Iran Protests: Arrests of School Children Prompt Grave Fears of More Child Killings
Officials Paint Children as Enemies of the State, Claim They’re “Reforming” Kids At Least 28 Children Killed Since September 16, Reports Tehran-based ...
Tag : Children’s Rights
October 7, 2019
Children Born to Non-Iranian Fathers Win Right to File for Citizenship—With a Catch
Amendment Authorizes Intelligence Agencies to Investigate Applicants’ Parents Legislation granting a citizenship application option to Iranian children born to foreign fathers was ...
July 16, 2019
Fact Sheet: Children in Iran Are Unprotected from Abuse and Severe Rights Violations
July 16, 2019—At a time when international headlines are focused on Iran, little attention is given to the millions of children in the country who are subjected to a broad range of abuses and rights violations, ...
March 1, 2019
Lawyer of Juvenile Offender on Death Row Says Client Mohammad Kalhori Should be Pardoned
Despite being diagnosed with mental and emotional disorders, Mohammad Kalhori is facing imminent execution in ...
February 21, 2019
Abuse of 11-Year-Old Child Bride in Iran Sees Some Lawmakers Calling for Reforms
News of an 11-year-old girl in the Iranian city of Ilam being repeatedly raped after being illegally married off to a man four times her age has renewed protests by some members of Parliament against the law that allows child marriage. The child, referred to by ...
December 18, 2018
Delays in Ratification of Bill for Protection of Children Means More Violence and Abuse
Latest Delay: Guardian Council Objects to Punishing Negligent Parents Parliament’s Judiciary Commission Must Find Compromise Language on Parental Neglect to Ensure Passage ...
July 29, 2018
Nine Years After It Was Drafted, Iran’s Parliament Begins Debating Child Abuse Bill
Bill Lacks Enforcement Mechanisms A bill drafted nine years ago in Iran to combat child abuse is finally being debated by Parliament following a number of ...
June 22, 2018
Child Refugees With Disabilities in Iran Struggle to Access Education and Healthcare
In interviews conducted by the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) ahead of this year’s World Refugee Day...
February 12, 2018
Female Iranian MPs Demand Action on Stalled Bill Aiming to Preventing Child Abuse
Lawyers Point to Existing Laws and Lack of Enforcement as the Real Problem Some Iranian female lawmakers have called for immediate deliberations ...
December 13, 2017
After Burn Victims Denied Compensation Because They’re Girls, Lawyer Says Law Must Change
A lawyer in Iran is speaking out about sexism in the country’s legal code after the families of two children who ...
October 25, 2017
Bill for Protection of Children in Iran Stunted in Parliament Since 2011
Police forces simulate a child abuse case. Attorney: Social Welfare Organizations Lack Sufficient Resources Despite ongoing reports of disturbing cases of child abuse, Iran’s Parliament has failed to ratify a bill on the ...
October 11, 2017
Leftist Poet Missing in Tabriz Two Days After Intelligence Ministry Raided His Home
Children’s rights advocate and leftist poet Omid Aghdami has been missing since October 5, 2017, two days after he tweeted...
September 19, 2017
Iranian Judge Refuses to Take Action Against Father Suspected of Sexually Abusing Daughter
Grandmother Detained For Defending Child in Court A family court judge in Iran has refused to put a restraining order ...
July 22, 2017
Impoverished Children Without Identification Documents Deprived of Education in Iran
Children without state-issued identification documents mostly from Iran’s underdeveloped border provinces are being denied education in Iran, attorney Osman Mozayan told ...
May 9, 2016
Sexual Molestation Case Involving 9-Year-Old Exposes Iran’s Weak Child Protection Laws
The family of a nine-year-old girl from a village in northwestern Iran has vowed to pursue legal action against the well-connected ...
April 28, 2016
Four Iranian Rights Activists Summoned to Appear Together at Appeals Court
Rights activists Omid Alishenas, Atena Daemi, Ali Nouri and Aso Rostami have been ...
March 10, 2016
Mass Child Marriage Ceremony in Iran Denied by Local Officials
Fifty high school students were married in a mass ceremony in the Iranian city of Parsian, according to local news reports. But city ...
February 17, 2016
Prisoner of Conscience Atena Daemi Released on Bail
The civil and children’s rights activist, Atena Daemi, has been released on bail until an Appeals Court hears the objections to ...
December 30, 2015
Activist’s Health Worsens in Prison As She Awaits Appeal Hearing
A prolonged delay in hearing children’s rights activist Atena Daemi’s appeal against her 14-year prison sentence is causing a serious deterioration in her health, particularly as she ...