August 7, 2024

Mass Executions Underway as Islamic Republic Escalates Its Killing Spree

33 Executed in Last 24 hours, All Were Marked by Severe Violations of International Law Global Community Must Forcefully Warn Iran to Stop ...

July 30, 2024

Women Activists Increasingly Sentenced to Death as Political Executions in Iran Surge

Four Women Slammed with Bogus Political Charges That Carry the Death Penalty Women Subjected to Torture, Mock Executions, Forced Confessions, Denial of Counsel July 30, 2024 ...

February 22, 2024

Street Protester Facing Imminent Execution in Iran Should be Released

Abbas Deris Sentenced to Death after Torture, Lack of Evidence, and Gross Due Process Violations Lawyer Being Prosecuted for Defending Him February ...

January 29, 2024

Plea from Death-Row Prisoners in Iran’s Qezel Hesar Prison

Prisoners Will Endure Collective Hunger Strike Each Tuesday In an urgent, open letter appeal, a group of political and non-political prisoners facing death sentences ...

January 29, 2024

Urgent Appeal: Civil Society Groups Implore UN Official to Postpone Iran Visit

Amid Escalating Executions and Rights Violations, Trip Risks Being Exploited as State Propaganda January 29, 2024 – A coalition of international human rights organizations, including the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI), today implored UN Deputy High Commissioner ...

January 27, 2024

UN Official Urged to Postpone Trip to Iran

Visiting Before Release of UN Fact-Finding Mission’s First Report on State Atrocities Detrimental to Mandate Islamic Republic Has Refused to Cooperate with Fact-Finding Mission, ...

January 18, 2024

Urgent Appeal to Halt Imminent Execution of Four Ethnic Kurds in Iran

Death Sentences Confirmed Within 24 Hours of Secret Trial, 18 Months of Incognito Detention Denied Independent Counsel and Right to Appeal Court Ruling January 18, 2024 – In the midst of a surge in executions in Iran, four ethnic Kurds ...

August 2, 2023

Political Executions Surge in Iran as Government Seeks to Silence All Dissent

Young Men Are Hanged without Due Process or Fair Trials August 2, 2023 – Politically motivated executions are increasing dramatically in Iran, with at least 17 mostly young men hung in blatantly unlawful prosecutions over the last 10 months. The ...

May 30, 2023

Leading Iranian Lawyers Urge UN to Address Illegal Use of Death Penalty

In light of the escalating number of illegal executions in Iran, a group of leading Iranian human rights lawyers have penned a ...

February 8, 2023

Analysis: Khamenei’s “Pardon” Is a Public Relations Stunt That Cedes No Ground to the Protesters

Previous Pardons Have Not Been Followed by Actual Prisoner Releases Detained Protesters Assumed Guilty, Must “Apologize” First February 8, 2023 - The announced pardons and ...

January 7, 2023

Two More Men Executed in Iran in Connection with Protests, Others at Imminent Risk

World Leaders Should Withdraw Ambassadors, Demand Moratorium on Executions January 7, 2023 – The hanging in Iran today of two men ...

November 30, 2022

Iran Protests: Juveniles Could Face Death Penalty in Kangaroo “Revolutionary” Court

Governments, UN Must Take Urgent Action to Protect Them November 30, 2022 – At least three juveniles are among 15 individuals in the Iranian city ...

November 24, 2021

UN Calls on Iran to Commute Death Sentences Against Child Offenders Upon Execution of Arman Abdolali

The United Nations has strongly condemned the execution of child offender Arman Abdolali in a press release republished below. Comment by UN Human Rights ...

October 1, 2020

Prisoner on Death Row Not Allowed to Attend Funeral of Grieving Father Who Committed Suicide

Father of Amirhossein Moradi Distraught Over His Son’s Unjust Death Sentence Iranian authorities have rejected requests by Amirhossein Moradi, who ...

September 5, 2018