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Tag : Iran nuclear deal

October 18, 2022

New Briefing: International Action Urgently Needed to Stop Carnage in Iran

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 ...

October 6, 2022

Iran Protests: Scores of Civil Society Members Detained “Preventatively”

 Grave Concerns for Torture, Killings of Political Prisoners Amid Mass Arrests  October 6, 2022 – Less than three weeks after protests erupted across Iran, at ...

September 19, 2022

Iran’s Raisi to Freely Address UNGA While Crushing Rights and Freedoms at Home

Mahsa Amini’s Death in State Custody Should be Investigated as Murder World Must Condemn Violent Repression of Protests and Civil Society September 19, 2022 ...

August 12, 2022

More Prisoner Deaths Feared in Iran’s COVID-Infested Jails

Authorities Deny Prisoners Medical Treatment and Safety Measures Despite a renewed wave of COVID-19 infections in Iranian prisons, a growing number of infected political prisoners have been denied proper treatment, raising fears of more unnecessary deaths of prisoners ...

July 5, 2022

400+ Iranian Human Rights Leaders Urge Belgium to Drop Prisoner Swap Treaty with Iran

Treaty Encourages Hostage-Taking, Would Return Convicted Terrorist to Iran July 5, 2022 – More than 400 leading Iranian human rights activists, ...

June 27, 2022

Borrell, EU Must Speak Out Against Growing Human Rights Crisis in Iran

Same Efforts Applied to Nuclear Deal Can and Should Be Given to Human Rights President Biden Has Also Remained Silent on State’s Violent ...

February 18, 2022

Rights Groups: Human Rights Sanctions on Iran Must Not Be Lifted to Reach Nuclear Deal

President Raisi Should Remain Sanctioned for His Crimes Against Humanity February 18, 2022 - In a joint statement released today, 10* human ...

October 11, 2021

Bipartisan Congressional Group Urges Biden to Support Internet Freedom in Iran

Congressional letter was spearheaded by Center for Human Rights in Iran and Public Affairs Alliance of Iranian Americans Oct. 11, 2021 – A bipartisan congressional group today urged U.S. President Joe Biden to support the ...

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 ...

July 14, 2021

Foiled Kidnapping of Dissident Part of Iran’s Ramped-Up Campaign to Crush Dissent

Iranian Activists Abroad at Risk if Europe, U.S. Don’t Address Iran’s Unlawful Activities July 14, 2021 – The Center for Human Rights in ...

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 ...

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 – ...

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 ...

May 10, 2021

Joint Letter: Biden’s Iran Policy Must Include Focus on Human Rights

The Center for Human Rights in Iran, along with eight other organizations, today sent a letter to the Biden-Harris administration calling ...

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 ...

May 2, 2021

Iran Isn’t Just a Nuclear File (Commentary published in Foreign Affairs)

*This article ...

March 17, 2021

U.S. Government, Companies Can Do More to Promote Internet Freedom in Iran

New OFAC License for GitHub Highlights Shortcomings of General License D1 An Interview with Internet Freedom and Security Expert Amir Rashidi Key Points: Iranians are largely unable to use international communications tools and services because companies won’t sell their ...

March 17, 2021

A Message of Hope and Strength to the People of Iran this Nowruz

March 17, 2021—As Iranian families remember the beautiful traditions of Nowruz, the Persian New Year, we ask our friends and supporters for ...

February 10, 2021

Biden Must Not Ignore Iran’s Human Rights Record (Commentary published in Foreign Policy)

*This article was originally published in Foreign Policy The U.S. government has a long history of pursuing multiple policy goals with ...

September 30, 2020

Showdown at Haft Tappeh Sugar Factory: Minor Win for Workers, Larger Abuses Left Unchecked

Court Annuls Privatization of Company but Unpaid Wages and Withheld Insurance Benefits Persist “We are going to witness a big wave of labor ...

August 11, 2020

New Conviction against Imprisoned Labor Leader Upheld to Keep Him Behind Bars

Jafar Azimzadeh Should Have Been Released, Instead Given Another 13 Months  Now Activist Has Contracted COVID-19 in Iran’s Overcrowded Prisons  The prominent labor activist ...

April 23, 2020

COVID-19 Poses Extreme Danger to Arbitrarily Jailed Conservationists, Dual Nationals

Infected Wildlife Conservationist Sam Rajabi Refused Hospitalization, Cellmates Untested American Citizen Siamak Namazi Held in Same “Cell and Bunk Bed Row” as ...

March 26, 2020

Commentary: Trump’s Refusal to Relax Iran Sanctions in the Era of COVID-19 Threatens Everyone

*This commentary was originally published on NBC News THINK. Iranian officials were dismissive of the threat, and now their ...

March 6, 2020

Political Prisoners Excluded from Mass Release as COVID-19 Spreads

Iranian authorities have excluded peaceful political prisoners from the mass prisoner release that was announced by Judiciary Chief Ebrahim Raisi ...

March 4, 2020

Amid Coronavirus Outbreak, Renowned Filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof Summoned to Prison

Rasoulof’s Film About Iran’s Death Penalty Recently Won Top Prize at Berlin Film Festival March 4, 2020 – The Center for Human Rights in Iran ...

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