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The U.N. and Iran

UN Human Rights Chief: Ease Sanctions Against Countries Fighting COVID-19

UN Human Rights Chief: Ease Sanctions Against Countries Fighting COVID-19

March 25, 2020

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet has called for easing or suspension of "sectoral sanctions" against countries including Iran to allow their medical systems to fight the novel coronavirus COVID-19 and limit its global spread. Following is a reprint of the UN press release with Commissioner Bachelet's comments. GENEVA (24 March 2020) – Broad ...

UN Expert Alarmed by Detention Conditions in the Wake of Recent Protests

UN Expert Alarmed by Detention Conditions in the Wake of Recent Protests

March 10, 2020

UN Press Release GENEVA (9 March 2020) – Individuals detained in Iranian detention facilities are suffering from serious human rights violations and the situation of those arrested during the November 2019 protests is a subject of particular concern, said a UN expert in his latest ...

“Torture” and “Sexual Threats” Detailed in Letters by Jailed Former UN Environment Consultant

“Torture” and “Sexual Threats” Detailed in Letters by Jailed Former UN Environment Consultant

February 20, 2020

Conservation Scientist Niloufar Bayani: "Every time I... sought help from the authorities, the pressures, threats, and acts of torture increased." Appeals Court Upheld Prison Sentences Against Conservationists on Baseless Charges and Coerced “Confessions” February 20, 2020 – A female former UN Environment consultant’s complaints of physical and psychological torture ...

Appeals Court Upholds Baseless Prison Sentences Against Wildlife Conservationists

Appeals Court Upholds Baseless Prison Sentences Against Wildlife Conservationists

February 18, 2020

Prison Terms Range from 4-10 Years Based on No Evidence and False "Confessions" February 18, 2020 – The Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) condemns the Iranian appeals court’s decision to uphold lengthy prison sentences against eight wildlife conservationists detained since January 2018 without due process ...

UN Experts Call on Iran to Release Detained Protesters

UN Experts Call on Iran to Release Detained Protesters

January 9, 2020

 Iran's judiciary should free all women and men who were arbitrarily detained as state forces violently repressed street protests this past November, said a group of UN human rights experts* on December 20, 2019. Up to ...

UN Experts Alarmed at Alleged Mistreatment of Detained Protesters

UN Experts Alarmed at Alleged Mistreatment of Detained Protesters

December 20, 2019

UN Press Release, GENEVA (20 December 2019) – UN human rights experts* today called on the Iranian authorities to release all individuals arbitrarily detained and mistreated during recent protests, and expressed concerns over the hundreds of people who have been killed. “We are shocked at reports of the ...

Mothers of Iran Protest Victims Call for “Minute of Silence,” UN Fact-Finding Committee

Mothers of Iran Protest Victims Call for “Minute of Silence,” UN Fact-Finding Committee

December 18, 2019

Sixteen mothers whose children were killed amid violent state crackdowns on street protests have called for Iranians to observe a minute of silence for the victims on December 26, 2019. “We, the mothers, will not remain silent,” they said in a statement published on December 17, 2019, that also ...

23 Rights Organizations Urge UN to Take “Urgent Action” on Iran Protest Deaths

23 Rights Organizations Urge UN to Take “Urgent Action” on Iran Protest Deaths

December 16, 2019

December 16, 2019 -- A coalition of international human rights organizations including the Center for Human Rights in Iran has called on the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) to launch an independent inquiry and demand accountability for the Iranian government's repression of last month's street protests, which ...

EU Should Lead Calls for UN Commission of Inquiry Into Iran Protest Deaths

EU Should Lead Calls for UN Commission of Inquiry Into Iran Protest Deaths

December 10, 2019

Foreign Policy Chief Urges Iran to Hold Perpetrators of Protest Deaths Accountable, Provide Detainees Due Process December 10, 2019 - The EU should lead calls for the UN to investigate Iranian state forces' use of lethal means to repress the country's mid-November 2019 protests which resulted in hundreds ...

Top UN Human Rights Official: “Clear Violations” of International Norms on Use of Force in Iran and “Serious” Human Rights Violations Against Protestors

Top UN Human Rights Official: “Clear Violations” of International Norms on Use of Force in Iran and “Serious” Human Rights Violations Against Protestors

December 6, 2019

The EU should lead calls for the UN to investigate the perpetrators of state repression in Iran that left at least 208 people dead amid nationwide protests ...

Stop Violence Against Women

Stop Violence Against Women

November 25, 2019

Women and Girls in Iran Are Unprotected from Many Forms of Violence November 25 marks the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women The UN states: “Violence against women and girls is one of the most widespread, persistent and devastating human rights violations in our world today.” In 1999, the ...

Initial Reports Show Thousands Arrested in Iran’s Crackdown on November Protests

Initial Reports Show Thousands Arrested in Iran’s Crackdown on November Protests

November 22, 2019

*This article was updated with additional details on November 25. Early Tally Indicates at Least 4,000 Arrests as Concerns Mount for Detainees Smeared by State Media as “Rioters” In the wake of preliminary reports suggesting that thousands of people were arrested in the Iranian government’s crackdown on mass protests ...

UN Raises Alarm at Arrests and Reported Killings, Internet Shutdown

UN Raises Alarm at Arrests and Reported Killings, Internet Shutdown

November 22, 2019

Javaid Rehman, the special rapporteur on the human rights situation in Iran, joined his colleagues in expressing serious concerns about the Iranian authorities' use of lethal force against protesters, and called on the Iranian government to restore full internet access. ...

