July 27, 2020

Prominent Activist Sentenced to Four Years in Prison for Protesting Downing of Ukrainian Passenger Plane

Bahareh Hedayat: Those 176 people will not come back to life; neither will those killed in November 2019 July 27, 2020—For her participation in a peaceful gathering to condemn the downing of the Ukrainian passenger plane by Iran’s ...

January 17, 2020

Former Presidential Candidate Under House Arrest Punished for Blaming Plane Downing on Supreme Leader

After putting blame on Iran’s Supreme Leader for the downing of a Ukrainian passenger plane, new restrictions have been imposed on former presidential candidate Mehdi Karroubi, who has been under extra-judicial house arrest in Tehran for nearly nine years, the Center for Human Rights in ...

January 16, 2020

Man Whose Wife, Children Died in Downed Passenger Plane to “Seek Justice”

Alireza Ghandchi: "They Have Taken Away My Family and Destroyed My Life" A man whose wife and two children were killed after the Iranian military accidentally shot down the passenger plane they were traveling in shortly after it ...

January 14, 2020

EU Should Not Remain Silent on Iran’s Violence Against Protestors

Addressing the Nuclear Deal is Not Enough; Rights Issues Are Central to Region’s Stability 28-Country Bloc Should Call on Iranian Authorities to Respect Right to Protest January 14, 2020 - As state security forces in Iran use potentially ...

January 14, 2020

Iran Plane Crash Political Fallout: Protesters Face Deadly Force

Hundreds of protesters and bystanders were killed in Iran last November when armed forces waged a violent crackdown on widespread demonstrations. Yet Iranians continued to risk their lives at ...