January 21, 2025

A Year of Resistance Inside Iran’s Prisons Against Executions

Prisoners in Over 30 Prisons Stage Weekly Hunger Strikes Demanding End to Executions January 21, 2025 — One year ago, a small group of prisoners on death row in Iran… ...

January 15, 2025

International Community Must Demand Immediate Release of Swedish Academic Facing Execution in Iran

…Djalali, Imprisoned Since 2016 Governments Must Work Together to End Iran’s Hostage Taking, Many Dual and Foreign Nationals Remain in Iran’s Prisons January 15, 2025 — The international community must… ...

October 28, 2024

Iran’s Execution of Iranian-German Dissident Jamshid Sharmahd is State-Sanctioned Murder

Executed Dual National Was Abducted, Tortured, and Convicted without Due Process Countries Must Join Together to Stop Iran’s Hostage Taking October 28, 2024 – The Center for Human Rights in Iran… ...

September 23, 2024

Iran’s President Pezeshkian Must Be Questioned on Human Rights Crisis at UNGA

Mass Executions, Abuse of Political Prisoners, Severe Violations of Women’s Rights Must Be Addressed September 23, 2024 — As Member States and journalists prepare to meet with Iran’s President Masoud… ...

July 27, 2024

Iran’s New President Inaugurated as Human Rights Crisis Deepens

Unelected and Repressive Centers of Power in Iran Remain Untouched by Election World Must Remain Focused on Atrocities Committed by Islamic Republic July 27, 2024—The inauguration of the Islamic Republic’s… ...

June 15, 2024

Sweden’s Prisoner Swap with Iran is Shameful Reward for Tehran’s Hostage Taking

Hamid Nouri, Convicted of Crimes Against Humanity for Role in Massacre of Thousands of Prisoners, Walks Free Many Foreign and Dual Nationals Still Languish in Iran’s Prisons June 15, 2024—The… ...

May 20, 2024

Death of Iranian President Poses Risk of Worsening Crackdown as Government Moves to Maintain Control

Under Ebrahim Raisi, Human Rights Crisis in Iran Greatly Worsened May 20, 2024 – The death of President Ebrahim Raisi should not be exploited by the government to further crack… ...

September 27, 2023

Freeing Hostages is Good, Preventing Further Abductions by Iran Would Be Better

September 27, 2023 — The release of the five American hostages held in the Islamic Republic of Iran is a welcome development. The imprisonment of these individuals, long-held unlawfully in… ...

August 30, 2023

Webinar: Legal Challenges Facing Iran’s “Woman Life Freedom” Movement

Rights and Revolt: Three Lawyers Analyze the Legal Terrain of Iran’s “Women Life Freedom” Movement In anticipation of the anniversary of Iran’s transformative “Women, Life, Freedom” movement, the Center for… ...

March 13, 2023

Another Abducted Dissident Sentenced to Death in Iran

Supreme Court Upholds Death Sentence Against Habib Farajollah Chaab After Show Trial Three Foreign Dissidents Have Been Abducted and Sentenced to Death in Iran Since 2019 March 13, 2022 –… ...

September 19, 2022

Iran’s Raisi to Freely Address UNGA While Crushing Rights and Freedoms at Home

Mahsa Amini’s Death in State Custody Should be Investigated as Murder World Must Condemn Violent Repression of Protests and Civil Society September 19, 2022 – President Ebrahim Raisi will use… ...

September 6, 2022

Families Appeal to EU’s Borrell to Prioritize Release of Hostages from Iran

As negotiations over Iran’s nuclear program continue to drag, the families of individuals unjustly detained in the Islamic Republic have appealed to EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell Fontelles to… ...

July 5, 2022

400+ Iranian Human Rights Leaders Urge Belgium to Drop Prisoner Swap Treaty with Iran

Treaty Encourages Hostage-Taking, Would Return Convicted Terrorist to Iran July 5, 2022 – More than 400 leading Iranian human rights activists, dissidents and family members of victims of Iranian state… ...

June 28, 2022

EU Should Loudly Condemn Iran’s Baseless Jailing of French Tourist Benjamin Brière

Iranian Court Refers to France as an “Enemy Government” June 28, 2022 – Countries negotiating with Iran over its nuclear program, including France, the U.K., and the U.S., as well… ...

June 27, 2022

Mother of Detained Labor Rights Activist Calls for Daughter’s Freedom: “I Ask You All to Be Our Voice”

On May 9, 2022, Anisha Asadollahi and her husband, Keyvan Mohtadi, both labor rights activists, were arrested by security forces in Tehran after serving as translators for two French nationals… ...

May 17, 2022

Protesters Killed While Iran’s Government Blocks Internet and Media Coverage

May 17, 2022 – At least five protesters are dead amid a violent state crackdown on street demonstrations in Iran, while the authorities have blocked internet access in protest hot… ...

May 4, 2022

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

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,… ...

April 12, 2022

2022

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 citations for 2022. *For media inquiries, please… ...

February 8, 2022

Another Foreign Citizen Nabbed by Iran Now Faces Possible Execution

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… ...

January 25, 2022

Hostage Benjamin Briere’s “Price” Raised as Judge Imposes Eight-Year Prison Term

Iran “Toying” with Foreign and Dual Nationals Amid Nuclear Talks to Extract Concessions Lawyer: Briere’s Arbitrarily Increased Sentence is “Unlawful” January 25, 2022 – The manner in which an Iranian… ...

January 22, 2022

New Interrogations at Iran’s Airports, Jailing of Dual Citizens Challenge Officials’ Calls for Expatriates to Return

…from European destinations to collect “financial and personal” information, and the ongoing unjust imprisonment of dual nationals in the country, challenge claims by Iranian officials that it’s safe for expatriates… ...

November 10, 2021

Two Years After Iran’s Massacre of Protesters, Officials Who Oversaw Killings Now Lead Government

No Accountability for Hundreds Killed, Thousands Injured and Arrested International Community Must Demand Independent Investigation and Justice for Victims November 10, 2021 — Two years after Iran’s security forces violently… ...

November 3, 2021

Relatives of UK Hostages in Iran Spend Cold Night Outside Foreign Office  

Two British citizens spent the night in frigid temperatures outside the Foreign Office in London on November 2, 2021, in a bid to gain freedom for their loved ones who… ...

September 21, 2021

Lack of Accountability Perpetuates Deaths of Prisoners in Iran

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… ...

August 4, 2021

Two Elderly Dual Nationals Among Five Sentenced to Prison in Iran

Prisons Pose High Risks to Inmates Amid the Country’s Surging Covid-19 Pandemic August 4, 2021 – Elderly dual national prisoners Mehran Raoof, 66, and Nahid Taghavi, 64, were among five… ...