Children in Iran Should Be Protected from Numerous Rights Violations

Children in Iran Should Be Protected from Numerous Rights Violations

November 20, 2019

The age of criminal responsibility in Iran is 9 for girls and 15 for boys, despite international law that defines anyone under age 18 as a child ...

Lethal and Excessive Force Against Protestors in Iran Must Cease, News Blackout Must End

Lethal and Excessive Force Against Protestors in Iran Must Cease, News Blackout Must End

November 19, 2019

November 19, 2019—The authorities’ use of excessive force against protestors in Iran, which has included the use of live ammunition and has resulted in dozens of deaths, is a blatant and unjustifiable violation of international law and must cease, the Center for Human Rights in Iran said in a statement today. ...

UN Calls on Iran to Avoid Force, Respect Right to Protest

UN Calls on Iran to Avoid Force, Respect Right to Protest

November 19, 2019

State security forces have used violent and deadly force to repress protests that erupted in dozens of cities in Iran during the evening of November 15, 2019, after the government announced a sudden gasoline price hike. On November 19, 2019, the ...

Legal Expert Says Sweden Has Authority to Prosecute Iranian Man Connected with 1988 Mass Executions

Legal Expert Says Sweden Has Authority to Prosecute Iranian Man Connected with 1988 Mass Executions

November 16, 2019

Hamid Nouri, in Swedish Custody, Linked to Death Commissions that Ordered the Extrajudicial Killing of Thousands of Prisoners Legal experts weighing in on the arrest in Sweden on November 9 of Hamid Nouri (also spelled Noury), who allegedly participated in the 1988 extrajudicial mass killings ...

Promote Respect for All on the International Day for Tolerance

Promote Respect for All on the International Day for Tolerance

November 16, 2019

November 16 Marks the International Day for Tolerance The International Day for Tolerance, declared by UNESCO in 1995, is observed each year on November 16. The UN says tolerance means “respect and appreciation of the rich variety of our world’s cultures [and] our forms of expression” and “recognizes ...

Missing American’s Iran-Based Lawyer Reveals Previously Undisclosed Details in New Court Filing

Missing American’s Iran-Based Lawyer Reveals Previously Undisclosed Details in New Court Filing

November 11, 2019

Complaint: Authorities Should Investigate Last Known Person Who Saw Levinson Before His Disappearance, American Citizen Dawud Salahuddin No Mention of Statement or Findings by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ (IRGC) Intelligence Organization in Case Files The Iran-based lawyer representing the family of missing U.S. citizen Robert Levinson, who was ...

Conservationists Slapped with New Charge 22 Months After Being Arrested by Revolutionary Guards

Conservationists Slapped with New Charge 22 Months After Being Arrested by Revolutionary Guards

November 7, 2019

Fate of Detainees Unclear Despite Intervention by Supreme Leader Nearly two years after they were first detained in Tehran, eight conservationists have been charged with “cooperation with U.S. and Israeli enemy states against the Islamic Republic of Iran for the purpose of espionage for the CIA and Mossad,” the Center for ...

Human Rights Watch: Sanctions Constrain Iranians’ Ability to Finance and Access Humanitarian Imports

Human Rights Watch: Sanctions Constrain Iranians’ Ability to Finance and Access Humanitarian Imports

October 29, 2019

U.S. Government Should Establish Viable Channel to Facilitate Permissible Trade to Iran Despite humanitarian exemptions, U.S. economic sanctions on Iran are causing “unnecessary suffering” among Iranians who are dealing with a range of diseases and medical conditions, according to a new report by Human Rights Watch (HRW). "U.S. officials ...

Iran Must Confront Its Child Protection Crisis

Iran Must Confront Its Child Protection Crisis

October 11, 2019

On the International Day of the Girl Child, All States Urged to Address Needs of Girl Children Child Marriage, Lack of Protection against Abuse, Juvenile Executions Key Issues in Iran October 11, 2019—On the International Day of the Girl Child, the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) ...

Relatives of Jailed Dual and Foreign Nationals Launch Alliance Against Iran’s “Hostage-Taking” Amid UNGA

Relatives of Jailed Dual and Foreign Nationals Launch Alliance Against Iran’s “Hostage-Taking” Amid UNGA

September 24, 2019

The day before Iran’s speech at the 74th session of the UN General Assembly, the families of dual and foreign nationals who were formerly imprisoned in the country as well as former prisoners launched the Alliance of Families Against State Hostage Taking. Announced at a September 24, 2019, press ...

UN Seriously Concerned Over Iran’s “Consistent Pattern” of Denying Prisoners Medical Treatment

UN Seriously Concerned Over Iran’s “Consistent Pattern” of Denying Prisoners Medical Treatment

July 10, 2019

UN Press Release, GENEVA (10 July 2019) – UN human rights experts today expressed serious concern that Iran continues to deny appropriate healthcare to detainees, despite repeated calls. “Over several months we have communicated to the Iranian government our deep concerns about the physical and mental integrity ...

116 Iranian Rights Defenders Warn of “Devastating” Consequences of US-Iran Military Conflict

116 Iranian Rights Defenders Warn of “Devastating” Consequences of US-Iran Military Conflict

June 26, 2019

June 26, 2019 — In response to soaring tensions between Iran and the United States, 116 Iranian human rights defenders and groups based inside and outside the country have signed a statement warning of the “devastating” consequences of a military conflict. The impact of military action on Iran ...

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