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Released on Bail

February 1, 2023

Children’s Rights Advocates, Mainly Women, Targeted in Crackdown on Anti-State Protests in Iran

Women Aiding Vulnerable Children Detained As State Broadens Efforts to Crush Movement for Change February 1, 2023 – Women who have devoted their lives to aiding underprivileged and at-risk youth in Iran have come ...

January 19, 2023

Suspicious Deaths of Released Protesters in Iran Should be Investigated by UN

Credible Evidence Challenges Iranian Authorities’ Claims of “Suicides” Families Describe Visibly Tortured Bodies, Fabricated Evidence, Forced Quick Burials January 19, 2023 – The UN Fact-Finding Mission should investigate the suspicious deaths of a number of recently released detained ...

May 12, 2022

Activists Urge UN Rep to Meet Them During Trip to Iran

Government’s Refusal to Allow UN Human Rights Experts into Country Condemned May 12, 2022 -- A group of prominent civil rights activists in Iran has called on UN representative Alena Douhan, who will be visiting Iran shortly to assess ...

March 23, 2022

Civil Disobedience: Rights Defender Narges Mohammadi Resists Prison Summons

Longtime human rights defender and former prisoner of conscience Narges Mohammadi is peacefully refusing to report to prison in Tehran to serve an eight-year sentence that was issued against her after a five-minute trial ...

March 22, 2022

Interview: Rights Lawyer Turned Political Prisoner Condemns “Shameful” Acts Against Lawyers in Iran

Defense attorney Amirsalar Davoudi was imprisoned in Iran for running a social media channel that provided information to lawyers. *Editor's Note: Amirsalar Davoudi was forced to return to Evin Prison in ...

March 10, 2022

Unprecedented Lawsuit Filed Against Supreme Leader, Top Iranian Officials

Complaint Alleges Gross Negligence in Government’s Response to COVID-19 Pandemic  Lawyers Who Filed the Complaint are Facing Prison Time Two lawyers in Iran, Arash Keykhosravi and Mohammad Reza Faghihi, filed an official complaint against Supreme Leader ...

March 3, 2022

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 denial of proper medical treatment to ailing political and civil rights activists in Iran is setting the stage for ...

February 15, 2022

Crackdown on Labor Activists in Iran

Amid an intensifying campaign of political repression in Iran, state authorities have been summoning, detaining, and imprisoning peaceful labor rights activists and a journalist in various cities throughout the country. A lawyer who has represented several ...

June 17, 2021

Prominent Activist in Iran Fears Her “Life is in Danger” After Violent Confrontations

Narges Mohammadi Attacked and Threatened Twice in Past Week by State Agents Iran Should Stop Assaulting, Threatening Peaceful Activists June 17, 2021 – Iranian authorities should stop physically assaulting, harassing and threatening peaceful activists in Iran, including the ...

March 24, 2021

Traditional New Year Furloughs and Other Privileges Denied to Iran’s Political Prisoners

Lawyer: “Humanity, in addition to the rule of law, has vanished” Political prisoners in Iran, long subjected to especially harsh treatment in Iran’s prisons, have been largely left out of the furloughs (temporary leaves from prison) typically granted ...

March 4, 2021

Security Establishment and Judiciary Collude in Disbandment of Iran’s Largest NGO

Imam Ali Popular Students Relief Society Shuttered after Tehran Court Grants Motion by Interior Ministry  March 4, 2021—An Interior Ministry motion to disband the Imam Ali Popular Students Relief Society (IAPSRS) was ...

November 13, 2020

UN: Iran Must Quash Nasrin Sotoudeh’s Convictions and Ensure Her Permanent Release

Top Experts Say Her COVID-19 Diagnosis “Shows the real risks for those in detention in Iran” Top UN experts* released a statement today, welcoming the temporary release of human rights attorney Nasrin Sotoudeh on November 7, ...

