Iran’s New President Inaugurated as Human Rights Crisis Deepens
Unelected and Repressive Centers of Power in Iran Remain Untouched by Election World Must Remain ...
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July 8, 2024
Death Sentence for Female Labor Activist Highlights Lethal Repression in Iran
Mother of 12-Year-Old Was Tortured and Held Incommunicado in Solitary Credible and Corroborated Evidence of Fabricated Charges July 8, 2024 – The death sentence issued by ...
September 26, 2022
Iran Protests: Lawyers Call for Fact-Finding Commission, Referendum
A group of prominent Iranian lawyers has called for international action amid nationwide protests that erupted in Iran on September 16, 2022, following the ...
August 17, 2021
Lawyers, Activists Arrested as they Attempt to Sue State for Failed COVID Response
Six Arbitrarily Detained as State Tries to Block Attempt to Seek Justice August 17, 2021—The unlawful arrests of six prominent lawyers and civil rights ...
August 4, 2021
Swedish Trial of Iranian Prosecutor Offers Historic Opportunity to Shed Light on Iran’s 1988 Massacre
Upcoming Trial of Hamid Nouri May Reveal Details of Executions of Thousands of Prisoners and Role of Incoming President Raisi August 4, 2021—The upcoming ...
July 21, 2021
Iran Primer: President Raisi’s Record on Human Rights
The following interview with Hadi Ghaemi, executive director of the Center for Human Rights in Iran, was conducted and published ...
July 6, 2021
Raisi’s Role in 1988 Mass Executions Should be Investigated by UN Human Rights Council
Top UN Expert Ready to Share Testimonies, Evidence for Impartial Inquiry July 6, 2021 – The UN Human Rights Council should act upon the ...
June 29, 2021
Oil Industry Workers Go on National Strike in Iran
Significant Shift from Protest Rallies to Work Stoppages For the past week workers at refineries, petrochemical plants and power stations in Iran have been ...
June 19, 2021
Iran Election: Heightened Vigilance Needed as Major Rights Violator Takes Power
Ebrahim Raisi is Guilty of Gross Human Rights Violations June 19, 2021—As Ebrahim Raisi ascends to the presidency in Iran, after a sham election ...
June 17, 2021
Prominent Activist in Iran Fears Her “Life is in Danger” After Violent Confrontations
Narges Mohammadi Attacked and Threatened Twice in Past Week by State Agents Iran Should Stop Assaulting, Threatening Peaceful Activists June 17, 2021 – Iranian ...
June 15, 2021
Family of Executed Wrestler Seeks Supreme Court Review
Ghost of Navid Afkari Haunts Judiciary Chief’s Election Bid June 15, 2021 – One week before Iranian Judiciary Chief Ebrahim Raisi runs ...
June 10, 2021
“Seeking Justice” Civil Rights Movement Aims to Uncover Facts and Keep Victims’ Memories Alive
A New Civil Rights Movement is Born in Iran June 10, 2021 - Ahead of Iran's June 18 presidential election, public discussions on the ...
June 9, 2021
“Do You Also Sleep With a Clear Conscience?” (An Open Letter to Candidate Raisi’s Wife)
In 2017, when Iranian Judiciary Chief Ebrahim Raisi launched his first presidential campaign, Effat Mahbaz–the widow of a political prisoner killed during mass executions in the 1980s–published an open letter to Raisi’s wife highlighting Raisi’s role in what the UN says should be investigated as ...
June 8, 2021
Ailing German National Remains Detained in Iran Without Access to Counsel
Jamshid Sharmahd (center) smiles for a family photo beside his wife (left) and daughter. Iranian ...
May 14, 2021
Security Forces Respond to Iranian High School Protests with Force
Teachers’ Union: “What right do the police have to treat the children of our country with such brutal violence?” As high school final exams ...
May 13, 2021
Iran Election: Guardian Council Flexes Muscle, Unlawfully Imposes More Qualification Requirements
A directive “ratified” by Iran’s Guardian Council, imposing new requirements for candidates to qualify to run in Iran’s June 2021 presidential ...
May 7, 2021
Outdated U.S. Policies Are Helping Iran Censor Its Citizens (Commentary Published in Foreign Policy)
*This op-ed was published by Foreign Policy Unclear guidelines and fear of sanctions are stopping tech companies from selling products that ...
May 5, 2021
Two Brothers of Executed Iranian Wrestler Fear Same Fate
May 5, 2021 – Eight months after an Iranian wrestler was unjustly executed in Shiraz, his brothers Vahid and Habib Afkari ...
June 5, 2019
Iran: Three Rights Lawyers Sentenced to Lengthy Jail Terms in Less Than a Year
Defense Attorney Imprisoned for Social Media Posts June 5, 2019 – Amirsalar Davoudi has become the third known defense attorney to be sent to ...
March 15, 2019
UN Expert Concerned by Crackdown on Protests and Strikes in Iran
Iranian students clash with riot police during an anti-government protest around the University of ...
December 8, 2018
Haft Tappeh Labor Activists Beaten at Khuzestan Intelligence Ministry Center, Say Relatives
Editor's Update: Esmail Bakhshi was released on bail on November 21, 2018, and Sepideh Gholian on December 18. Both were freed on bail. ...
August 9, 2018
Iran’s Authorities Should Denounce Threat to BBC Made by Iranian News Agency
Mizan News Agency “Incites Violence Against Our Journalists” Says BBC August 9, 2018—The inflammatory statements against the BBC ...
January 11, 2018
Iran Should Launch Independent Investigation of Deaths of Two Protesters in Prison
“They arrested him and then they beat and killed him. Now they want to destroy his reputation.” January 11, 2018—Iran should launch an independent investigation of the cases ...
December 8, 2017
Opposition Leader Under House Arrest Offers to Serve Remainder of Imprisoned Mothers’ Sentences
Zahra Rahnavard, who has been under extrajudicial house arrest with her husband ...
April 20, 2017
Low Female Participation Rate in Iranian Elections Symptom of Gender Inequality
Women's rights advocate Nahid Tavasoli is the editor-in-chief of Nafe, an academic women’s periodical. The low number of female participants in Iranian elections is an indicator of ...