‘We Are Alive, But in Captivity’: Letter from Imprisoned Kurdish Labor Activist
May 5, 2025 — In a letter obtained by the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI), Issa Ebrahimzadeh, a Kurdish farmer and labor rights activist ...
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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 Months Due to Unsafe Working Conditions April 30, 2025 – On this International ...
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 general counsel of the Center for Human Rights in Iran, ...
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 16, 2025 — Hundreds of men and women ...
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 and Foreign Nationals: “Comparable to torture under international law” April ...
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 in Iran, Including Three Women April 9, 2025 — At dawn ...
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 Atrocities April 3, 2025 – In a significant step toward ...
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. You should go to prison right now.” Over 300 ...
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 Iranian Authorities March 18, 2025—In a joint statement released ...
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 issued an urgent public appeal urging Member States of ...
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 Iran (FFMI) states that two and a half years after ...
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 Died Due to Medical Neglect March 12, 2025 — At least ...
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 — In Iran, women are second-class citizens—systematically oppressed by laws ...
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 on the Turkish government to immediately halt the deportation of ...
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 Iran (CHRI) alongside nineteen human rights organizations, condemned the appointment ...
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 — Iranian authorities have once again sentenced female labor activist...
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. This article was originally published on Foreign Policy. February ...
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 Practice Law February 11, 2025 —Iran is intensifying its assault on ...
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 Cases February 4, 2025 – Two political prisoners, Manouchehr Fallah and ...
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, Arab, and Azeri Turk Citizens January 29, 2025 —The Iranian government ...
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 Silent January 23, 2025 – In a stark mockery of justice, ...
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 of prisoners on death row in Iran initiated a brave ...
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 experts have expressed “grave concern” over the Iranian Supreme Court's ...
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 Since 2016 Governments Must Work Together to End Iran’s Hostage Taking, ...
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 Iran is waging a campaign of intimidation and prosecution against ...