UN Says Iran’s “Atrocity Crimes” Must Be Investigated
UN’s Top Expert on Iran Calls for Prosecution of Responsible Iranian Officials July 22, 2024 – The UN’s top human rights expert on Iran ...
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March 18, 2024
43 International Rights Organizations Urge UN Human Rights Council to Extend Mandates of Iran Monitoring Bodies
Crimes Against Humanity Unveiled in Fact-Finding Mission on Iran's Inaugural Report March 18, 2024 – A coalition of international human rights ...
January 29, 2024
Urgent Appeal: Civil Society Groups Implore UN Official to Postpone Iran Visit
Amid Escalating Executions and Rights Violations, Trip Risks Being Exploited as State Propaganda January 29, 2024 – A coalition of international human rights organizations, including the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI), today implored UN Deputy High Commissioner for ...
October 24, 2023
UN Expert: Iran is “Dangerously Lacking in Basic Human Rights Safeguards”
A UN human rights expert has reported on the entrenched shortcomings within the Islamic Republic of Iran's legal and political framework, which ...
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 ...
August 22, 2022
UN Experts Alarmed by Escalating Persecution of Baha’i Faith in Iran
The UN has condemned the Iranian government's renewed campaign of persecution against the Baha'i faith minority. Bahai's, including former prisoners of ...
July 15, 2022
UN Expert Welcomes Historic Verdict in Universal Jurisdiction Case on Iran
Lauding a landmark universal jurisdiction conviction in Sweden against Hamid Nouri, an ...
January 14, 2022
UN Decries Imminent Execution of Juvenile Offender Hossein Shahbazi in Iran
Session of the UN's Human Rights Council. Another juvenile offender, Hossein Shahbazi, is in imminent danger of being executed in Iran after being sentenced to death as a ...
October 29, 2021
UN Expert: Death Penalty Used as a Political Tool in Iran
In a speech to the UN General Assembly for his fourth annual report, Javaid Rehman, the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the ...
July 6, 2021
Raisi’s Role in 1988 Mass Executions Should be Investigated by UN Human Rights Council
Top UN Expert Ready to Share Testimonies, Evidence for Impartial Inquiry July 6, 2021 – The UN Human Rights Council should act upon ...
June 23, 2021
Top UN Official: Human Rights Situation in Iran is of “Serious Concern”
Secretary-General Cites Impunity for Rights Violations and Increase Risk of Future Violations *Read the full UN Secretary-General report here. In the latest report on Iran by the UN Secretary-General, the world’s top diplomat stated that the rights situation ...
March 19, 2021
UN to Iran: Ahmadreza Djalali Nearing Death in Solitary Confinement, Torture Must End Now
Persian version (PDF) GENEVA, UN Press Release (18 March 2021) — UN human rights experts* today demanded that Iranian authorities ...
March 9, 2021
UN: Women and Girls in Iran Treated as Second Class Citizens, Reforms Urgently Needed
UN Press Release, GENEVA (8 March 2021) – Women and girls continue to be treated as second class citizens in Iran, a UN ...
February 15, 2021
New UN Report Assails Iran for Persistent Discrimination against Women
Juvenile Executions, Persecution of Human Rights Defenders Also Condemned In the latest report issued by the UN’s top expert on Iran, UN ...
November 13, 2020
UN: Iran Must Quash Nasrin Sotoudeh’s Convictions and Ensure Her Permanent Release
Top Experts Say Her COVID-19 Diagnosis “Shows the real risks for those in detention in Iran” Top UN experts* released a statement ...
July 22, 2020
UN Press Release: Experts Demand Urgent Release from Prison of Narges Mohammadi and other Arbitrarily Detained Prisoners
Farsi Version (PDF) GENEVA (22 July 2020) – Iran must release human rights defender Narges Mohammadi, reportedly ill with coronavirus symptoms, and other arbitrarily detained individuals ...
July 16, 2020
UN Press Release: Experts Demand Iran Quash Death Sentences Against Protesters
Farsi version Farsi version (PDF) GENEVA (16 July 2020) – UN human rights experts today strongly condemned the decision to ...
March 10, 2020
UN Expert Alarmed by Detention Conditions in the Wake of Recent Protests
UN Press Release GENEVA (9 March 2020) – Individuals detained in Iranian detention facilities are suffering from serious human rights ...
December 20, 2019
UN Experts Alarmed at Alleged Mistreatment of Detained Protesters
UN Press Release, GENEVA (20 December 2019) – UN human rights experts* today called on the Iranian authorities to release ...
December 18, 2019
Mothers of Iran Protest Victims Call for “Minute of Silence,” UN Fact-Finding Committee
Sixteen mothers whose children were killed amid violent state crackdowns on street protests have called for Iranians to observe a minute of ...
May 8, 2019
UN Urges Iran to Release Imprisoned American Scholar Xiyue Wang
Xiyue Wang (left) poses for a photo with his son and wife. ...
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 ...
March 14, 2019
UN Experts “Shocked” at Lengthy Prison Sentence for Human Rights Lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh
Iranian defense attorney Nasrin Sotoudeh has been detained in Evin Prison under national security charges since June ...
February 27, 2019
New UN Report on Iran Notes Decline in Executions, Ongoing Executions of Child Offenders
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October 30, 2018
UN Expert Says Human Rights Should Be at the Heart of the Response to Challenges Faced in Iran
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