Teachers Across Iran Protest for Fair Pay, Release of Jailed Colleagues
Teachers and supporters protested in the streets of more than 119 Iranian cities across Iran ...
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March 31, 2021
Iran’s Intelligence Establishment is Spreading Propaganda Through Films and TV
Intelligence agencies in Iran are increasingly using state-funded entertainment productions to spread state propaganda and improve their image among the public, according to research by the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI). Iranian Intelligence Minister Mahmoud Alavi boasted about the ...
November 13, 2020
State’s Online Schooling During COVID-19 Is a Privilege Only for the Well-Off in Iran
Teachers, Families and Students Struggle without Needed Technology in Iran’s Poorer Regions A new online schooling program created by the government to allow virtual learning during the COVID-19 pandemic will effectively remain a luxury for the well-off in ...
July 20, 2020
Clip of Narges Mohammadi Being Tested for COVID-19 Manufactured, Says Husband
Video is Attempt to Counter Reports That Imprisoned Activist May Have Virus A clip broadcast on Iranian state TV on July 16, 2020, claiming to show imprisoned human rights defender Narges Mohammadi being tested for the coronavirus by what ...
November 14, 2019
Widow of Detainee Who Died in Iranian Custody Recognizes Her Interrogator Posing as “Reporter” on State TV
IRIB Briefly Airs Pseudo-Documentary About Detained Conservationists Ahead of Verdict A man claiming to be a reporter in a pseudo-documentary about Iran’s detained conservationists that was aired by the state-controlled Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) organization on ...
November 8, 2019
No Action Yet in Parliament on Bill to Ban Broadcast of Confessions During Investigations
Bill Does Not Ban Extraction of Confessions, They Can Still Be Used at Later Stages An Iranian parliamentary bill that aims to stop state-funded media outlets from airing forced “confessions” during the investigative phase appears at a standstill ...
July 22, 2019
Iran’s State Broadcaster Discriminates against Women, People with Disabilities and Non-Muslims
IRIB’s New Job Posting Demands New Hires Be Male, Muslim and Without Disability In its latest job posting, the Iranian state broadcaster, the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB), listed "complete health and lack of physical disability” and ...
February 11, 2019
Iranian Agents Tried to Frame Detained Conservationists by Staging Scenes to Falsely Implicate Them
Three Major State Agencies Rejected Charges of Espionage, Indictment Based on Retracted False “Confessions” February 11, 2019 – Amid eight conservationists’ closed-door trial in Iran’s revolutionary court system, the Center for Human Rights ...
January 24, 2019
Iran is Using False “Confessions” to Manufacture Cases Against Detained Conservationists
One Dead, Eight Others At Grave Risk for Harm Detainees, Jailed for 12 Months, Denied Counsel, Could Face Death Penalty January 24, 2019 – Some of the conservationists who have been imprisoned incommunicado in Iran for the past year ...
August 9, 2018
State TV of Iran Must End Its Use of Families to Discredit Journalists, Dissenters
State Broadcasts of Family Members Used to Silence Activists (New York, August 9, 2018) – Iranian authorities should immediately stop harassing and threatening the families of activists and journalists as a means to silence dissent ...
April 17, 2018
Growing Demands For Apology From Iranian State TV Over Discriminatory Kids Show
At Least 100 People Remain Detained After March 2018 Protests Lawmakers in Iran’s mostly Arab-populated Khuzestan Province have demanded a meeting with the head of the state-run Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting...
April 6, 2018
Hundreds Arrested as Anger Over State Discrimination Against Iranian Arabs Spills Into the Streets
Ahvaz Friday Prayer Leader Calls For Apology From State TV Over Discriminatory Children’s Show At least 200 people were arrested after a week of demonstrations in Iran’s mainly Arab-populated Khuzestan Province. On April 6, 2018, the Friday prayer ...
March 1, 2018
Iranian MP Calls For Separation of Powers Among Rival Intelligence Agencies
Former Intelligence Minister Admits Iranian-Canadian Zahra Kazemi Was Killed in Evin Prison in 2003 Iran’s Parliamentary Committee for National Security and Foreign Policy is drafting a bill to separate the responsibilities of the Intelligence Ministry and ...
February 19, 2018
Seyed-Emami’s Family Lawyers Issue Statement Countering State TV Smear Campaign
Two lawyers representing the family of recently deceased Kavous Seyed-Emami have issued a statement countering the claims made in a short film that was aired on a state-funded TV program in Iran that accused Seyed-Emami of ...
January 16, 2018
Intelligence Ministry Forces Father of Slain Protester to Repeat Authorities’ Version of Events on State TV
Iran’s Intelligence Ministry coerced the father of a dead protester into claiming in front of a camera that his son was killed during an armed confrontation with security forces, the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) ...
January 12, 2018
President Rouhani Changes Course and Acknowledges Protesters’ Varied Reasons For Discontent
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani struck a more conciliatory tone in reacting for the second time to a wave of protests that have recently swept across dozens of Iranian cities. “Some people think that the people ...
January 2, 2018
Casualties and Arrests Mount As Iranian Protests Continue
At least 21 people have been killed and hundreds arrested since a wave of protests hit several Iranian cities on December 28, 2017. The Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) has learned ...
December 20, 2017
Iran’s State TV Aired Forced Confession of Ahmadreza Djalali Because He Refused to Spy for Iran
A screenshot of a clip of Ahmadreza Djalali’s so-called “confession” on Iran’s state-run IRIB state TV. Iranian state TV aired a forced confession by Ahmadreza Djalali because he wrote in ...
November 28, 2017
Iran’s State-Run Broadcaster Airs Smear Campaigns on Imprisoned Foreign Nationals
Iran’s state-funded TV and radio broadcaster, the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB), has aired videos accusing two imprisoned foreign nationals of espionage ...
October 10, 2017
Iranian Officials Increase Pressure on Telegram App to Comply With Censorship Policies
The Amad News channel on the Telegram messaging application. Iranian Telecommunications Minister Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi has ...
October 1, 2015
Sister of Saeed Malekpour Says Family Hopes for a Pardon for Imprisoned Web Developer
Saeed Malekpour Prisoner of Conscience, Serving Life Sentence, is Finally Allowed In-Person Family Visits after a Year Prisoner of conscience Saeed Malekpour, serving a life sentence for blasphemy, has been ...
July 8, 2014
New Report Reveals Iranian TV’s Continued Human Rights Violations
The United States should reinstate sanctions on Iran’s state TV and radio broadcasting agency, the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB), for the continuation of its widespread human rights violations detailed in this report. ...
June 2, 2014
State-run TV’s Disinformation Encourages Violence Against Women
June 2, 2014—The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran calls on President Rouhani to immediately institute supervision of Iran’s state TV and end the broadcast of programs that falsely defame dissidents and implicitly justify violence against women who do not wear the hijab, the ...
May 14, 2012
Iran Tries to Neuter Foreign Media and International Press Freedoms
Iranian authorities should end their undue restrictions on and intimidation of foreign-based journalists and media outlets, the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran said today. “Iranian authorities have long been repressing domestic journalists. Now it’s clear that they have turned an eye to neutering ...
February 22, 2012
UN Telecommunications Body Requires Iran to Stop Satellite Jamming
Rights Groups Prompt Tougher International Laws Regarding Jamming The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran today welcomed a new International Telecommunication Union (ITU) regulation requiring governments take “necessary action” to stop jamming of satellite broadcasts from within their jurisdiction. ...