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The U.N. and Iran

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 ...

UN Calls on Iran to Stop Executing Juvenile Offenders

UN Calls on Iran to Stop Executing Juvenile Offenders

May 9, 2019

(9 May 2019) – UN human rights experts* called on Iran to immediately halt the practice of executing child offenders, citing serious concerns for up to 90 individuals who were all under the age of 18 at the time of their alleged offences and are ...

UN Urges Iran to Release Imprisoned American Scholar Xiyue Wang

UN Urges Iran to Release Imprisoned American Scholar Xiyue Wang

May 8, 2019

  Xiyue Wang (left) poses for a photo with his son and wife. UN, GENEVA (7 May 2019) ­‑ UN experts firmly request Iran to ...

US, Iran and EU Must All Take Steps to Ensure International Aid Reaches Iran Floods Victims

US, Iran and EU Must All Take Steps to Ensure International Aid Reaches Iran Floods Victims

April 3, 2019

US Sanctions and Iranian Mismanagement Preventing Critically Needed Aid April 4, 2019 –The US and EU should immediately take steps to ensure that Iran receives humanitarian aid to assist disaster relief efforts in the wake of devastating floods that have killed dozens and caused millions of dollars of damage ...

42 Human Rights Groups Support Renewal of UN Special Rapporteur’s Mandate on Iran

42 Human Rights Groups Support Renewal of UN Special Rapporteur’s Mandate on Iran

March 15, 2019

A coalition of diverse human rights organizations have signed an open letter supporting the renewal of the UN special rapporteur's (SR's) mandate on Iran. Javaid Rehman, a Pakistani-born British legal scholar, was appointed to the position in July 2018 after former SR Asma Jahangir passed away in ...

UN Expert Concerned by Crackdown on Protests and Strikes in Iran

UN Expert Concerned by Crackdown on Protests and Strikes in Iran

March 15, 2019

Iranian students clash with riot police during an anti-government protest around the University of Tehran, Iran, 30 December 2017. Living conditions difficult for many Iranians Expert calls for release of those detained for exercising their rights Law allowing death sentence for ...

UN Experts “Shocked” at Lengthy Prison Sentence for Human Rights Lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh

UN Experts “Shocked” at Lengthy Prison Sentence for Human Rights Lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh

March 14, 2019

Iranian defense attorney Nasrin Sotoudeh has been detained in Evin Prison under national security charges since June 13, 2018. UN, GENEVA (14 March 2019) – Iran should immediately free prominent human rights lawyer and defender Nasrin Sotoudeh from jail pending ...

UN Environment Calls on Iran to Guarantee “Fair, Transparent” Trial for Eight Conservationists

UN Environment Calls on Iran to Guarantee “Fair, Transparent” Trial for Eight Conservationists

March 5, 2019

In a statement published March 5, 2019, the highest ranking agency in the United Nations on the environment has called on Iran to guarantee a fair, transparent and independent trial for eight conservationists detained there since January 2018 on trumped-up national security charges. Following is the statement ...

New UN Report on Iran Notes Decline in Executions, Ongoing Executions of Child Offenders

New UN Report on Iran Notes Decline in Executions, Ongoing Executions of Child Offenders

February 27, 2019

Javaid Rehman was appointed as the third Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in ...

Niloufar Bayani Absent from Trial After Protesting Prosecution’s Use of Forced “Confessions”

Niloufar Bayani Absent from Trial After Protesting Prosecution’s Use of Forced “Confessions”

February 19, 2019

Authorities Interrogated Three People, Warned Them Not to Speak About Cases After protesting the prosecution’s use of false statements she had made under the threat of torture, Niloufar Bayani has been absent from three out of the five court sessions that have been held so far ...

Sugar Mill Workers Call for International Action to Free Detained Colleagues Esmail Bakhshi and Sepideh Qoliyan

Sugar Mill Workers Call for International Action to Free Detained Colleagues Esmail Bakhshi and Sepideh Qoliyan

February 14, 2019

Esmail Bakhshi and Sepideh Qoliyan Pressured to Retract Torture Allegations A union representing workers of the Haft Tappeh sugar mill in the Iranian city of Shush, Khuzestan Province, has called on individuals and international organizations to demand the release of union representative Esmail ...

US Resident Imprisoned in Iran Nizar Zakka Refused to Make False “Confession” on Film

US Resident Imprisoned in Iran Nizar Zakka Refused to Make False “Confession” on Film

February 12, 2019

Lebanese-born US resident Nizar Zakka refused to make false statements while being filmed in Evin Prison in Tehran where he has been imprisoned since 2017, the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) has learned. Zakka’s US-based lawyer ...

Family of Late Conservationist Kavous Seyed-Emami Petitions Iran to Respond to State TV Smears

Family of Late Conservationist Kavous Seyed-Emami Petitions Iran to Respond to State TV Smears

February 8, 2019

Widow Remains Barred From Leaving Country Despite Expired Travel Ban One year after his father’s suspicious death in Tehran’s Evin Prison, Ramin Seyed-Emami has filed a petition to respond to the unsubstantiated reports about his father broadcast by Iran’s main state-run broadcasting organization. He is also ...

