November 22, 2019

UN Raises Alarm at Arrests and Reported Killings, Internet Shutdown

Javaid Rehman, the special rapporteur on the human rights situation in Iran, joined his ...

November 21, 2019

State-Developed VPN Would Determine Iranians’ Internet Access Based on Their Job

Hamid Fattahi, the CEO of the state-owned Telecommunication Infrastructure Company (TIC), the sole provider of telecommunication infrastructure to all ...

November 21, 2019

EU Calls on Iran’s Security Forces to Exercise “Maximum Restraint” in Handling Protests

Violence “Unacceptable,” Free Flow of Information Must Be Ensured The European Union’s External Action Committee, which manages the EU's diplomatic relations with other countries and conducts EU foreign and security policy for the 28-country bloc, ...

November 19, 2019

Lethal and Excessive Force Against Protestors in Iran Must Cease, News Blackout Must End

November 19, 2019—The authorities’ use of excessive force against protestors in Iran, which has included the use of live ammunition and has resulted in dozens of deaths, is a blatant and unjustifiable violation of international law and must cease, the Center for Human Rights in ...

November 19, 2019

UN Calls on Iran to Avoid Force, Respect Right to Protest

State security forces have used violent and deadly force to repress protests that erupted in dozens of cities in Iran during the evening of November 15, 2019, after ...

November 17, 2019

Officials Confirm One Death After Protests Erupt in Iran After Sudden Fuel Price Hike

Protesters in Shiraz. Numerous Unconfirmed Reports of Casualties, Injured After Protests Hit 50 Cities Protests ...

June 18, 2019

Richard Ratcliffe Takes Hunger Strike for Wife’s Freedom to Iran’s Doorstep in London

Dual National Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe Has Been Eligible for Release Since 2017 June 18, 2019 – On day four of Richard Ratcliffe’s hunger strike outside the Iranian embassy in London, embassy staff noisily repositioned the metal ...

June 7, 2019

Iran: Release Narges Mohammadi for Medical Treatment Immediately

Rights Activist Remains in Prison with Dangerous Post-Op Infection Husband Reports Mohammadi Is Being Denied Antibiotics June 7, 2019 – The Iranian authorities must ...

June 6, 2019

Nazanin Boniadi: “Silence is Not an Option”

As a girl visiting her birth country of Iran, British actress Nazanin Boniadi got a taste of the severely restricted rights women there live with on a daily basis. That experience inspired her to ...

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 ...

May 13, 2019

Appeals Court Upholds Lengthy Sentence Against Female Activist for Criticizing Chief Justice

Number of Women Political Prisoners Rising in Iran May 13, 2019 – A Tehran appeals court upheld a 7.5-year prison sentence against prominent political activist Hengameh Shahidi based on her social media posts in which ...

May 11, 2019

Tehran University Student Speaks Out Against “Virginity Tests,” Inhumane Interrogation Methods

Parisa Rafiei, a student at the University of Tehran, was pressured to take a “virginity test” while in state custody ...

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. ...

November 29, 2018

Death of Satirist Alireza Rezaei in Exile Prompts Outpouring of Grief from Iranians Forced by State Repression to Flee Iran

Beloved Blogger Broke Taboos by Writing About Political and Social Issues with Humor November 29, 2018—The death in exile ...

September 18, 2018

Secretary General: Iran Engages UN But Intensifies Crackdown on Freedom of Assembly and Speech

Mohammad Javad Larijani, the secretary general of the Iranian judiciary's High Council for Human Rights. Following are ...

August 9, 2018

Local Authorities in Iran Say They Will Investigate Shooting Death of Protester in Karaj

A judicial investigation is underway in Iran to determine how 26-year-old shopkeeper Reza Otadi died from a bullet wound during a protest rally near Tehran ...

July 13, 2018

Iran is Imprisoning University Students Accused of Attending Protests

The number of students being prosecuted for allegedly joining Iran’s December 2017/January 2018 protests is much higher than earlier estimates according to a ...

July 3, 2018

63 University Groups Slam Rouhani and Reformists For Crackdown on Students

Sixty-three student organizations from universities across Iran have issued a statement sharply ...

June 26, 2018

Iran’s Judiciary Chief Threatens Protesting Merchants With Execution as Protests Continue

Tehran Demonstrations Against Inflation Turn Political as They Spread to Other Cities The Chief Justice of Iran Sadegh Larijani ...

June 18, 2018

Sufi Prisoner Mohammad Salas Buried After Sudden Execution Without Family’s Permission

Lawyer: Burial Attended by “200 Anti-Riot Agents” Iranian authorities buried the body of Mohammad Salas after he was executed on June 18, ...

June 7, 2018

Third Woman Sentenced to Prison in Iran For Removing Hijab Slapped With More Charges

Civil rights activist Shima Babaei: “They said the hijab is the law and I must respect it. I told them it’s a bad law and I’m protesting against ...

April 27, 2018

Indictments Issued Against Dozens in Connection With December 2017 Unrest in Iran

Students protesting in ...

March 15, 2018

Death of Man Accused of Filming Protests in Iran Marks Fifth Detainee Death in Two Months

Death Certificate Makes No Mention of Officials' Claim of "Stroke" The death in custody of a nursing student arrested for allegedly filming anti-state protests ...

March 12, 2018