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Joint Statement: U.S. Treasury’s New General License D2 Advances Internet Freedom in Iran

Joint Statement: U.S. Treasury’s New General License D2 Advances Internet Freedom in Iran

September 26, 2022

Now Companies Must Make Tech Products Available and U.S. Government Must Encourage Them September 26, 2022—Today, the Public Affairs Alliance of Iranian Americans (PAAIA) and the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) welcomed ...

Iran Protests: Grave Concerns for Extreme State Violence Amid Rising Death Toll

Iran Protests: Grave Concerns for Extreme State Violence Amid Rising Death Toll

September 21, 2022

World Leaders Must Call on Iranian Officials to Immediately Cease Use of Lethal Force, Allow Peaceful Protest September 21, 2022 – On the sixth day of protests in Iran that have followed the ...

Iran’s Raisi to Freely Address UNGA While Crushing Rights and Freedoms at Home

Iran’s Raisi to Freely Address UNGA While Crushing Rights and Freedoms at Home

September 19, 2022

Mahsa Amini’s Death in State Custody Should be Investigated as Murder World Must Condemn Violent Repression of Protests and Civil Society September 19, 2022 – President Ebrahim Raisi will use his platform ...

Mahsa Amini is Another Victim of the Islamic Republic’s War on Women

Mahsa Amini is Another Victim of the Islamic Republic’s War on Women

September 16, 2022

Protesters in Tehran Call for “Death to the Oppressor” September 16, 2022 – The death of Mahsa Amini, 22, after being declared medically braindead following her arrest by so-called morality police ...

Political Prisoner Behnam Mousivand’s Life is in Danger

Political Prisoner Behnam Mousivand’s Life is in Danger

September 7, 2022

Authorities in Iran Intentionally Deny Critical Medical Attention to Political Prisoners September 7, 2022 – A political prisoner’s precarious health situation is raising fears of another preventable death in Iranian ...

UN, Governments Worldwide Must Speak Out for LGBTQ Activists Sentenced to Death in Iran

UN, Governments Worldwide Must Speak Out for LGBTQ Activists Sentenced to Death in Iran

September 6, 2022

The international community should loudly and publicly condemn the blatantly unlawful death sentences issued without due process against two LGBTQ activists in West Azerbaijan Province, the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) said in a statement today ...

Sepideh Rashnoo: Latest Target of Raisi Government’s Campaign of Repression

Sepideh Rashnoo: Latest Target of Raisi Government’s Campaign of Repression

August 23, 2022

*Editor's Note: Sepideh Rashnoo was released on bail on August 30, 2022, while she awaits her trial. August 23, 2022 – Charges filed against a woman in Iran, Sepideh Rashnoo, after she was accosted by ...

Salman Rushdie is Yet Another Victim of Iran’s Extraterritorial Censorship

Salman Rushdie is Yet Another Victim of Iran’s Extraterritorial Censorship

August 15, 2022

Government of Iran Has Long Targeted its Critics Abroad for Assassination August 15, 2022 – The heinous attack in New York on the author Salman Rushdie, in which a knifeman inflicted life-threatening injuries, stems from the ...

Human Rights Can and Should be Front and Center in U.S. Foreign Policy on Iran

Human Rights Can and Should be Front and Center in U.S. Foreign Policy on Iran

August 9, 2022

Prioritizing human rights represents the most effective means for the U.S. to influence Iranian state behavior and address the Islamic Republic’s destabilizing activities, the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) said in a new Q&A, “Prioritizing
Human Rights in Iran:
A ...

UN Should Condemn Renewed Crackdown on Persecuted Baha’i Faith in Iran

UN Should Condemn Renewed Crackdown on Persecuted Baha’i Faith in Iran

August 5, 2022

August 5, 2022 – Increasing arbitrary arrests of members of the persecuted Baha’i faith in Iran, and an intensifying government-sponsored campaign of destruction and confiscation of their properties should be internationally condemned, said the Center ...

Nouri Conviction by Swedish Court a Triumph for Iran’s “Seeking-Justice” Movement

Nouri Conviction by Swedish Court a Triumph for Iran’s “Seeking-Justice” Movement

July 14, 2022

Conviction Opens Door for More Trials Against Officials Accused of Atrocities July 14, 2022 -- After 92 sessions of a trial that lasted almost a year, a court in Stockholm, Sweden ...

Heightened Reign of Terror in Iran Under New Intelligence Chief

Heightened Reign of Terror in Iran Under New Intelligence Chief

July 11, 2022

Less than a month after the intelligence chief of the Iranian military’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) was replaced, a crackdown on dissent is being ramped up in the country ...

400+ Iranian Human Rights Leaders Urge Belgium to Drop Prisoner Swap Treaty with Iran

400+ Iranian Human Rights Leaders Urge Belgium to Drop Prisoner Swap Treaty with Iran

July 5, 2022

Treaty Encourages Hostage-Taking, Would Return Convicted Terrorist to Iran July 5, 2022 – More than 400 leading Iranian human rights activists, dissidents and family members of victims of Iranian state repression ...

EU Should Loudly Condemn Iran’s Baseless Jailing of French Tourist Benjamin Brière

EU Should Loudly Condemn Iran’s Baseless Jailing of French Tourist Benjamin Brière

June 28, 2022

Iranian Court Refers to France as an “Enemy Government” June 28, 2022 – Countries negotiating with Iran over its nuclear program, including France, the U.K., and the U.S., as well as European Union ...

Borrell, EU Must Speak Out Against Growing Human Rights Crisis in Iran

Borrell, EU Must Speak Out Against Growing Human Rights Crisis in Iran

June 27, 2022

Same Efforts Applied to Nuclear Deal Can and Should Be Given to Human Rights President Biden Has Also Remained Silent on State’s Violent Crackdown in Iran June 27, 2022 - European Union foreign policy ...

In Cahoots with the State, Iranian Court Sentences Lawyers, Activists Trying to Sue Officials to Prison

In Cahoots with the State, Iranian Court Sentences Lawyers, Activists Trying to Sue Officials to Prison

June 22, 2022

Supreme Leader’s COVID Vaccine Ban Resulted in Thousands of Unnecessary Deaths June 22, 2022 – For trying to sue Iranian leaders for their grossly negligent response to the COVID-19 pandemic, ...

International Community Should Call on Iran to End Punitive Amputations

International Community Should Call on Iran to End Punitive Amputations

June 15, 2022

Eight Prisoners Could Soon See Their Fingers Cut Off June 15, 2022 – In violation of its international obligations against torture, the Islamic Republic of Iran’s judicial system has ...

Policy Briefing: Human Rights in Iran and U.S. National Security Interests

Policy Briefing: Human Rights in Iran and U.S. National Security Interests

June 14, 2022

Repression of Civil Society Harms U.S. Security Interests June 14, 2022— President Biden’s silence so far on the killings and mass arrests of protesters in Iran by state security forces over ...

Rights Groups Call on Meta to Fix Persian Content Moderation for Instagram

Rights Groups Call on Meta to Fix Persian Content Moderation for Instagram

June 9, 2022

June 9, 2022 — In a joint statement released today, human rights organizations ARTICLE 19, Access Now, and the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) called on Meta to urgently revise ...

Iran Should Be Ejected from ILO’s Governing Board Says Iran’s National Teacher Organization

Iran Should Be Ejected from ILO’s Governing Board Says Iran’s National Teacher Organization

June 3, 2022

Open Letter Condemns Iran’s “Brutal Repression” of Trade Unions and Labor Activists June 2, 2022—In an open letter to the delegates at the International Labour Organization’s (ILO) 110th Session of the International Labour ...

As Millions Face Poverty, Iran’s Government Dissolves Largest NGO for the Poor

As Millions Face Poverty, Iran’s Government Dissolves Largest NGO for the Poor

May 26, 2022

May 26, 2022 – While millions of Iranians are struggling to make ends meet, the Iranian government has shut down the country’s oldest and largest independent non-governmental organization (NGO) focused on poverty alleviation, the ...

