1,000 Days in Prison: Narges Mohammadi Condemns Iranian Judiciary’s “Subservience” to Security Agencies
Human rights advocate Narges Mohammadi, who recently marked her 1,000th day of imprisonment in Iran, has strongly condemned Judiciary Chief ...
Prisoners / Arrests
Tehran Police Open Fire on Sufi Gonabadi Protesters as Clashes Leave Several Dead
A protest by followers of Iran’s Muslim Sufi Gonabadi Order was attacked with police fire and tear gas near the home of the faith’s ...
Seyed-Emami’s Family Lawyers Issue Statement Countering State TV Smear Campaign
Two lawyers representing the family of recently deceased Kavous Seyed-Emami have issued a statement countering the claims made in a short film that was aired on a state-funded TV program in ...
Iran’s Suppression of December 2017 Unrest Marked by Brutal Violations of Law
The state crackdown that crushed the protests that erupted across Iran in late December 2017 was marked by violence and brutal disregard for the law. This CHRI briefing, based on interviews with released detainees, the families and attorneys of detainees, and journalists and human rights defenders inside Iran, provides a detailed look at the mass ...
Iranian Authorities Arrest Lawyer Who Exposed Death of Protester in Police Custody
Civil Rights Activists Also Detained February 16, 2018 – Attorney Mohammad Najafi has been held in detention in the Iranian city of Arak since January 15, and is facing eight charges for exposing the death ...
Environmentalists Detained in Iran Denied Legal Counsel Weeks After Arrests
Some Detainees Allowed Brief Contact With Their Families Environmental activists who were detained at the same time as Kavous Seyed-Emami—who recently died in custody—are being denied access to legal counsel, the Center for ...
Mother of Ailing Hunger Striker Atena Daemi Assaulted in Front of Evin Prison
Atena Daemi (right) with her mother Masoumeh Nemati. Masoumeh Nemati, the mother of imprisoned civil rights activist Atena Daemi, was attacked in front of Evin Prison in Tehran on February 13, 2018, after she tried to inquire about ...
These Women Risked Imprisonment in Iran to Protest the Compulsory Hijab
In December and January of this year, Iranian women challenged the Islamic Republic’s compulsory hijab by waving their headscarves in public in various cities across Iran. They risked arrest, some were detained and some face serious ...
Seyed-Emami’s Son Reveals Threats Against Family
Kavous Seyed Emami and his son, Ramin. Ramin Seyed-Emami Says Family is Seeking Independent Investigation February 14, 2018 -- The son of Kavous Seyed-Emami, an Iranian-Canadian academic and environmentalist who ...
Lawyer: IRGC Film of Seyed-Emami’s Prison Cell Does Not Show Act of Suicide
Film Shows Detainee Visibly Agitated Before Disappearing From Camera’s View A lawyer representing the family of Kavous Seyed-Emami, who died under interrogation in Evin Prison on February 9, ...
Some University Students Still Detained a Month After Iran’s Protests Despite Officials’ Claims
Contrary to Iranian official’s claims that all the university students who were detained in connection with Iran’s December 2017 protests have been released, some remain in custody ...
MP: “More Details Necessary” To Determine Cause of Iranian-Canadian’s Death in Custody
Tehran Prosecutor Claims Autopsy Conducted But Still No Medical Examiner’s Report Iran’s deputy parliamentary speaker has stated that, based on a video produced by the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), it’s not clear whether ...
Mother Denies Espionage Charges Against Son Detained in Crackdown on Environmental NGO in Iran
Sam Rajabi was detained on January 25, 2018. The mother of Sam Rajabi, who was arrested in ...
Clear Signs of State Cover-Up in Prison Death of Iranian-Canadian Academic in Iran
Distraught Family Under Enormous Pressure to Bury Body Quickly and Not Speak Publicly About the Death February 12, 2018—The family of the Iranian-Canadian academic, Kavous Seyed-Emami, whose death ...
Pollsters Arrested While Conducting Survey Showing Majority of Iranians Dissatisfied With Domestic Affairs
Some pollsters who were gauging views about Iran’s December 2017 protests have been arrested, according to Mohammad Aghasi, the head of the Iranian Students Polling Agency (ISPA). “It was difficult to conduct ...
Iranian-Canadian Academic Dies in Custody While Under Interrogations
A third detainee, 63-year old Iranian-Canadian professor Kavous Seyed-Emami, has died in custody in Iran, barely 17 days after his arrest and while under interrogations ...
Thousands of Undocumented Iranians Denied Affordable Kerosene In Winter Months
Tens of thousands of people living in poverty in Iran’s Sistan and Baluchestan Province are being denied heating oil in the cold winter months because they lack identification papers, the Center ...
Two Female Political Prisoners To Begin Refusing Food and Water Over Sudden Transfer to New Prison
Golrokh Ebrahimi Iraee(left) and Atena Daemi Imprisoned civil rights activists Golrokh Ebrahimi Iraee and Atena Daemi have pledged to escalate their week-long hunger strike into a ...
Rights Group: Security Agents Killed At Least 20 in Sistan and Baluchistan Province in 2017
At least 20 ethnic Baluchis were killed and 19 wounded after being shot by law enforcement agents who were allegedly pursuing suspected traffickers in Iran’s Sistan and Baluchestan Province in 2017, ...
Swedish Resident Facing Death in Iran Details How He Was Forced to Make False Statements
The wife of a Swedish resident imprisoned in Tehran has revealed the way her husband, Ahmadreza Djalali, was coerced into making potentially incriminating statements before he was ...
Revised Law Could Save Thousands on Death Row in Iran
Up to 5,000 people facing death in Iran could be saved as a result of a recently revised law--but there's a catch. Here's the story of an emerging Iranian policy regarding capital punishment. ...
UK Resident Detained in Iran by IRGC For More Than a Year Without Charge or Access to Counsel
Mohammad Reza Hashemi-Nabi, a permanent resident of the UK, has been held in solitary confinement in Iran’s Evin Prison for more than a year without access to a ...
Authorities Ignore Potential Cancer Diagnosis For US Resident Nizar Zakka, Deny Him Medical Care
"Evin Prison officials are using medicine as a weapon" US permanent resident Nizar Zakka is being denied medical attention in Evin Prison despite ...
“This is Slavery” 30 Sugar Plant Workers Arrested in Iran For Demanding Unpaid Wages
Police arrested more than 30 protesters on the fourth day of a strike by hundreds of workers on February 4, 2018, at a major sugar plant near the city ...
Imprisoned Iranian-American Art Dealer Accuses IRGC of Judicial Interference
Karan Vafadari: “I don’t think we will be justly ...