Business Owners in Iran Face Economic Reprisals for Supporting Protests
October 11, 2023 – Business owners in Iran are facing severe consequences, including loss of livelihoods and restricted ...
Press releases
Joint Letter: 120 Iranian Doctors, Lawyers, and Activists Call for Release of Doctor Jailed for Treating Protesters
Signatories, Including Wounded Protesters, Urge Investigation by UN’s Fact-Finding Mission and Support by International Medical Organizations October 9, 2023 — ...
Outrage After 16-Year-Old Girl Hospitalized Following Reported Assault by “Hijab Guards”
Journalist Who Interviewed Victim Detained While Interviewing Mother Like Mahsa Jina Amini Case, Family Under Intense Pressure October 4, 2023 — ...
Children Among Injured as Iranian Authorities Open Fire on Protests in Zahedan
Grave Concerns Over Further State Violence Ahead of “Blood Friday” Anniversary, When 100+ Protesters Were Killed *Update on ...
Academic Year in Iran Begins with Imprisonment of Teachers, Arbitrary Arrests
New Law Requires Teachers To Be “Evaluated” with Ideological Questions Every Year September 28, 2023 – A year-long ...
Freeing Hostages is Good, Preventing Further Abductions by Iran Would Be Better
September 27, 2023 — The release of the five American hostages held in the Islamic Republic of ...
Iran’s Parliament Approves Harsh New Hijab Law, Escalating Repression of Women
International Community Should Call for an End to Gender Apartheid in Iran September 20, 2023 – On the ...
At Least One Shot as Iran Deploys Armed Forces to Suppress “Woman, Life, Freedom” Protests
Child Soldiers Used to Assist State Security Forces Relatives of Victims of State Violence, Activists Threatened ...
Iranian Government Replaces University Professors Accused of Backing “Woman, Life, Freedom’ Protests with Regime Loyalists
At least 26 Professors Punished, Students Face Heightened Restrictions and Repression September 13, 2023 – One year after ...
Massacre in Kurdish City by Islamic Republic Forces Exposed in New Report
More State Violence Feared as Anniversary of “Woman Life Freedom” Uprising Nears Intentional Killing of Unarmed Civilians Amounts to Crimes Against Humanity September 5, 2023 – A new report just released by the Center ...
Tortured Protester Dies in Iranian Prison After Death Sentences Thrown Out
Another Political Prisoner’s Death Sparks Outrage Weeks Before Anniversary of Iran’s “Woman, Life, Freedom” Uprising Citing Relative, Activist ...
Webinar: Legal Challenges Facing Iran’s “Woman Life Freedom” Movement
Rights and Revolt: Three Lawyers Analyze the Legal Terrain of Iran's "Women Life Freedom" Movement In anticipation of the anniversary of Iran's transformative "Women, Life, Freedom" movement, the Center for ...
Arrests of Slain Protesters’ Families Signals Looming State Violence as “Woman Life Freedom” Anniversary Nears
Authorities Seek to Quash Protest and Silence Justice-Seekers with Over 20 Arrests August 29, 2023 – The arrests ...
Arrests of Women Activists Escalate Across Iran Ahead of “Woman Life Freedom” Anniversary
At Least 22 Activists Arrested in Last Three Weeks as State’s Repressive Capacity Gears Up International Community “Must ...
“Our Homes are No Refuge” Baha’i Minority in Iran Facing Intensified State Assault
UN and International Community Must Spotlight Cases, Demand End to Escalating Oppression 180 Reports ...
Special Report: Sunni Clerics in the Crosshairs of Islamic Republic Repression
Religious Leaders of Minority Communities Are Arrested, Imprisoned, Defrocked for Supporting Protesters August 15, 2023 – Religious leaders ...
Political Executions Surge in Iran as Government Seeks to Silence All Dissent
Young Men Are Hanged without Due Process or Fair Trials August 2, 2023 – Politically motivated executions are increasing dramatically in Iran, with at least 17 mostly young men hung in blatantly unlawful prosecutions ...
Jailed Rapper Tortured, Forced into Psychiatric Center After Demanding Justice
Saman Yasin: Latest Victim of Iran’s Use of Forced Psychiatric Care to Punish Political Prisoners July 24, 2023 ...
Iranian Women Face Increased Violence as State Resumes Forced-Veiling Patrols
Fact-Finding Mission on Iran Must Vigilantly Monitor, Document Associated Abuses UN Should Call on Islamic Republic to Repeal ...
Iran: State’s “Investigation” of Bar Association Aims to Crush Dissent
Iranian Officials Commit Rights Violations with Impunity While Parliament Votes to Further Persecute Human Rights Defenders June 28, ...
Students Across Iran Say “No” to Forced Hijab
At least a dozen student groups from universities across Iran have issued strong statements of support for fellow students who are facing severe persecution at the Art University of Tehran for peacefully protesting forced-hijab rules and punishments on campus ...
Iran: Proposed Bill Pushes Denial of Basic Rights to Unveiled Women
Defiance Against Mandatory Hijab Grows as Iranian Government Seeks Stricter Measures Unveiled Women Assaulted, Blocked from Accessing Essential Services June 15, 2023 – In the wake of the "Woman Life Freedom" movement that ignited ...
Young Man Shot Dead as Iranian Authorities Try to Silence Justice-Seeking Families
Police Kill Cousin at Gravesite of Nine-Year-Old Kian Pirfalak Thirty Relatives of Slain Street Protesters, ...
Students Arrested and Banished, Professors Fired in Latest State Crackdown in Iran
University Officials Are Committing Major Rights Violations, Say Students At Least 720 Students Arrested Since Protests Began in ...
World Leaders Urged to Radically Increase Pressure on Iran to Cease Executions
Islamic Republic Is Severely Violating International Laws Governing Death Penalty Protesters Hanged After Sham ...