DONATE
فارسی | ENGLISH
Center for Human Rights in Iran Center for Human Rights in Iran
DONATE
  • Home
  • Press Releases
  • Issues
    • Right to Protest
    • Right to Health
    • Internet Freedom
    • Dual and Foreign Nationals
    • Disability Rights
    • Women’s Rights
    • Children’s Rights
    • Labor Rights
    • Right to Education
    • Art, Culture, Society
    • Prisoners / Arrests
    • Free Expression
    • Religious Freedom
    • Human Rights Defenders
    • Ethnic Discrimination
    • Assembly / Association
    • The U.N. and Iran
    • Executions / Life
    • Torture
    • Unfair Trials
  • Publications
  • Multimedia
    • Videos
    • Fact Sheets
    • Posters
    • GIFs & Graphics
    • Illustrations
    • Editorial Cartoons
    • Interactive
  • About Us
    • Press Kit
    • Who We Are
    • What We Do
    • Frequently Asked Questions
    • Sign Up
Go to...

Tag : Islamic Penal Code

August 23, 2022

Sepideh Rashnoo: Latest Target of Raisi Government’s Campaign of Repression

*Editor's Note: Sepideh Rashnoo was released on bail on August 30, 2022, while she awaits her trial. August 23, 2022 – Charges filed against a woman in Iran, Sepideh Rashnoo, after she was accosted by another woman who accused her ...

June 15, 2022

International Community Should Call on Iran to End Punitive Amputations

Eight Prisoners Could Soon See Their Fingers Cut Off June 15, 2022 – In violation of its international obligations against torture, the Islamic Republic of Iran’s judicial system has authorized prison authorities to amputate ...

February 10, 2022

Decapitated Child Bride Highlights Iran’s Lack of Protections for Girls and Women

Honor Killings Will Continue as Long as Iran’s Laws Protects Killers  Widespread Practice of Child Marriage Means More Young Girls Will Be Murdered February 10, 2022 - Mona “Ghazal” Heydari was 17 years old when her husband, Sajjad ...

November 16, 2019

Lawyer Protests Unjust Sentence by Refusing Sham Appeal Process, Demands Judicial Review

Imprisoned attorney Amirsalar Davoudi, the latest human rights attorney to be sentenced to a lengthy prison term in Iran for doing his job, is demanding a judicial review after refusing to appeal his sentence on trumped-up ...

October 9, 2019

Appeals Court to Rule on Satirist’s Case Without Hearing His Defense

Iran’s Appeals Court, which met last week to review satirist Keyomars Marzban’s appeal against a preliminary court’s harsh sentence against him, is expected to issue a ruling next week without hearing his defense, a source with detailed ...

June 5, 2019

“Your Pens Should Be Broken” Journalist Jailed for Social Media Posts

Charged with national security crimes for his social media posts, journalist Masoud Kazemi has been sentenced to 4.5 years in prison, of which he must serve two years (subject 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 to prison in Iran for his peaceful activities in less than a year, the Center ...

April 26, 2019

Imprisoned Lawyer’s Husband Rejects Judiciary’s Accusation of “Exaggerating” Her Heavy Sentence

“The authorities…refuse to accept the fact that they have condemned a woman lawyer to suffer the inhuman act of flogging and a long prison sentence because of activities that were entirely peaceful.” –Reza Khandan, husband of Nasrin ...

April 24, 2019

Former Basij Paramilitary Member Sentenced to 13 Years for Creating Online Group

Kamal Jafari Yazdi Had a Change of Heart After the 2009 Protests Kamal Jafari Yazdi, a former staunch supporter of the Iranian government, has been sentenced to 13 years imprisonment by a preliminary court for his social media activities, ...

April 12, 2019

Prominent Human Rights Defender: Iran is Intensifying Crackdown on Activism to Stifle Dissent

The Iranian government and judiciary are intensifying a nationwide crackdown on civil society and beyond to stifle any form of dissent, Karim Lahidji, a prominent Iranian human rights attorney now based in France, told the Center ...

April 9, 2019

Just Released From Prison, Golrokh Iraee Ebrahimi Faces More Time Behind Bars

Newly released from prison, civil rights activist Golrokh Iraee Ebrahimi may have to serve more time behind bars depending on the outcome of another case against her, the Center ...

August 23, 2018

Imprisoned Iranian Mystic Mohammad Ali Taheri Expects to Be Freed “This Week”

Shiite mystic Mohammad Ali Taheri, who has been imprisoned in Iran since 2011, expects to be freed on parole “soon,” according to his lawyer ...

July 27, 2018

Kurdish Activist Facing Prison Time in Iran For Criticizing Supreme Leader

Kurdish political activist Mokhtar Zarei was summoned and taken into custody in Sanandaj, the capital of Iran’s Kurdistan Province, on July 21, 2018, for criticizing Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in a letter, a close associate ...

July 17, 2018

Iran Arrests 46 Fashion Workers Including Eight Models in Hormozgan Province

Forty-six members of what security officials have described as an online “modeling ring,” including 8 female models, were arrested at an unspecified date in the southern Iranian province of Hormozgan according to an announcement ...

July 12, 2018

Man Publicly Flogged in Iran For Allegedly Getting Drunk 12 Years Earlier

A courtroom in Iran. A man identified by local media as “M. R.” was publicly flogged 80 times in the Iranian city of Kashmar on July 10, 2018, for ...

February 27, 2018

Iranian Criminal Court Sentenced Juvenile Offender to Death on Education Minister and MP’s Recommendation

Case Highlights Violations of Domestic and International Law and Judiciary’s Lack of Independence February 27, 2018–A young man who was incarcerated at 15 years of age was sentenced to death in Iran upon turning 18—despite the ...