November 7, 2020

Nasrin Sotoudeh Released on Temporary Leave from Prison

Human Rights Lawyer, Weakened from Lack of Proper Medical Care, Now Home in Tehran November 7, 2020—Imprisoned human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh was released on temporary furlough today from Gharchak Prison in the Iranian city of Varamin, south ...

March 12, 2020

“They Want to Create Fear” More Artists Summoned to Prison Amid Iran’s Rising COVID-19 Death Toll

In addition to renowned filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof, three members of the Iranian Writers Association (IWA)—Baktash Abtin, Reza Khandan Mahabadi and Keyvan Bajan—have been summoned to prison as other inmates are being reportedly released to ...

November 26, 2019

University Helped Build Sham Court Case against Young Student Activist, Source Reveals

 Parisa Rafiei Loses Her Last Legal Challenge to Seven-Year Sentence for Peaceful Protest Parisa Rafiei, the young student activist who recently lost her last chance to have her seven-year prison sentence reviewed by Iran’s Supreme Court, was convicted based ...

November 14, 2019

Widow of Detainee Who Died in Iranian Custody Recognizes Her Interrogator Posing as “Reporter” on State TV

IRIB Briefly Airs Pseudo-Documentary About Detained Conservationists Ahead of Verdict A man claiming to be a reporter in a pseudo-documentary about Iran’s detained conservationists that was aired by the state-controlled Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) organization on ...

November 8, 2019

Rule Allowing Appeals Hearings without Defendants Present is Blatant Violation of Law

Judiciary Chief and Supreme Leader Hollow Out Appeal Process, Defendants’ Last Line of Defense The decision by Iran’s Judiciary Chief Ebrahim Raisi, with Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei’s blessing, to prevent the presence of the defendant, plaintiff or ...

November 8, 2019

No Action Yet in Parliament on Bill to Ban Broadcast of Confessions During Investigations

Bill Does Not Ban Extraction of Confessions, They Can Still Be Used at Later Stages An Iranian parliamentary bill that aims to stop state-funded media outlets from airing forced “confessions” during the investigative phase appears at a standstill ...

October 28, 2019

Iran Releases Seven Political Prisoners on Bail Without Explanation

Six Prisoners Posted Extraordinarily High Bail, Unclear Why Fellow Prisoners of Conscience Remain Jailed A Christian convert, four journalists and two activists were released from prisons in Iran on October 26, 2019, without any public announcement as to ...

October 21, 2019

Iranian Actress Matin Sotudeh Summoned to Court for Red Carpet Attire: “The Reaction Shocked Me”

Matin Sotudeh (middle) was dressed in a hijab and buttoned-up, long-sleeved tunic ...

August 30, 2019

Prisoners in Iran’s Gharchak Prison for Women Protest Inhumane Living Conditions 

Prison Fails to Meet UN’s Minimum Standards for Treatment of Prisoners Two hundred inmates in Ward 5 of Gharchak Prison for women in the Iranian city of Varamin have sent an open letter to the head of the State ...

August 21, 2019

Iran Releases Detained Stadium Ban Protesters as Hardliners Cheer on Discriminatory Policy

Four women arrested by agents of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) on August 17, 2019, for trying to enter Azadi Stadium in Tehran to watch a men’s soccer game were released on bail from ...

August 19, 2019

Arrests, Prison Sentences Fail to Stem Growing Public Opposition to Iran’s Mandatory Hijab Law

At Least 12 People Sentenced to Prison Since January 2018 August 19, 2019 – Mounting arrests and prison sentences have not enabled Iran's government to achieve broad public compliance with the country's mandatory hijab law, or stem growing ...

August 16, 2019

Iran Cracks Down on Instagram Celebrities as It Tightens Noose on Freedom of Speech and Expression

Investigations by the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) indicate that dozens of Iranians with large followings on Instagram—including athletes, fashion models and actors—were summoned by security officials in 2019 and in some cases charged with ...

