June 22, 2022

In Cahoots with the State, Iranian Court Sentences Lawyers, Activists Trying to Sue Officials to Prison

Supreme Leader’s COVID Vaccine Ban Resulted in Thousands of Unnecessary Deaths June 22, 2022 – For trying to sue Iranian leaders for their grossly negligent response to the COVID-19 pandemic, three lawyers and two civil ...

August 11, 2021

Iran Should Lift Deadly Ban on Foreign COVID Vaccines

Iran Refusing COVAX Offers as Infections, Deaths Surge Biden Administration Should Include Iran in Global Vaccination Campaign August 11, 2021–Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei should immediately lift his ban on foreign COVID-19 vaccines, and U.S. President Joe Biden ...

July 22, 2021

Rising COVID Infections, Unhygienic Conditions Raise Fears of More Deaths in Iranian Prisons

The start of a fifth COVID-19 wave in Iran, amidst national water and electricity shortages and unhygienic prison conditions, has greatly increased the risks of outbreaks among prisoners, some of whom have died and a growing ...

December 22, 2020

Major Humanitarian Organizations Call for Access to COVID-19 Vaccines for Iranians

US Government Must Provide Assurances that Sanctions Will Not Impede Purchases A coalition of major human rights and humanitarian organizations released a statement today, calling on the US government to ensure that Iranians would have access to ...