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Tag : iran protests

May 24, 2023

World Leaders Urged to Radically Increase Pressure on Iran to Cease Executions

Islamic Republic Is Severely Violating International Laws Governing Death Penalty  Protesters Hanged After Sham Trials, Minorities Targeted for Capital Punishment May 24, 2023 — In a letter delivered to 75 governments around the world today, ...

February 27, 2023

Iranian Activists Announce “Justice-Seeking” Pact in New Statement

A coalition of Iranian human and civil rights defenders, including prominent activists Shirin Ebadi, Nasrin Sotoudeh, Narges Mohammadi, and Atena, published a “Justice-Seeking Pact” on February 23, 2023. Following is the Center for Human Rights ...

February 21, 2023

Iran Sentences German Citizen to Death to Intimidate Iranian Diaspora, German Government

Jamshid Sharmahd Was Abducted by Islamic Republic Agents, Tortured and Denied Due Process February 21, 2023 – The death sentence against Iranian-born German citizen Jamshid Sharmahd is a blatant act of public intimidation by ...

January 12, 2023

Governments Worldwide Should Recall Ambassadors from Iran

Executions of Protesters Continuing; Forceful Action Urgently Needed  EU and At Least Eight European Countries Summon Iran’s Ambassadors January 12, 2023 – Governments around the world should recall their ambassadors from the Islamic Republic in protest against the Iranian government’s ...

January 5, 2023

What Can I Do to Support the Protesters and Human Rights in Iran?

Since anti-state protests broke out across Iran in September 2022, following the killing in state custody of 22-year-old Jina Mahsa Amini, hundreds of peaceful protesters have been killed by state security forces and thousands arrested. Two young men have ...

December 5, 2022

Women’s Uprising in Iran

On November 17, 2022, Hadi Ghaemi, executive director of the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI), spoke at a panel discussion hosted by the Marie Colvin Center for International Reporting at Stonybrook University's School of Communication and Journalism on the people's ...

November 29, 2022

Iran: Key Labor Sectors Launch Major Strikes Amid Anti-State Protests

At Least a Dozen Labor Leaders Arrested in Effort to Crush Strikes Islamic Republic Should Be Expelled from ILO Governing Board November 29, 2022 – More than three months into anti-state protests across Iran that state security ...

November 16, 2022

Beleaguered Yet Defiant, Iranian Artists Persecuted for Supporting Anti-State Protests  

Actresses Appear Without State-Mandated Headscarves as 100+ Film Industry Workers Face Unemployment, Prosecution  Almost anywhere else, it wouldn’t have been a big deal. But because she’s based in the Islamic Republic of Iran, prominent Iranian ...

November 14, 2022

UN Experts Urge Iran to Stop Sentencing Peaceful Protesters to Death

Heeding calls by human rights organizations including the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI), 16 UN-appointed independent human rights experts have called on Iranian authorities to stop indicting people with charges punishable by death for participating in peaceful demonstrations ...

November 8, 2022

State Massacres Fail to Crush Protests in Sistan and Baluchestan Province

Government Ignores Top Sunni Cleric’s Calls for Accountability Massacres of protesters by state security forces in the Iranian province of Sistan and Baluchestan have not stemmed protests that began there in late September over the alleged rape of a 15-year-old ...

November 2, 2022

Prominent Iranian Human Rights Lawyers’ Criticize Islamic Republic in Joint Statement

In a joint statement obtained by the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) and translated into English below, 40 Iranian human rights lawyers from inside and outside the country have expressed strong support for Iran's ...

November 1, 2022

Witch Hunt in Iran: Grave Concerns for Journalists Niloofar Hamedi and Elahe Mohammadi

Unable to Crush Protests, State Resorts to Smearing Female Reporters with Sham Accusations November 1, 2022 – The Iranian government’s fabricated accusations against two unlawfully detained female journalists, Niloofar Hamedi and Elahe Mohammadi, who face severe ...

