The torture and inhuman mistreatment of detainees and prisoners in Iran are among the most serious violations of human rights in the country’s prisons. In many cases, prisoners or detainees… ...
In a joint statement issued today, 14 international academic and human rights groups including Scholars at Risk and the Center for Human Rights in Iran called on the U.S. and… ...
Mohammad Nourizad appears with a bloody face after protesting outside the home of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khaminei, October 14, 2014 (photo credit: courtesy/Abazar Noorizad) UN Press Release GENEVA (4… ...
The Center for Human Rights in Iran received over 1,100 English-language online news media citations in 2021. Following is an incomplete listing of those citations. *For media inquiries, please contact… ...
…Behnam Mahjoubi, who died on February 21, 2021, after untreated medical conditions that included serious neurological issues, reflects the continued crisis in Iran’s prisons, where prisoners, especially prisoners of conscience… ...
Iran Must End Systematic Denial of Healthcare in Prisons February 16, 2021 – Prisoner of conscience Behnam Mahjoubi could die if he is not provided the immediate and comprehensive medical… ...
A group of human rights organizations including the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) have penned an open letter to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei calling on him to… ...
New Law Reduces Derafshan’s Sentence By 6 Months, Must Still Serve Two Years Sentence Reductions at Judge’s Discretion in “National Security” Cases Imprisoned human rights attorney Payam Derafshan is in… ...
Prominent Attorney Seeks Release of Political Prisoners Amid COVID-19 Outbreak August 12, 2020—The imprisoned human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh began a hunger strike on August 11, 2020, to demand the… ...
Twelve Test Positive, Many Others with Symptoms, None Receiving Proper Treatment Prominent Labor Activists, Lawyer and Journalist Among Those Falling Ill August 11, 2020—Political prisoners in Iran—including prominent labor leaders… ...
Farsi Version (PDF) GENEVA (22 July 2020) – Iran must release human rights defender Narges Mohammadi, reportedly ill with coronavirus symptoms, and other arbitrarily detained individuals before it is too… ...
Long Denied Medical Care, Family Fears for Well-being of Zeinab Jalalian Kurdish political prisoner Zeinab Jalalian, who has had a history of serious and untreated medical problems during her long… ...
Multiple Prisoners Showing Signs of Virus, No One Tested “Narges Mohammadi is being denied every basic right because she takes a stand” Imprisoned human rights activist Narges Mohammadi and other… ...
…after signing an open letter calling on Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei to resign, was denied hospital treatment and transferred to solitary confinement without his medication after exhibiting COVID-19 symptoms, his… ...
Iranian authorities have excluded peaceful political prisoners from the mass prisoner release that was announced by Judiciary Chief Ebrahim Raisi in late February 2020 to control the growing COVID-19 coronavirus… ...
Grave Concerns Mounting Amid Rising Death Toll, Fears of Regional Outbreak February 26, 2020 — Amid a rising death toll in Iran from the COVID-19 coronavirus strain, public health experts… ...
*Warning: This article contains details that may be disturbing to some readers. The family of 25-year-old Ershad Rahmanian, whose body was found in the Garan Dam near the city of… ...
One of the longest-serving political prisoners in Iran, Mohammad Nazari, is eligible for release but is being arbitrarily denied freedom, Mohammad Hossein Aghasi told the Center for Human Rights in… ...
Rajaee Shahr Prison Director Creating Obstacles to Hospital Transfers Political prisoner Arash Sadeghi is dangerously ill yet Iranian authorities continue to prevent his transfer to a hospital, his wife told… ...
Imprisoned human rights advocate Narges Mohammadi has not been able to hold her two children since 2015, for nearly five years, her mother Ozra Bazargan wrote in an open letter… ...
Iran’s Government Should Allow Kids With Disabilities to Be Educated Alongside Their Peers October 2, 2019 – Children with disabilities face discrimination and significant barriers in getting an education in… ...
…help the children of political prisoners access education. Behind bars for over five years, prisoner of conscience Saeed Shirzad has been denied an operation to treat his vision problems as… ...
Political prisoners Atena Daemi and Golrokh Iraee Ebrahimi have been told they must serve an additional… ...
Prison Fails to Meet UN’s Minimum Standards for Treatment of Prisoners Two hundred inmates in Ward 5 of Gharchak Prison for women in the Iranian city of Varamin have sent… ...
…serious medical problem. Political prisoner Arash Sadeghi’s loss of motion in his right arm hasn’t persuaded the authorities of Rajaee Shahr Prison to allow him to receive proper medical treatment… ...
