Nine Labor Rights Activists and Journalists Sentenced to Prison Without Right to Appeal Judiciary Chief Ebrahim Raisi Eliminated Appeal Process with Supreme Leader’s Blessing Nine labor activists were each sentenced… ...
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… ...
…in the Golshahr district of Karaj on November 16, 2019, while Iranian authorities were repressing protests there, her sister told the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI). Zahabi’s sister,… ...
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…. ...
Family Demands Justice for Young Mother Golnar Samsami Golnar Samsami was on her way home after work when she was struck in the head by a bullet on Vali Asr… ...
University of Tehran student activist Soha Mortezaei’s sign reads, “I have been blacklisted by the university’s security office and the Intelligence Ministry.” Iranian authorities… ...
…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… ...
Family Ordered to Conceal Shiraz Man’s Death at Protest Iranian authorities pressured the family of Bahman Jafari, who died from a bullet wound to his heart on November 17, 2019,… ...
Shahnaz Akmali Summoned to Jail After Visiting Fellow Victim’s Family Less than a month after hundreds of people were killed in the Iranian authorities’ crackdown on November’s mass street protests,… ...
…Province when he was shot and killed by a bullet while local authorities were repressing street protests in his city. In an interview with the Center for Human Rights in… ...
Family of Bystander Killed During Protests Demands Answers Reports of the shooting deaths of bystanders not involved in the recent protests in Iran in mid-November continue to grow, indicating the… ...
Victim Hamid Taheri’s Relatives Forced to Sign “Pledge of Silence” Hospital authorities in the city of Islamshahr, Tehran Province, transferred the body of Hamid Taheri to state security forces without… ...
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… ...
Violent state repression of protests in Iran is not unique, yet the lethal means government forces used to repress recent protests that broke out across dozens of cities reached new… ...
…shot and killed by security forces in the Mehrshahr district of Karaj, west of the capital Tehran, on November 16, 2019, during the recent protests that gripped Iran, will seek… ...
…was delivered to his family wrapped in a shroud and ready for burial several days after he was killed by security forces in Isfahan during recent street protests that erupted… ...
…in Khuzestan Province, was struck by a bullet behind his head even though he was only a bystander at a protest against the increase in the price of gasoline, his… ...
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… ...
…defenseless people. This must become a national call” “The state has shown that it is not able to tolerate the most peaceful of protests. Even its reaction to a silent… ...
Young Man Killed by Bullet While Stuck in Traffic During Protest in Isfahan Reports of bystanders who were killed by security forces in Iran because they happened to be near… ...
…wound to the heart on November 17 in south Tehran when he unintentionally drove near a street protest, that if they speak to the media, his body would be exhumed… ...
December 3 Marks International Day of Persons with Disabilities The International Day of Persons with Disabilities, begun by the UN in 1992, is observed each year on December 3. Its… ...
Public Outrage Grows As Reports of Bloody Crackdown Emerge: “Every Corner of Iran is Mourning the Atrocities” As reports of the unprecedented state violence against protestors in Iran begin to… ...
…three young children, Ameneh Shahbazi, was killed by a bullet as she was trying to help a person shot in the leg during a protest, her brother, Mohammad Shahbazi, said… ...
…the Golshahr district of Karaj, west of Tehran, on November 17, 2019, during the recent protests that swept through in Iran, was struck by bullets fired by security forces, one… ...
