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 this ...
Right to Protest
These Women and Men Inspired Us All
A grieving mother who vowed to continue pursuing her slain son’s pursuit of freedom. A housewife who lost her life while trying to save a victim of state violence. ...
“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 activist Narges Mohammadi from Evin Prison in Tehran to the Central Prison in ...
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 on November 16, 2019, said the family’s home in Karaj, west of Tehran, was surrounded ...
“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 November 16, 2019, are filing a lawsuit to find and punish the killer, a relative ...
Family of Marivan Man Found in Dam: “We Are Sure He Died in Detention Under Torture”
*Warning: This article contains details that may be disturbing to some readers. The family of 25-year-old Ershad Rahmanian, whose body was found in the Garan Dam near the city of Marivan, Kurdistan Province, ...
“They Told Us to Say He Had Died in an Accident,” Says Mother of Man Slain in Shiraz Protests
The mother of Alireza Anjavi, who died after being shot in the forehead on November 16, 2019, as the authorities repressed protests in the city of Shiraz, Fars Province informed the Center ...
“This Verdict Means Any Protest Will Be Considered an Act of Violence”
Nine Labor Rights Activists and Journalists Sentenced to Prison Without Right to Appeal Judiciary Chief Ebrahim Raisi Eliminated Appeal Process with Supreme Leader’s Blessing Nine labor activists were each sentenced to five years in prison on ...
UN Experts Alarmed at Alleged Mistreatment of Detained Protesters
UN Press Release, GENEVA (20 December 2019) – UN human rights experts* today called on the Iranian authorities to release all individuals arbitrarily detained and mistreated during recent protests, and expressed concerns ...
“She Had a Right to Live” Nurse Killed by Bullet to the Heart Amid State Repression of Karaj Protests
Azar Mirzapour Zahabi, a 48-year-old nurse and mother of four, was killed by a bullet to the heart in the Golshahr district of Karaj on November 16, 2019, while Iranian authorities were ...
Mothers of Iran Protest Victims Call for “Minute of Silence,” UN Fact-Finding Committee
Sixteen mothers whose children were killed amid violent state crackdowns on street protests have called for Iranians to observe a minute of silence for the victims on December 26, 2019. “We, the mothers, ...
“The Person Who Shot Her Was on Top of a Building”
Family Demands Justice for Young Mother Golnar Samsami Golnar Samsami was on her way home after work when she was struck in the head by a bullet on Vali Asr St. in ...