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Tag : Letter

May 24, 2023

World Leaders Urged to Radically Increase Pressure on Iran to Cease Executions

Islamic Republic Is Severely Violating International Laws Governing Death Penalty  Protesters Hanged After Sham Trials, Minorities Targeted for Capital Punishment May ...

November 12, 2018

40 Civil Society Organizations Urge UN to Support Resolution on Human Rights in Iran

Forty civil society organizations including the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) have signed a letter urging UN member states to support ...

May 8, 2018

Iranian Opposition Leader Under House Arrest Declines “Limited” Lifting of Restrictions

Zahra Rahnavard Demands Unconditional Freedom For Herself and Fellow House Arrest Detainees Zahra Rahnavard, an Iranian opposition leader ...

April 15, 2018

Imprisoned Rights Defender Narges Mohammadi Gives Message of Hope and Strength in Accepting 2018 Andrei Sakharov Prize

April 15, 2018 -- Prisoner of conscience Narges Mohammadi was unable to accept the 2018 Andrei Sakharov Prize in person in Columbus, Ohio where the American ...

March 22, 2018

Iranian American Groups Urge Trump Admin to Investigate “Targeting” of Civil Servant Sahar Nowrouzzadeh

Sahar Nowrouzzadeh was demoted from her position at the secretary of state’s policy planning team after far-right ...

February 6, 2018

Imprisoned Iranian-American Art Dealer Accuses IRGC of Judicial Interference

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January 30, 2018

Iranian-American Zoroastrian Denounces 27-Year “Unjust” Prison Sentence in Letter From Prison

Update: The couple's sentence was later reduced to 15 years for Karan Vafadari and 10 years for Afarin Nayssari. ...

November 21, 2017

175 Nobel Laureates Call on Iran to Release Swedish Resident Ahmadreza Djalali

In a letter addressing Iran’s ambassador to the UN, 175 Nobel laureates have called on the country’s ...

November 7, 2017

34 NGOs Urge UNGA Member States to Support Resolution on Human Rights in Iran

Thirty-four Iranian and international NGOs, including the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI), have sent a joint letter to UN General Assembly member states urging them to support Resolution A/C.3/72/L.41, on human rights in Iran, which will be voted on next week before the ...

August 29, 2017

In Letter to Judge, Iranian-American Demands Freedom for Himself and Wife

Art Gallery Owners Karan Vafadari and Afarin Neyssari Held on Baseless Charges More Than One Year Without Trial Detained Iranian-American art dealer ...

August 14, 2017

Political Prisoner Responds to “Dolled-Up” Evin Prison Visit by Foreign Ambassadors

A political prisoner held in Evin Prison since 2009 has harshly criticized a state-organized “dolled-up” ...

June 26, 2017

Prominent Imprisoned Activist Who Voted for Rouhani: My Vote Was For Iran’s Civil Society

Narges Mohammadi, a prominent human rights activist serving a 16-year prison sentence for her peaceful advocacy efforts, is publicly urging ...

May 15, 2017

29 EU Parliamentarians Say Iran Must End Crackdown Ahead of Elections

Letter to Mogherini Condemns Numerous Arrests and Summons May 15, 2017—This week 29 members of the European Parliament ...

April 4, 2017

Iranian-American Initially Sentenced to 18 Years Prison Released on Bail During Appeal

Robin (Reza) Shahini, the Iranian-American man sentenced to 18 years imprisonment in Iran on alleged security charges, has been ...

April 3, 2017

Supporters Mark One-Year Anniversary of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s Imprisonment in Iran

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s colleagues stand around her empty desk at the Thomson Reuters Foundation’s ...

March 15, 2017

Dual National Speaks of Yearning for Family and Disillusionment with Iran in Letter Prison

Iranian-British citizen Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, imprisoned in Iran since April 2016, has written a letter to her UK-based husband about the pain of being separated from their infant daughter, Gabriella “Gisoo” Ratcliffe, and disillusionment with her ...

March 10, 2017

Dual National Robin Shahini Serving 18-Year Prison Sentence in Iran Proclaims Innocence in Letter

An Iranian-American man who was sentenced to 18 years in prison during a visit to his birth country has written a letter proclaiming his innocence. ...

Latest News

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  • Immediate Ceasefire Needed as Attacks on Civilians Intensify
    Immediate Ceasefire Needed as Attacks on Civilians Intensify
    June 16, 2025
  • CHRI: Civilians Must Not Be Targets in Iran
    CHRI: Civilians Must Not Be Targets in Iran
    June 12, 2025
  • UNICEF’s Silence on Iran: Nobel Laureate Demands Action on Children’s Rights Abuses
    UNICEF’s Silence on Iran: Nobel Laureate Demands Action on Children’s Rights Abuses
    June 11, 2025
  • Iran’s Truck Drivers’ Strike Sweeps 163 Cities, Dozens Arrested
    Iran’s Truck Drivers’ Strike Sweeps 163 Cities, Dozens Arrested
    June 4, 2025
  • Urgent Appeal from Evin Prison: Imprisoned Scholar Mahvash Seydal Exposes Iran’s Denial of Medical Care to Women Political Prisoners
    Urgent Appeal from Evin Prison: Imprisoned Scholar Mahvash Seydal Exposes Iran’s Denial of Medical Care to Women Political Prisoners
    May 27, 2025
  • Iran Moves to Silence Literary Voices with Arrests, Prison and Death Sentences
    Iran Moves to Silence Literary Voices with Arrests, Prison and Death Sentences
    May 20, 2025
  • Crackdown on Justice: CHRI Reveals Systematic Persecution of Iran’s Human Rights Lawyers
    Crackdown on Justice: CHRI Reveals Systematic Persecution of Iran’s Human Rights Lawyers
    May 14, 2025
  • ‘We Are Alive, But in Captivity’: Letter from Imprisoned Kurdish Labor Activist
    ‘We Are Alive, But in Captivity’: Letter from Imprisoned Kurdish Labor Activist
    May 5, 2025
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    Iran’s Workers: Battered by Brutal Repression and Lethal Work Conditions
    April 30, 2025
  • Op-Ed: Combine ‘Maximum Pressure’ on Iran with Maximum Support for the Iranian People
    Op-Ed: Combine ‘Maximum Pressure’ on Iran with Maximum Support for the Iranian People
    April 24, 2025
  • Iran’s Mass Executions of Drug Offenders Are a Human Rights Emergency
    Iran’s Mass Executions of Drug Offenders Are a Human Rights Emergency
    April 16, 2025
  • EU Sanctions Iranian Judicial Officials Over Abductions of European Nationals
    EU Sanctions Iranian Judicial Officials Over Abductions of European Nationals
    April 14, 2025
  • Five More Political Prisoners Hanged in Iran as Use of Death Penalty to Crush Dissent Surges
    Five More Political Prisoners Hanged in Iran as Use of Death Penalty to Crush Dissent Surges
    April 9, 2025
  • Landmark Resolution: UN Human Rights Council Expands Fact-Finding Mission on Iran
    Landmark Resolution: UN Human Rights Council Expands Fact-Finding Mission on Iran
    April 3, 2025
  • Imprisonment of Christians Jumps Six-Fold in Iran as Persecution Intensifies
    Imprisonment of Christians Jumps Six-Fold in Iran as Persecution Intensifies
    April 1, 2025
  • Joint Letter: Global Coalition Calls on Iran to Cease Persecution of Human Rights Lawyers
    Joint Letter: Global Coalition Calls on Iran to Cease Persecution of Human Rights Lawyers
    March 18, 2025
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