Iran Election: Don’t Ignore Ebrahim Raisi’s Gross Rights Violations

Judiciary Chief’s Presidential Bid Reignites Calls for Accountability June 3, 2021 – Iranian presidential candidate Ebrahim Raisi should ...

Iran Narrows in on Repressing Farmers’ Protests as Water Crisis Spreads

Protests by hard-hit farmers over Iran’s worsening water crisis are being repressed by state security forces as officials increasingly ...

Joint Letter: Biden’s Iran Policy Must Include Focus on Human Rights

The Center for Human Rights in Iran, along with eight other organizations, today sent a letter to the ...

Two Brothers of Executed Iranian Wrestler Fear Same Fate

May 5, 2021 – Eight months after an Iranian wrestler was unjustly executed in Shiraz, ...

Labor Day in Iran: Listen to the People’s Demands for Basic Rights

Unpaid Wages and Benefits, Unfair Wages Trigger Increasingly Organized Strikes Labor Activists Jailed Under Trumped-Up Charges April ...

Crippling Economic Hardship Enflames Iranian Protests

Protests in Iran over high inflation and unpaid wages are spreading in Iran as the working ...

Deaths Rising in Sistan and Baluchistan as Unrest Continues Amid Internet Shutdown

At Least 23 Killed by State Forces Since Unrest Began in Late February March 1, 2021—The killing by ...

Narges Mohammadi Video Message: Evin Prison Director Personally Assaulted Me

Following is an excerpted translation by the Center for Human Rights in Iran of comments ...

“Suffering” Iranian Retirees Joining Nationwide Protests Against Chronic State Failures

On January 10, 2021, Iranian retirees gathered in front of government buildings in at least ...

Europe Says “No Business as Usual” with Iran After Hanging of Dissident Journalist

EU Countries Withdraw from Iran Business Forum in Protest Over Execution France Tweets Outrage over “Barbaric and Unacceptable” ...

Two Students Sentenced to Prison for Peaceful Protest During November 2019

Issued on Anniversary of Protests, Six-Year and One-Year Sentences May Be Warnings to Others  24-Year Prison Sentence Upheld ...

UN: Iran Must Conduct Independent Inquiry into Violence against Protests in November 2019

“Nasrin Sotoudeh and all other individuals arbitrarily detained must be immediately released” The UN’s top expert on Iran, ...

Prisoner on Death Row Not Allowed to Attend Funeral of Grieving Father Who Committed Suicide

Father of Amirhossein Moradi Distraught Over His Son’s Unjust Death Sentence Iranian authorities have rejected requests ...

Showdown at Haft Tappeh Sugar Factory: Minor Win for Workers, Larger Abuses Left Unchecked

Court Annuls Privatization of Company but Unpaid Wages and Withheld Insurance Benefits Persist “We are going to witness ...

22 Rights Organizations Call for UN-Led Inquiry Into Repression of Iran’s November 2019 Protests

A session of the UN's Human Rights Council. Urgent Need for Accountabilty After “Brutal Campaign of Mass Repression by the Iranian Authorities” A coalition of international ...

Veteran Journalist Reporting to Prison To Serve Three-Year Sentence

Keyvan Samimi Sees Worsening Fear and Repression in Iran The veteran journalist and political activist Keyvan Samimi ...

UN Must End “Sterile Exchanges” and Investigate Iran’s Lethal Violence against Protesters, Says Father of Slain Demonstrator

Letter Reveals New Details: 144 Bodies Secretly Held in Karaj Medical Examiner’s Office Alone  June 29, 2020 — ...

Get Up, Stand Up: Protest and the Struggle for Justice 

The murder of George Floyd was not just the killing of one man, it was an assault ...

“They Aimed at My Son’s Head”: Report Reveals Carnage in Crushed Iran Protests

May 27, 2020 — A new report released today by the Center for Human Rights in Iran ...

Prison, Flogging for Protesters Who Gathered to Commemorate Victims of Plane Crash 

“The trial did not last even a minute,” Legal Counsel Denied Civil rights activist Shora Fekri was ...

Jailed Activist’s Son Threatened with Imprisonment to Silence Dissent

Three Relatives of Iranian Dissidents Arbitrarily Prosecuted in One Month Amid a renewed crackdown on peaceful criticism ...

UN Expert Alarmed by Detention Conditions in the Wake of Recent Protests

UN Press Release GENEVA (9 March 2020) – Individuals detained in Iranian detention facilities are ...

Coronavirus: Citing Crowded Prisons, Renowned Attorney Nasrin Sotoudeh’s Husband Calls for Release of Political Prisoners

Reza Khandan, a women's rights activist and the husband of prominent imprisoned human rights attorney Nasrin Sotoudeh, ...

Evin Prison Sees Inmate Transfers, Construction as Authorities Prep for More Protest Crackdowns

Iranian authorities have transferred a large number of inmates out of Evin Prison in Tehran—notorious for holding ...

Iran Moves to Silence Journalists, Activists Ahead of Parliamentary Elections

Tehran-Based Reporter: “They Want Us to Stop Writing” February 11, 2020 – The intelligence arm of the ...