January 29, 2018

Iranian-Kurdish Activist Sentenced to Death Says He Was Wrongfully Convicted of Drawing a Weapon

Iranian-Kurdish political activist Ramin Hossein Panahi will appeal the death sentence he was issued on January 25, 2018, by Branch 1 of the Revolutionary Court in Sanandaj, the capital of ...

December 14, 2017

How Many Camels is One Human Life Worth? Attorney Calls For Reform in Iran’s “Blood Money” Scheme

Blood money should be calculated on the basis of actual costs and inflation, not the market price for camels, as it is currently based on in Iran, according to a Tehran-based civil rights lawyer. According to Islamic law, ...

December 13, 2017

Baluchi Imprisoned For Brother’s Alleged Terrorist Links Hunger Strikes Against Repeated Beatings

Mohammad Saber Malek-Raeisi, imprisoned in Iran for the last eight years solely because of his brother’s alleged links with a terrorist organization, has gone on hunger strike in Ardabil Central Prison in northwestern Iran.  ...

December 13, 2017

After Burn Victims Denied Compensation Because They’re Girls, Lawyer Says Law Must Change

A lawyer in Iran is speaking out about sexism in the country’s legal code after the families of two children who died in a fire at an elementary school were denied full compensation because ...

August 10, 2017

Iran Executes Man Arrested at 15 Despite Commitment to Stop Executing Juveniles

Prominent Lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh: Case Had “Serious Holes” August 10, 2017–Iran has violated its international obligations by executing Alireza Tajiki, who was 15-years-old when he was arrested and 16 when he was sentenced to death, said the Center for Human ...

Latest News

  • New Briefing: Failure to Increase International Costs on Islamic Republic Will Green-Light Further Atrocities
    New Briefing: Failure to Increase International Costs on Islamic Republic Will Green-Light Further Atrocities
    February 7, 2023
  • Policy Briefing: Recommendations for the International Community on Iran
    Policy Briefing: Recommendations for the International Community on Iran
    February 7, 2023
  • Civil Rights Defender Farhad Meysami at Risk of Death in Iranian Prison
    Civil Rights Defender Farhad Meysami at Risk of Death in Iranian Prison
    February 2, 2023
  • Jailed Iranian Director Jafar Panahi Hunger Strikes Against “Hostage-Taking”
    Jailed Iranian Director Jafar Panahi Hunger Strikes Against "Hostage-Taking"
    February 2, 2023
  • Children’s Rights Advocates, Mainly Women, Targeted in Crackdown on Anti-State Protests in Iran
    Children’s Rights Advocates, Mainly Women, Targeted in Crackdown on Anti-State Protests in Iran
    February 1, 2023
  • Iran: Families of Detained and Killed Protesters Beaten, Threatened to Stay Silent
    Iran: Families of Detained and Killed Protesters Beaten, Threatened to Stay Silent
    January 25, 2023
  • Suspicious Deaths of Released Protesters in Iran Should be Investigated by UN
    Suspicious Deaths of Released Protesters in Iran Should be Investigated by UN
    January 19, 2023
  • Governments Worldwide Should Recall Ambassadors from Iran
    Governments Worldwide Should Recall Ambassadors from Iran
    January 12, 2023
  • Iran Protests: At Least 44 Defense Attorneys Arrested Since September
    Iran Protests: At Least 44 Defense Attorneys Arrested Since September
    January 10, 2023
  • Two More Men Executed in Iran in Connection with Protests, Others at Imminent Risk
    Two More Men Executed in Iran in Connection with Protests, Others at Imminent Risk
    January 7, 2023
  • Third Anniversary of Shooting Down of Ukrainian Passenger Plane, Still No Justice
    Third Anniversary of Shooting Down of Ukrainian Passenger Plane, Still No Justice
    January 6, 2023
  • What Can I Do to Support the Protesters and Human Rights in Iran?
    What Can I Do to Support the Protesters and Human Rights in Iran?
    January 5, 2023
  • Iranian Athletes Killed, Tortured, Sentenced to Death for Supporting Protests (Updated)
    Iranian Athletes Killed, Tortured, Sentenced to Death for Supporting Protests (Updated)
    January 4, 2023
  • Recommendations: Congress Can Play a Vital Role in Supporting the Protesters in Iran
    Recommendations: Congress Can Play a Vital Role in Supporting the Protesters in Iran
    December 21, 2022
  • Recommendations for the U.S. Congress on Iran
    Recommendations for the U.S. Congress on Iran
    December 21, 2022
  • Iran: Death Sentences and Imprisonment Used to Crush Dissent in Film and Theatre Industries
    Iran: Death Sentences and Imprisonment Used to Crush Dissent in Film and Theatre Industries
    December 20, 2022
  • Iran’s Courts Using Death Penalty Charges to Crush Protests
    Iran’s Courts Using Death Penalty Charges to Crush Protests
    December 15, 2022
  • Islamic Republic of Iran Expelled from UN Commission on the Status of Women
    Islamic Republic of Iran Expelled from UN Commission on the Status of Women
    December 14, 2022
  • Iran Protests: Children Killed and Tortured to Crush Dissent
    Iran Protests: Children Killed and Tortured to Crush Dissent
    December 13, 2022
  • Lynching in Iran: Majidreza Rahnavard, 23, Publicly Hanged in State-Sponsored Murder
    Lynching in Iran: Majidreza Rahnavard, 23, Publicly Hanged in State-Sponsored Murder
    December 12, 2022
Read more
×

Stay
Informed

Get updates on the latest
human rights issues in Iran

Sign up for CHRI's newsletter.


Get the latest Iran updates. Sign up for our newsletter.

Lists*

© 2019 Center for Human Rights in Iran (formerly known as International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran)