Civilians Must Be Protected Across the Middle East
March 5, 2026 — The Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) is gravely concerned about the safety of civilians as military attacks on civilian areas ...
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Grave Concerns for the Safety of Political Prisoners and Detainees in Iran
The Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) is gravely concerned about the safety and condition of political prisoners and detainees as military attacks on Iranian cities intensify. We ...
Iran’s Machinery of Repression Escalates: Arbitrary Arrests, Torture, Enforced Disappearances, and Death Sentences After Protest Massacre
More than 53,000 Arrested, Activists and Lawyers Now Increasingly Targeted Reports of Deaths in Custody Emerge as Authorities Fast-Track Sham Trials, Children at Risk of Execution February 25, 2026 — Nearly ...
UN Experts Demand Iran Reveal Fate of Detainees, Halt Executions
February 20, 2026 — A broad and diverse coalition of UN human rights experts issued a strong statement on February 20, 2026, urging Iranian authorities to immediately disclose the fate and whereabouts of all those detained, forcibly disappeared, or missing in the aftermath of the nationwide protests, and ...
Op-Ed: Iran’s Protests Have Ended. The State’s Terror Campaign Has Not.
Tens of thousands of people are being held in secret detention sites. This article was originally published on Foreign Policy. February 13, 2026 By ...
Over 200 Schoolchildren Killed by Security Forces in Iran: ‘They’ve Effectively Massacred an Entire School’
Families Forced to Carry Out Secret Burials, Banned from Publicly Mentioning Their Children’s Names Teacher Associations Across Iran Express Outrage, Call for International Action February ...
Unreported Atrocities: Eyewitnesses Detail Massive and Deadly State Crackdown Against Protesters in Iran’s Provincial Cities
Arrests Skyrocketing After Mass Killings, Detainees Held in Hidden Warehouses, Violent Nighttime House Raids, Trials Conducted En Masse Without Lawyers, Protesters Being Charged with Capital Crimes January ...
Statement From Physicians in Iran: ‘Being a Doctor Is Not a Crime’
Amid reports of state security forces arresting healthcare professionals in Iran for treating injured protesters, a group of physicians in Iran has issued a statement affirming that providing medical care is not a crime but a legal, ethical, and humanitarian obligation. Emphasizing their professional oath and binding medical ...
UN Human Rights Council Extends Iran Fact-Finding Mission, Condemns ‘Deadliest Crackdown against Iranian People Since 1979 Revolution’
Expert: “This is the worst mass murder in the contemporary history of Iran.” January 26, 2026 — The Center for Human Rights in Iran ...
Iran: Mass Violent Arrests, Forced Confessions, Lawyers Blocked, Escalating Risk of Executions of Protesters
At least 27,000 detained, including hundreds of children, whereabouts of huge numbers unknown House-to-House Raids to Identify and Arrest Injured Protesters January 23, 2026 — Nearly one ...
30+ Rights Groups Sound Alarm Over Grave Risks to Detainees in Iran Amid Blackout
January 14, 2025 — The Center for Human Rights in Iran has joined 34 other human rights organizations in urgently raising the ...
Exclusive Interview: Physician Treating Protesters in Iran Describes Mass Casualties, Overwhelmed Hospitals
“The images and data broadcast by international media do not represent even one percent of the reality, because the information simply does not reach them.” January 12, ...
Grave Concern That State Massacre of Protesters is Underway in Iran Amid Internet Blackout
Internet Shutdown Preventing Critical Info on Killings from Reaching World January 9, 2026—The Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) expresses grave and urgent ...
Iranian Authorities Intensify Crackdown on Protests with Live Fire, Arbitrary Arrests, and Attacks on Hospitals
More Than 27 Civilians Killed, including Six Children, Over 2000 Arrested Authorities' Crackdown Again Amounts to Crimes Against Humanity January 6, 2025 — Iranian authorities have sharply escalated ...
UN: Iran Must Stop Execution of 67-Year-Old Iranian Woman
"What we see here is a mockery of justice that falls far short of the most basic international standards.” At least 52 ...
Grave Concerns Over Detainees’ Safety Following Arrests at Slain Lawyer’s Memorial
39 Detained, Access to Lawyers and Families Denied, Brutal Interrogations Underway December 17, 2025 — Concerns are intensifying over the safety, health, and legal rights of at ...
Narges Mohammadi and other Activists Violently Arrested at Memorial Service for Slain Lawyer
Eyewitness: “Arrests were carried out with severe violence” Streets Blocked, Crowd Prevents Arrest of Slain Lawyer’s Brother ...
Over 80 Iranian Lawyers Demand Transparency in Suspicious Death of Human Rights Lawyer Khosro Alikordi
Brother of Alikordi Summoned, Authorities Warn Activists Not to Give Any Speeches at Funeral December 11, 2025 — A group of 81 lawyers, all inside Iran, have ...
UN: Iran Must Halt Execution of Woman Survivor of Child Marriage and Abuse
“Her execution would constitute a grave violation of international human rights law” December 3, 2025 — Top UN human rights experts have urgently ...
Eight Political Prisoners at Grave Risk of Execution as Death Sentences Upheld
At least 42 Political Prisoners Currently Sentenced to Death in Iran Case of Ehsan Faridi, 22, Highlights Gross Abuses by Interrogators and Judicial Officials November 25, 2025 — ...
Victim of Child Marriage Faces Execution in Iran
Execution Scheduled for December Unless $90K Paid for Killing Abusive Husband Denied Lawyer During Interrogation, Coerced into Confession Despite Illiteracy November 13, 2025 — At only 12 years ...
Writers and Scholars Arrested and Held Incommunicado in Iran
Whereabouts Unknown, No Contact with Families or Lawyers Iranian Authorities' Attack on Intellectuals Meant to Silence Any Independent Thought November 6, 2025 — In a coordinated operation targeting ...
Iran Shuts Down Oldest NGO Supporting Vulnerable Children, Detains Founder
NGO Leader Held Without Charge, Whereabouts Unknown, Denied Access to Family and Lawyer State’s Intensifying Assault on Civil Society Will Worsen Crisis Facing Iran’s Children November 3, 2025 ...
UN: Iran’s Surge in Unlawful Executions May Amount to Crimes Against Humanity
November 3, 2025 — The United Nations Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on the Islamic Republic of Iran has sounded the alarm over the serious deterioration of the human rights situation in ...
Iran’s Rappers: Voices of Dissent, Targets of the State
Artists Face Arrests, Torture, Forced Confessions, Prison October 27, 2025 — In Iran, rap music has become a powerful and peaceful form of dissent, with many rappers ...