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July 19, 2021

Rights Groups: Iranian Dissidents Remain at Risk Worldwide Without International Action

July 19, 2021—In a joint statement released today, 10 human rights groups, including the Center for Human Rights in Iran, urged the international community to hold Iranian authorities accountable for their ongoing campaigns of persecution against Iranian ...

April 27, 2021

“Show Trials” of Dual Nationals Will Continue Until P5+1 Creates United Front Against Hostage-Taking

April 27, 2021 – World powers negotiating with Iran over its nuclear program should present a joint stance against Iran’s cruel and unlawful practice of jailing dual nationals to use as bargaining chips, the Center for ...

April 20, 2021

US, EU Should Seek Release of Dual-National Hostages in Tandem with Nuclear Talks

April 20, 2021—The situation of dual-nationals and foreign persons taken hostage and imprisoned by the Iranian government has not only remained unchanged, but in certain cases it has deteriorated, despite the new US administration’s approach to ...

February 23, 2021

84-Year-Old U.S. Detainee Baquer Namazi Suffering “Severe Health Conditions” in Iran

In a statement published on February 22, 2021, a relative of two U.S. citizens detained in Iran on trumped-up charges--Baquer Namazi and his son, Siamak Namazi--called on President Joe Biden to secure their release. The statement, ...

September 18, 2020

Leading Academics and Policy Experts Call on Iran to Release Imprisoned Dual Nationals

The use of prisoners as bargaining chips in order to coerce other governments to provide concessions is a cruel policy” A group of prominent academics, policy experts, former government officials, parliamentarians and diplomats released a statement on ...

May 7, 2020

Australian Academic Who Attempted Suicide Should be Freed from Unlawful Confinement in Iran

Scholar Kylie Moore-Gilbert Kept in Bathroom-Like Temporary Holding Cell Since 2018 May 7, 2020 – A British-Australian academic held in isolation in Iran since September 2018, Kylie Moore-Gilbert, has repeatedly attempted suicide and could be in extreme ...

April 23, 2020

COVID-19 Poses Extreme Danger to Arbitrarily Jailed Conservationists, Dual Nationals

Infected Wildlife Conservationist Sam Rajabi Refused Hospitalization, Cellmates Untested American Citizen Siamak Namazi Held in Same “Cell and Bunk Bed Row” as Rajabi Prisoners Held on Politically Motivated Charges Excluded from Reported Prisoner Releases April 23, 2020 ...

April 8, 2020

Persian Translation: WHO Guidance on Protecting Prison Populations from COVID-19

April 8, 2020 – The Center for Human Rights in Iran today published its unofficial Persian translation of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) interim guidance on how to prevent and control the spread of COVID-19 ...

March 26, 2020

Commentary: Trump’s Refusal to Relax Iran Sanctions in the Era of COVID-19 Threatens Everyone

*This commentary was originally published on NBC News THINK. Iranian officials were dismissive of the threat, and now their belated efforts are running up against the wall of sanctions. But as usual, the most vulnerable will ...

March 17, 2020

Nasrin Sotoudeh: “If We’re Going to Die, Let Us Be by Our Families’ Sides”

Jailed Attorney, Fellow Political Prisoners Hunger Strike for Freedom Amid COVID-19 Outbreak March 17, 2020 -- At least three political activists in Tehran’s Evin Prison have joined prominent imprisoned human rights attorney Nasrin Sotoudeh’s hunger strike demanding ...

February 8, 2020

“Stop Trying to Destroy Me and My Family” Writes Iranian American Businessman from Tehran’s Evin Prison

In a letter from Evin Prison in Tehran where he has been held since October 2015, Iranian American businessman Siamak Namazi asked Judiciary Chief Ebrahim Raisi why his requests for furlough have been repeatedly denied while those around him continue to be allowed to go ...

May 14, 2019

British Council Employee Aras Amiri Jailed for Refusing to Spy, Says Cousin

Amiri Was Forced to Choose Lawyer from Court-Issued List The UK-based British Council employee Aras Amiri was jailed in Iran for refusing to spy for the country’s Intelligence Ministry, her cousin, Mohsen Omrani, told the Center for Human ...

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