September 19, 2022

Iran’s Raisi to Freely Address UNGA While Crushing Rights and Freedoms at Home

Mahsa Amini’s Death in State Custody Should be Investigated as Murder World Must Condemn Violent Repression of Protests and Civil Society September 19, 2022 – President Ebrahim Raisi will use his platform at the UN General Assembly ...

December 22, 2017

Hundreds Arrested in Tehran During Yalda Winter Solstice Celebration

Anti-vice police arrested more than 230 young men and women at two private parties in Tehran during the Iranian festival of Yalda on December 21, 2017. Yalda is a winter solstice celebration observed on the longest night of the year. ...

May 8, 2017

Mehrangiz Kar: My Husband Was Tortured and Forced to Confess by Presidential Candidate Ghalibaf’s Police

Presidential candidate Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf played a key role in major human rights violations as the commander of Iran's police forces, Mehrangiz Kar, a lawyer who defended human rights ...