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UN Says Iran’s “Atrocity Crimes” Must Be Investigated

UN Says Iran’s “Atrocity Crimes” Must Be Investigated

July 22, 2024

UN’s Top Expert on Iran Calls for Prosecution of Responsible Iranian Officials July 22, 2024 – The UN’s top human rights expert on Iran has called for an international mechanism to investigate and prosecute ...

Iran Locking Up Its Labor Activists as Worker Demands Grow

Iran Locking Up Its Labor Activists as Worker Demands Grow

July 16, 2024

Growing Number of Activists Behind Bars for Asking for Their Rights Islamic Republic in Severe Violation of Its ILO Obligations July 17, 2024 – The recent death sentence against female labor activist Sharifeh Mohammadi highlights ...

Death Sentence for Female Labor Activist Highlights Lethal Repression in Iran

Death Sentence for Female Labor Activist Highlights Lethal Repression in Iran

July 8, 2024

Mother of 12-Year-Old Was Tortured and Held Incommunicado in Solitary Credible and Corroborated Evidence of Fabricated Charges July 8, 2024 – The death sentence issued by the Iranian judiciary on the basis of sham charges against ...

Iran Goes After Its Women Activists as World’s Attention Turns to Its Sham Election

Iran Goes After Its Women Activists as World’s Attention Turns to Its Sham Election

June 25, 2024

Women Activists In and Outside Iran’s Prisons Targeted for Harsh Retribution June 25, 2024—As the Iranian government touts its democratic credentials with a carefully orchestrated presidential election that includes only state-approved candidates, the ...

Crackdown in Iran Intensifies as Iran’s Sham Presidential Election Nears

Crackdown in Iran Intensifies as Iran’s Sham Presidential Election Nears

June 11, 2024

Hundreds of Arrests, Detainees Violently Assaulted and Tortured Global Leaders Must Speak Out Against the Islamic Republic’s Violence June 11, 2024 - Three weeks after the death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, and as ...

Social Media Admin Facing Execution in Iran for Online Posts

Social Media Admin Facing Execution in Iran for Online Posts

May 13, 2024

Same Judge Sentenced Rapper Toomaj Salehi to Death Few Weeks Earlier Death Sentence for Social Media Posts Shows Intensifying Repression in Iran May 13, 2024 – The death sentence issued against Mahmoud Mehrabi, a ...

Tortured, Now Facing Execution after Sham Trial: Urgent Appeal for Kurdish Political Prisoner in Iran

Tortured, Now Facing Execution after Sham Trial: Urgent Appeal for Kurdish Political Prisoner in Iran

May 7, 2024

“They Hung Me from the Ceiling with Handcuffs” Escalating Political Executions in Iran Demand Strong International Response May 7, 2024 – In a brief, heart-wrenching visit, the family of Khosrow Besharat, who is incarcerated ...

Target on Her Back: Tortured Woman Cartoonist in Iran Must Be Released from Prison   

Target on Her Back: Tortured Woman Cartoonist in Iran Must Be Released from Prison  

April 30, 2024

Atena Farghadani Beaten to the Point of Losing Consciousness International Community Must Demand Her Freedom April 30, 2024 – Atena Farghadani, a 37-year-old cartoonist and civil rights activist, should be immediately released from ...

Tortured and in Deteriorating Health, Woman Activist in Iran Should be Immediately Released

Tortured and in Deteriorating Health, Woman Activist in Iran Should be Immediately Released

April 16, 2024

Sakineh Parvaneh Denied Access to Counsel, Imprisoned after Sham Trial Lawyer Who Tried to Defend Her Arrested and Also Tortured April 16, 2024 – Grave concerns are mounting for a young woman imprisoned in Iran, who has been denied counsel since the onset of her initial imprisonment, repeatedly subjected to ...

Executions, Murder, Rape, Torture Used to Repress “Woman, Life, Freedom” Protests Detailed in 500+ Page UN Report

Executions, Murder, Rape, Torture Used to Repress “Woman, Life, Freedom” Protests Detailed in 500+ Page UN Report

March 19, 2024

Mission Calls on States to Prosecute Responsible Officials Under Universal Jurisdiction Crimes Against Humanity: State Atrocities in Iran Revealed in First Report of UN Fact-Finding Mission March 19, 2024 – Unlawful deaths, extra-judicial executions, ...

Crimes Against Humanity Unveiled: UN Fact-Finding Mission Exposes Iran’s State Atrocities

Crimes Against Humanity Unveiled: UN Fact-Finding Mission Exposes Iran’s State Atrocities

March 8, 2024

Peaceful Protesters Subjected to Excessive Force, Torture, Rape, and Arbitrary Executions  Call to Action: UN Human Rights Council Members Urged to Extend Fact-Finding Mission and Special Rapporteur Mandates March 8, 2024 – Grave human rights violations perpetrated by the government of Iran since the outbreak of the “Woman, Life, Freedom” ...

Street Protester Facing Imminent Execution in Iran Should be Released

Street Protester Facing Imminent Execution in Iran Should be Released

February 22, 2024

Abbas Deris Sentenced to Death after Torture, Lack of Evidence, and Gross Due Process Violations Lawyer Being Prosecuted for Defending Him February 22, 2024 – The Center for Human Rights ...

