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Academic Year in Iran Begins with Imprisonment of Teachers, Arbitrary Arrests

Academic Year in Iran Begins with Imprisonment of Teachers, Arbitrary Arrests

September 28, 2023

New Law Requires Teachers To Be “Evaluated” with Ideological Questions Every Year September 28, 2023 – A year-long state crackdown on civil society and dissent in Iran has been corroding the country’s education system, resulting in the arrests or detentions of at least 97 teachers over the past ...

Freeing Hostages is Good, Preventing Further Abductions by Iran Would Be Better

Freeing Hostages is Good, Preventing Further Abductions by Iran Would Be Better

September 27, 2023

September 27, 2023 — The release of the five American hostages held in the Islamic Republic of Iran is a welcome development. The imprisonment of these individuals, long-held unlawfully in the country, was a complete travesty of every international legal and ethical norm. Yet there are a ...

Arrests of Slain Protesters’ Families Signals Looming State Violence as “Woman Life Freedom” Anniversary Nears

Arrests of Slain Protesters’ Families Signals Looming State Violence as “Woman Life Freedom” Anniversary Nears

August 29, 2023

Authorities Seek to Quash Protest and Silence Justice-Seekers with Over 20 Arrests August 29, 2023 – The arrests of numerous family members of protesters who were killed by state security forces in Iran, just weeks before the one-year anniversary of the outbreak of the nationwide "Woman, Life, Freedom" ...

Arrests of Women Activists Escalate Across Iran Ahead of “Woman Life Freedom” Anniversary

Arrests of Women Activists Escalate Across Iran Ahead of “Woman Life Freedom” Anniversary

August 21, 2023

At Least 22 Activists Arrested in Last Three Weeks as State’s Repressive Capacity Gears Up  International Community “Must Take Decisive Measures” August 21, 2023 – The recent detention of at least 22 activists in Iran in less than a month, the majority of them women, signals the onset ...

“Our Homes are No Refuge” Baha’i Minority in Iran Facing Intensified State Assault

“Our Homes are No Refuge” Baha’i Minority in Iran Facing Intensified State Assault

August 17, 2023

UN and International Community Must Spotlight Cases, Demand End to Escalating Oppression 180 Reports of Baha’is Targeted by State Security Forces in Last Year August 17, 2023 –  The escalating surge of arrests, imprisonments, and ceaseless oppression of the Baha’i minority community in Iran demands ...

Special Report: Sunni Clerics in the Crosshairs of Islamic Republic Repression

Special Report: Sunni Clerics in the Crosshairs of Islamic Republic Repression

August 15, 2023

Religious Leaders of Minority Communities Are Arrested, Imprisoned, Defrocked for Supporting Protesters August 15, 2023 – Religious leaders of the Sunni Muslim communities in Iran’s Sistan and Baluchistan province and in the Kurdish provinces of the country are being increasingly targeted by Islamic Republic authorities for persecution, arrest, ...

Jailed Rapper Tortured, Forced into Psychiatric Center After Demanding Justice

Jailed Rapper Tortured, Forced into Psychiatric Center After Demanding Justice

July 24, 2023

Saman Yasin: Latest Victim of Iran’s Use of Forced Psychiatric Care to Punish Political Prisoners July 24, 2023 – The forced psychiatric hospitalization of jailed rapper Saman Yasin in Iran shortly after he demanded due process and justice for his case highlights the Iranian government's continued weaponization of ...

Iranian Women Face Increased Violence as State Resumes Forced-Veiling Patrols

Iranian Women Face Increased Violence as State Resumes Forced-Veiling Patrols

July 18, 2023

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 – Women and girls in Iran face increased violence, arbitrary arrests and heightened discrimination as the Islamic Republic re-activates its forced-veiling police patrols, said the ...

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

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

June 21, 2023

Denied Access to Counsel and Held in Prolonged Solitary, Health Deteriorating  A family of three and a friend of the family jailed in Iran since November 2022 are facing charges that could carry the death penalty in a case shrouded in secrecy, the Center for Human Rights in ...

Iran: Proposed Bill Pushes Denial of Basic Rights to Unveiled Women

Iran: Proposed Bill Pushes Denial of Basic Rights to Unveiled Women

June 15, 2023

Defiance Against Mandatory Hijab Grows as Iranian Government Seeks Stricter Measures Unveiled Women Assaulted, Blocked from Accessing Essential Services June 15, 2023 – In the wake of the "Woman Life Freedom" movement that ignited nine months ago, a new parliamentary bill has emerged, intensifying discrimination against women who choose not to ...

More Executions of Protesters in Iran Imminent after Sham Trials

More Executions of Protesters in Iran Imminent after Sham Trials

May 17, 2023

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 19, 2023 May 17, 2023 – Three young men—Saeed Yaghoubi, 37, Saleh Mirhashemi, ...

