Denial of Medical Treatment for Ailing Political Prisoners in Iran Aimed at Crushing Dissent
Continued Refusal to Provide Proper Medical Care Risks More Prisoner Deaths March 3, 2022 - The continued ...
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Joint Statement: Free Imprisoned Human Rights Lawyer Mohammad Najafi in Iran
Lawyer Unlawfully Imprisoned for His Defense of Basic Civil and Political Liberties March 3, 2022 – The lawyer Mohammad ...
Bill Increasing Surveillance and Censorship of Internet Moves Forward in Iran
Authorities’ Efforts to Crush Dissent Will Also Crush Livelihoods February 24, 2022 - A proposed bill that would ...
Rights Groups: Human Rights Sanctions on Iran Must Not Be Lifted to Reach Nuclear Deal
President Raisi Should Remain Sanctioned for His Crimes Against Humanity February 18, 2022 - In a joint ...
Another Foreign Citizen Nabbed by Iran Now Faces Possible Execution
Political Dissident Jamshid Sharmahd Is Unable to Defend Himself in Iranian Judicial System World Must Speak Out ...
Hostage Benjamin Briere’s “Price” Raised as Judge Imposes Eight-Year Prison Term
Iran “Toying” with Foreign and Dual Nationals Amid Nuclear Talks to Extract Concessions Lawyer: Briere's Arbitrarily Increased Sentence ...
Rights Activist Narges Mohammadi Sentenced to Another Eight Years in Prison
Situation of Political Prisoners Worsens as Iranian Government’s Assault on Peaceful Dissent Intensifies Activists, Lawyers, Dissidents being Kept ...
Imprisoned Journalist Keyvan Samimi is Being Led to His Death
The life of veteran journalist and political activist Keyvan Samimi is in danger as he continues to be unlawfully kept behind bars in Tehran’s Evin Prison despite state officials’ recommendations that he be released to receive treatment for serious health ...
Iranian Poet Baktash Abtin Dies After Being Arbitrarily Detained in Iran
Abtin, Jailed for Dissent, is Second Political Prisoner to Die in Iran in First Week ...
Downed Passenger Plane: Iran’s Government Should Allow People to Freely Mourn, Pursue Justice
Families Call for Independent UN Investigation January 6, 2022 – While commemorating the second anniversary of the killing ...
Writer in Coma, Another Political Prisoner Dead after Unjust Imprisonment in Iran
Baktash Abtin (left) and Adel Kianpour (right). Concerns Mount for Prisoners ...
Support Human Rights in Iran and Your Donation Will be Matched
Dear Friend and Supporter, While families around the world come together to celebrate the holiday season, we ask ...
Teachers Across Iran Protest for Fair Pay, Release of Jailed Colleagues
Teachers and supporters protested in the streets of more than 119 Iranian cities across Iran ...
Isfahan: Instead of Crushing Protests, the Iranian Government Should Solve Its Water Crisis
The Iranian security and military forces’ violent crackdown on large protests in the city of Isfahan that broke out over severe state mismanagement of water resources is more evidence of the Ebrahim Raisi government’s policy of zero tolerance of public ...
Who Will Support the People of Iran?
Dear Friends and Supporters, The Iranian people have risked and lost their lives protesting the unjust policies of ...
Renowned Activist Narges Mohammadi Arrested on Anniversary of Historic Protests
Mother of Two Facing Flogging, Prison—Two Years After Completing 5.5-Year Sentence November 17, 2021 – The prominent rights ...
Iran Atrocities Tribunal on November 2019 Massacre: A Major Step towards Seeking Justice
International Community Must Finally Act with One Voice to Address these Crimes Evidence of the Islamic Republic’s Top ...
“They’re Torturing Me Without Touching Me” Says Unarmed Protester Shot by Iranian Security Forces
Two years after Iran’s massive November 2019 protests, the government has yet to respond to questions about its deadly use of force to suppress the demonstrations, which occurred in more than 200 cities, leaving hundreds dead and thousands injured ...
Two Years After Iran’s Massacre of Protesters, Officials Who Oversaw Killings Now Lead Government
No Accountability for Hundreds Killed, Thousands Injured and Arrested International Community Must Demand Independent Investigation and Justice for ...
Relatives of UK Hostages in Iran Spend Cold Night Outside Foreign Office
Two British citizens spent the night in frigid temperatures outside the Foreign Office in London on November 2, 2021, in a bid to gain freedom for their loved ones who are unjustly jailed in Iran ...
Detained Lawyer of Iranian Instagram Star Tortured, Bit Off Tongue After Unidentified Injection
More Political Prisoners Could Die in Custody without Urgent International Action October 20, 2021 – A prominent defense ...
Human Rights Lawyers, Activist to Be Illegally Tried as Their Legal Team is Denied Case Files
Group was Arrested Ahead of Filing Lawsuit Against State Officials for Disastrous Pandemic Response Legal Teams ...
Bipartisan Congressional Group Urges Biden to Support Internet Freedom in Iran
Congressional letter was spearheaded by Center for Human Rights in Iran and Public Affairs Alliance of Iranian Americans Oct. 11, 2021 – A bipartisan congressional group today urged U.S. President ...
Iran’s New Government Moves to Silence Dissent by Muzzling Leading Activists
September 28, 2021 – The Iranian security establishment’s attempt to imprison four prominent human rights defenders, only ...
Supreme Court Refusal to Review 25-year Sentence for Afkari Brother is Travesty of Justice
Investigation Marked by Torture, Witness Tampering and Contradictions August 26, 2021—The refusal by Iran’s Supreme Court to ...