Iran: Amid Surging Executions, Civil Society Registers Unprecedented Plea to Abolish Death Penalty
Mass Hunger Strike Launched by Women Prisoners of Conscience Spreading Quickly January 25, 2024 – The surge in executions in Iran has triggered a ...
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December 14, 2022
Islamic Republic of Iran Expelled from UN Commission on the Status of Women
Two Major UN Votes Signal World’s Revulsion at Islamic Republic’s Violence against Protesters December 14, 2022 – The vote today by the UN Economic and Social Council to remove the Islamic Republic of Iran from the UN Commission on the ...
September 26, 2022
Iran Protests: Lawyers Call for Fact-Finding Commission, Referendum
A group of prominent Iranian lawyers has called for international action amid nationwide protests that erupted in Iran on September 16, 2022, following the ...
July 5, 2022
400+ Iranian Human Rights Leaders Urge Belgium to Drop Prisoner Swap Treaty with Iran
Treaty Encourages Hostage-Taking, Would Return Convicted Terrorist to Iran July 5, 2022 – More than 400 leading Iranian human rights activists, ...
June 17, 2021
Prominent Activist in Iran Fears Her “Life is in Danger” After Violent Confrontations
Narges Mohammadi Attacked and Threatened Twice in Past Week by State Agents Iran Should Stop Assaulting, Threatening Peaceful Activists June 17, 2021 – ...
April 5, 2019
Shirin Ebadi: Iran’s Judiciary is a “Branch of the Intelligence Ministry”
Nobel Peace Laureate Shirin Ebadi was Iran’s first female judge before being forced to resign in the aftermath ...
March 7, 2019
Iranian Lawyer and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Shirin Ebadi: “The Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran Is the Most Important Obstacle to Women’s Rights”
On the occasion of International Women’s Day, March 8, Iranian lawyer and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Shirin Ebadi ...
March 7, 2019
French President Invites Nasrin Sotoudeh to G7 Gender Equality Advisory Council
Seat for Imprisoned Lawyer Was Left Empty at the Council’s Meeting Last Month The husband of imprisoned human rights attorney ...
November 14, 2018
Iran’s Execution of Two Traders Convicted in Iran’s New Corruption Courts Is Unlawful
Vahid Mazloumin and Mohammad Esmail Ghassem Both Hanged at Dawn Despite Denials of Due Process and the Right ...
September 24, 2018
Iranian Nobel Laureate Warns Against “State Violence” After Ahvaz Terrorist Attack
Iranian Nobel Peace Laureate Shirin Ebadi has warned against state retaliation against innocent people “in the name of fighting terrorism” following ...
June 22, 2018
Open Letter: Distinguished Iranian Women Call on FIFA to Demand Iran End Its Ban on Women in Stadiums
June 22, 2018—In an open letter, prominent women of Iranian origin including Nobel Laureate Shirin Ebadi, Oscar-nominated actress Shohreh Aghdashloo and legendary singer ...
June 6, 2018
Nobel Laureate Anticipates Crackdown in Iran as Judiciary Bans Human Rights Lawyers From Security Cases
Iranian human rights lawyer Shirin Ebadi was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2003. “Note to Article 48” Limits Detainees’ Counsel Choices to 20 State-Approved Lawyers Nobel Peace ...
March 12, 2018
Shirin Ebadi: Iranian Law “Deliberately Silent” on the Hijab to Leave Room for Harsh Sentencing
Iranian human rights lawyer Shirin Ebadi was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2003. Iranian law ...
February 27, 2018
Shirin Ebadi: Commission on Deaths in Prisons Won’t Address Judiciary’s Lack of Independence
Nobel Peace Laureate Shirin Ebadi has expressed doubt that a commission created by President Hassan Rouhani would shed light on the ...
February 14, 2018
15 Prominent Iranians Call For a Referendum on the Islamic Republic
“The state has become the main obstacle to the progress and liberation of the Iranian nation” Fifteen prominent Iranians including lawyers, directors and academics, ...
February 5, 2018
Shirin Ebadi: Bill That Restricts Protests to Designated Areas in Iran Adds “More Limits” to Freedom of Speech
A proposed bill aimed at designating public spaces in Iran for protests will lead to “more limits” on the people’s right ...
January 29, 2018
300 Iranian Women’s Rights Advocates Voice Support For Protests, Demand Equality
More than 300 Iranian women’s rights’ activists have expressed support for the recent anti-government protests in Iran and demanded an end ...
January 4, 2018
Six Prominent Lawyers Call for Prosecution of Iranian Officials Who Incited Violence Against Protesters
Nobel Peace Laureate Shirin Ebadi and five other prominent Iranian human rights lawyers have called for the prosecution of state officials who have encouraged violence against protesters in the ...
December 14, 2017
Iran’s Intelligence Ministry Has Been Pressuring Families Of “Chain Murder” Victims to Be Silent for Decades
Sohrab Mokhtari is the son of writer Mohammad Mokhtari, who was murdered by agents of Iran’s Intelligence Ministry in 1998. The families of ...
July 13, 2017
Staged Visit by Foreign Ambassadors to Iran’s Evin Prison Condemned by Rights Activists
A member of the German embassy enters Evin Prison on a red carpet. Abusive Conditions and Political ...
June 22, 2017
Iranian Nobel Laureate Blasts Khamenei’s “Fire at Will” Policy Against Domestic Opponents
Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei’s recent declaration that his supporters should “fire at will” against presumed enemies of the state is an established policy of the ...
May 3, 2017
Shirin Ebadi: Iran’s 2017 Presidential Hopefuls Have Unacceptable Human Rights Records
Not one of the candidates running for Iran’s presidency has an acceptable human rights record, Iranian Nobel Peace laureate ...
January 6, 2017
Nobel Laureate’s Call for Resignation of Iran’s Judiciary Chief Puts Spotlight on Rampant Judicial Abuses
January 6, 2017—The call for the resignation of Iran’s top judicial official, Sadegh Larijani, by the prominent Iranian ...
January 5, 2017
Iran’s First Female Judge and Nobel Laureate Calls for Resignation of Judiciary Chief
Shirin Ebadi: Interrogators Make Decisions for the Judges Amid the ongoing wave of life-threatening hunger strikes by political prisoners in Iran, Iranian Nobel Peace Laureate Shirin Ebadi has called ...
December 12, 2016
Nobel Laureate Shirin Ebadi: Rouhani Directly Responsible for All Intelligence Ministry Abuses
In an interview with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, Iranian Nobel Laureate Shirin Ebadi held President Hassan Rouhani directly responsible for “every Intelligence Ministry violation” ...