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Unfair Trials

Iran’s Execution Threat Against Swedish Scientist Aimed at Thwarting War Crimes Trial

Iran’s Execution Threat Against Swedish Scientist Aimed at Thwarting War Crimes Trial

May 4, 2022

May 4, 2022 – The Iranian government’s threat to execute Swedish scientist Ahmadreza Djalali later this month is aimed at thwarting the trial in Sweden against Iranian official Hamid Nouri, who is accused of war crimes. “The Iranian government is ...

Relatives of Victims of State Violence are Being Persecuted in Iran

Relatives of Victims of State Violence are Being Persecuted in Iran

March 31, 2022

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

Civil Disobedience: Rights Defender Narges Mohammadi Resists Prison Summons

March 23, 2022

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 Prisoners Condemns “Shameful” Acts Against Lawyers in Iran

Interview: Rights Lawyer Turned Political Prisoners Condemns “Shameful” Acts Against Lawyers in Iran

March 22, 2022

Defense attorney Amirsalar Davoudi was imprisoned in Iran for running a social media channel that provided information to lawyers. Human rights lawyers in Iran are a crucial lifeline for individuals accused of crimes against the state—yet they’re few and far ...

Denial of Medical Treatment for Ailing Political Prisoners in Iran Aimed at Crushing Dissent

Denial of Medical Treatment for Ailing Political Prisoners in Iran Aimed at Crushing Dissent

March 3, 2022

Continued Refusal to Provide Proper Medical Care Risks More Prisoner Deaths March 3, 2022 - The continued denial of proper medical treatment to ailing political and civil rights activists in Iran is setting the stage for deliberate crimes against the many political prisoners in the country, ...

Joint Statement: Free Imprisoned Human Rights Lawyer Mohammad Najafi in Iran

Joint Statement: Free Imprisoned Human Rights Lawyer Mohammad Najafi in Iran

March 3, 2022

Lawyer Unlawfully Imprisoned for His Defense of Basic Civil and Political Liberties March 3, 2022 – The lawyer Mohammad Najafi, who has been unlawfully and unjustly imprisoned in Iran since 2018 on multiple convictions for his defense of basic civil and political liberties and is currently serving ...

Rights Groups: Human Rights Sanctions on Iran Must Not Be Lifted to Reach Nuclear Deal

Rights Groups: Human Rights Sanctions on Iran Must Not Be Lifted to Reach Nuclear Deal

February 18, 2022

President Raisi Should Remain Sanctioned for His Crimes Against Humanity February 18, 2022 - In a joint statement released today, 10* human rights organizations, including the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI), urged the governments negotiating a resumption of the nuclear agreement with Iran not to ...

Crackdown on Labor Activists in Iran

Crackdown on Labor Activists in Iran

February 15, 2022

Amid an intensifying campaign of political repression in Iran, state authorities have been summoning, detaining, and imprisoning peaceful labor rights activists and a journalist in various cities throughout the country. A lawyer who has represented several labor activists could also soon be sent to prison for ...

Another Foreign Citizen Nabbed by Iran Now Faces Possible Execution

Another Foreign Citizen Nabbed by Iran Now Faces Possible Execution

February 8, 2022

Political Dissident Jamshid Sharmahd Is Unable to Defend Himself in Iranian Judicial System World Must Speak Out against Iran’s Abductions and Attacks on Dissidents Abroad February 8, 2022 – An Iranian-born German citizen, U.S. resident and political dissident, Jamshid Sharmahd, who was abducted by Iranian agents in ...

Five-Minute Trial Resulted in Narges Mohammadi’s Eight-Year Prison Sentence

Five-Minute Trial Resulted in Narges Mohammadi’s Eight-Year Prison Sentence

January 31, 2022

EU Calls for Rights Defender’s Release In a letter from Iran’s notoriously harsh Gharchak Prison, translated into English below by the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI), renowned rights defender Narges Mohammadi decried her 8.2-year prison sentence after a “five-minute trial” and “without the ...

Rights Activist Narges Mohammadi Sentenced to Another Eight Years in Prison

Rights Activist Narges Mohammadi Sentenced to Another Eight Years in Prison

January 24, 2022

Situation of Political Prisoners Worsens as Iranian Government’s Assault on Peaceful Dissent Intensifies Activists, Lawyers, Dissidents being Kept Behind Bars with Continuous New Convictions January 24, 2022 – In an ongoing campaign to silence human rights defenders and crush dissent in the Islamic Republic, the prominent rights defender ...

UN Experts Condemn Secret Execution of Kurdish Prisoner in Iran

UN Experts Condemn Secret Execution of Kurdish Prisoner in Iran

December 22, 2021

UN human rights experts today strongly condemned the execution in Iran of political prisoner Heydar (or Heidar) Ghorbani, who was tortured and sentenced to death without a lawyer. Following is the complete UN press release. GENEVA, UN Press Release (22 December 2021) - UN ...

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