A Nowruz Message from Shirin Neshat
As we approach Nowruz and all its promise of a new beginning, the renowned visual artist Shirin Neshat brings a message of hope for Iran, and asks you ...
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December 21, 2021
Support Human Rights in Iran and Your Donation Will be Matched
Dear Friend and Supporter, While families around the world come together to celebrate the holiday season, we ask that you remember the people of Iran, who are facing great hardships under a repressive and corrupt government, and support ...
May 10, 2021
Joint Letter: Biden Admin Urged to Prioritize Iranian Human Rights Concerns
May 10, 2021 The Honorable Joseph R. Biden The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, D.C. 20500 Dear President Biden, We, the undersigned organizations, write to urge you to prioritize human rights as you shape your administration’s foreign policy toward Iran. ...
January 19, 2019
Defense Lawyer Mostafa Tork Hamedani Sentenced to Six Months Imprisonment in Iran
Human rights attorney Mostafa Tork Hamedani has been sentenced to six months imprisonment in Iran for allegedly slandering a former prosecutor, his lawyer Peyman Haj Mahmoud Attar announced on January 15, 2019. ...
January 17, 2019
Sham Investigation of Labor Activist’s Alleged Torture Lacks Impartiality, Ignores Witnesses
Iran Must Re-Open an Independent and Impartial Investigation into Labor Activist’s Abuse Multiple Cases of Alleged Torture Must Be Thoroughly Investigated January 17, 2018—After a brief and deeply flawed investigation lacking any semblance of impartiality, the ...
January 17, 2019
UN Calls on Iran to Give Zaghari-Ratcliffe and Mohammadi Urgent Medical Care, Release Them Immediately
UN human rights experts* have today called on Iran to urgently provide Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and Narges Mohammadi access to appropriate health care, and reiterated calls for their immediate release. “We urge the Government to immediately and unconditionally provide ...
November 20, 2018
Support CHRI by Using Amazon Smile
This holiday season, you can support the Center for Human Rights in Iran at no cost to you by making your Amazon purchases on smile.amazon.com, where five cents of each dollar you spend could be ...
February 22, 2018
Letter from Evin Prison Highlights Grim Plight of Political Prisoners in Iran
Rights Activist, Condemning Iranian Judiciary’s “Subservience” to Security Agencies, is One of Many Languishing Behind Bars February 22, 2018—The recent letter to Iran’s judiciary chief by imprisoned human rights ...
August 2, 2017
Iran Should Immediately Release Critically Ill Opposition Leaders Under House Arrest
Karroubi and Mousavi’s Health in Peril After Six Years of Forced Isolation August 2, 2017—More than six years into their extrajudicial house arrest, the health of leading Iranian political opposition leaders is in grave danger, renewing urgent calls ...
January 21, 2011
Children Of Student Activist Deprived Of In-Person Visits For Eight Months
Fatemeh Adinehvand, wife of Abdollah Momeni, a prisoner of conscience and former Spokesperson for Tahkim-e Vahdat Student Organization, told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that her children have now been deprived from visiting their father in person for eight months, and they ...
November 18, 2010
UN Resolution on Iran’s Human Rights Violations Approved by Huge Margin
(18 November 2010) The Third Committee of the United Nations General Assembly’s strong approval of a draft resolution, condemning Iran for grave human right violations, is a welcome step in the continuing effort to put a stoplight on the country’s growing human rights crisis, said ...