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… ...
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… ...
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—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… ...
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… ...
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… ...
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… ...
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… ...
“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… ...
…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… ...
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… ...
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,… ...
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… ...
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… ...
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… ...
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… ...
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… ...
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…. ...
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… ...
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… ...
A member of the German embassy enters Evin Prison on a red carpet. Abusive Conditions and Political Prisoners Hidden from Visitors A state-choreographed visit by dozens of… ...
Narges Mohammadi, a prominent human rights activist serving a 16-year prison sentence for her peaceful advocacy efforts, is publicly urging newly re-elected President Hassan Rouhani to build the foundations for… ...
…is an established policy of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Nobel Peace laureate Shirin Ebadi told the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI). “Iran’s leader spoke about firing at… ...
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, currently campaigning for a second term win in the May 19, 2017 presidential election, criticized two of his opponents’ records of human rights abuses during a… ...
Presidential candidate Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf played a key role in major human rights violations as the commander of Iran’s police forces, Mehrangiz Kar, a lawyer who defended human rights in… ...
