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June 9, 2022

Rights Groups Call on Meta to Fix Persian Content Moderation for Instagram

June 9, 2022 — In a joint statement released today, human rights organizations ARTICLE 19, Access Now, and the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) called on Meta to urgently revise its flawed content-moderation process for ...

February 24, 2022

Bill Increasing Surveillance and Censorship of Internet Moves Forward in Iran

Authorities’ Efforts to Crush Dissent Will Also Crush Livelihoods February 24, 2022 - A proposed bill that would drastically increase the Iranian authorities’ ability to censor and surveil activity on the internet in Iran has taken ...

March 13, 2020

Several Detained, Summoned in Iran After Publicly Criticizing State’s COVID-19 Response

Members of civil society in Iran including a city councilman, soccer player, and journalists were detained or summoned for questioning after criticizing the Iranian government’s management of the country’s widening COVID-19 outbreak via postings on their social ...

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 ...

August 28, 2019

Iran Cracks Down on Instagram Celebrities

Instagram influencers in Iran are being forced to censor their posts and give their account passwords to intelligence agents amid a renewed crackdown on freedom of expression and speech. Investigations by the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) indicate that dozens of Iranians with ...

August 27, 2019

Iranian Authorities Force Detained Photographer to Threaten Activist With Eerie Voice Message

Nooshin Jafari Detained and Used as Bait to Gain Control Over Anti-Government Twitter Account A tearful audio message containing the voice of Nooshin Jafari, a photographer held under close supervision in an undisclosed section of Tehran’s Evin ...

August 16, 2019

Iran Cracks Down on Instagram Celebrities as It Tightens Noose on Freedom of Speech and Expression

Investigations by the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) indicate that dozens of Iranians with large followings on Instagram—including athletes, fashion models and actors—were summoned by security officials in 2019 and in some cases charged with ...

May 24, 2019

30 Arrested for Practising “Indecent” Discipline of Yoga

After 30 people were arrested for practicing yoga inside a home in the Iranian city of Gorgan, several individuals based in the country told the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) that the arrests are not ...

May 10, 2019

Cleric’s Murder Gives Impetus to Calls for Military Control Over Internet

Authorities’ Focus on Political Activists while Violent Individuals Go Unnoticed on Social Media Following the killing of Mostafa Ghasemi, a cleric in the city of Hamedan, by an individual who had displayed his violent intentions on his Instagram ...

April 18, 2019

Iranians Push Back as Officials Threaten to Block Instagram in Retaliation for Banned IRGC Accounts

Some Iranian officials have responded to Instagram’s decision to remove accounts it has associated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) by pushing for a nationwide ban on the popular social media app. Many Iranians have responded by ...

January 30, 2019

Renewed Pressure in Iran to Block Instagram After Activist’s Post About Torture Makes Headlines

A labor activist’s widely read Instagram post alleging he was tortured while in the custody of Iran’s Intelligence Ministry was never fully investigated but ...

January 4, 2019

Labor Activist Smaeil Bakhshi Tortured by Agents of Rouhani’s Intelligence Ministry

Held Without Access to Lawyer, Bakhshi Beaten During 25-Day Detention January 4, 2018—The beating and torture of the labor activist Smaeil Bakhshi (also spelled Esmail Bakhshi), while he was in detention by agents ...

July 9, 2018

Iran’s Forcing of Teenage Girl to Confess on State TV for Posting Dance Video Prompts Strong Outcry

Authorities Ramp Up Crackdown on Social Media July 9, 2018—Forcing a teenage girl to confess on state TV for the “crime” of posting a video of herself dancing on Instagram represents a blatant violation of freedom of expression ...

June 8, 2018

Iranian Poet Sentenced and Fined For Posting Photo of Man Injured by Police

Iranian poet and filmmaker Baktash Abtin has been sentenced and fined in Iran for posting a photo to his Instagram account of a man who was assaulted by police. Posting a ...

January 12, 2018

Iran Unblocks Widely Used Messaging App Telegram After Two Weeks

 It took Iranian President Hassan Rouhani nearly two weeks to lift the ban on the widely used Telegram messaging app, after it was blocked amid state-imposed internet disruption during ...

January 10, 2018

Internet Cut-Off During Recent Unrest in Iran Reveals Tehran’s New Cyber Capabilities

Guards at the Gate: The Expanding State Control Over the Internet in Iran provides an in-depth review of Iran’s internet policies and initiatives, in particular, the development of its state-controlled National Internet Network (NIN), which gives the government newly expanded abilities to control Iranians’ access ...

September 28, 2017

Iran’s Judiciary Sues Telegram CEO to Adopt Censorship Policies

A lawsuit has been filed in an Iranian court against the CEO of the Telegram messaging app, Pavel Durov, accusing the app of servicing terrorists and spreading immorality, Tehran Prosecutor ...

April 28, 2017

Iran’s Judiciary Blocks Instagram’s Live Video Service Weeks Before May 2017 Elections

Instagram’s live video feature has been blocked in Tehran by several internet and mobile phone providers since the early afternoon of April 27, 2017, according to investigations by the Center for Human Rights in ...

May 17, 2016

Iran’s Fashion Industry under Assault; Details of Arrests of Models by Revolutionary Guards Surface

Eight Arrests and Scores Interrogated in "Project Spider 2" May 17, 2016—Eight people working in Iran’s fashion industry have been arrested and formally charged in an industry wide crackdown led ...

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  • Suspicious Deaths of Released Protesters in Iran Should be Investigated by UN
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  • Governments Worldwide Should Recall Ambassadors from Iran
    Governments Worldwide Should Recall Ambassadors from Iran
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    January 10, 2023
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    Two More Men Executed in Iran in Connection with Protests, Others at Imminent Risk
    January 7, 2023
  • Third Anniversary of Shooting Down of Ukrainian Passenger Plane, Still No Justice
    Third Anniversary of Shooting Down of Ukrainian Passenger Plane, Still No Justice
    January 6, 2023
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    Iranian Athletes Killed, Tortured, Sentenced to Death for Supporting Protests (Updated)
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  • Recommendations: Congress Can Play a Vital Role in Supporting the Protesters in Iran
    Recommendations: Congress Can Play a Vital Role in Supporting the Protesters in Iran
    December 21, 2022
  • Recommendations for the U.S. Congress on Iran
    Recommendations for the U.S. Congress on Iran
    December 21, 2022
  • Iran: Death Sentences and Imprisonment Used to Crush Dissent in Film and Theatre Industries
    Iran: Death Sentences and Imprisonment Used to Crush Dissent in Film and Theatre Industries
    December 20, 2022
  • Iran’s Courts Using Death Penalty Charges to Crush Protests
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  • Islamic Republic of Iran Expelled from UN Commission on the Status of Women
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    Executions in Iran: World Must Respond with Strong Action Against State Killings of Protesters
    December 8, 2022
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    November 29, 2022
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