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  • UN Human Rights Council Extends Iran Fact-Finding Mission, Condemns 'Deadliest Crackdown against Iranian People Since 1979 Revolution'
  • Iran: Mass Violent Arrests, Forced Confessions, Lawyers Blocked, Escalating Risk of Executions of Protesters 
  • 30+ Rights Groups Sound Alarm Over Grave Risks to Detainees in Iran Amid Blackout
  • Exclusive Interview: Physician Treating Protesters in Iran Describes Mass Casualties, Overwhelmed Hospitals
  • Grave Concern That State Massacre of Protesters is Underway in Iran Amid Internet Blackout

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    • UN Human Rights Council Extends Iran Fact-Finding Mission, Condemns ‘Deadliest Crackdown against Iranian People Since 1979 Revolution’
      UN Human Rights Council Extends Iran Fact-Finding Mission, Condemns 'Deadliest Crackdown against Iranian People Since 1979 Revolution'
      January 26, 2026
    • Iran: Mass Violent Arrests, Forced Confessions, Lawyers Blocked, Escalating Risk of Executions of Protesters 
      Iran: Mass Violent Arrests, Forced Confessions, Lawyers Blocked, Escalating Risk of Executions of Protesters 
      January 23, 2026
    • 30+ Rights Groups Sound Alarm Over Grave Risks to Detainees in Iran Amid Blackout
      30+ Rights Groups Sound Alarm Over Grave Risks to Detainees in Iran Amid Blackout
      January 15, 2026
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    UN Human Rights Council Extends Iran Fact-Finding Mission, Condemns ‘Deadliest Crackdown against Iranian People Since 1979 Revolution’

    UN Human Rights Council Extends Iran Fact-Finding Mission, Condemns ‘Deadliest Crackdown against Iranian People Since 1979 Revolution’

    January 26, 2026

    Expert: “This is the worst mass murder in the contemporary history of Iran.” January 26, 2026 — The Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) welcomes the adoption of ...

    Iran: Mass Violent Arrests, Forced Confessions, Lawyers Blocked, Escalating Risk of Executions of Protesters 

    Iran: Mass Violent Arrests, Forced Confessions, Lawyers Blocked, Escalating Risk of Executions of Protesters 

    January 23, 2026

    At least 27,000 detained, including hundreds of children, whereabouts of huge numbers unknown House-to-House Raids to Identify and Arrest Injured Protesters January 23, 2026 — Nearly one month after the outbreak of ...

    30+ Rights Groups Sound Alarm Over Grave Risks to Detainees in Iran Amid Blackout

    30+ Rights Groups Sound Alarm Over Grave Risks to Detainees in Iran Amid Blackout

    January 15, 2026

    January 14, 2025 — The Center for Human Rights in Iran has joined 34 other human rights organizations in urgently raising the alarm over the extreme risks ...

    Exclusive Interview: Physician Treating Protesters in Iran Describes Mass Casualties, Overwhelmed Hospitals

    Exclusive Interview: Physician Treating Protesters in Iran Describes Mass Casualties, Overwhelmed Hospitals

    January 12, 2026

    “The images and data broadcast by international media do not represent even one percent of the reality, because the information simply does not reach them.” January 12, 2026 — The following interview ...

    Grave Concern That State Massacre of Protesters is Underway in Iran Amid Internet Blackout

    Grave Concern That State Massacre of Protesters is Underway in Iran Amid Internet Blackout

    January 9, 2026

    Internet Shutdown Preventing Critical Info on Killings from Reaching World January 9, 2026—The Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) expresses grave and urgent concern for the protesters in ...

    Iranian Authorities Intensify Crackdown on Protests with Live Fire, Arbitrary Arrests, and Attacks on Hospitals

    Iranian Authorities Intensify Crackdown on Protests with Live Fire, Arbitrary Arrests, and Attacks on Hospitals

    January 6, 2026

    More Than 27 Civilians Killed, including Six Children, Over 2000 Arrested Authorities' Crackdown Again Amounts to Crimes Against Humanity  January 6, 2025 — Iranian authorities have sharply escalated their violent crackdown on the ...

    UN: Iran Must Stop Execution of 67-Year-Old Iranian Woman

    UN: Iran Must Stop Execution of 67-Year-Old Iranian Woman

    December 28, 2025

    "What we see here is a mockery of justice that falls far short of the most basic international standards.” At least 52 individuals currently facing death penalty ...

    Grave Concerns Over Detainees’ Safety Following Arrests at Slain Lawyer’s Memorial

    Grave Concerns Over Detainees’ Safety Following Arrests at Slain Lawyer’s Memorial

    December 17, 2025

    39 Detained, Access to Lawyers and Families Denied, Brutal Interrogations Underway December 17, 2025 — Concerns are intensifying over the safety, health, and legal rights of at least 39 individuals detained during ...

    Narges Mohammadi and other Activists Violently Arrested at Memorial Service for Slain Lawyer

    Narges Mohammadi and other Activists Violently Arrested at Memorial Service for Slain Lawyer

    December 12, 2025

    Eyewitness: “Arrests were carried out with severe violence” Streets Blocked, Crowd Prevents Arrest of Slain Lawyer’s Brother ...

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    Iran Protests: Voices from Iran (Updated)

    Our team at the Center for Human Rights in Iran is in daily contact with Iranians throughout the country. In this regularly updated post, we publish what we are hearing from Iranians from all walks of life.

    Images of Resistance: Photographers Who Documented Iran’s Woman, Life, Freedom Movement

    For the second anniversary of Iran’s Woman, Life, Freedom movement, the Center for Human Rights in Iran partnered with Middle East Images to present a powerful collection of photographs and interviews, highlighting the courage of the protesters who stood up to the Islamic Republic’s security forces and the photographers who documented their resistance. The photographs were taken by photojournalists who have faced state violence and detention for exposing the unwavering courage of Iran’s peaceful rights movement and the brutality of the Islamic Republic’s violent crackdown on protesters.

    Webinar: Day of the Endangered Lawyer Highlights Plight of Iranian Lawyers

    Co-organised by the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI), the International Observatory of Lawyers (OIAD), the Geneva Bar Association (Ordre des Avocats de Genève), the event highlighted the plight of Iranian lawyers who face persecution for carrying out their professional duties to uphold human rights and the rule of law.

    Webinar: Legal Challenges Facing Iran’s “Woman Life Freedom” Movement

    Rights and Revolt: Three Lawyers Analyze the Legal Terrain of Iran's "Women Life Freedom" Movement In anticipation of the anniversary of Iran's transformative "Women, Life, Freedom" movement, the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) hosted a webinar on September 12, 2023, featuring distinguished human rights

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