October 31, 2022

Iran Protests: Doctors Treating Wounded Protesters Face Deadly State Violence

One Female Doctor Reportedly Killed, At Least Six Arrested October 31, 2022 – Reports of at least one doctor being killed by state security forces and at least six others being arbitrarily arrested at peaceful protests in Tehran and Mashhad indicate ...

October 26, 2022

Face-Off in Iran: State Security Forces Attack Protesters on Day of Mourning for Mahsa Amini

UN Special Rapporteurs Echo Calls by Rights Groups for Action by Human Rights Council  Tehran Medical Council President, Deputy Resign One Day After Doctors Release Statement Condemning State Repression Peaceful protesters faced off with ...

October 24, 2022

Iran Protests: State Trying to Crush Dissent Through More Killings, Imprisonment

Prominent Teachers, Labor Leaders Slapped with Jail Time as 500+ Face Sham Charges October 24, 2022 – The sentencing of prominent teachers and labor rights advocates to prison in Iran amid a violent crackdown on protests that has ...

October 21, 2022

Briefing: Addressing State Atrocities Against Protesters in Iran

Recommendations for the U.S. Government and the International Community View a PDF version of this briefing here. View this briefing's press release here. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Since the September 16, 2022, killing of 22-year-old Mahsa ...

October 19, 2022

Hero Climber Elnaz Rekabi Deserves Support of Climbing Organizations, International Community

International Federation of Sport Climbing Should Suspend Islamic Republic’s Membership Serious Concerns for Rekabi, Under Extreme Pressure by State Since Competing without Hijab October 19, 2022 – Climbing organizations and professionals, as well as the international community, ...

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 Take October 18, 2022—With security forces in Iran continuing their month-long assault on peaceful protesters, ...

October 17, 2022

Joint Statement: 43 Rights Groups Call for Urgent Action on Iran at UN Human Rights Council

Forty-three human rights groups, including the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI), today urged the UN Human Rights Council to urgently hold a special session that should establish an independent mechanism with ...

October 13, 2022

Iran Protests: Arrests of School Children Prompt Grave Fears of More Child Killings

Officials Paint Children as Enemies of the State, Claim They’re “Reforming” Kids At Least 28 Children Killed Since September 16, Reports Tehran-based Group October 13, 2022 – The arrests and interrogations of school children accused of joining ...

October 12, 2022

Iran Protests: Human Rights Lawyers Arrested, Teargassed

Unmarked Vans Rounded Up Dozens of Peaceful Protesters Outside Iranian Bar Association October 12, 2022 – At least three lawyers were among dozens of individuals who were arrested today outside the Iranian Bar Association in Tehran ...

October 12, 2022

Oil Workers Condemn Arbitrary Arrests, Pledge to Continue Protests

“We will Not Remain Silent” A union representing oil workers in Iran has published a statement condemning Iranian authorities for arbitrarily arresting their colleagues who have joined the nationwide, anti-state protests that have been ongoing throughout the country since September 16, ...

October 10, 2022

Iran Protests: Sanandaj Becomes Latest Killing Zone Amid Worsening State Violence

Oil Workers Wage Strikes in Solidarity with Nationwide Anti-State Demonstrations October 10, 2022 – The government in Iran must immediately halt its use of lethal force against civilian protesters, including in the besieged province of Kurdistan, ...

October 6, 2022

Joint Letter: Human Rights Groups Urge Biden to Help Protect Iran’s Protesters

The following letter, signed by 21 human rights groups including the Center for Human Rights in Iran, was sent on October 6, 2022, to the offices of U.S. President Joe Biden, Secretary of State Antony Blinken, and the U.S. Representative ...

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 least 1,200 people have been arrested, including at least 92 members of civil ...

