Grave Concerns as Young, Tortured Men Face Unsubstantiated Death Penalty Case in Iran
IRGC’s Refusal to Hand Over Alleged Video “Evidence” Raises Concerns of Frame-Up January 11, 2024 – There are serious concerns for a group of ...
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July 24, 2023
Jailed Rapper Tortured, Forced into Psychiatric Center After Demanding Justice
Saman Yasin: Latest Victim of Iran’s Use of Forced Psychiatric Care to Punish Political Prisoners July 24, 2023 – The forced psychiatric hospitalization of jailed ...
November 2, 2022
World Must Warn Iran Against Death Sentences for Protesters in Upcoming Mass Trials
Charges Carrying Possible Death Sentence Already Being Issued November 2, 2022 – With mass public trials for protesters recently announced in Iran, and ...
March 25, 2021
Interrogations in Iran’s Judicial Systems: Law vs. Reality
Iran’s judicial system allows detainees and prisoners to be subjected to harsh and inhuman interrogations without access to counsel and with impunity ...
December 17, 2020
New Directive Allows Iranian Judiciary to Control Lawyers Through Disciplinary Body
Paves Way for Arbitrary Discipline; Likely to Be Used against Human Rights Lawyers Further Blow to Iranian Legal Profession’s Independence In a new assault on ...
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 Hosseinzadeh ...
June 23, 2020
List of Attorneys Imprisoned in Iran for Defending Human Rights (Updated)
At least five defense lawyers are currently imprisoned in Iran for supporting human rights ...
December 24, 2019
Australian, French Academics Call for Christmas Eve Hunger Strike
December 24, 2019 -- Two female academics held in Tehran’s Evin Prison called for international solidarity as they announced that they would be denying food and water ...
December 20, 2019
UN Experts Alarmed at Alleged Mistreatment of Detained Protesters
UN Press Release, GENEVA (20 December 2019) – UN human rights experts* today called on the Iranian authorities to release all ...
May 22, 2019
Seven to Face Trial in Connection with Labor Protests
Many Denied Access to Counsel, Families Warned to Stay Quiet After months of unlawful prosecution in connection with workers’ rights protests in southwestern Iran, five journalists and two labor activists are due to go on trial ...
August 23, 2018
Too Little, Too Late: Iran Should Permanently Release Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe
August 23, 2018 - The Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) urges the Iranian Judiciary to turn the three-day furlough it has granted to Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe into permanent and unconditional release. "Three days of ...
March 19, 2018
Sentenced to Prison For His Political Views, Sadegh Zibakalam Decries Censorship in Iran
Sadegh ...
March 14, 2018
Iranian Lawyers: Judiciary’s Mandatory List of Approved Counsel Sets “Dangerous Precedent”
Three human rights lawyers in Iran have strongly criticized the judiciary’s decision to force defendants held on politically motivated charges to pick their lawyer from an approved list ...
March 1, 2018
Life of Iranian-American in Evin Prison is in Danger, Says Family
Karan Vafadari (left) with his son, Cyrus. Wife and Son of Karan Vafadari Fear For His Life After Suspicious Deaths in Prison March 1, 2018—The son of Iranian-American Karan Vafadari, ...
December 20, 2017
UN Rights Experts Call on Iran to Annul Death Sentence Against Academic and Free Him
GENEVA (20 December 2017) – United Nations human rights experts* have appealed to Iran to annul the death sentence against an Iranian academic, saying ...
October 23, 2017
Iranian-Born Swedish Resident Sentenced to Death Based on Forced Confession
Ahmadreza Djalali, an Iranian-born Swedish resident who has been imprisoned in Iran since April 2016, ...
October 9, 2017
Imprisoned Iranian-British Citizen Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe Threatened With 16 More Years Behind Bars
Revolutionary Guards Bring New Charges Against Young Mother Who Was Eligible for Release in November 2017 October 9, 2017—Iranian-British dual national Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, imprisoned in Iran since April 2016 on trumped up and unspecified national security charges, is now ...
October 9, 2017
Imprisoned Teachers’ Rights Advocate Esmail Abdi Denied Sentence Review
Esmail Abdi is serving a six-year prison sentence for peacefully advocating for teachers' rights in Iran. Iran’s judiciary has denied a ...
April 25, 2017
Dual National’s Husband Urges UK to Secure Her Release From Iran
Supreme Court Upholds Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s Five-Year Prison Sentence The husband of Nazanin-Zaghari Ratcliffe, an Iranian-British citizen imprisoned in Iran since April ...