In Cahoots with the State, Iranian Court Sentences Lawyers, Activists Trying to Sue Officials to Prison
Supreme Leader’s COVID Vaccine Ban Resulted in Thousands of Unnecessary Deaths June 22, 2022 – For ...
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UN Secretary General Condemns Increasing Executions, Worsening Repression in Raisi’s Iran
In his latest report presented to the UN Human Rights Council, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres expressed deep concern ...
UN Experts Alarmed by Civil Society Crackdown in Iran
UN human rights experts today expressed serious concerns about a violent crackdown against civil society in Iran, including members ...
Policy Briefing: Human Rights in Iran and U.S. National Security Interests
Repression of Civil Society Harms U.S. Security Interests June 14, 2022— President Biden’s silence so far ...
Rights Groups Call on Meta to Fix Persian Content Moderation for Instagram
June 9, 2022 — In a joint statement released today, human rights organizations ARTICLE 19, Access Now, ...
85 Lawyers Call on Iranian Government to Respect Right to Protest
In an unprecedented display of unity in defense of the Iranian people, 85 lawyers from Iran have signed an open letter calling on the Iranian government to respect the right to protest. “It ...
Protesters Killed While Iran’s Government Blocks Internet and Media Coverage
May 17, 2022 – At least five protesters are dead amid a violent state crackdown on street demonstrations in Iran, while the authorities have blocked internet access in protest hot zones, pressured ...
Iran Protesters at Risk of Lethal State Violence
International Community Must Call on Iranian Officials to Refrain from Deadly Repression May 12, 2022 – Ongoing street protests in Iran could lead to more killings and arbitrary imprisonments by state security forces if ...
Khuzestan Protests: Fears of Another Bloody Crackdown
Internet Shutdown, Heavy Security Presence Signal Lethal State Repression May 9, 2022 – Government-enforced internet outages and the increased presence of state security forces throughout the Iranian province of Khuzestan, where street protests erupted ...
Dozens of Teachers Arrested in Iran During Workers’ Day Protests
Iranian security forces arrested at least 28 teachers in the four days leading up to international workers’ ...
Joint Statement: Iran Should Stop Persecuting Families Seeking Justice for State Atrocities
The 15 undersigned organizations, including the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI), today issued a joint statement calling on the international community to urge the Iranian authorities to immediately cease their reprisals against the Iran Atrocities (Aban) Tribunal’s witnesses ...
Relatives of Victims of State Violence are Being Persecuted in Iran
The government of President Ebrahim Raisi should end the state’s campaign of harassment and intimidation against the families of victims of state violence, including those who died during street protests ...
Civil Disobedience: Rights Defender Narges Mohammadi Resists Prison Summons
Longtime human rights defender and former prisoner of conscience Narges Mohammadi is peacefully refusing to report to prison in Tehran to serve an eight-year sentence that was issued against her after a five-minute trial ...
Interview: Rights Lawyer Turned Political Prisoner Condemns “Shameful” Acts Against Lawyers in Iran
Defense attorney Amirsalar Davoudi was imprisoned in Iran for running ...
Unprecedented Lawsuit Filed Against Supreme Leader, Top Iranian Officials
Complaint Alleges Gross Negligence in Government’s Response to COVID-19 Pandemic Lawyers Who Filed the Complaint are Facing ...
Crackdown on Labor Activists in Iran
Amid an intensifying campaign of political repression in Iran, state authorities have been summoning, detaining, ...
Leaked Iranian State Document: Expect Protests to Get Bigger and More Frequent
High-Level Intelligence Official: “Social Discontent Has Increased About 300 Percent” A top-secret Iranian state document ...
Interview: Suppressing Teachers’ Protests Would be a “Great Risk” for Iran’s Government
Sattar Rahmani, a former teacher and political prisoner in ...
Iran’s Violent Crushing of Protests Followed by Growth of Security State
IRGC Commanders Appointed as Governor-Generals to 10 of Iran’s 31 Provinces “People’s tolerance level has decreased ...
Rights Activist Narges Mohammadi Sentenced to Another Eight Years in Prison
Situation of Political Prisoners Worsens as Iranian Government’s Assault on Peaceful Dissent Intensifies Activists, Lawyers, Dissidents being Kept ...
Iranian Poet Baktash Abtin Dies After Being Arbitrarily Detained in Iran
Abtin, Jailed for Dissent, is Second Political Prisoner to Die in Iran in First Week ...
Downed Passenger Plane: Iran’s Government Should Allow People to Freely Mourn, Pursue Justice
Families Call for Independent UN Investigation January 6, 2022 – While commemorating the second anniversary of the killing ...
UN Adopts Resolution Criticizing Iran’s Human Rights Abuses
On December 16, 2021, the UN General Assembly adopted draft resolution II, “Situation ...
Teachers Across Iran Protest for Fair Pay, Release of Jailed Colleagues
Teachers and supporters protested in the streets of more than 119 Iranian cities across Iran ...
Joint Statement: Free Arbitrarily Detained Right to Health Defenders in Iran
The following joint statement, signed by 23 international human rights organizations including the Center for Human Rights in Iran, calls on Iranian judicial authorities to release the activist Mehdi Mahmoudian and defense attorneys...