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January 11, 2024

Grave Concerns as Young, Tortured Men Face Unsubstantiated Death Penalty Case in Iran

IRGC’s Refusal to Hand Over Alleged Video “Evidence” Raises Concerns of Frame-Up January 11, 2024 – There are serious concerns for a group of ...

December 6, 2023

Urgent Call to Free Rapper Detained in Iran After Revealing Torture in State Custody

Toomaj Salehi Re-Arrested After Publicly Disclosing Plans to Sue State Requires Medical Treatment for Injuries Sustained in Prison December 5, 2023 – The arbitrary re-arrest ...

November 30, 2023

Joint Letter: Free Unjustly Imprisoned Nobel Laureate Narges Mohammadi

Nobel Laureate Should Be Allowed to Travel to Oslo to See Family and Receive Prize The Center for Human Rights in ...

November 17, 2023

Peaceful Protesters’ Plight in Iran: Abductions and Forced Confessions

November 17, 2023 – An arbitrarily detained woman, facing unjust imprisonment in Iran, has provided a detailed account of her violent abduction ...

November 13, 2023

Jailed in Iran, Nobel Laureate Narges Mohammadi Resists Summons to Face More Charges

Imprisoned for Peaceful Advocacy, Global Leaders Must Demand Her Immediate Release November 13, 2023 – Imprisoned Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi faces new charges ...

October 23, 2023

Journalists Who Reported on Mahsa Jina Amini’s Killing Sentenced to Long Prison Terms

Niloufar Hamedi Gets 13 Years Behind Bars and Elahe Mohammadi 12 Years Iranian Government Moves to Crush “Woman, Life, Freedom” Movement On All ...

October 9, 2023

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 — A group of ...

August 17, 2023

“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 of Baha’is Targeted by State ...

August 15, 2023

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 of the Sunni Muslim communities ...

July 24, 2023

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 – The forced psychiatric hospitalization ...

July 18, 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 Compulsory Hijab Law July 18, 2023 ...

June 21, 2023

Family Jailed in Iran for Seven Months on National Security Charges Could Face Death Penalty

Denied Access to Counsel and Held in Prolonged Solitary, Health Deteriorating A family of three and a friend of the family jailed in ...

May 17, 2023

More Executions of Protesters in Iran Imminent after Sham Trials

Prosecution of Three Young Men Relied on Torture, Forced “Confessions” Defendant: "They kept beating me to make me tell their version of their crime on camera" *Editor's Note: Saeed Yaghoubi, Saleh Mirhashemi, and Majid Kazemi were hanged on May ...

April 6, 2023

Imprisoned Dissident Rapper Toomaj Salehi, Voice of Iran’s Protests, Faces Possible Execution

Sources Close to Toomaj Urge International Community to Demand His Release Before Trial Begins Imprisoned Unjustly Since October 2022, in Urgent Need of Medical Care April 6, 2023 – The international community, including music and arts institutions as well ...

March 23, 2023

Journalists Denied Release from Prison Amid Supreme Leader’s “Pardon” PR Ploy

More than a month has passed since the Iranian government issued a “pardon” for an unverified number of prisoners and detainees following the arrests of tens of thousands of people across the country amid anti-state protests ...

March 17, 2023

Iranian and French Lawyers, Doctors Demand Release of Lawyer Mohammad Najafi

31 Lawyers and Doctors Call for Freedom of “Peace-Seeking Lawyer and Human Rights Activist” In a joint letter published today, 31 doctors and ...

March 13, 2023

Another Abducted Dissident Sentenced to Death in Iran

Supreme Court Upholds Death Sentence Against Habib Farajollah Chaab After Show Trial Three Foreign Dissidents Have Been Abducted and Sentenced to Death in ...

March 3, 2023

Political Prisoner Narges Mohammadi: I Will “Testify” About Sexual Assault Against Protesters

Prominent Human Rights Defender Takes Grave Risks by Penning Open Letter in Prison “As a witness in both cases ...

February 21, 2023

Iran Sentences German Citizen to Death to Intimidate Iranian Diaspora, German Government

Jamshid Sharmahd Was Abducted by Islamic Republic Agents, Tortured and Denied Due Process February 21, 2023 – The death ...

February 10, 2023

Iran Protests: More Doctors Treating Protesters Killed, Tortured and Detained

Global Medical Community Must Speak Out Against Severe Violation of International Law February 10, 2023 — An increasing number of doctors and medical workers continue to be arrested, detained, tortured and killed by Islamic Republic forces for treating wounded protesters, in ...

February 8, 2023

Analysis: Khamenei’s “Pardon” Is a Public Relations Stunt That Cedes No Ground to the Protesters

Previous Pardons Have Not Been Followed by Actual Prisoner Releases Detained Protesters Assumed Guilty, Must “Apologize” First February 8, 2023 - The announced pardons ...

February 2, 2023

Civil Rights Defender Farhad Meysami at Risk of Death in Iranian Prison

Meysami Hunger-Striking to Demand End to Political Executions and Compulsory Hijab February 2, 2023 – The UN and international human rights ...

February 2, 2023

Jailed Iranian Director Jafar Panahi Hunger Strikes Against “Hostage-Taking”

In an open letter, renowned Iranian director Jafar Panahi has announced the beginning of his hunger strike in Tehran's Evin Prison until he is freed from his illegal imprisonment. "I firmly declare that in protest against the unlawful and ...

February 1, 2023