Over 1,300 Activists Demand End to Iran’s Brutal Anti-Afghan Crackdown
“Deporting ‘illegal migrants’ is a euphemism for inhumane treatment of all migrants” Over 1.5 Million Afghans Forcibly Deported from Iran So Far in 2025 In ...
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UN Rights Chief Calls for Death Penalty Moratorium in Iran as Executions Skyrocket
At Least 48 People on Death Row, 12 at Imminent Risk of Execution “Proceedings consistently failed to meet due process and fair trial guarantees.” July 28, 2025 — In a statement today, ...
‘They Said My Body Would Be Dumped in a Lake’: Kurdish Political Prisoner Details Brutal Torture in Detention
“We haven’t registered your name anywhere as a prisoner. So when you die under interrogation, it’ll be easy to dump your body” July 22, 2025 ...
Iran Launches Sweeping Crackdown: Hundreds Detained, Executions Underway
U.S. Must Confront Iran Over Human Rights Abuses in Upcoming Talks June 26, 2025—Hundreds of ordinary citizens, members of religious and ethnic minorities, activists, and others are ...
Lives of Prisoners in Iran in Immediate Danger
Global Leaders Must Demand Emergency Protections and Immediate Release of Political Prisoners Hundreds Being Arrested, Minorities Targeted, Judiciary Pledges to Fast-Track Cases June 23, 2025 — In the ...
Iran’s Truck Drivers’ Strike Sweeps 163 Cities, Dozens Arrested
Families Pressured to Remain Silent to Obtain Release of Loved Ones Largest Labor Protests in Years Gain Momentum as Strike Enters Third Week June 4, 2025 — A ...
‘We Are Alive, But in Captivity’: Letter from Imprisoned Kurdish Labor Activist
May 5, 2025 — In a letter obtained by the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI), Issa Ebrahimzadeh, a Kurdish farmer and labor rights ...
Landmark Resolution: UN Human Rights Council Expands Fact-Finding Mission on Iran
All of Iran’s Ongoing Human Rights Crimes To Be Investigated 24 States Vote to Expand Accountability for Iran’s Atrocities April 3, 2025 – In a significant step toward ...
UN Says Iran’s Crimes Against Humanity Demand Expanded Investigation
Fact-Finding Mission Cites Widescale Murder, Imprisonment, Torture and Rape UN: Systematic Abuses Continue, Accountability Outside Iran Should be Pursued March 14, 2025 – In a new report based on a two-year investigation, the UN Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Iran (FFMI) states that two and a half years after ...
Death Sentence for Woman Labor Activist In Iran Re-Issued
Sharifeh Mohammadi’s Second Death Sentence Imposed on Her Son’s 13th Birthday Three Women Political Prisoners Face Execution on Sham Charges February 19, 2025 — Iranian authorities have once again sentenced female labor activist...
Iran’s Campaign of Terror Against Minorities Surges Across Country
State Commits Mass Violent Crimes as It Moves to Suppress Dissent Huge Surge in Mass Arrests, Violence, and Enforced Disappearances of Kurd, Baluch, Arab, and Azeri Turk Citizens January 29, 2025 —The Iranian government ...
UN: Iran Must Immediately Revoke Death Sentence Against Kurdish Woman Activist
Pakhshan Azizi’s Death Sentence is a “serious violation of international human rights law” January 17, 2025 —Top UN human rights experts have expressed “grave concern” over the Iranian Supreme Court's ...
Imminent Risk of Execution of Kurdish Woman Activist After Grossly Unfair Trial
If Carried Out, Pakhshan Azizi Will Be First Woman Political Prisoner Hanged in Iran in 14 Years Death Sentence Upheld Despite Torture, Evidence of Innocence of Charges January 9, 2025 — The first ...
Five Years Later, Still No Justice for Iran’s Massacre of November 2019 Protesters
Families Seeking Accountability for Killed Loved Ones Face Imprisonment Credible Estimates Say State Security Forces Killed More than 1000 Protesters November 13, 2024 – As the fifth anniversary of the Islamic Republic’s bloody ...
Death Sentence Against Woman Kurdish Activist Continues Iran’s Campaign of Terror to Silence Dissent
Varisheh Moradi Tortured, Sentenced to Death Without Due Process or Fair Trial Women, Protesters, Children—No One Spared, Minorities Targeted November 12, 2024 – The death sentence just handed down for Kurdish activist Varisheh Moradi, ...
A Quiet Revolution Continues in Iran Two Years After the Woman Life Freedom Uprising
Interviews with Iranian Women Show Civil Disobedience Takes Root as Hijab is Discarded Rejection of the Symbol of Islamic Republic Repression Becomes Normalized September 11, 2024 – Two years ago, 22-year-old ...
Joint Statement: 26 Human Rights Organizations Urge Iran to Revoke Death Sentence for Kurdish Woman Activist
Pakhshan Azizi Sentenced to Death After Manufactured Charges, Torture, and Sham Trial September 9, 2024 – The Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI), along with 25 fellow human rights organizations, issued a ...
Iran’s Security Forces Kill Growing Numbers of Kurdish and Baluchi Border Couriers
30 Kurdish and 34 Baluchi Couriers Killed by Guards So Far in 2024, Including 1 Child “When border agents see a fuel courier…they just start shooting” September 4, 2023 – An alarming number of border couriers, primarily from Iran’s ...
UN Uncovers “Crimes Against Humanity” Against Minorities During “Woman, Life, Freedom” Movement
August 7, 2024 – The UN’s Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Iran has released a report detailing the disproportionate impact of lethal state crackdowns on ...
Mass Executions Underway as Islamic Republic Escalates Its Killing Spree
33 Executed in Last 24 hours, All Were Marked by Severe Violations of International Law Global Community Must Forcefully Warn Iran to Stop These Unlawful Hangings August 7, 2024—The Islamic Republic, already ...
Women Activists Increasingly Sentenced to Death as Political Executions in Iran Surge
Four Women Slammed with Bogus Political Charges That Carry the Death Penalty Women Subjected to Torture, Mock Executions, Forced Confessions, Denial of Counsel July 30, 2024 – Multiple women political prisoners are at risk ...
Tortured, Now Facing Execution after Sham Trial: Urgent Appeal for Kurdish Political Prisoner in Iran
“They Hung Me from the Ceiling with Handcuffs” Escalating Political Executions in Iran Demand Strong International Response May 7, 2024 – In a brief, heart-wrenching visit, the family of Khosrow Besharat, who is incarcerated ...
Tortured and in Deteriorating Health, Woman Activist in Iran Should be Immediately Released
Sakineh Parvaneh Denied Access to Counsel, Imprisoned after Sham Trial Lawyer Who Tried to Defend Her Arrested and Also Tortured April 16, 2024 – Grave concerns are mounting for a young woman imprisoned in Iran, who has been denied counsel since the onset of her initial imprisonment, repeatedly subjected to ...
“No One Hears Their Voices” Suicides and Self-Immolations in Iran’s Orumiyeh Prison
UN Urged to Address Crisis at Orumiyeh Prison Cruel and Inhumane Conditions Violate Iranian and International Law March 6, 2024 – The Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) raises urgent alarms over the ...
Street Protester Facing Imminent Execution in Iran Should be Released
Abbas Deris Sentenced to Death after Torture, Lack of Evidence, and Gross Due Process Violations Lawyer Being Prosecuted for Defending Him February 22, 2024 – The Center for Human Rights ...