“Suffering” Iranian Retirees Joining Nationwide Protests Against Chronic State Failures
On January 10, 2021, Iranian retirees gathered in front of government buildings in at least 19 ...
Right to Protest
Europe Says “No Business as Usual” with Iran After Hanging of Dissident Journalist
EU Countries Withdraw from Iran Business Forum in Protest Over Execution France Tweets Outrage over “Barbaric and Unacceptable” Execution of ...
Two Students Sentenced to Prison for Peaceful Protest During November 2019
Issued on Anniversary of Protests, Six-Year and One-Year Sentences May Be Warnings to Others 24-Year Prison Sentence Upheld for Peaceful ...
UN: Iran Must Conduct Independent Inquiry into Violence against Protests in November 2019
“Nasrin Sotoudeh and all other individuals arbitrarily detained must be immediately released” The UN’s top expert on Iran, Javaid ...
Prisoner on Death Row Not Allowed to Attend Funeral of Grieving Father Who Committed Suicide
Father of Amirhossein Moradi Distraught Over His Son’s Unjust Death Sentence Iranian authorities have rejected requests by ...
Showdown at Haft Tappeh Sugar Factory: Minor Win for Workers, Larger Abuses Left Unchecked
Court Annuls Privatization of Company but Unpaid Wages and Withheld Insurance Benefits Persist “We are going to witness a ...
22 Rights Organizations Call for UN-Led Inquiry Into Repression of Iran’s November 2019 Protests
A session of the UN's Human Rights Council. Urgent Need for Accountabilty After “Brutal Campaign of Mass Repression by the Iranian Authorities” A coalition of international ...
Veteran Journalist Reporting to Prison To Serve Three-Year Sentence
Keyvan Samimi Sees Worsening Fear and Repression in Iran The veteran journalist and political activist Keyvan Samimi must ...
UN Must End “Sterile Exchanges” and Investigate Iran’s Lethal Violence against Protesters, Says Father of Slain Demonstrator
Letter Reveals New Details: 144 Bodies Secretly Held in Karaj Medical Examiner’s Office Alone June 29, 2020 — In ...
Get Up, Stand Up: Protest and the Struggle for Justice
The murder of George Floyd was not just the killing of one man, it was an assault on ...
“They Aimed at My Son’s Head”: Report Reveals Carnage in Crushed Iran Protests
May 27, 2020 — A new report released today by the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) ...
Prison, Flogging for Protesters Who Gathered to Commemorate Victims of Plane Crash
“The trial did not last even a minute,” Legal Counsel Denied Civil rights activist Shora Fekri was taken ...
Jailed Activist’s Son Threatened with Imprisonment to Silence Dissent
Three Relatives of Iranian Dissidents Arbitrarily Prosecuted in One Month Amid a renewed crackdown on peaceful criticism of ...
UN Expert Alarmed by Detention Conditions in the Wake of Recent Protests
UN Press Release GENEVA (9 March 2020) – Individuals detained in Iranian detention facilities are suffering ...
Coronavirus: Citing Crowded Prisons, Renowned Attorney Nasrin Sotoudeh’s Husband Calls for Release of Political Prisoners
Reza Khandan, a women's rights activist and the husband of prominent imprisoned human rights attorney Nasrin Sotoudeh, has ...
Evin Prison Sees Inmate Transfers, Construction as Authorities Prep for More Protest Crackdowns
Iranian authorities have transferred a large number of inmates out of Evin Prison in Tehran—notorious for holding political ...
Iran Moves to Silence Journalists, Activists Ahead of Parliamentary Elections
Tehran-Based Reporter: “They Want Us to Stop Writing” February 11, 2020 – The intelligence arm of the Islamic ...
Detained Protestors in Iran: Beaten, Tortured, Forced to “Confess”
February 10, 2020 – Detainees held in Iran since the November 2019 street protests—including juveniles—are being beaten, forced ...
Slain Protester’s Family Refuses to Give Iranian Government “Propaganda Coup”
Iranian authorities are continuing to pressure the family of Borhan Mansournia, who died from a bullet wound ...
Brother of Killed Protester “Refused” Pressure to Absolve Iranian Government on State TV
Iranian government agents pressured at least one family member of Nasser Rezaie, a protester who died after being shot at a street demonstration in the city of Karaj on November 17, 2019, to falsely describe Nasser as a passerby who ...
“Feverish Climate” at Tehran University After Students Arrested in Dormitory Raid
University of Tehran personnel assisted a raid by state forces on a dormitory that resulted in at least eight students being arrested as they gathered for a protest, an eyewitness told the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) ...
Former Presidential Candidate Under House Arrest Punished for Blaming Plane Downing on Supreme Leader
After putting blame on Iran’s Supreme Leader for the downing of a Ukrainian passenger plane, new restrictions have been imposed on former presidential candidate Mehdi Karroubi, who has been under extra-judicial house arrest in Tehran for nearly nine years, the ...
Family of Man Killed in Iran’s November Protests: “We Want Justice”
Victim Was Caregiver of Mother, and Brother With Down Syndrome The family of Mohammad Hashamdar, who was ...
Father of Two Shot and Killed in Karaj As He Stepped into Street During November Protests
Growing Numbers of Bystanders Killed Reflects Security Forces’ Indiscriminate Firing at Civilians “God will not forgive this injustice...they were ...
Man Whose Wife, Children Died in Downed Passenger Plane to “Seek Justice”
Alireza Ghandchi: "They Have Taken Away My Family and Destroyed My Life" A man whose wife and two children ...