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Right to Protest

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

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 Targeted November ...

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

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 Is Severe ...

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

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 International ...

Iran Protests: Voices from Iran (Updated)

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

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 ...

A Quiet Revolution Continues in Iran Two Years After the Woman Life Freedom Uprising

A Quiet Revolution Continues in Iran Two Years After the Woman Life Freedom Uprising

Interviews with Iranian Women Show Civil Disobedience Takes Root as Hijab is Discarded Rejection of the Symbol of ...

UN Experts “Alarmed” by Surge in Unlawful Executions in Iran, Call for Halt to Death Penalty

UN Experts “Alarmed” by Surge in Unlawful Executions in Iran, Call for Halt to Death Penalty

UN Cites “Reports of serious violations of fair trial and due process rights” September 3, 2024 — ...

Labor Day: A Tribute to the Unyielding Spirit of Iran’s Workers

Labor Day: A Tribute to the Unyielding Spirit of Iran’s Workers

September 1, 2024 – On this Labor Day, observed in the United States, Canada, and Australia, the ...

Joint Letter: Global Coalition Demands Immediate Release of Iranian Lawyer, End to Repression of Rights Defenders

Joint Letter: Global Coalition Demands Immediate Release of Iranian Lawyer, End to Repression of Rights Defenders

August 22, 2022 – In partnership with the Law Society of England and Wales, Lawyers for Lawyers, ...

At Least 34 Political Prisoners in Iran Denied Access to Medical Care in Recent Weeks

At Least 34 Political Prisoners in Iran Denied Access to Medical Care in Recent Weeks

Denial of Critical Care Intensifies as Prisoners Speak Out Against Abuses  August 21, 2024 – The deliberate denial ...

Joint Letter: 40+ Iran Rights Groups Call for Independent Investigation into Violence Against Women Political Prisoners 

Joint Letter: 40+ Iran Rights Groups Call for Independent Investigation into Violence Against Women Political Prisoners 

August 19, 2024 — In a joint letter, the Center for Human Rights in Iran ...

Ruthless Retaliation: Human Rights Lawyer Summoned to Prison Amid Heart Problems

Ruthless Retaliation: Human Rights Lawyer Summoned to Prison Amid Heart Problems

76-Year-Old Mohammad Seifzadeh is the “Godfather” of Human Rights Lawyers in Iran Punished for Signing a Letter to ...

UN Human Rights Chief Urges Immediate Halt to Executions in Iran After Alarming Surge

UN Human Rights Chief Urges Immediate Halt to Executions in Iran After Alarming Surge

August 9, 2024 – The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, has called for an ...

Imprisoned Nobel Peace Laureate Narges Mohammadi Denied Urgent Medical Treatment

Imprisoned Nobel Peace Laureate Narges Mohammadi Denied Urgent Medical Treatment

Human Rights Activist’s Serious Cardiac, Gastrointestinal and Spinal Issues Left Untreated International Community Must Demand Release and ...

Women Activists Increasingly Sentenced to Death as Political Executions in Iran Surge

Women Activists Increasingly Sentenced to Death as Political Executions in Iran Surge

Four Women Slammed with Bogus Political Charges That Carry the Death Penalty Women Subjected to Torture, Mock Executions, ...

Iran Locking Up Its Labor Activists as Worker Demands Grow

Iran Locking Up Its Labor Activists as Worker Demands Grow

Growing Number of Activists Behind Bars for Asking for Their Rights Islamic Republic in Severe Violation of Its ILO ...

Death Sentence for Female Labor Activist Highlights Lethal Repression in Iran

Death Sentence for Female Labor Activist Highlights Lethal Repression in Iran

Mother of 12-Year-Old Was Tortured and Held Incommunicado in Solitary Credible and Corroborated Evidence of Fabricated Charges July 8, ...

Iran Goes After Its Women Activists as World’s Attention Turns to Its Sham Election

Iran Goes After Its Women Activists as World’s Attention Turns to Its Sham Election

Women Activists In and Outside Iran’s Prisons Targeted for Harsh Retribution June 25, 2024—As the Iranian government touts ...

Crackdown in Iran Intensifies as Iran’s Sham Presidential Election Nears

Crackdown in Iran Intensifies as Iran’s Sham Presidential Election Nears

Hundreds of Arrests, Detainees Violently Assaulted and Tortured Global Leaders Must Speak Out Against the Islamic Republic’s Violence June ...

UN Experts Condemn Violence and Attempted Killings Against Persian Language Journalists

UN Experts Condemn Violence and Attempted Killings Against Persian Language Journalists

UN independent human rights experts have condemned the escalating violence, threats, and intimidation faced by Persian ...

Prominent Iranian Activists Urge UN General Assembly to Cancel Tribute to Former President Raisi

Prominent Iranian Activists Urge UN General Assembly to Cancel Tribute to Former President Raisi

Joint Letter Highlights Raisi’s Atrocious Human Rights Record Dozens of Iranian human activists, including lawyers, doctors, journalists, academics, ...