UN Human Rights Chief: Executions in Iran Must Stop

UN Human Rights Chief: Executions in Iran Must Stop

May 10, 2023

Ten People Being Put to Death Each Week, 209 Hangings Since January 1 UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk called on the authorities in Iran to “halt all executions” and “abolish the death penalty,” in a statement on May 9, 2023. Türk said over 10 people are ...

Three Hangings in Three Days: The Islamic Republic Continues Its Killing Spree

Three Hangings in Three Days: The Islamic Republic Continues Its Killing Spree

May 8, 2023

Executions to Silence Dissent After Grossly Unfair Trials Increase in Iran Dissidents and Minorities Targeted, 42 People Executed in Last Ten Days May 8, 2023—The execution of three men over the last three days in Iran—two men for “insulting the prophet” and an Iranian-born Swedish citizen and dissident who ...

Activists Detained, Workers Threatened as Oil Industry Workers Strike in Iran

Activists Detained, Workers Threatened as Oil Industry Workers Strike in Iran

May 4, 2023

ILO Must Speak Out Forcefully Against Islamic Republic’s Abuses Against Labor May 4, 2023 – Strikers in Iran’s oil, gas and petrochemicals industries are being threatened with firing and labor activists are being rounded up and imprisoned as the Islamic Republic turns its ...

Dozens of Labor Activists Detained, Thousands of Workers Threatened as Strikes Roil Iran

Dozens of Labor Activists Detained, Thousands of Workers Threatened as Strikes Roil Iran

May 4, 2023

ILO Must Speak Out Forcefully Against Islamic Republic’s Abuses Against Labor Strikers in Iran’s oil, gas and petrochemicals industries are being threatened with firing and labor activists are being rounded up and imprisoned as the Islamic Republic turns its focus to labor in ...

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

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

April 6, 2023

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 as freedom of speech and expression organizations, should urgently call for the ...

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

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

March 23, 2023

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 that began in September 2022. As CHRI has noted, the announced pardons and ...

Another Abducted Dissident Sentenced to Death in Iran

Another Abducted Dissident Sentenced to Death in Iran

March 13, 2023

Supreme Court Upholds Death Sentence Against Habib Farajollah Chaab After Show Trial Three Foreign Dissidents Have Been Abducted and Sentenced to Death in Iran Since 2019 March 13, 2022 – An Iranian-born Swedish citizen and dissident, Habib Farajollah Chaab, who was reportedly lured to Turkey by Islamic Republic agents ...

Teachers Across Iran Protest Government’s Inaction on School Gas Attacks

Teachers Across Iran Protest Government’s Inaction on School Gas Attacks

March 10, 2023

Arrests, Tear Gas Against Peaceful Protesters Reported by Eyewitnesses Government Dithers While Thousands of Schoolgirls Sickened Amid ongoing poison gas attacks reported at girls’ schools in dozens of cities in Iran, the Coordinating Council of the Iranian Teachers Trade Association (CCITTA) held nationwide protests in Iran on March 7, ...

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

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

March 3, 2023

Prominent Human Rights Defender Takes Grave Risks by Penning Open Letter in Prison “As a witness in both cases of physical, sexual assault, and physical torture, I am willing to testify anywhere…” Those words were written by human rights defender and longtime prisoner of conscience in Iran ...

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

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

February 21, 2023

Jamshid Sharmahd Was Abducted by Islamic Republic Agents, Tortured and Denied Due Process February 21, 2023 – The death sentence against Iranian-born German citizen Jamshid Sharmahd is a blatant act of public intimidation by the Islamic Republic, aimed at silencing criticism of its repressive ...

Joint Letter by 39 NGOs Calls on EU Countries to Summon Iranian Ambassadors in Unison on International Women’s Day

Joint Letter by 39 NGOs Calls on EU Countries to Summon Iranian Ambassadors in Unison on International Women’s Day

February 20, 2023

February 20, 2023 — A joint letter by 39 women's and Iranian human rights organizations calls on EU countries to summon their ambassadors in unison on International Women's Day, March 8, and demand the Islamic Republic: Stop detaining and committing violence against women who are calling for basic rights ...

Human Rights Lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh’s Husband Ordered to Report to Prison

Human Rights Lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh’s Husband Ordered to Report to Prison

February 14, 2023

Blatant Attempt to Silence Sotoudeh for Outspoken Support for Protesters February 14, 2023 – The human rights activist Reza Khandan, who is the husband of the prominent human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh, has been summoned to report to prison within 30 days to begin serving a six-year ...

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

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

February 10, 2023

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 direct violation of international law that requires the protection of medical ...

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

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

February 8, 2023

Previous Pardons Have Not Been Followed by Actual Prisoner Releases Detained Protesters Assumed Guilty, Must “Apologize” First February 8, 2023 - The announced pardons and sentence reductions for tens of thousands of people charged or prosecuted for taking part in the protests that have swept Iran over the last ...

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