Protesters Killed While Iran’s Government Blocks Internet and Media Coverage

Protesters Killed While Iran’s Government Blocks Internet and Media Coverage

May 17, 2022

May 17, 2022 – At least five protesters are dead amid a violent state crackdown on street demonstrations in Iran, while the authorities have blocked internet access in protest hot zones, pressured domestic media ...

Iran Protesters at Risk of Lethal State Violence

Iran Protesters at Risk of Lethal State Violence

May 12, 2022

International Community Must Call on Iranian Officials to Refrain from Deadly Repression May 12, 2022 – Ongoing street protests in Iran could lead to more killings and arbitrary imprisonments by state security forces if the international ...

Activists Urge UN Rep to Meet Them During Trip to Iran

Activists Urge UN Rep to Meet Them During Trip to Iran

May 12, 2022

Government’s Refusal to Allow UN Human Rights Experts into Country Condemned May 12, 2022 -- A group of prominent civil rights activists in Iran has called on UN representative Alena Douhan, who will be ...

Khuzestan Protests: Fears of Another Bloody Crackdown   

Khuzestan Protests: Fears of Another Bloody Crackdown  

May 9, 2022

Internet Shutdown, Heavy Security Presence Signal Lethal State Repression May 9, 2022 – Government-enforced internet outages and the increased presence of state security forces throughout the Iranian province of Khuzestan, where street protests erupted on May ...

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  • Press Releases

    • Children Among Injured as Iranian Authorities Open Fire on Protests in Zahedan
      September 29, 2023
    • Academic Year in Iran Begins with Imprisonment of Teachers, Arbitrary Arrests
      September 28, 2023
    • Freeing Hostages is Good, Preventing Further Abductions by Iran Would Be Better
      September 27, 2023
    • Iran's Parliament Approves Harsh New Hijab Law, Escalating Repression of Women
      September 20, 2023
    • At Least One Shot as Iran Deploys Armed Forces to Suppress “Woman, Life, Freedom” Protests
      September 16, 2023
    • Iranian Government Replaces University Professors Accused of Backing “Woman, Life, Freedom' Protests with Regime Loyalists
      September 13, 2023
    • Massacre in Kurdish City by Islamic Republic Forces Exposed in New Report
      September 4, 2023
    • Tortured Protester Dies in Iranian Prison After Death Sentences Thrown Out
      September 1, 2023
    • Webinar: Legal Challenges Facing Iran's "Woman Life Freedom" Movement
      August 30, 2023
    • Arrests of Slain Protesters’ Families Signals Looming State Violence as “Woman Life Freedom” Anniversary Nears
      August 29, 2023
    • Arrests of Women Activists Escalate Across Iran Ahead of “Woman Life Freedom” Anniversary
      August 21, 2023
    • “Our Homes are No Refuge” Baha’i Minority in Iran Facing Intensified State Assault
      August 17, 2023
    • Special Report: Sunni Clerics in the Crosshairs of Islamic Republic Repression
      August 15, 2023
    • Political Executions Surge in Iran as Government Seeks to Silence All Dissent 
      August 2, 2023
    • Jailed Rapper Tortured, Forced into Psychiatric Center After Demanding Justice
      July 24, 2023
    • Iranian Women Face Increased Violence as State Resumes Forced-Veiling Patrols
      July 18, 2023
    • Iran: State’s "Investigation" of Bar Association Aims to Crush Dissent
      June 28, 2023
    • Students Across Iran Say “No” to Forced Hijab
      June 19, 2023
    • Iran: Proposed Bill Pushes Denial of Basic Rights to Unveiled Women
      June 15, 2023
    • Young Man Shot Dead as Iranian Authorities Try to Silence Justice-Seeking Families  
      June 12, 2023
    • Students Arrested and Banished, Professors Fired in Latest State Crackdown in Iran
      June 1, 2023
    • 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
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