Nasrin Sotoudeh Begins Hunger Strike in Evin Prison
Prominent Attorney Seeks Release of Political Prisoners Amid COVID-19 Outbreak August 12, 2020—The imprisoned human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh began a hunger strike ...
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August 11, 2020
New Conviction against Imprisoned Labor Leader Upheld to Keep Him Behind Bars
Jafar Azimzadeh Should Have Been Released, Instead Given Another 13 Months Now Activist Has Contracted COVID-19 in Iran’s Overcrowded Prisons The prominent labor activist Jafar ...
July 28, 2020
Judiciary Blocks Nasrin Sotoudeh’s Bank Account, Cutting Off Funds for Family
Husband of Imprisoned Human Rights Attorney Says Tactic Aimed at Silencing Family Reza Khandan: “They want to send a message to those who are willing ...
July 16, 2020
Activist’s Brother Sentenced to Eight Years in Prison, Collective Punishment of Families Continues in Iran
Alireza Alinejad Convicted on Sham National Security Charges and “Insulting” Supreme Leader July 16, 2020—Alireza Alinejad, the brother of Iranian activist Masih Alinejad, ...
July 14, 2020
Baha’i Youth Expelled from Secondary School for Gifted Students Solely Due to His Faith
15-Year-Old Exemplary Student Refused Enrollment After Stating He Is a Baha’i Father: “Don’t expect us to lie when you pose a question” Fifteen-year-old ...
July 8, 2020
Imprisoned Rights Activist Narges Mohammadi May Have COVID-19 Virus, Husband Says
Multiple Prisoners Showing Signs of Virus, No One Tested “Narges Mohammadi is being denied every basic right because she takes a stand” Imprisoned human ...
July 7, 2020
Atena Daemi Begins New Prison Sentence on Day She Was to Be Freed
Rights Activist Will Serve Two More Years in Prison After Serving Five More New Cases Opened Against Daemi, Maryam Akbari Monfared, Leila ...
June 28, 2020
UN Must End “Sterile Exchanges” and Investigate Iran’s Lethal Violence against Protesters, Says Father of Slain Demonstrator
Letter Reveals New Details: 144 Bodies Secretly Held in Karaj Medical Examiner’s Office Alone June 29, 2020 — In an impassioned plea to ...
June 24, 2020
Prominent Teachers’ Rights Activist Facing Additional Years in Prison
Old Suspended Sentence Resurrected to Keep Esmail Abdi Behind Bars Imprisoned teachers’ rights activist Esmail Abdi, who has been serving a six-year prison sentence ...
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 ...
May 21, 2020
Six-Year Prison Sentence Against French-Iranian Academic Unfounded, Lawyer Says
Fariba Adelkhah, Imprisoned For Almost a Year, Is in Good Spirits But “Suffering Physically” The six-year prison sentence issued against Iranian-born French anthropologist ...
May 18, 2020
French Academic Fariba Adelkhah Sentenced to Six Years Imprisonment in Iran
Nearly one year after she was detained in Tehran, Iranian-born French anthropologist Fariba Adelkhah was sentenced to a total ...
April 30, 2020
Jailed Activist’s Son Threatened with Imprisonment to Silence Dissent
Three Relatives of Iranian Dissidents Arbitrarily Prosecuted in One Month Amid a renewed crackdown on peaceful criticism of Iranian state policies, the ...
April 24, 2020
Masih Alinejad: My Brother is Facing Prison Time for Being Related to Me
The brother of activist Masih Alinejad is being prosecuted in Tehran to “pressure” her to end her campaign against the compulsory hijab, she ...
April 23, 2020
COVID-19 Poses Extreme Danger to Arbitrarily Jailed Conservationists, Dual Nationals
Infected Wildlife Conservationist Sam Rajabi Refused Hospitalization, Cellmates Untested American Citizen Siamak Namazi Held in Same “Cell and Bunk Bed Row” as ...
April 17, 2020
UN Urges Iran to “Immediately Release” Political Prisoners and Dual, Foreign Nationals
April 17, 2020 - UN human rights experts today called on Iran to expand its temporary release of thousands of detainees to include prisoners ...
April 16, 2020
Detained Teen Instagram Star With COVID-19 on Ventilator After Judge Refused to Release Her
Judge Mohammad Moghiseh, Who Could Authorize Her Release, Has Been Unreachable Detained teenage Instagram celebrity Fatemeh Khishvand is currently on a ventilator at ...
April 15, 2020
Doctors Punished for Contradicting Iran’s Official Line on COVID-19
Physicians in Iran including university officials have been reprimanded including by way of prosecution for publicizing information about the country’s COVID-19 outbreak ...
April 8, 2020
Political Prisoner with COVID-19 Symptoms Denied Treatment, Transferred to Solitary Confinement
Peaceful prisoner of conscience Mohammad Hossein Sepehri, who was imprisoned in the Iranian city of Mashhad after signing an open letter calling on Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei to resign, was denied hospital treatment and ...
April 8, 2020
Persian Translation: WHO Guidance on Protecting Prison Populations from COVID-19
April 8, 2020 – The Center for Human Rights in Iran today published its unofficial Persian translation of the World Health ...
April 2, 2020
Rights Attorneys Call for Release of All Eligible Prisoners: “Tomorrow Will be Too Late”
As inmates in Iran continue to be killed or injured in "prison disturbances" amid the country's devastating COVID-19 outbreak, two ...
March 26, 2020
Commentary: Trump’s Refusal to Relax Iran Sanctions in the Era of COVID-19 Threatens Everyone
*This commentary was originally published on NBC News THINK. Iranian officials were dismissive of the threat, and now their ...
March 25, 2020
UN Human Rights Chief: Ease Sanctions Against Countries Fighting COVID-19
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet has called for easing or suspension of "sectoral sanctions" against countries including Iran to allow their medical systems to ...
March 18, 2020
Coronavirus in Iran: How You Can Help
Stand with Healthcare Workers Battling COVID-19 March 18, 2020 -- The Center for Human Rights in Iran stands in solidarity with the people ...
March 13, 2020
Several Detained, Summoned in Iran After Publicly Criticizing State’s COVID-19 Response
Members of civil society in Iran including a city councilman, soccer player, and journalists were detained or summoned for questioning after criticizing ...