December 8, 2022

Executions in Iran: World Must Respond with Strong Action Against State Killings of Protesters

Café Worker Mohsen Shekari, 23, Denied Due Process in Kangaroo Court December 8, 2022 – The execution today in Iran of Mohsen Shekari, ...

March 5, 2021

UN Deplores “Systematic” Use of Lethal State Force Against Border Couriers in Iran

Widespread Shutdown of Internet Described as Violation of International Law In response to the killing by state security forces of couriers and protesters ...

February 4, 2021

36 Human Rights Groups Appeal for Release of Kurdish Detainees and Other Minorities in Iran

The Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) has joined 35 fellow civil society and human rights organizations to make the following urgent appeal and end the ongoing intimidation and arrest campaign against Kurdish and other minority activists and ...

December 20, 2019

“He Was Hit in the Back by a Bullet,” Says Relative of Slain Protester from War Veteran Family

The family of Borhan Mansournia, who was shot by a bullet in the city of Kermanshah on November 16, 2019, are filing a ...

November 11, 2019

Kurdish Political Prisoner Held for 25+ Years Should be Freed Under Revised Penal Code, Says Lawyer

One of the longest-serving political prisoners in Iran, Mohammad Nazari, is eligible for release but is being arbitrarily denied freedom, Mohammad Hossein Aghasi told the ...

October 30, 2019

Kurdish Female Political Prisoner Denied Medical Treatment, Attendance at Brother’s Funeral

Despite suffering from serious medical problems, the authorities are denying long-time political prisoner Zeinab Jalalian treatment outside the prison’s limited clinic, according to her ...

September 28, 2018

Families of Kurdish Prisoners Held Incommunicado Fear Imminent Execution

Two Kurdish men, Houshmand Alipour and Mohammad Ostad-Ghader, have been held incommunicado inside Iran’s Intelligence Ministry detention center in Sanandaj, Kurdistan Province, since they ...

September 14, 2018

Activists Arrested After Mass Strike in Iran’s Kurdistan Province Against “Revenge” Executions

After a mass strike by Kurdish merchants in western Iran on September 12, 2018, Iranian security forces arrested several ...

September 10, 2018

Iran’s Execution of Three Kurdish Prisoners is Unlawful and Unjust

All Three Cases Rife with Denial of Due Process and Evidence of Torture and Forced Confessions September 10, 2018—Iran’s ...

September 5, 2018

Execution of Kurdish Death-Row Prisoner More Likely, Prison Officer Says

Fears for Ramin Hossein Panahi Grow Despite Torture and Due Process Violation Concerns The execution of a Kurdish death-row prisoner has ...

August 31, 2018

Fighting Between IRGC and Kurdish Forces Results in More Deaths of Iran’s Border Couriers

At least one courier has been killed and five other people injured near Iran’s border with Iraq since August 23, 2018, the Center ...

August 28, 2018

Kurdish Death Row Inmate Sews Lips Shut in Hunger Strike Against Denial of Rights

Ramin Hossein Panahi, a Kurdish man in danger of imminent execution in Iran, has sewn his lips shut to protest the ...

July 6, 2018

Kurdish Death Row Prisoner in Iran Repeatedly Led to Believe Execution Would Be Carried Out

Photo: Ramin Hossein Panahi has been transferred to an unknown location possibly to face execution. The authorities of Iran’s ...

June 20, 2018

Iran: Stop Imminent Execution of Kurdish Prisoner, Investigate Evidence of Torture and Denial of Due Process

Fear Grows After Bus Driver Was Executed in Iran Despite Similar Concerns June 20, 2018—The Iranian judiciary should ...

June 18, 2018

UN Rights Experts: Iran Must Halt Execution of Ramin Hossein Panahi

GENEVA, UN (18 June 2018) – UN human rights experts* have made a fresh call to Iran to annul the ...

May 4, 2018

Execution of Iranian Kurdish Activist Suspended But Niece Commits Suicide

Nishtiman Hossein Panahi (left) committed suicide on May 2 after being harassed by agents of Iran's Intelligence Ministry ...

May 2, 2018

Execution Imminent of Prisoner in Iran Despite Unfair Trial and Credible Allegations of Torture

Photo: Ramin Hossein Panahi has been transferred to an unknown location possibly to face execution. Lawyer: “Ramin’s case is ...

May 2, 2018

UN Rights Expert Urges Iran to Halt Imminent Execution of Ramin Hossein Panahi

GENEVA (2 May 2018) – A UN human rights expert has urgently called on Iran to halt the death sentence against Iranian ...

April 19, 2018

UN Rights Experts Call on Iran to Annul Death Sentence Against Ramin Hossein Panahi

GENEVA (19 April 2018) – United Nations human rights experts* have called for Iran to annul the death sentence against an Iranian Kurdish prisoner, Ramin Hossein Panahi, amid serious concerns that he has not received ...

November 20, 2017

Political Prisoners Transferred to Prison in Northwestern Iran After Being Beaten by Rajaee Shahr Guards

Three political prisoners serving life sentences have been transferred from Rajaee Shahr Prison in Karaj, west of Tehran, to Orumiyeh Central Prison in West Azerbaijan Province, 444 miles away, without a court order ...

November 5, 2017

Relatives of Slain Kurdish Separatists in Iran Slapped With Long Prison Sentences

The relatives of three alleged members of a banned Kurdish separatist organization in Iran have been sentenced to prison after being accused of ...

October 2, 2017

Dozens Arrested in Iran for Celebrating Iraqi Kurdish Independence “Yes” Vote

Security forces detained dozens of people in Iranian Kurdish-populated cities on September 26, 2017 following the “yes” vote in the Iraqi Kurdish independence referendum. ...

September 20, 2017