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‘We Are Alive, But in Captivity’: Letter from Imprisoned Kurdish Labor Activist

May 5, 2025 — In a letter obtained by the Center ...

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 ...

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 ...

Gender Apartheid in Iran is Crushing Women’s Lives and Futures

This International Women’s Day, the World Must Declare Gender Apartheid a ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Imminent Risk of Execution of Kurdish Woman Activist After Grossly Unfair Trial

If Carried Out, Pakhshan Azizi Will Be First Woman Political Prisoner Hanged in Iran in 14 ...

Narges Mohammadi’s Temporary Medical Release is Grossly Insufficient

International Community Must Campaign Vigorously to Prevent Her Return to ...

Photos from Iran ‘Bloody November’ in 2019: The State Massacre Hidden by an Internet Blackout

“November 2019 was one of the Islamic Republic’s ...

UN Calls for Accountability for Iran’s Crimes against Humanity During Woman, Life, Freedom Crackdown

Survivors Express Frustration at Lack of Action by International Community November 27, 2024 – In a ...

Joint Letter: 44 Human Rights Groups Call on UN to Secure Immediate Medical Release for Narges Mohammadi

Nobel Peace Laureate Urgently Needs Essential Medical Care for Serious Health Problems November 18, 2024 – In a ...

Six More Young Protesters Sentenced to Death in Iran After Grossly Unfair Trial

Judges Violate Iran’s Own Laws Under Pressure from the Security Establishment Ruling ...

Five Years Later, Still No Justice for Iran’s Massacre of November 2019 Protesters

Families Seeking Accountability for Killed Loved Ones Face Imprisonment Credible Estimates Say State Security Forces Killed More ...

Death Sentence Against Woman Kurdish Activist Continues Iran’s Campaign of Terror to Silence Dissent

Varisheh Moradi Tortured, Sentenced to Death Without Due Process or Fair Trial Women, Protesters, Children—No One Spared, Minorities ...

Student Who Undressed to Protest Iran’s Repressive Dress Code Joins Other Dissidents Forced Into Psychiatric Centers

World Must Demand Her Immediate Release and Due Process Rights Iran’s Use of Psychiatric Centers to Punish Dissidents ...

Interview: Iranian Photojournalist Recounts State Violence During Woman, Life, Freedom Protests

Journalists Face Arrest, Torture, Detention to Document Iran’s Lethal Repression October 22, 2024 – As we approach the ...

Iran Protests: Voices from Iran (Updated)

Our team at the Center for Human Rights in Iran is in daily contact with Iranians throughout the country. In this regularly updated post, we publish what we are hearing from Iranians from all walks of life. ...

Images of Resistance: Photographers Who Documented Iran’s Woman, Life, Freedom Movement

For the second anniversary of Iran’s Woman, Life, Freedom movement, the Center for Human Rights in Iran partnered with Middle East Images to present a powerful collection of photographs and interviews, highlighting the courage of the protesters who stood up ...