End Violence against Peaceful Protests
…including in Tehran, Tabriz, Mashad, and Rasht. At least one protestor was killed in Shiraz and another one killed in Tehran. The security forces reportedly used plastic bullets against protesters,… ...
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June 13, 2009
Iran Election Update: Concerns for Violence Against Moussavi Supporters Grow
(13 June 2009) [As of 1:30 PM Tehran Time] The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran expressed its serious concerns for the growing crisis in Tehran and the possibility… ...
June 13, 2009
Election Protests
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June 13, 2009
Iran Election Update: Reformist Candidate’s Headquarters Seized and Locked
(13 June 2009) [As of 7 am Tehran time] After a disputed election, the offices of two reformist candidates, Mir Hossein Moussavi and Mehdi Karroubi were seized and locked by… ...
May 8, 2009
Release All Activists Detained on May Day
…“The brutal and illegal treatment of workers in Iran seeking respect for their rights deserves to be protested by the ILO and members of the international community,” stated Aaron Rhodes,… ...
April 30, 2009
Maryam Malek
(27 April 2009) Maryam Malek is a member of the One Million Signatures Campaign and a reporter on legal matters related to family courts. She was arrested and transferred to… ...
April 27, 2009
Member of the One Million Signatures Campaign Arrested on Baseless Charges
(27 April 2009) Maryam Malek, a member of the One Million Signatures Campaign and a reporter on legal matters related to family courts, was arrested and transferred to Vozara Detention… ...
April 16, 2009
Report on the Status of Women Human Rights Defenders — April 2009
As the Islamic Republic of Iran celebrates its thirtieth anniversary, human rights abuses are on the rise. Women’s rights activists advocating for legal reforms and the protection of women’s rights… ...
April 13, 2009
International Organizations Call on Iran to End Persecution and Prosecution of Women’s Rights Activists
In a letter to President Ahmadinejad the Women Human Rights Defenders International Coalition, together with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, called on Iran to release Alieh Eghdamdoust… ...
April 8, 2009
UPDATE: Khadijeh Moghadam Released after Fourteen Days of Detention
(8 April 2009) Prominent women’s rights activist Khadijeh Moghadam, who has been in detention since 26 March 2009, was released from Tehran’s Evin Prison on bail at 8:15 pm, local… ...
March 17, 2009
Sanaz Allahyari
Sanaz Allahyari, a student activist, was detained following student protest at Amir Kabir University on 23 February. She is reportedly being held in Evin Prison and is under interrogation…. ...
February 21, 2009
Lives of Four Students on Hunger Strike Are at Risk
(21 February 2009) The lives of four Amirkabir University students, Majid Tavakoli, Hossein Torkashvand, Esmaiel Salmanpour and Kourosh Daneshyar, who went on hunger strike to protest their arbitrary detention, are… ...
February 3, 2009
Unprecedented Three-Year Sentence for Women’s Rights Activist Implemented
(3 February 2009) The Iranian Judiciary should immediately release imprisoned women’s rights activist, Alieh Eghdamdoust, and end its prosecution of all women’s rights activists. The authorities arrested Eghdamdoust on 31… ...
February 1, 2009
Women’s Rights
The Iranian women’s rights movement is the most vibrant social movement in Iran today. Having built an extensive grassroots base, Iranian women are campaigning to fight legal gender discrimination. The… ...
January 14, 2009
The Systematic Repression of the Women’s Rights Movement — May 2008
An International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran report on the various dimensions of the repression of women’s rights activists in Iran…. ...
January 13, 2009
Peace Activists Protesting Gaza Violence Attacked by Security Agents
(13 January 2009) Plain clothes security agents attacked and disrupted a gathering organized by the Iranian nongovernmental group Mothers for Peace to protest ongoing violence in the Gaza Strip in… ...
January 11, 2009
What We Do
The Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) is an independent, nonpartisan, nonprofit organization working to protect and promote human rights in Iran. Headquartered in New York, CHRI is comprised… ...
December 12, 2008
Release Baha’is Detained in Mazandaran
(12 December 2008) The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran expressed serious concern today about the recent detentions of three Baha’is in the province of Mazandaran and called on… ...
December 5, 2008
Allow Peaceful Celebrations of National Student Day
(5 December 2008) Despite three years of persecution and prosecution and increasing threats from official organs against university students, the voices of Iranian students promoting academic freedom on university campuses… ...
November 26, 2008
Students Deserve Right to Education not Detention
(26 November 2008) The health and safety of four students detained after staging a sit-in protest against their suspension from Alameh Tabataba’i University are at risk, according to the International… ...
November 5, 2008
13 Organizations Express Concern for Women’s Rights Activists
We, the undersigned international women’s and human rights organizations, submit this letter to express our deep concern regarding the increasing harassment of women human rights defenders in Iran…. ...
November 3, 2008
Abbas Lisani
Abbas Lisani (39) is an Azerbaijani activist from the city of Ardebil. He is serving multiple prison sentences following prosecutions for his peaceful activities promoting respect for the cultural and… ...
November 3, 2008
Zaynab Bayazidi
Zaynab Bayazidi (26) is a computer science graduate who was arrested on 9 July 2008 after appearing for an interview with the Intelligence Office in Mehabad on 7 July 2008…. ...
November 3, 2008
Tayeb Ebrahimizadeh
…linguistic rights of the Azerbaijani ethnic minority. Security forces temporarily detained Ebrahimzadeh on September 23, 2006, during a peaceful protest demanding the right to teach Azeri language in primary schools…. ...
November 3, 2008
Mohsen Hosseinzadeh
…linguistic rights of the Azeri ethnic minority. Security forces temporarily detained Hosseinzadeh on September 23, 2006, during a peaceful protest demanding the right to teach Azeri language in primary schools…. ...