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April 3, 2025

Landmark Resolution: UN Human Rights Council Expands Fact-Finding Mission on Iran

All of Iran’s Ongoing Human Rights Crimes To Be Investigated 24 States Vote to Expand Accountability for Iran’s ...

April 1, 2025

Imprisonment of Christians Jumps Six-Fold in Iran as Persecution Intensifies

Judge to Christian: “It’s a disgrace that you are even breathing the air in this sacred courtroom. ...

March 18, 2025

Joint Letter: Global Coalition Calls on Iran to Cease Persecution of Human Rights Lawyers

Iran’s Lawyers in a “Perilous Position,” Face Arrest, Torture and Imprisonment Statement Asks UN to Relay Concerns Directly to ...

March 18, 2025

43 International Rights Organizations Urge UN Human Rights Council to Renew Mandates of Iran Monitoring Bodies

Work of the Special Rapporteur and the Fact-Finding Mission Deemed Critical Given “Full-fledged Human Rights Crisis” in Iran March 18, 2025 – A broad coalition of international human rights organizations, including the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI), has ...

March 14, 2025

UN Says Iran’s Crimes Against Humanity Demand Expanded Investigation

Fact-Finding Mission Cites Widescale Murder, Imprisonment, Torture and Rape UN: Systematic Abuses Continue, Accountability Outside Iran Should be Pursued March 14, 2025 – In a new report based on a two-year investigation, the UN Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on ...

March 12, 2025

Iranian Authorities Are Killing Prisoners by Denying Lifesaving Medical Care

At Least Four Prisoners Dead in Just Two Months CHRI Speaks to Cellmate of Political Prisoner Who ...

March 6, 2025

Gender Apartheid in Iran is Crushing Women’s Lives and Futures

This International Women’s Day, the World Must Declare Gender Apartheid a Crime Against Humanity March 6, 2025 ...

February 25, 2025

Joint Statement: Stop the Imminent Deportation of Activist Nahid Modaressi to Iran

Refugees in Turkey at High Risk of Imprisonment, Torture if Returned to Iran February 25, 2025 — We, the undersigned organizations, urgently call ...

February 20, 2025

Joint Statement: 20 Rights Organizations Alarmed by Appointment of Notorious Judge as Head of Iran’s High Council for Human Rights

February 20, 2025 — In a joint statement released today, the Center for Human Rights in ...

February 19, 2025

Death Sentence for Woman Labor Activist In Iran Re-Issued

Sharifeh Mohammadi’s Second Death Sentence Imposed on Her Son’s 13th Birthday Three Women Political Prisoners Face Execution on Sham Charges February 19, 2025 — ...

February 12, 2025

FP: Trump’s Grand Bargain With Iran Shouldn’t Abandon Its People

Trump has significant leverage to negotiate a new nuclear deal with Tehran that also protects protesters. ...

February 11, 2025

Sixteen Lawyers Slammed with Bogus Charges in Iran for Criticizing Government

Lawyers Who Defended Woman Life Freedom Protesters Targeted for Prosecution Notorious Prosecutor Involved in Death of Iranian-Canadian Journalist Zahra Kazemi Receives License to ...

February 4, 2025

Two More Political Prisoners Join Dozens at Risk of Political Executions in Iran

Iran Using the Gallows to Terrorize Population into Silence Severe Violations of Due Process and Fair Trial Rights Even in Death Penalty ...

January 29, 2025

Iran’s Campaign of Terror Against Minorities Surges Across Country

State Commits Mass Violent Crimes as It Moves to Suppress Dissent Huge Surge in Mass Arrests, Violence, and Enforced Disappearances of Kurd, Baluch, ...

January 23, 2025

Iran’s Judiciary Shields Perpetrators of ‘Bloody Friday’ State Massacre

Senior Officials Protected, Low-Ranking Officers Receive Reduced Sentences Lawyers for Victims Arrested, Evidence Suppressed, Families Pressured to Take “Blood Money” and Stay ...

January 21, 2025

A Year of Resistance Inside Iran’s Prisons Against Executions

Prisoners in Over 30 Prisons Stage Weekly Hunger Strikes Demanding End to Executions January 21, 2025 — One year ago, a small group ...

January 17, 2025

UN: Iran Must Immediately Revoke Death Sentence Against Kurdish Woman Activist

Pakhshan Azizi’s Death Sentence is a “serious violation of international human rights law” January 17, 2025 —Top UN human rights ...

January 15, 2025

International Community Must Demand Immediate Release of Swedish Academic Facing Execution in Iran

New Audi File Released From Prison: “Swedish Authorities Have Abandoned Me” Sweden Should Rally Global Action to Free Ahmadreza Djalali, Imprisoned ...

January 13, 2025

Iran Intensifies Crackdown on Human Rights Lawyers Amid Growing Repression

Security Groups Control Cases of Victims Seeking Justice; Lawyers Then Prosecuted for Filing Cases January 13, 2025 — The Islamic Republic of ...

January 9, 2025

Imminent Risk of Execution of Kurdish Woman Activist After Grossly Unfair Trial

If Carried Out, Pakhshan Azizi Will Be First Woman Political Prisoner Hanged in Iran in 14 Years Death Sentence Upheld Despite Torture, ...

January 6, 2025

Killed Because You Are a Woman—Violence Against Women in Iran Reaches New Heights

Killed by husbands or fathers for fleeing an abusive forced marriage, seeking a divorce, or allegedly “dishonoring” the family, women are being killed in Iran by male family members in alarming numbers. The Iranian government is complicit in this violence, as it refuses to take ...

December 18, 2024

Women Being Sent to the Gallows in Alarming Numbers in Iran

Many Were Child Brides Hanged for Murder of Abusive Husbands From Whom There Was No Protection Growing Political Executions in Iran Now Also ...

December 13, 2024

Iran Wages War Against Women with Draconian New Hijab Law

This CHRI briefing examines Iran’s new “Law to Support the Family by Promoting the Culture of Chastity and Hijab,” which mandates the wearing of the hijab by women in all spheres of life. The law’s draconian punishments for noncompliance, including heavy fines, lashing, imprisonment, and, for ...

December 5, 2024