UN Urges Iran to Revoke Execution of Swedish Academic Ahmadreza Djalali
Ahmadreza Djalali, an expert in emergency disaster medicine, has been detained in ...
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May 4, 2022
Iran’s Execution Threat Against Swedish Scientist Aimed at Thwarting War Crimes Trial
May 4, 2022 – The Iranian government’s threat to execute Swedish scientist Ahmadreza Djalali later this month is aimed at thwarting the trial in Sweden against Iranian official Hamid Nouri, who is ...
October 12, 2021
Human Rights Lawyers, Activist to Be Illegally Tried as Their Legal Team is Denied Case Files
Group was Arrested Ahead of Filing Lawsuit Against State Officials for Disastrous Pandemic Response Legal Teams of Defendants Denied Access to Case Files, Homes Raided Detainees Were Pressured to Sign Pledges Promising to Withdraw Any Lawsuits October ...
September 29, 2021
Imprisoned Iranian Writers Among Countless Who’ve Been Jailed for Dissent
The Iranian government’s intolerance of dissent has resulted in systemic suppression of freedom of expression. To prevent the free flow of information and views, Iranian courts work with the intelligence-security establishment to identify civil rights activists, writers, journalists, ...
September 28, 2021
Iran’s New Government Moves to Silence Dissent by Muzzling Leading Activists
September 28, 2021 – The Iranian security establishment’s attempt to imprison four prominent human rights defenders, only a few months after the inauguration of the country’s new presidential administration, signals the beginning of a new and intensified ...
August 31, 2021
Tortured, Sentenced to Death Without Lawyer: Iran Must Halt Execution of Political Prisoner
Heidar Ghorbani Should Be Granted Case Review August 31, 2021 – Iran’s judiciary should stay an execution order against political prisoner Heydar (or Heidar) Ghorbani, who was tortured and sentenced to death without a ...
August 17, 2021
Lawyers, Activists Arrested as they Attempt to Sue State for Failed COVID Response
Six Arbitrarily Detained as State Tries to Block Attempt to Seek Justice August 17, 2021—The unlawful arrests of six prominent lawyers and civil rights activists in Tehran as they were preparing to file a lawsuit against state officials ...
August 2, 2021
Three More Iranian Human Rights Attorneys Slapped with Unjust Prison Sentences
Three more human rights attorneys in Iran were handed unjust prison sentences in July 2021 amid an ongoing campaign to eliminate due process for activists and dissidents by intimidating the lawyers who defend them, the ...
July 30, 2021
Total Control Over Internet Use in Iran Sought by Security Agencies with New Legislation
Parliament Maneuvers to Pass Bill Without Full Vote to Avoid Public Scrutiny Move Comes on Heels of State’s Internet Shutdowns During Crackdown on Protesters July 30, 2021 – In a bid to sidestep public scrutiny of a contentious new ...
July 23, 2021
Khuzestan: Fears Grow of Massive Carnage as Authorities Repeat Deadly Repression of 2019 Protests
New Amnesty Report Highlights Use of Live Ammunition, Killings in Drought-Ridden Province July 23, 2021—With security forces in Iran attacking and killing protesters in Khuzestan Province, the Iranian authorities are once again demonstrating complete disregard for the ...
July 19, 2021
Khuzestan Protests: Iranians Should be Allowed to Air Grievances Without Threat of Death
At Least Three Shot Dead Less Than a Week into Demonstrations Against Water, Power Shortages July 19, 2021—The unlawful killings of protesters by state security forces in Iran’s drought-ridden Khuzestan Province should be condemned by the UN ...
June 29, 2021
Oil Industry Strikes Gain Support Across Iran, Raising Prospect of Confrontation with State
Incoming President Raisi’s Record of Violence against Protesters Increases Concerns June 29, 2021—The continuation of strikes in Iran’s critical oil and petrochemical facilities—not seen on this scale for more than four decades—and the massive show of support ...