Children’s Rights Advocates, Mainly Women, Targeted in Crackdown on Anti-State Protests in Iran
Women Aiding Vulnerable Children Detained As State Broadens Efforts to Crush Movement for Change February ...
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Iran: Families of Detained and Killed Protesters Beaten, Threatened to Stay Silent
Attorneys Jailed to Prevent Them From Defending Protesters and Their Families January 25, 2023 – Four months ...
Suspicious Deaths of Released Protesters in Iran Should be Investigated by UN
Credible Evidence Challenges Iranian Authorities’ Claims of “Suicides” Families Describe Visibly Tortured Bodies, Fabricated Evidence, Forced Quick Burials January 19, 2023 ...
Governments Worldwide Should Recall Ambassadors from Iran
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 ...
Iran Protests: At Least 44 Defense Attorneys Arrested Since September
Crackdown Aimed at Destroying Any Chance of Fair Trials for Protesters Detainees Forced to Use Court-Appointed Lawyers January 10, ...
Two More Men Executed in Iran in Connection with Protests, Others at Imminent Risk
World Leaders Should Withdraw Ambassadors, Demand Moratorium on Executions January 7, 2023 – The hanging ...
Third Anniversary of Shooting Down of Ukrainian Passenger Plane, Still No Justice
Canada, Sweden, Ukraine, and UK Call for Binding Arbitration No One Held Accountable for IRGC’s Killing ...
What Can I Do to Support the Protesters and Human Rights in Iran?
Since anti-state protests broke out across Iran in September 2022, following the killing in state custody of 22-year-old Jina Mahsa Amini, hundreds of peaceful protesters have been killed by state security forces ...
Iranian Athletes Killed, Tortured, Sentenced to Death for Supporting Protests (Updated)
Editor's Note: This article is regularly updated with new information. January 4, 2023 – The Islamic Republic’s persecution ...
Recommendations: Congress Can Play a Vital Role in Supporting the Protesters in Iran
December 21, 2022 – Since peaceful protests erupted across Iran in September 2022, the Islamic Republic has ...
Iran: Death Sentences and Imprisonment Used to Crush Dissent in Film and Theatre Industries
26-Year-Old Actor Sentenced to Death, More Than 100 Industry Members Imprisoned December 20, 2022 – The ...
Iran’s Courts Using Death Penalty Charges to Crush Protests
At Least 11 Sentenced to Death and 24 Others Facing Charges that Could Carry Death ...
Islamic Republic of Iran Expelled from UN Commission on the Status of Women
Two Major UN Votes Signal World’s Revulsion at Islamic Republic’s Violence against Protesters December 14, 2022 – The vote today by the UN Economic and Social Council to remove the Islamic Republic of Iran ...
Iran Protests: Children Killed and Tortured to Crush Dissent
Children Beaten on Streets and in State Custody, Assaulted in Schools December 13, 2022 – Children ...
Lynching in Iran: Majidreza Rahnavard, 23, Publicly Hanged in State-Sponsored Murder
Young People will Continue to be Killed in Iran without International Action December 12, 2022 – The hanging in public of Majidreza Rahnavard, 23, in Mashhad today—the second execution of a young person ...
Executions in Iran: World Must Respond with Strong Action Against State Killings of Protesters
Café Worker Mohsen Shekari, 23, Denied Due Process in Kangaroo Court December 8, 2022 – The execution ...
Iran Protests: Detained University Students Subjected to Sexual Assault, Disappearances
At Least 574 Known Students Arrested in Less Than Three Months, Actual Number Much Higher December 6, 2022 – Iranian police and state security forces have arrested at least 574 university students, according to ...
Iran Protests: Juveniles Could Face Death Penalty in Kangaroo “Revolutionary” Court
Governments, UN Must Take Urgent Action to Protect Them November 30, 2022 – At least three juveniles are among ...
Iran: Key Labor Sectors Launch Major Strikes Amid Anti-State Protests
At Least a Dozen Labor Leaders Arrested in Effort to Crush Strikes Islamic Republic Should Be ...
Iran Protests: Massacre in Kurdish Areas Feared as Security Forces Launch Lethal Crackdown
Authorities Shut Down Internet to Prevent Evidence of State’s Atrocities from Reaching Outside World November 21, ...
Three More Children Killed as Iranian Merchants Close Shops in Solidarity with Uprising
November 18, 2022 – In a strong show of support for their country’s growing protest movement, and as children continue to be among those killed by state security forces, merchants in major cities ...
World Must Warn Iran Against Death Sentences for Protesters in Upcoming Mass Trials
Charges Carrying Possible Death Sentence Already Being Issued November 2, 2022 – With mass public trials ...
Witch Hunt in Iran: Grave Concerns for Journalists Niloofar Hamedi and Elahe Mohammadi
Unable to Crush Protests, State Resorts to Smearing Female Reporters with Sham Accusations November 1, 2022 ...
Iran Protests: Doctors Treating Wounded Protesters Face Deadly State Violence
One Female Doctor Reportedly Killed, At Least Six Arrested October 31, 2022 – Reports of at least one doctor being killed by state security forces and at least six others being arbitrarily arrested at ...
Iran Protests: State Trying to Crush Dissent Through More Killings, Imprisonment
Prominent Teachers, Labor Leaders Slapped with Jail Time as 500+ Face Sham Charges October 24, 2022 – The ...