“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 (CHRI) ...

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 taken to ...

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 of Iranian ...

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 ...

Detained Protestors in Iran: Beaten, Tortured, Forced to “Confess”

February 10, 2020 – Detainees held in Iran since the November 2019 street protests—including juveniles—are being beaten, ...

Slain Protester’s Family Refuses to Give Iranian Government “Propaganda Coup”

Iranian authorities are continuing to pressure the family of Borhan Mansournia, who died from a bullet ...

Brother of Killed Protester “Refused” Pressure to Absolve Iranian Government on State TV

Iranian government agents pressured at least one family member of Nasser Rezaie, a protester who died after being shot at a street demonstration in the city of Karaj on November 17, 2019, to falsely describe Nasser as a passerby who ...

“Feverish Climate” at Tehran University After Students Arrested in Dormitory Raid

University of Tehran personnel assisted a raid by state forces on a dormitory that resulted in at least eight students being arrested as they gathered for a protest, an eyewitness told the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) ...

Former Presidential Candidate Under House Arrest Punished for Blaming Plane Downing on Supreme Leader

After putting blame on Iran’s Supreme Leader for the downing of a Ukrainian passenger plane, new restrictions have been imposed on former presidential candidate Mehdi Karroubi, who has been under extra-judicial house arrest in Tehran for nearly nine years, the ...

Family of Man Killed in Iran’s November Protests: “We Want Justice”

Victim Was Caregiver of Mother, and Brother With Down Syndrome The family of Mohammad Hashamdar, who ...

Father of Two Shot and Killed in Karaj As He Stepped into Street During November Protests

Growing Numbers of Bystanders Killed Reflects Security Forces’ Indiscriminate Firing at Civilians “God will not forgive this injustice...they ...

Man Whose Wife, Children Died in Downed Passenger Plane to “Seek Justice”

Alireza Ghandchi: "They Have Taken Away My Family and Destroyed My Life" A man whose wife and two ...

Students Assaulted, Arrested in State Crackdown on University Protests

Eyewitnesses Report Heavy Paramilitary Presence, Internet and Phone Disruptions Protesters were physically attacked and arrested at universities in ...

EU Should Not Remain Silent on Iran’s Violence Against Protestors

Addressing the Nuclear Deal is Not Enough; Rights Issues Are Central to Region’s Stability  28-Country Bloc Should Call ...

Iran Plane Crash Political Fallout: Protesters Face Deadly Force

 Hundreds of protesters and bystanders were killed in Iran last November when armed forces waged a violent crackdown on widespread demonstrations. Yet Iranians ...

“They Were Everywhere” Footage, Eyewitnesses Reveal Violence Against Ukraine Plane Crash Protesters

Iranian security forces used what appeared to be live ammunition and tear gas to repress protests in ...

Iran’s Government Should Allow People to Mourn, Protest Without Threat of Violence

January 11, 2020 – The Iranian people should be allowed to exercise their constitutional right to peaceful ...

UN Experts Call on Iran to Release Detained Protesters

 Iran's judiciary should free all women and men who were arbitrarily detained as state forces violently repressed street protests ...

These Women and Men Inspired Us All

A grieving mother who vowed to continue pursuing her slain son’s pursuit of freedom. ...

“They Know That Moving Her to This Prison Could Kill or Paralyze a Human Rights Activist”

Prisoner of Conscience Violently Transferred to Distant Prison for Demanding Justice for Slain Street Protesters By transferring prominent human rights ...

Cemetery Becomes Battleground as State Forces Detain Supporters of Slain Protester

The grandmother of Pouya Bakhtiari, a 27-year-old man who was gunned down at a street protest ...

“He Was Hit in the Back by a Bullet,” Says Relative of Slain Protester from War Veteran Family

The family of Borhan Mansournia, who was shot by a bullet in the city of Kermanshah on ...