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Currently Imprisoned

April 30, 2025

Iran’s Workers: Battered by Brutal Repression and Lethal Work Conditions

19 Labor Activists Still Imprisoned, One Woman at Risk of Execution Over 2000 Workers Dead in Last 12 ...

April 24, 2025

Op-Ed: Combine ‘Maximum Pressure’ on Iran with Maximum Support for the Iranian People

This article was originally published on The Hill. April 24, 2025 By Michael Eisner, the ...

April 16, 2025

Iran’s Mass Executions of Drug Offenders Are a Human Rights Emergency

Over 100 Executed in Just Three Months for Drug Offences  Former Prisoner and Lawyers Reveal Blatantly Unlawful Judicial Proceedings April ...

April 14, 2025

EU Sanctions Iranian Judicial Officials Over Abductions of European Nationals

Collective Action Is Only Way to Address Iran’s Hostage Taking Conditions of Imprisoned Dual ...

April 9, 2025

Five More Political Prisoners Hanged in Iran as Use of Death Penalty to Crush Dissent Surges

Executions Follow Sham Trials and “Confessions” Extracted Under Torture At Least 50 Political Prisoners Now Facing Execution ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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Latest News

  • Iran Intensifies Nationwide Crackdown on Teachers and Union Activists
    Iran Intensifies Nationwide Crackdown on Teachers and Union Activists
    July 28, 2026
  • UN Fact-Finding Mission Urgently Calls on Iran to Immediately Halt Executions
    UN Fact-Finding Mission Urgently Calls on Iran to Immediately Halt Executions
    July 27, 2026
  • Authorities Escalate Crackdown on Iranian Students Amid Post-War Repression
    Authorities Escalate Crackdown on Iranian Students Amid Post-War Repression
    July 16, 2026
  • Civilians Must Be Protected At All Times During War
    Civilians Must Be Protected At All Times During War
    July 15, 2026
  • Iran Intensifies Assault on Independent Lawyers Amid Expanding Post-War Crackdown
    Iran Intensifies Assault on Independent Lawyers Amid Expanding Post-War Crackdown
    June 18, 2026
  • As Executions Surge in Iran, Prisoners Risk Their Lives to Protest the State’s Killings
    As Executions Surge in Iran, Prisoners Risk Their Lives to Protest the State's Killings
    June 8, 2026
  • A Collective Call from Inside Iran for Free and Equal Internet Access
    A Collective Call from Inside Iran for Free and Equal Internet Access
    May 28, 2026
  • Iran’s Baha’i Community Under Intensified State Attack Amid Escalating Domestic Repression
    Iran’s Baha’i Community Under Intensified State Attack Amid Escalating Domestic Repression
    May 19, 2026
  • Iran’s Execution Machine: Political Hangings Surge as Dozens Face Imminent Death
    Iran’s Execution Machine: Political Hangings Surge as Dozens Face Imminent Death
    April 30, 2026
  • UN Rights Chief Urges Halt to Executions, Warns of Escalating Repression Iran
    UN Rights Chief Urges Halt to Executions, Warns of Escalating Repression Iran
    April 29, 2026
  • 30 Legal Groups Call for Immediate Release of Detained Iranian Human Rights Lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh and Her Husband Reza Khandan
    30 Legal Groups Call for Immediate Release of Detained Iranian Human Rights Lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh and Her Husband Reza Khandan
    April 14, 2026
  • Attacks on Essential Infrastructure Will Have Catastrophic Consequences for Millions of Civilians Across the Region
    Attacks on Essential Infrastructure Will Have Catastrophic Consequences for Millions of Civilians Across the Region
    April 6, 2026
  • At least 1,500 Arrested in Iran as State Intensifies Domestic Crackdown
    At least 1,500 Arrested in Iran as State Intensifies Domestic Crackdown
    March 31, 2026
  • Opinion: Iran is already ramping up its next war. Guess who the ‘enemy’ is.
    Opinion: Iran is already ramping up its next war. Guess who the ‘enemy’ is.
    March 25, 2026
  • Three Protesters Publicly Hanged in Iran; Dozens More At Imminent Risk of Execution
    Three Protesters Publicly Hanged in Iran; Dozens More At Imminent Risk of Execution
    March 19, 2026
  • Civilians Must Be Protected Across the Middle East
    Civilians Must Be Protected Across the Middle East
    March 5, 2026
  • Grave Concerns for the Safety of Political Prisoners and Detainees in Iran
    Grave Concerns for the Safety of Political Prisoners and Detainees in Iran
    March 2, 2026
  • Iran’s Machinery of Repression Escalates: Arbitrary Arrests, Torture, Enforced Disappearances, and Death Sentences After Protest Massacre
    Iran’s Machinery of Repression Escalates: Arbitrary Arrests, Torture, Enforced Disappearances, and Death Sentences After Protest Massacre
    February 25, 2026
  • UN Experts Demand Iran Reveal Fate of Detainees, Halt Executions
    UN Experts Demand Iran Reveal Fate of Detainees, Halt Executions
    February 20, 2026
  • Op-Ed: Iran’s Protests Have Ended. The State’s Terror Campaign Has Not.
    Op-Ed: Iran’s Protests Have Ended. The State’s Terror Campaign Has Not.
    February 16, 2026
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