October 20, 2017

After Years of International Condemnation, Iran Revises Death Penalty Policy

Amendment to Drug Law Could Result in Drastically Reduced Execution Rate After years of being pressured by the UN and other rights groups to reduce the country’s high execution rate, Iran’s Parliament has passed an ...

July 27, 2017

Prisoners’ Families Plead for Stays of Executions Until Vote on Potentially Life-Saving Amendment

The families of prisoners facing imminent execution gathered in front of the judiciary’s headquarters in Tehran on July 26, 2017 to demand a halt to pending executions until Iran’s Parliament votes on a bill ...

June 14, 2017

Parliamentary Committee Blocks Security Agencies’ Attempts to Significantly Delay Death Penalty Amendment

A Parliamentary committee in Iran has blocked an attempt by security agencies to delay for a year a parliamentary vote on an amendment that could drastically reduce death penalty sentences for drug-related crimes. ...

October 4, 2016

More Than 150 Members of Iran’s Parliament Call for Ending Execution of Petty Drug Traffickers

The majority of Iran’s MPs have signed a proposal to amend a current law that would make it harder to condemn drug-related criminals to death, according to Jalil Rahimi Jahanabadi, a member of Parliament’s Legal ...

November 13, 2014

Is UN Engagement Having an Impact on Iran’s Human Rights? Absolutely.

To critics who question the ability of UN processes to change the behaviors and policies of the leadership in the Islamic Republic of Iran, an English language media interview with a top Iranian official has provided a revealing answer. ...