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… ...
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… ...
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 — 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… ...
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… ...
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 –… ...
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… ...
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… ...
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… ...
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… ...
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 – 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 – 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,… ...
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… ...
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… ...
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… ...
…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… ...
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… ...
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… ...
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… ...
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… ...
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… ...
July 19, 2021—In a joint statement released today, 10 human rights groups, including the Center for Human Rights in Iran, urged the international community to hold Iranian authorities accountable for… ...
Judicial System To Be Used To Further Suppress Dissent July 6, 2021—The appointment of Gholam-Hossein Mohseni Ejei, a major human rights violator, as the Islamic Republic’s new judiciary chief is… ...
Ebrahim Raisi is Guilty of Gross Human Rights Violations June 19, 2021—As Ebrahim Raisi ascends to the presidency in Iran, after a sham election in which almost all other candidates… ...
