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February 15, 2021
New UN Report Assails Iran for Persistent Discrimination against Women
Juvenile Executions, Persecution of Human Rights Defenders Also Condemned In the latest report issued by the UN’s top expert on Iran, UN special rapporteur ...
February 11, 2021
Female Activists Imprisoned for Attending Protests, Refusing “Virginity Test”
Two imprisoned student activists continue to be persecuted for peacefully protesting unjust policies and practices in Iran, including so-called "virginity tests." Charged with “assembly and collusion against ...
February 10, 2021
Biden Must Not Ignore Iran’s Human Rights Record (Commentary published in Foreign Policy)
*This article was originally published in Foreign Policy The U.S. government has a long history of pursuing multiple policy goals with ...
February 4, 2021
36 Human Rights Groups Appeal for Release of Kurdish Detainees and Other Minorities in Iran
The Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) has joined 35 fellow civil society and human rights organizations to make the following urgent appeal and end the ongoing intimidation and arrest campaign against Kurdish and other minority activists ...
February 4, 2021
UN Experts Condemn Iran’s Executions of Baloch Minority Prisoners
Following is the UN statement issued today condemning the Iranian judiciary's hanging of Javid Dehghan, a member of the country's Baloch minority, ...
February 1, 2021
Dying of Hopelessness: Suicides on the Rise in Iran
Suicides increased in Iran in 2020, according to state medical data. Blue-collar workers as well as students who’ve been disproportionately impacted by the ...
January 25, 2021
Center for Human Rights in Iran Joins International Call Against Deadly Crackdown on Afghan Civil Society
A group of international human rights groups including the Center for Human Rights in Iran today published a joint statement expressing serious ...
January 22, 2021
Iran Touts Unverified Domestic Vaccines, Ignores International Condemnation of Non-Scientific Policy
When the World Health Organization approved vaccines to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, many countries began planning for mass immunizations. Yet the Iranian supreme leader’s televised speech on January 8--where he announced that “importing American and English vaccines into ...
January 20, 2021
Iranian Rights Groups Call on Khamenei to Allow Purchase of U.S. and UK COVID-19 Vaccines
Iran Should Base COVID-19 Vaccine Decisions on Science January 20, 2021 -- In light of the statement by Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali ...
January 19, 2021
“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 cities including--Tehran, Mashhad, Isfahan, ...
January 15, 2021
Freemuse and Center for Human Rights in Iran Call on Iran to Free Writer Arash Ganji, Stop Prosecuting Free Speech
Branch 28 of the Revolutionary Court in Iran sentenced writer, translator, and the secretary of the board of directors of the Iranian Writers' ...
January 13, 2021
Athletes Appeal to Save Life of Wrestler on Death Row
On January 9, 2021, a press report was published in Iran about the imminent execution of 29-year-old wrestler Mehdi ...
December 23, 2020
Three Baluch Prisoners Executed, Three Others in Imminent Danger of Execution
At Least 10 Prisoners on Death Row in Zahedan, Accused of Membership in Militant Groups Application of Death Penalty in Political Cases Continues ...
December 23, 2020
Abducted German-Iranian Denied Choice of Attorney, Whereabouts Still Unknown
Jamshid Sharmahd Assigned Lawyer Who “Defended” Executed Dissident Ruhollah Zam The exact whereabouts of Jamshid Sharmahd, the German-Iranian dissident who was ...
December 22, 2020
Major Humanitarian Organizations Call for Access to COVID-19 Vaccines for Iranians
US Government Must Provide Assurances that Sanctions Will Not Impede Purchases A coalition of major human rights and humanitarian organizations released a ...
December 15, 2020
Comment by UN High Commissioner Michelle Bachelet on the Execution in Iran of Ruhollah Zam
Geneva, 14 December 2020 I am appalled at the execution in Iran on 12 December of Ruhollah Zam, activist and founder of the AmadNews Telegram ...
December 14, 2020
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 Rouhollah Zam December 14, ...
December 9, 2020
Beautiful Holiday Gift: A Book of Illustrations and Essays on Human Rights
The book, published by the Center for Human Rights in Iran, highlights the days set aside by the international community for reflection and action on rights that are fundamental to the human condition—and the struggle for these rights in Iran. Days to Remember is not only ...
December 4, 2020
Iranian Authorities Go After More Members of Writers Association
Poet Amin Moradi Detained, Arash Ganji Released on Bail Manufactured National Security Charges Used to Silence Free Expression In yet another blow to the ...
December 2, 2020
Human Rights Lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh Being Returned to Gharchak Prison
Iranian human rights attorney Nasrin Sotoudeh has already previously served three ...
December 2, 2020
Rights Groups Call on Supreme Leader to Release Sotoudeh, Stop Persecution of Lawyers
A group of human rights organizations including the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) have penned an open letter ...
December 1, 2020
Easy State Loans Prompting Surge in Child Marriages in Iran
Child Marriages Rise Four-Fold as Parents Marry Off Their Children to Receive Loans Easily available loans provided by state-owned banks to cover marriage ...
November 25, 2020
Iran Must Not Execute Ahmadreza Djalali
Execution Reported to Be Imminent, Wife Has Received Farewell Call Swedish-Iranian Doctor Was Convicted on Spurious Charges After Unfair Trial November 25, 2020—The reported ...
November 25, 2020
Concern Grows Over German-Iranian Women Held in Solitary at Evin Prison
Authorities Refuse to Give Any Information Nearly Six Weeks After Her Arrest Except for one short phone call, 66-year-old German-Iranian dual national ...