June 28, 2023

Iran: State’s “Investigation” of Bar Association Aims to Crush Dissent

Iranian Officials Commit Rights Violations with Impunity While Parliament Votes to Further Persecute Human Rights Defenders June 28, 2023 – Bolstering a state campaign aimed at crushing dissent, the Iranian Parliament has voted to “investigate” the Iranian ...

June 15, 2023

Iran: Proposed Bill Pushes Denial of Basic Rights to Unveiled Women

Defiance Against Mandatory Hijab Grows as Iranian Government Seeks Stricter Measures Unveiled Women Assaulted, Blocked from Accessing Essential Services June 15, 2023 – In the wake of the "Woman Life Freedom" movement that ignited nine months ago, a new parliamentary bill ...

May 26, 2020

“They Aimed at My Son’s Head”: Report Reveals Carnage in Crushed Iran Protests

May 27, 2020 — A new report released today by the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) documents the extraordinary state violence that was used against protesters in Iran during the unrest that gripped the country ...

July 21, 2015

Rouhani Government and Conservatives Clash over Laws on Female Dress

More than two-thirds of the members of the Iranian Parliament—216 MPs—have signed a resolution supporting the implementation of a law that requires women to observe strict rules on clothing in public. The Rouhani administration has expressed ...

June 13, 2014

Cartoon 87: MP’s Mission at World Cup Games

In an interview with Tadbir website, Hossein Azin, a conservative Member of the Parliament said on Jun4 11, 2014, that he is traveling to the World Cup soccer games in Brazil on a mission ...

April 4, 2014

“EU Must Stand Firm Despite Hardliners’ Fury”

EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton and her delegation during her March 2014 negotiations with Iranian foreign minister Javad Zarif in Iran. Hardline officials in Iran have lashed out ...