Ebrahim Raisi should be ...
For Iran’s Lawyers, Defending Dissidents Is Getting Dangerous (Commentary Published in World Politics Review)
Internationally renowned human rights attorney Nasrin ...
Joint Letter: Biden’s Iran Policy Must Include Focus on Human Rights
The Center for Human Rights in Iran, along with eight other organizations, today sent a letter ...
Outdated U.S. Policies Are Helping Iran Censor Its Citizens (Commentary Published in Foreign Policy)
*This op-ed was published by Foreign Policy Unclear guidelines and fear of sanctions are stopping ...
Two Brothers of Executed Iranian Wrestler Fear Same Fate
May 5, 2021 – Eight months after an Iranian wrestler was unjustly executed in Shiraz, ...
Labor Day in Iran: Listen to the People’s Demands for Basic Rights
Unpaid Wages and Benefits, Unfair Wages Trigger Increasingly Organized Strikes Labor Activists Jailed Under Trumped-Up Charges April ...
“Show Trials” of Dual Nationals Will Continue Until P5+1 Creates United Front Against Hostage-Taking
April 27, 2021 – World powers negotiating with Iran over its nuclear program should present a ...
New Report: Lack of Access to Tech Products Blocks Internet Freedom in Iran
Biden Administration, Companies Can Support Digital Rights without Lifting Any Sanctions April 26, 2021—A new policy briefing ...
US, EU Should Seek Release of Dual-National Hostages in Tandem with Nuclear Talks
April 20, 2021—The situation of dual-nationals and foreign persons taken hostage and imprisoned by the Iranian ...
Iranian Government Responsible to Protect Prisoners against Fourth Wave of COVID
Prisoners Trapped in Overcrowded, Unhygienic Prisons without Adequate Medical Care April 14, 2021—The start of a fourth ...
A Message of Hope and Strength to the People of Iran this Nowruz
March 17, 2021—As Iranian families remember the beautiful traditions of Nowruz, the Persian New Year, we ask ...
“Art for Change” Prints by Shirin Neshat, Kour Pour, Arghavan Khosrav to Benefit Center for Human Rights in Iran
Shirin Neshat film still ...
Lawsuit by Civil Rights Activists Reignites Debate on Solitary Confinement in Iran’s Prisons
Judicial Action Sought Against “Those Who Enforce Solitary Confinement and Superiors Who Order It” Use of Solitary Confinement ...
Security Establishment and Judiciary Collude in Disbandment of Iran’s Largest NGO
Imam Ali Popular Students Relief Society Shuttered after Tehran Court Grants Motion by Interior Ministry March ...
Deaths Rising in Sistan and Baluchistan as Unrest Continues Amid Internet Shutdown
At Least 23 Killed by State Forces Since Unrest Began in Late February March 1, 2021—The killing by ...
Iran’s Political Prisoners Are Dying Due to Denial of Medical Care
Death of Behnam Mahjoubi Will Be Followed by Others without Urgent Action February 22, 2021—The death of prisoner of conscience Behnam Mahjoubi, who died on February 21, 2021, after untreated medical conditions that ...
Critically Ill Political Prisoner Should be Freed, Receive Life-Saving Medical Care
Iran Must End Systematic Denial of Healthcare in Prisons February 16, 2021 – Prisoner of conscience Behnam Mahjoubi ...
Instagram: Give Us Our Account Back!
Non-Profit Writes Open Letter to Instagram in Hopes of Recovering Advocacy Account *Update, February 17: A personal contact ...
Biden Must Not Ignore Iran’s Human Rights Record (Commentary published in Foreign Policy)
*This article was originally published in Foreign Policy The U.S. government has a long history of ...
Iranian Rights Groups Call on Khamenei to Allow Purchase of U.S. and UK COVID-19 Vaccines
Iran Should Base COVID-19 Vaccine Decisions on Science January 20, 2021 -- In light of the statement by ...
Three Baluch Prisoners Executed, Three Others in Imminent Danger of Execution
At Least 10 Prisoners on Death Row in Zahedan, Accused of Membership in Militant Groups Application of Death ...
Europe Says “No Business as Usual” with Iran After Hanging of Dissident Journalist
EU Countries Withdraw from Iran Business Forum in Protest Over Execution France Tweets Outrage over “Barbaric and Unacceptable” ...