Mounting Evidence that Clears Eight Conservationists from Grave Charges, Judiciary Still Relies on Forced “Confessions”

Mounting Evidence that Clears Eight Conservationists from Grave Charges, Judiciary Still Relies on Forced “Confessions”

February 7, 2019

Iran Must Guarantee Fair Trial in Upcoming Court Session on February 12 Year-long Detainment Continues while Judiciary Ignores Conclusions of Supreme National Security Council, Intelligence Ministry and Department of Environment February 7, 2019—In light of the upcoming court session on February 12 in which eight conservationists who have ...

Eight Conservationists Tried in Iran on Basis of Retracted False “Confessions”

Eight Conservationists Tried in Iran on Basis of Retracted False “Confessions”

January 30, 2019

First Half of Indictment Lacks Evidence, Relies on Statements Made Under Extreme Duress January 30, 2019 – In their first trial session since being detained in Iran one year ago, eight conservationists learned today that the first half of their indictment is based on one detainee’s retracted ...

Autistic Individuals Deprived of Services and Medications Due to Costs, Lack of Insurance

Autistic Individuals Deprived of Services and Medications Due to Costs, Lack of Insurance

January 29, 2019

The mother of two autistic sons says there was no choice but to stop sending her kids ...

Human Rights Lawyer Mohammad Najafi Facing 19 Years Behind Bars in Iran

Human Rights Lawyer Mohammad Najafi Facing 19 Years Behind Bars in Iran

January 28, 2019

Najafi Jailed for Demanding Justice for Detainee Who Died in State Custody Imprisoned human rights attorney Mohammad Najafi was sentenced to two more years in prison in Iran on January 22, 2019—bringing the total number of years he has been condemned to serve to 19. The sentences have been issued over the ...

Iran is Using False “Confessions” to Manufacture Cases Against Detained Conservationists

Iran is Using False “Confessions” to Manufacture Cases Against Detained Conservationists

January 24, 2019

One Dead, Eight Others At Grave Risk for Harm Detainees, Jailed for 12 Months, Denied Counsel, Could Face Death Penalty January 24, 2019 – Some of the conservationists who have been imprisoned incommunicado in Iran for the past year have been forced to confess under the threat of death, ...

Iran: Release Labor Activists Re-Arrested For Revealing They’d Been Tortured

Iran: Release Labor Activists Re-Arrested For Revealing They’d Been Tortured

January 22, 2019

Esmail Bakhshi and Sepideh Qoliyan Both At Risk of Serious Harm January 22, 2019—The arrests of labor activist Esmail Bakhshi and freelance reporter Sepideh Qoliyan (also spelled Sepideh Gholian) on January 20, in Shush, Khuzestan Province, by agents ...

Sham Investigation of Labor Activist’s Alleged Torture Lacks Impartiality, Ignores Witnesses

Sham Investigation of Labor Activist’s Alleged Torture Lacks Impartiality, Ignores Witnesses

January 17, 2019

Iran Must Re-Open an Independent and Impartial Investigation into Labor Activist’s Abuse Multiple Cases of Alleged Torture Must Be Thoroughly Investigated January 17, 2018—After a brief and deeply flawed investigation lacking any semblance of impartiality, the authorities in Iran have denied that labor activist ...

UN Calls on Iran to Give Zaghari-Ratcliffe and Mohammadi Urgent Medical Care, Release Them Immediately

UN Calls on Iran to Give Zaghari-Ratcliffe and Mohammadi Urgent Medical Care, Release Them Immediately

January 17, 2019

UN human rights experts* have today called on Iran to urgently provide Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and Narges Mohammadi access to appropriate health care, and reiterated calls for their immediate release. “We urge the Government to immediately and unconditionally provide Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and Narges Mohammadi with access to the appropriate ...

Labor Activist’s Revelation of Torture During Detention Prompts Wave of Reports of Abuse in Iran’s Prisons

Labor Activist’s Revelation of Torture During Detention Prompts Wave of Reports of Abuse in Iran’s Prisons

January 10, 2019

Esmail Bakhshi’s lawyer says her client is under intense pressure to retract statements about his torture Labor activist Esmail Bakhshi’s public letter in which he revealed his torture in an Intelligence Ministry detention center in Ahvaz, Khuzestan Province, has generated a wave ...

Outrage After Judicial Parliamentary Committee Rejects Bill to Ban Child Marriages in Iran

Outrage After Judicial Parliamentary Committee Rejects Bill to Ban Child Marriages in Iran

December 28, 2018

Two years after it was introduced to Iran’s Parliament, the parliamentary Committee for Judicial and Legal Affairs has rejected a bill to ban marriage for girls under the age of 13. Civil rights advocates responded to the news by noting that some lawmakers will continue to push ...

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