Young People will Continue to be Killed in Iran without International Action December 12, 2022 – The hanging in public of Majidreza Rahnavard, 23, in Mashhad today—the second execution of a young person in Iran without due process ...
U.S., World Must Collectively Address State Atrocities Against Peaceful Protesters in Iran Policy Paper Lays out Specific Actions Biden and Other World Leaders Should Take October ...
Prioritizing human rights represents the most effective means for the U.S. to influence Iranian state behavior and address the Islamic Republic’s destabilizing activities, the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) said in a new Q&A, “Prioritizing Human Rights in Iran: A New U.S. Foreign Policy Approach: ...
May 4, 2022 – The Iranian government’s threat to execute Swedish scientist Ahmadreza Djalali later this month is aimed at thwarting the ...
President Raisi Should Remain Sanctioned for His Crimes Against Humanity February 18, 2022 - In a joint statement released today, 10* human ...
Jamshid Sharmahd (center) smiles for a family photo beside his wife (left) and ...
EU Countries Withdraw from Iran Business Forum in Protest Over Execution France Tweets Outrage over “Barbaric and Unacceptable” Execution of Rouhollah Zam December 14, ...
May 27, 2020 — A new report released today by the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) documents the extraordinary state ...
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet has called for easing or suspension of "sectoral sanctions" against countries including Iran to allow their medical systems to ...
Victim Hamid Taheri's Relatives Forced to Sign "Pledge of Silence" Hospital authorities in the city of Islamshahr, Tehran Province, transferred the body of ...
Foreign Policy Chief Urges Iran to Hold Perpetrators of Protest Deaths Accountable, Provide Detainees Due Process December 10, 2019 - The EU should lead calls for the UN to investigate Iranian state forces' use of lethal ...
Violence “Unacceptable,” Free Flow of Information Must Be Ensured The European Union’s External Action Committee, which manages the EU's diplomatic relations with other countries and conducts EU foreign and security policy for the 28-country ...
US Sanctions and Iranian Mismanagement Preventing Critically Needed Aid April 4, 2019 –The US and EU should immediately take steps to ensure that Iran receives humanitarian ...
The diplomatic service and foreign and defence ministry of the EU, European Union External Action (EEAS), has condemned the conviction of prominent Iranian attorney Nasrin Sotoudeh and urged Iran to guarantee her and her ...
Twenty-six members of the European Parliament (MEPs) have urged Iranian President Hassan Rouhani to free eight conservationists who are currently ...
December 14, 2018 — Adding its voice to an increasingly international call, the European Parliament has overwhelmingly passed a motion urging the Iranian authorities to “immediately and unconditionally release” prominent human rights attorney ...
Iranian defense attorney Nasrin Sotoudeh was detained on June 13, 2018, ...
Selection of Avaei Shows Culture of Impunity For Human Rights Violators Will Continue in Iran February 27, 2018—The Iranian government’s decision to ...
A Session of the UN's Human Rights Council. Rights Violations Continue Under President Rouhani’s Watch February 22, 2018 — Iran’s deteriorating human rights record requires the UN Human Rights Council to renew ...
January 10, 2018--An estimated 4,000 prisoners currently on death row in Iran for drug-related crimes could have their death sentences revoked according to a just-issued judicial ...
Popular BBC talkshow presenter Pooneh Ghoddoosi in the studio. BBC Persian Staff Appeal to UN on Iran’s “Unprecedented ...
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s colleagues stand around her empty desk at the Thomson Reuters Foundation’s ...
This op-ed was originally published in French. By Hadi Ghaemi This week, President Hassan Rouhani will visit Europe, including France, his first trip since the implementation of ...
The European Union announced that it would “swiftly [introduce] restrictive measures targeted against those responsible for grave human rights violations” in the Islamic Republic of Iran. Following its meeting in Brussels on 21 March 2011, the Union’s Council of Ministers noted its “deep concern” about ...
