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March 7, 2019

French President Invites Nasrin Sotoudeh to G7 Gender Equality Advisory Council

Seat for Imprisoned Lawyer Was Left Empty at the Council’s Meeting Last Month The husband of imprisoned human rights attorney Nasrin Sotoudeh has received a letter from French President Emmanuel… ...

February 11, 2019

Iranian Agents Tried to Frame Detained Conservationists by Staging Scenes to Falsely Implicate Them

Three Major State Agencies Rejected Charges of Espionage, Indictment Based on Retracted False “Confessions” February 11, 2019 – Amid eight conservationists’ closed-door trial in Iran’s revolutionary court system, the Center… ...

December 13, 2018

Iran Set to Execute Third Individual Sentenced by “Corruption Court” For Alleged Economic Crimes

A defendant addresses Judge Abolqasem Salavati, who’s notorious in Iran for issuing harsh sentences in politically sensitive case. Two Men Already Executed, 1,700 Others Summoned Since Courts Set… ...

December 10, 2018

121 Nobel Laureates Urge Khamenei to Free Imprisoned Dual National Ahmadreza Djalali

In an open letter published December 9, 2018, 121 Nobel Laureates have called on Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei to ensure that ailing Iranian Swedish dual national Ahmadreza Djalali, a… ...

November 14, 2018

Iran’s Execution of Two Traders Convicted in Iran’s New Corruption Courts Is Unlawful

Vahid Mazloumin and Mohammad Esmail Ghassem Both Hanged at Dawn Despite Denials of Due Process and the Right to a Fair Trial Three More Pending Death Sentences Must Not be… ...

October 3, 2018

120 Academics and Activists Join UN in Calling on Iran to Free Princeton Scholar Xiyue Wang

Xiyue Wang (right) with his son and wife. A group of 120 academics and human rights activists of Iranian origin have called on Iran to free imprisoned American scholar Xiyue… ...

September 24, 2018

Iranian Nobel Laureate Warns Against “State Violence” After Ahvaz Terrorist Attack

Iranian Nobel Peace Laureate Shirin Ebadi has warned against state retaliation against innocent people “in the name of fighting terrorism” following the terrorist attack against a military parade in southwestern… ...

August 6, 2018

Lawyer Calls on President Rouhani to Work For Human Rights Attorney Abdolfattah Soltani’s Release

Abdolfattah Soltani poses for a family photo. His daughter, Homa (right), passed away on August 4, 2018. Soltani Granted Furlough to Mourn Daughter’s Death One of Iran’s most prominent human… ...

June 22, 2018

Open Letter: Distinguished Iranian Women Call on FIFA to Demand Iran End Its Ban on Women in Stadiums

June 22, 2018—In an open letter, prominent women of Iranian origin including Nobel Laureate Shirin Ebadi, Oscar-nominated actress Shohreh Aghdashloo and legendary singer Googoosh have urged the Fédération Internationale de… ...

June 12, 2018

Who Are the State-Vetted Lawyers Exclusively Allowed to Defend Detainees Facing Political Charges in Iran?

List Not Finalized According to Judicial Official Iran’s judiciary has not released the names of the 20 state-approved lawyers exclusively allowed to represent detainees held on politically motivated charges in… ...

June 6, 2018

Nobel Laureate Anticipates Crackdown in Iran as Judiciary Bans Human Rights Lawyers From Security Cases

Iranian human rights lawyer Shirin Ebadi was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2003. “Note to Article 48” Limits Detainees’ Counsel Choices to 20 State-Approved Lawyers Nobel Peace Laureate Shirin… ...

March 12, 2018

Shirin Ebadi: Iranian Law “Deliberately Silent” on the Hijab to Leave Room for Harsh Sentencing

Iranian human rights lawyer Shirin Ebadi was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2003. Iranian law is deliberating vague about the hijab to leave room for harsh sentencing against those… ...

February 27, 2018

Shirin Ebadi: Commission on Deaths in Prisons Won’t Address Judiciary’s Lack of Independence

Nobel Peace Laureate Shirin Ebadi has expressed doubt that a commission created by President Hassan Rouhani would shed light on the recent death in state custody of Iranian-Canadian academic and… ...

February 14, 2018

15 Prominent Iranians Call For a Referendum on the Islamic Republic

“The state has become the main obstacle to the progress and liberation of the Iranian nation” Fifteen prominent Iranians including lawyers, directors and academics, have followed up on a recent… ...

February 5, 2018

Shirin Ebadi: Bill That Restricts Protests to Designated Areas in Iran Adds “More Limits” to Freedom of Speech

…Iran for protests will lead to “more limits” on the people’s right to voice their demands, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Shirin Ebadi told the Center for Human Rights in Iran… ...

January 29, 2018

300 Iranian Women’s Rights Advocates Voice Support For Protests, Demand Equality

More than 300 Iranian women’s rights’ activists have expressed support for the recent anti-government protests in Iran and demanded an end to state policies that discourage women from entering the… ...

January 10, 2018

Iranian Human Rights Organizations File Motion in Germany Against Ayatollah Shahroudi for Crimes Against Humanity

A coalition of Iranian human rights NGOs including Centre for Defenders of Human Rights, Centre for Human Rights in Iran, Impact Iran, Iran Human Rights Documentation Centre, Justice for Iran,… ...

January 4, 2018

Six Prominent Lawyers Call for Prosecution of Iranian Officials Who Incited Violence Against Protesters

Nobel Peace Laureate Shirin Ebadi and five other prominent Iranian human rights lawyers have called for the prosecution of state officials who have encouraged violence against protesters in the anti-government… ...

January 1, 2018

2018

British-Iranian professor returns to UK after detention in Iran CNN-US, CNN.com International 26 December, 2018 statement said.\n\nOn Monday, the New York-based Center for Human Rights in Iran issued an open… ...

December 14, 2017

Iran’s Intelligence Ministry Has Been Pressuring Families Of “Chain Murder” Victims to Be Silent for Decades

Sohrab Mokhtari is the son of writer Mohammad Mokhtari, who was murdered by agents of Iran’s Intelligence Ministry in 1998. The families of intellectuals and dissidents murdered by agents of… ...

November 21, 2017

175 Nobel Laureates Call on Iran to Release Swedish Resident Ahmadreza Djalali

In a letter addressing Iran’s ambassador to the UN, 175 Nobel laureates have called on the country’s authorities to release Iranian-born Swedish resident Ahmadreza Djalali, who says he has been… ...

September 29, 2017

Landmine Victims Denied Compensation as Border Regions Remain Plagued by Remnants of Iran-Iraq War

An attorney representing people maimed by mines in Iran’s border regions says the victims are not only entitled to damages under the country’s Islamic Penal Code, but could also qualify… ...

September 12, 2017

Iranian VP for Women’s Affairs Calls Ban on Females in Sports Stadiums “Discrimination”

Three days after Iranian women were barred from entering a stadium in Tehran to watch an international soccer match, President Hassan Rouhani’s top female adviser described the ban as discriminatory…. ...

August 16, 2017

Rouhani Cabinet Pick Linked to Mass Surveillance of 2009 Protesters

Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi has been appointed by President Rouhani to head his telecommunications ministry. Telecommunications Nominee Boasts of Aiding Iran’s State Spying Operations August 16, 2017—President Hassan Rouhani’s pick… ...

August 14, 2017

Political Prisoner Responds to “Dolled-Up” Evin Prison Visit by Foreign Ambassadors

A political prisoner held in Evin Prison since 2009 has harshly criticized a state-organized “dolled-up” tour of the facility by a group of foreign diplomats in July 2017 that was… ...

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