In his latest report presented to the UN Human Rights Council, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres expressed deep concern over the rising number of executions in the Islamic of Iran, as… ...
UN human rights experts today expressed serious concerns about a violent crackdown against civil society in Iran, including members of workers’ unions and teachers arrested for protesting against their low… ...
Repression of Civil Society Harms U.S. Security Interests June 14, 2022— President Biden’s silence so far on the killings and mass arrests of protesters in Iran by state security forces… ...
June 9, 2022 — In a joint statement released today, human rights organizations ARTICLE 19, Access Now, and the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) called on Meta to… ...
Open Letter Condemns Iran’s “Brutal Repression” of Trade Unions and Labor Activists June 2, 2022—In an open letter to the delegates at the International Labour Organization’s (ILO) 110th Session of… ...
…letter calling on the Iranian government to respect the right to protest. “It is the people’s satisfaction towards the rulers that is a fundamental pillar of spiritual and material statecraft,… ...
…while the authorities have blocked internet access in protest hot zones, pressured domestic media not to cover the protests, and arrested growing numbers of protesters and activists. Yet the protesters… ...
International Community Must Call on Iranian Officials to Refrain from Deadly Repression May 12, 2022 – Ongoing street protests in Iran could lead to more killings and arbitrary imprisonments by… ...
…state security forces throughout the Iranian province of Khuzestan, where street protests erupted on May 6, have raised fears over another deadly crackdown in the Islamic Republic. “Iranian state forces… ...
Iranian security forces arrested at least 28 teachers in the four days leading up to international workers’ day, between April 28 and May 1, 2022, according to the Iranian Teachers… ...
On the eve of International Workers’ Day, state security forces in Iran have been summoning, arresting and harassing activists to prevent them from protesting on May Day… ...
When Atena Daemi was growing up in Iran and attending school in a religious-conservative neighborhood in south Tehran, she noticed the many ways in which women were treated differently than… ...
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… ...
The 15 undersigned organizations, including the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI), today issued a joint statement calling on the international community to urge the Iranian authorities to immediately… ...
The government of President Ebrahim Raisi should end the state’s campaign of harassment and intimidation against the families of victims of state violence, including those who died during street protests… ...
Longtime human rights defender and former prisoner of conscience Narges Mohammadi is peacefully refusing to report to prison in Tehran to serve an eight-year sentence that was issued against her… ...
Defense attorney Amirsalar Davoudi was imprisoned in Iran for running a social media channel that provided information to lawyers. *Editor’s Note: Amirsalar Davoudi was forced to return to Evin Prison… ...
Complaint Alleges Gross Negligence in Government’s Response to COVID-19 Pandemic Lawyers Who Filed the Complaint are Facing Prison Time Two lawyers in Iran, Arash Keykhosravi and Mohammad Reza Faghihi, filed… ...
Fears Mount for Young Activist Who is Being Denied Crucial Medical Treatment March 10, 2022 – Two months after two political prisoners died in Iranian state custody, the Center for… ...
Despite Abuses and Discrimination, Women Fight for Justice, Equality, and Rights for All March 7, 2022 – On the eve of International Women’s Day, the Center for Human Rights in… ...
Continued Refusal to Provide Proper Medical Care Risks More Prisoner Deaths March 3, 2022 – The continued denial of proper medical treatment to ailing political and civil rights activists in… ...
Lawyer Unlawfully Imprisoned for His Defense of Basic Civil and Political Liberties March 3, 2022 – The lawyer Mohammad Najafi, who has been unlawfully and unjustly imprisoned in Iran since… ...
Amid an intensifying campaign of political repression in Iran, state authorities have been summoning, detaining, and imprisoning peaceful labor rights activists and a journalist in various cities throughout the country…. ...
…yet another reflection of intensifying repression in the Islamic Republic, a large group of prominent scholars and academics from around the globe have written a letter in protest against the… ...
High-Level Intelligence Official: “Social Discontent Has Increased About 300 Percent” A top-secret Iranian state document leaked to RFE/RL’s Radio Farda has revealed senior intelligence and military officials’ internal assessment of… ...