Tortured Street Protester in Iran Faces Years of Imprisonment Without Due Process

Tortured Street Protester in Iran Faces Years of Imprisonment Without Due Process

February 19, 2024

Case Reflects Severe Rights Violations Faced by Ethnic Minorities in Iran  “For a long time after his release, [due to the torture] he forgot his own name” February 19, 2023 – There are grave ...

Street Protester Mohammad Ghobadlou Hanged in Iran Amid State-Sanctioned Killing Spree

Street Protester Mohammad Ghobadlou Hanged in Iran Amid State-Sanctioned Killing Spree

January 23, 2024

January 23, 2024 — The execution today of 23-year-old street protester Mohammad Ghobadlou is a stark reminder of the Islamic Republic of Iran's broken and twisted judicial process, where defendants ...

Urgent Appeal to Halt Imminent Execution of Four Ethnic Kurds in Iran

Urgent Appeal to Halt Imminent Execution of Four Ethnic Kurds in Iran

January 18, 2024

Death Sentences Confirmed Within 24 Hours of Secret Trial, 18 Months of Incognito Detention Denied Independent Counsel and Right to Appeal Court Ruling January 18, 2024 – In the midst of a surge in executions in Iran, four ethnic Kurds are on the brink of execution following 18 months of ...

Imprisoned Nobel Peace Laureate Narges Mohammadi Needs Global Demands for Release

Imprisoned Nobel Peace Laureate Narges Mohammadi Needs Global Demands for Release

December 8, 2023

“I will make my voice louder for the world to hear,” says Mohammadi Suffering from Serious Health Issues, Authorities Ban Phone Calls, Visitations December 8, 2023 – Governments worldwide, UN leaders, and human rights organizations should demand the immediate release of Iranian human rights defender ...

Urgent Call to Free Rapper Detained in Iran After Revealing Torture in State Custody

Urgent Call to Free Rapper Detained in Iran After Revealing Torture in State Custody

December 6, 2023

Toomaj Salehi Re-Arrested After Publicly Disclosing Plans to Sue State Requires Medical Treatment for Injuries Sustained in Prison December 5, 2023 – The arbitrary re-arrest of Toomaj Salehi, a musician and dissident rapper ...

Urgent International Action Needed Against Escalating Political Executions in Iran

Urgent International Action Needed Against Escalating Political Executions in Iran

December 1, 2023

One Child, and at Least Six Political Prisoners Hanged This Week December 1, 2023 – The surging executions of political prisoners in Iran are part of a state campaign deployed to crush dissent, ...

Tortured Protester Dies in Iranian Prison After Death Sentences Thrown Out

Tortured Protester Dies in Iranian Prison After Death Sentences Thrown Out

September 1, 2023

Another Political Prisoner’s Death Sparks Outrage Weeks Before Anniversary of Iran’s “Woman, Life, Freedom” Uprising Citing Relative, Activist Says Javad Roohi was “Killed” September 1, 2023 – The death of Javad Roohi, aged 35, ...

Jailed Rapper Tortured, Forced into Psychiatric Center After Demanding Justice

Jailed Rapper Tortured, Forced into Psychiatric Center After Demanding Justice

July 24, 2023

Saman Yasin: Latest Victim of Iran’s Use of Forced Psychiatric Care to Punish Political Prisoners July 24, 2023 – The forced psychiatric hospitalization of jailed rapper Saman Yasin in Iran shortly after he ...

Leading Iranian Lawyers Urge UN to Address Illegal Use of Death Penalty

Leading Iranian Lawyers Urge UN to Address Illegal Use of Death Penalty

May 30, 2023

In light of the escalating number of illegal executions in Iran, a group of leading Iranian human rights lawyers have penned a letter to United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres, urging him ...

World Leaders Urged to Radically Increase Pressure on Iran to Cease Executions

World Leaders Urged to Radically Increase Pressure on Iran to Cease Executions

May 24, 2023

Islamic Republic Is Severely Violating International Laws Governing Death Penalty  Protesters Hanged After Sham Trials, Minorities Targeted for Capital Punishment May 24, 2023 — In a letter delivered to 75 ...

More Executions of Protesters in Iran Imminent after Sham Trials

More Executions of Protesters in Iran Imminent after Sham Trials

May 17, 2023

Prosecution of Three Young Men Relied on Torture, Forced “Confessions” Defendant: "They kept beating me to make me tell their version of their crime on camera" *Editor's Note: Saeed Yaghoubi, Saleh Mirhashemi, and Majid Kazemi were hanged on May 19, 2023 May 17, 2023 – Three young men—Saeed Yaghoubi, 37, ...

Three Hangings in Three Days: The Islamic Republic Continues Its Killing Spree

Three Hangings in Three Days: The Islamic Republic Continues Its Killing Spree

May 8, 2023

Executions to Silence Dissent After Grossly Unfair Trials Increase in Iran Dissidents and Minorities Targeted, 42 People Executed in Last Ten Days May 8, 2023—The execution of three men over the last three days ...

Imprisoned Dissident Rapper Toomaj Salehi, Voice of Iran’s Protests, Faces Possible Execution

Imprisoned Dissident Rapper Toomaj Salehi, Voice of Iran’s Protests, Faces Possible Execution

April 6, 2023

Sources Close to Toomaj Urge International Community to Demand His Release Before Trial Begins Imprisoned Unjustly Since October 2022, in Urgent Need of Medical Care April 6, 2023 – The international community, including music and arts institutions as well as freedom of speech and expression organizations, should urgently call ...

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