UN Fact-Finding Mission: Raisi’s Death Should Not Overshadow Iran’s “Crimes Against Humanity”

UN Fact-Finding Mission: Raisi’s Death Should Not Overshadow Iran’s “Crimes Against Humanity”

Amid calls by Iranian human rights activists urging the UN General Assembly to cancel ...

Social Media Admin Facing Execution in Iran for Online Posts

Social Media Admin Facing Execution in Iran for Online Posts

Same Judge Sentenced Rapper Toomaj Salehi to Death Few Weeks Earlier Death Sentence for Social Media Posts Shows ...

After Refusing to Pull Film from Cannes, Filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof Sentenced to Prison in Iran

After Refusing to Pull Film from Cannes, Filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof Sentenced to Prison in Iran

Sentence Comes on Heels of Death Sentence Against Rapper Toomaj Salehi Nationwide Assault on Artistic Freedom Reveals Iran’s ...

Target on Her Back: Tortured Woman Cartoonist in Iran Must Be Released from Prison   

Target on Her Back: Tortured Woman Cartoonist in Iran Must Be Released from Prison  

Atena Farghadani Beaten to the Point of Losing Consciousness International Community Must Demand Her Freedom April 30, 2024 – ...

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Latest News

  • UN: Iran Must Halt Execution of Woman Survivor of Child Marriage and Abuse
    UN: Iran Must Halt Execution of Woman Survivor of Child Marriage and Abuse
    December 3, 2025
  • Eight Political Prisoners at Grave Risk of Execution as Death Sentences Upheld
    Eight Political Prisoners at Grave Risk of Execution as Death Sentences Upheld
    November 25, 2025
  • Victim of Child Marriage Faces Execution in Iran
    Victim of Child Marriage Faces Execution in Iran
    November 13, 2025
  • Writers and Scholars Arrested and Held Incommunicado in Iran
    Writers and Scholars Arrested and Held Incommunicado in Iran
    November 6, 2025
  • Iran Shuts Down Oldest NGO Supporting Vulnerable Children, Detains Founder
    Iran Shuts Down Oldest NGO Supporting Vulnerable Children, Detains Founder
    November 3, 2025
  • UN: Iran’s Surge in Unlawful Executions May Amount to Crimes Against Humanity
    UN: Iran’s Surge in Unlawful Executions May Amount to Crimes Against Humanity
    November 3, 2025
  • Iran’s Rappers: Voices of Dissent, Targets of the State
    Iran’s Rappers: Voices of Dissent, Targets of the State
    October 27, 2025
  • Political Prisoner’s Hunger Strike Highlights Plight of Religious and Political Prisoners in Iran
    Political Prisoner’s Hunger Strike Highlights Plight of Religious and Political Prisoners in Iran
    October 23, 2025
  • Iran’s New Tactics to Crush Mandatory Hijab Resistance: Business Raids and Surveillance
    Iran’s New Tactics to Crush Mandatory Hijab Resistance: Business Raids and Surveillance
    October 15, 2025
  • Iran’s Qarchak Prison: A Place of Death That Must Be Closed
    Iran’s Qarchak Prison: A Place of Death That Must Be Closed
    October 7, 2025
  • Three Years After Bloody Friday, Iran Shields Commanders Behind the Massacre of Over 100 Protesters
    Three Years After Bloody Friday, Iran Shields Commanders Behind the Massacre of Over 100 Protesters
    September 30, 2025
  • 45 Women Political Prisoners in Iran Blame Authorities for Death of Somayeh Rashidi After Deliberate Denial of Medical Care
    45 Women Political Prisoners in Iran Blame Authorities for Death of Somayeh Rashidi After Deliberate Denial of Medical Care
    September 25, 2025
  • Wave of Unlawful Arrests Targets Iran’s Minority Children 
    Wave of Unlawful Arrests Targets Iran’s Minority Children 
    September 24, 2025
  • Lives at Risk: An Urgent Call from Inside Evin Prison
    Lives at Risk: An Urgent Call from Inside Evin Prison
    September 22, 2025
  • Iran Intensifies Crackdown on Teachers: Dozens Arrested, Fired, or Sentenced for Peaceful Union Activity
    Iran Intensifies Crackdown on Teachers: Dozens Arrested, Fired, or Sentenced for Peaceful Union Activity
    September 17, 2025
  • ‘They see us as targets’: Iran’s Brutal Repression of Journalistic Freedom
    ‘They see us as targets’: Iran’s Brutal Repression of Journalistic Freedom
    September 3, 2025
  • UN Human Rights Chief Demands Iran Cease All Executions
    UN Human Rights Chief Demands Iran Cease All Executions
    September 2, 2025
  • Iran’s Destruction of Graves from 1980s State Massacres Must Be Condemned
    Iran’s Destruction of Graves from 1980s State Massacres Must Be Condemned
    August 26, 2025
  • Scores of Political Prisoners Will Be Executed in Iran Without an International Outcry
    Scores of Political Prisoners Will Be Executed in Iran Without an International Outcry
    August 21, 2025
  • Crushing Dissent Outside the Spotlight in Iran’s Provincial Cities
    Crushing Dissent Outside the Spotlight in Iran’s Provincial Cities
    August 12, 2025
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