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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 into ...

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 for protesters ...

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 – The ...

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 ...

Iran Protests: Sanandaj Becomes Latest Killing Zone Amid Worsening State Violence

Oil Workers Wage Strikes in Solidarity with Nationwide Anti-State Demonstrations October 10, 2022 – The government ...

Joint Letter: Human Rights Groups Urge Biden to Help Protect Iran’s Protesters

The following letter, signed by 21 human rights groups including the Center for Human Rights in Iran, was sent on October 6, 2022, to the offices of U.S. President Joe Biden, Secretary of ...

Iran Protests: Scores of Civil Society Members Detained “Preventatively”

Grave Concerns for Torture, Killings of Political Prisoners Amid Mass Arrests October 6, 2022 – Less than three ...

Students Violently Attacked, Arrested by Security Forces as Protests in Iran Spread

Students Trapped, Beaten, Tear Gassed, Taken to Unknown Locations Fears of Worsening Violence as ...

At least 25 Reporters and Journalists Among Hundreds Detained Amid Iran Protests

Minimum Total of At Least 37 Members of the Press Currently Detained Nationwide September 30, 2022 – At ...

World Leaders Must Act Now to Avoid Bloodbath in Iran

Threat of Mass Deaths Grows as Government Seeks to Squash Protests September 26, 2022—With the government of Iran signaling it intends to silence the protests across Iran that are now well into their second ...