July 30, 2019

Iranian Heavy Metal Band Members Escape to Norway After Receiving Prison Sentences

Nikan Khosravi and Arash Ilkhani, members of the Iranian heavy metal band Confess, have left Iran to escape prosecution and prison for their art. “We took a risk and left the country so that we could continue ...

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Latest News

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    February 2, 2023
  • Jailed Iranian Director Jafar Panahi Hunger Strikes Against “Hostage-Taking”
    Jailed Iranian Director Jafar Panahi Hunger Strikes Against "Hostage-Taking"
    February 2, 2023
  • Children’s Rights Advocates, Mainly Women, Targeted in Crackdown on Anti-State Protests in Iran
    Children’s Rights Advocates, Mainly Women, Targeted in Crackdown on Anti-State Protests in Iran
    February 1, 2023
  • Iran: Families of Detained and Killed Protesters Beaten, Threatened to Stay Silent
    Iran: Families of Detained and Killed Protesters Beaten, Threatened to Stay Silent
    January 25, 2023
  • Suspicious Deaths of Released Protesters in Iran Should be Investigated by UN
    Suspicious Deaths of Released Protesters in Iran Should be Investigated by UN
    January 19, 2023
  • Governments Worldwide Should Recall Ambassadors from Iran
    Governments Worldwide Should Recall Ambassadors from Iran
    January 12, 2023
  • Iran Protests: At Least 44 Defense Attorneys Arrested Since September
    Iran Protests: At Least 44 Defense Attorneys Arrested Since September
    January 10, 2023
  • Two More Men Executed in Iran in Connection with Protests, Others at Imminent Risk
    Two More Men Executed in Iran in Connection with Protests, Others at Imminent Risk
    January 7, 2023
  • Third Anniversary of Shooting Down of Ukrainian Passenger Plane, Still No Justice
    Third Anniversary of Shooting Down of Ukrainian Passenger Plane, Still No Justice
    January 6, 2023
  • What Can I Do to Support the Protesters and Human Rights in Iran?
    What Can I Do to Support the Protesters and Human Rights in Iran?
    January 5, 2023
  • Iranian Athletes Killed, Tortured, Sentenced to Death for Supporting Protests (Updated)
    Iranian Athletes Killed, Tortured, Sentenced to Death for Supporting Protests (Updated)
    January 4, 2023
  • Recommendations: Congress Can Play a Vital Role in Supporting the Protesters in Iran
    Recommendations: Congress Can Play a Vital Role in Supporting the Protesters in Iran
    December 21, 2022
  • Recommendations for the U.S. Congress on Iran
    Recommendations for the U.S. Congress on Iran
    December 21, 2022
  • Iran: Death Sentences and Imprisonment Used to Crush Dissent in Film and Theatre Industries
    Iran: Death Sentences and Imprisonment Used to Crush Dissent in Film and Theatre Industries
    December 20, 2022
  • Iran’s Courts Using Death Penalty Charges to Crush Protests
    Iran’s Courts Using Death Penalty Charges to Crush Protests
    December 15, 2022
  • Islamic Republic of Iran Expelled from UN Commission on the Status of Women
    Islamic Republic of Iran Expelled from UN Commission on the Status of Women
    December 14, 2022
  • Iran Protests: Children Killed and Tortured to Crush Dissent
    Iran Protests: Children Killed and Tortured to Crush Dissent
    December 13, 2022
  • Lynching in Iran: Majidreza Rahnavard, 23, Publicly Hanged in State-Sponsored Murder
    Lynching in Iran: Majidreza Rahnavard, 23, Publicly Hanged in State-Sponsored Murder
    December 12, 2022
  • Executions in Iran: World Must Respond with Strong Action Against State Killings of Protesters
    Executions in Iran: World Must Respond with Strong Action Against State Killings of Protesters
    December 8, 2022
  • Iran Protests: Detained University Students Subjected to Sexual Assault, Disappearances
    Iran Protests: Detained University Students Subjected to Sexual Assault, Disappearances
    December 6, 2022
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