Parliament Maneuvers to Pass Bill Without Full Vote to Avoid Public Scrutiny Move Comes on Heels of State’s Internet Shutdowns During Crackdown on Protesters July 30, 2021 – In a bid to sidestep public ...
Security Forces Are Again Killing Peaceful Protesters; Repeat of 2019 Massacre Feared State-engineered Internet Shutdown Aimed at Hiding the Violence July 28, 2021—As state security forces in Iran continue to violently suppress peaceful protests ...
New Amnesty Report Highlights Use of Live Ammunition, Killings in Drought-Ridden Province July 23, 2021—With security forces in Iran attacking and killing protesters in Khuzestan Province, the Iranian authorities are once again ...
At Least Three Shot Dead Less Than a Week into Demonstrations Against Water, Power Shortages July 19, 2021—The unlawful killings of protesters by state security forces in Iran’s drought-ridden Khuzestan Province should ...
July 19, 2021—In a joint statement released today, 10 human rights groups, including the Center for Human Rights in Iran, urged the international community to hold Iranian authorities accountable for their ongoing ...
Iranian Activists Abroad at Risk if Europe, U.S. Don’t Address Iran’s Unlawful Activities July 14, 2021 – The Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) today condemned in the strongest terms a foiled ...
State Now Issues and Revokes Law Licenses, Crushing Independence of Legal Profession Due Process and Fair Trial Rights Dealt Further Blow by New Legislation July 12, 2021—In a sweeping grab of new powers over ...
Judicial System To Be Used To Further Suppress Dissent July 6, 2021—The appointment of Gholam-Hossein Mohseni Ejei, a major human rights violator, as the Islamic Republic’s new judiciary chief is another indication ...
Draft Bill Criminalizes Filming of “Crime Scenes” to Prevent Spread of Images of State Violence On June 8, 2021, Iran’s Parliament passed the first draft of a bill that, if it ...
Incoming President Raisi’s Record of Violence against Protesters Increases Concerns June 29, 2021—The continuation of strikes in Iran’s critical oil and petrochemical facilities—not seen on this scale for more than four decades—and ...
Ebrahim Raisi is Guilty of Gross Human Rights Violations June 19, 2021—As Ebrahim Raisi ascends to the presidency in Iran, after a sham election in which almost all other candidates were disqualified, the ...
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 ...