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Latest News

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    Students Arrested and Banished, Professors Fired in Latest State Crackdown in Iran
    June 1, 2023
  • Leading Iranian Lawyers Urge UN to Address Illegal Use of Death Penalty
    Leading Iranian Lawyers Urge UN to Address Illegal Use of Death Penalty
    May 30, 2023
  • Joint Letter: Biden Urged to Help Retract Appointment of Iranian Ambassador to Chair Social Forum
    Joint Letter: Biden Urged to Help Retract Appointment of Iranian Ambassador to Chair Social Forum
    May 26, 2023
  • World Leaders Urged to Radically Increase Pressure on Iran to Cease Executions
    World Leaders Urged to Radically Increase Pressure on Iran to Cease Executions
    May 24, 2023
  • UN Human Rights Council Fact-Finding Mission on Iran Condemns Surging Executions
    UN Human Rights Council Fact-Finding Mission on Iran Condemns Surging Executions
    May 20, 2023
  • More Executions of Protesters in Iran Imminent after Sham Trials
    More Executions of Protesters in Iran Imminent after Sham Trials
    May 17, 2023
  • UNHRC: Retract Appointment of Iranian Ambassador to Chair Social Forum
    UNHRC: Retract Appointment of Iranian Ambassador to Chair Social Forum
    May 11, 2023
  • UN Human Rights Chief: Executions in Iran Must Stop
    UN Human Rights Chief: Executions in Iran Must Stop
    May 10, 2023
  • Three Hangings in Three Days: The Islamic Republic Continues Its Killing Spree
    Three Hangings in Three Days: The Islamic Republic Continues Its Killing Spree
    May 8, 2023
  • Activists Detained, Workers Threatened as Oil Industry Workers Strike in Iran
    Activists Detained, Workers Threatened as Oil Industry Workers Strike in Iran
    May 4, 2023
  • Dozens of Labor Activists Detained, Thousands of Workers Threatened as Strikes Roil Iran
    Dozens of Labor Activists Detained, Thousands of Workers Threatened as Strikes Roil Iran
    May 4, 2023
  • Iran: School Girls Continue to Face Chemical Attacks, Officials Refuse to Provide Security
    Iran: School Girls Continue to Face Chemical Attacks, Officials Refuse to Provide Security
    April 24, 2023
  • Imprisoned Dissident Rapper Toomaj Salehi, Voice of Iran’s Protests, Faces Possible Execution
    Imprisoned Dissident Rapper Toomaj Salehi, Voice of Iran’s Protests, Faces Possible Execution
    April 6, 2023
  • Journalists Denied Release from Prison Amid Supreme Leader’s “Pardon” PR Ploy
    Journalists Denied Release from Prison Amid Supreme Leader’s “Pardon” PR Ploy
    March 23, 2023
  • Iranian and French Lawyers, Doctors Demand Release of Lawyer Mohammad Najafi
    Iranian and French Lawyers, Doctors Demand Release of Lawyer Mohammad Najafi
    March 17, 2023
  • Another Abducted Dissident Sentenced to Death in Iran
    Another Abducted Dissident Sentenced to Death in Iran
    March 13, 2023
  • Teachers Across Iran Protest Government’s Inaction on School Gas Attacks
    Teachers Across Iran Protest Government’s Inaction on School Gas Attacks
    March 10, 2023
  • CHRI Board Member Mehrangiz Kar Receives Women’s Award for Justice and Advocacy from NYC Bar Association
    CHRI Board Member Mehrangiz Kar Receives Women’s Award for Justice and Advocacy from NYC Bar Association
    March 9, 2023
  • 20 Prominent Iranian Lawyers Call on UN to Investigate School Girl Poisonings
    20 Prominent Iranian Lawyers Call on UN to Investigate School Girl Poisonings
    March 6, 2023
  • Political Prisoner Narges Mohammadi: I Will “Testify” About Sexual Assault Against Protesters
    Political Prisoner Narges Mohammadi: I Will "Testify" About Sexual Assault Against Protesters
    March 3, 2023
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