Executions in Iran: World Must Respond with Strong Action Against State Killings of Protesters
Café Worker Mohsen Shekari, 23, Denied Due Process in Kangaroo Court December 8, 2022 – The execution today ...
Right to Protest
Iran Protests: Detained University Students Subjected to Sexual Assault, Disappearances
At Least 574 Known Students Arrested in Less Than Three Months, Actual Number Much Higher December 6, 2022 – Iranian police and state security forces have arrested at least 574 university students, according to research ...
Women’s Uprising in Iran
On November 17, 2022, Hadi Ghaemi, executive director of the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI), spoke at a panel discussion hosted by the Marie Colvin Center for International Reporting at Stonybrook University's School of ...
Iran Protests: Juveniles Could Face Death Penalty in Kangaroo “Revolutionary” Court
Governments, UN Must Take Urgent Action to Protect Them November 30, 2022 – At least three juveniles are among 15 individuals ...
Iran: Key Labor Sectors Launch Major Strikes Amid Anti-State Protests
At Least a Dozen Labor Leaders Arrested in Effort to Crush Strikes Islamic Republic Should Be ...
Iran Protests: Massacre in Kurdish Areas Feared as Security Forces Launch Lethal Crackdown
Authorities Shut Down Internet to Prevent Evidence of State’s Atrocities from Reaching Outside World November 21, ...
Joint Statement: 21 Iranian Human Rights Lawyers Urge UN to Stop Child Killings in Iran
In a joint statement obtained by the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) and translated into English, 21 Iranian human rights lawyers have called on UN officials and agencies to ...
Three More Children Killed as Iranian Merchants Close Shops in Solidarity with Uprising
November 18, 2022 – In a strong show of support for their country’s growing protest movement, and as children continue to be among those killed by state security forces, merchants in major cities ...
Beleaguered Yet Defiant, Iranian Artists Persecuted for Supporting Anti-State Protests
Actresses Appear Without State-Mandated Headscarves as 100+ Film Industry Workers Face Unemployment, Prosecution Almost anywhere ...
UN Experts Urge Iran to Stop Sentencing Peaceful Protesters to Death
Heeding calls by human rights organizations including the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI), 16 UN-appointed independent human rights experts have called on Iranian authorities to stop indicting people with charges punishable by death for participating in peaceful demonstrations ...
State Massacres Fail to Crush Protests in Sistan and Baluchestan Province
Government Ignores Top Sunni Cleric’s Calls for Accountability Massacres of protesters by state security forces in the Iranian province of Sistan and Baluchestan have not stemmed protests that began there in late September over ...
Prominent Iranian Human Rights Lawyers’ Criticize Islamic Republic in Joint Statement
In a joint statement obtained by the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) and translated ...
World Must Warn Iran Against Death Sentences for Protesters in Upcoming Mass Trials
Charges Carrying Possible Death Sentence Already Being Issued November 2, 2022 – With mass public trials ...
Witch Hunt in Iran: Grave Concerns for Journalists Niloofar Hamedi and Elahe Mohammadi
Unable to Crush Protests, State Resorts to Smearing Female Reporters with Sham Accusations November 1, 2022 ...
Iran Protests: Doctors Treating Wounded Protesters Face Deadly State Violence
One Female Doctor Reportedly Killed, At Least Six Arrested October 31, 2022 – Reports of at least one doctor being killed by state security forces and at least six others being arbitrarily arrested at ...
Face-Off in Iran: State Security Forces Attack Protesters on Day of Mourning for Mahsa Amini
UN Special Rapporteurs Echo Calls by Rights Groups for Action by Human Rights Council ...
Iran Protests: State Trying to Crush Dissent Through More Killings, Imprisonment
Prominent Teachers, Labor Leaders Slapped with Jail Time as 500+ Face Sham Charges October 24, 2022 – The ...
Briefing: Addressing State Atrocities Against Protesters in Iran
Recommendations for the U.S. Government and the International Community View a PDF version of ...
Hero Climber Elnaz Rekabi Deserves Support of Climbing Organizations, International Community
International Federation of Sport Climbing Should Suspend Islamic Republic’s Membership Serious Concerns ...
New Briefing: International Action Urgently Needed to Stop Carnage in Iran
U.S., World Must Collectively Address State Atrocities Against Peaceful Protesters in Iran Policy Paper Lays out Specific Actions ...
Joint Statement: 43 Rights Groups Call for Urgent Action on Iran at UN Human Rights Council
Forty-three human rights groups, including the Center ...
Breaking: Iran’s Enflamed Evin Prison Provokes Extreme Concerns
Defenseless Prisoners Barricaded Inside Embattled Prison Editor's update on Oct. 15, 7:01pm EST: A source in Tehran told CHRI that people were protesting near Evin ...
Iran Protests: Arrests of School Children Prompt Grave Fears of More Child Killings
Officials Paint Children as Enemies of the State, Claim They’re “Reforming” Kids At Least 28 Children ...
Iran Protests: Human Rights Lawyers Arrested, Teargassed
Unmarked Vans Rounded Up Dozens of Peaceful Protesters Outside Iranian Bar Association October 12, 2022 – ...
Oil Workers Condemn Arbitrary Arrests, Pledge to Continue Protests
“We will Not Remain Silent” A union representing oil workers in Iran has published a statement condemning Iranian authorities for arbitrarily arresting their colleagues who have joined the nationwide, anti-state protests that have been ...