Crackdown in Iran Intensifies as Iran’s Sham Presidential Election Nears
Hundreds of Arrests, Detainees Violently Assaulted and Tortured Global Leaders Must Speak Out Against the Islamic Republic’s Violence June 11, 2024 - Three weeks after ...
Tag : Ebrahim Raisi
May 28, 2024
Prominent Iranian Activists Urge UN General Assembly to Cancel Tribute to Former President Raisi
Joint Letter Highlights Raisi’s Atrocious Human Rights Record Dozens of Iranian human activists, including lawyers, doctors, journalists, academics, and a Nobel Peace Laureate, have signed ...
May 28, 2024
UN Fact-Finding Mission: Raisi’s Death Should Not Overshadow Iran’s “Crimes Against Humanity”
Amid calls by Iranian human rights activists urging the UN General Assembly to cancel a planned tribute this week to recently ...
May 20, 2024
Death of Iranian President Poses Risk of Worsening Crackdown as Government Moves to Maintain Control
Under Ebrahim Raisi, Human Rights Crisis in Iran Greatly Worsened May 20, 2024 – The death of President Ebrahim Raisi should not be ...
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 ...
December 19, 2023
Unprecedented Verdict: Swedish Court Holds Iranian Official Accountable for Egregious Human Rights Violations
Confirmation of Life Sentence for Hamid Nouri Sparks Hope for Expanded Pursuit of Justice Under Universal Jurisdiction December 19, 2023 – The recent ...
November 17, 2023
Peaceful Protesters’ Plight in Iran: Abductions and Forced Confessions
November 17, 2023 – An arbitrarily detained woman, facing unjust imprisonment in Iran, has provided a detailed account of her violent abduction ...
September 20, 2023
Iran’s Parliament Approves Harsh New Hijab Law, Escalating Repression of Women
International Community Should Call for an End to Gender Apartheid in Iran September 20, 2023 – On the anniversary week of the eruption ...
July 18, 2023
Iranian Women Face Increased Violence as State Resumes Forced-Veiling Patrols
Fact-Finding Mission on Iran Must Vigilantly Monitor, Document Associated Abuses UN Should Call on Islamic Republic to Repeal Compulsory Hijab Law July 18, 2023 ...
July 5, 2023
Fact-Finding Mission Calls on Iran to Stop Executing Protesters, Release Political Prisoners
The independent, international Fact-Finding Mission (FFM) on the Islamic Republic of Iran today provided its first ...
February 7, 2023
New Briefing: Failure to Increase International Costs on Islamic Republic Will Green-Light Further Atrocities
Recommendations Lay Out Tangible Actions Governments Can Take to Address Violent Repression February 7, 2023 – More than four months into the Islamic ...
February 7, 2023
Policy Briefing: Recommendations for the International Community on Iran
Imposing Costs on the Islamic Republic for Its Human Rights Atrocities View a PDF version of this briefing here. View ...
October 18, 2022
New Briefing: International Action Urgently Needed to Stop Carnage in Iran
U.S., World Must Collectively Address State Atrocities Against Peaceful Protesters in Iran Policy Paper Lays out Specific Actions Biden and Other World Leaders ...
October 6, 2022
Joint Letter: Human Rights Groups Urge Biden to Help Protect Iran’s Protesters
The following letter, signed by 21 human rights groups including the Center for Human Rights in Iran, was sent on October 6, 2022, to the offices of U.S. President Joe Biden, Secretary of State Antony Blinken, and the ...
September 26, 2022
World Leaders Must Act Now to Avoid Bloodbath in Iran
Threat of Mass Deaths Grows as Government Seeks to Squash Protests September 26, 2022—With the government of Iran signaling it intends to silence the protests across Iran that are now well into their second week, the threat of mass ...
September 21, 2022
Iran Protests: Grave Concerns for Extreme State Violence Amid Rising Death Toll
World Leaders Must Call on Iranian Officials to Immediately Cease Use of Lethal Force, Allow Peaceful Protest September 21, 2022 – On the ...
September 20, 2022
Mahsa Amini’s Father: “Everything They Have Said and Shown is Lies”
In an interview with Rouydad24 (“Event24”), a semi-independent reformist news site in Iran, the father of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old woman who died in Iranian state custody, strongly contradicted the authorities’ narrative about his daughter’s death ...
September 19, 2022
Iran’s Raisi to Freely Address UNGA While Crushing Rights and Freedoms at Home
Mahsa Amini’s Death in State Custody Should be Investigated as Murder World Must Condemn Violent Repression of Protests and Civil Society September ...
September 16, 2022
Mahsa Amini is Another Victim of the Islamic Republic’s War on Women
Protesters in Tehran Call for “Death to the Oppressor” September 16, 2022 – The death of Mahsa Amini, 22, after being ...
September 7, 2022
Political Prisoner Behnam Mousivand’s Life is in Danger
Authorities in Iran Intentionally Deny Critical Medical Attention to Political Prisoners September 7, 2022 – A political prisoner’s precarious health situation ...
August 29, 2022
Prejudiced Courts Aiding Land Grabs of Baha’i Properties in Iran
Bigoted statements against Baha'is (in this photo calling them "infidels") ...
August 22, 2022
UN Experts Alarmed by Escalating Persecution of Baha’i Faith in Iran
The UN has condemned the Iranian government's renewed campaign of persecution against the Baha'i faith minority. Bahai's, including former prisoners of ...
July 15, 2022
UN Expert Welcomes Historic Verdict in Universal Jurisdiction Case on Iran
Lauding a landmark universal jurisdiction conviction in Sweden against Hamid Nouri, an ...
July 14, 2022
Nouri Conviction by Swedish Court a Triumph for Iran’s “Seeking-Justice” Movement
Conviction Opens Door for More Trials Against Officials Accused of Atrocities July 14, 2022 -- After 92 sessions of a trial ...
June 22, 2022
As Eight Prisoners Face Finger Amputations, UN Calls on Government in Iran to Cease the Torture Once and For All
In a statement released today by UN Human Rights Office spokesperson Ravina Shamdasani, the UN called on the Iranian government, headed by President Ebrahim Raisi and ...