Three Years After Bloody Friday, Iran Shields Commanders Behind the Massacre of Over 100 Protesters

"We Killed Them; Take Your Blood Money" Low-Level Officers Receive Light Sentences, Senior Officials Walk Free; Families of ...

September 25, 2025

45 Women Political Prisoners in Iran Blame Authorities for Death of Somayeh Rashidi After Deliberate Denial of Medical Care

Woman Political Prisoner in Iran Is Dead After Deliberate Denial of Medical Care Many Others At ...

September 24, 2025

Wave of Unlawful Arrests Targets Iran’s Minority Children

Children Held Incommunicado, Without Any Access to Families or Lawyers “The number of children who have been arrested is ...

September 22, 2025

Lives at Risk: An Urgent Call from Inside Evin Prison

A letter from imprisoned Iranian lawyers urging immediate medical care for their colleague, Taher ...

September 17, 2025

Iran Intensifies Crackdown on Teachers: Dozens Arrested, Fired, or Sentenced for Peaceful Union Activity

At Least 45 Teachers Unlawfully Targeted During Summer School Break “The judicial proceedings and security pressures ...

September 3, 2025

‘They see us as targets’: Iran’s Brutal Repression of Journalistic Freedom

‘Don’t step outside your house. You are going to be arrested again.’ September 3, ...

September 2, 2025

UN Human Rights Chief Demands Iran Cease All Executions

UN Says Iran Uses the Death Penalty “as a Tool of State Intimidation” Condemns “Disproportionate targeting of ethnic minorities and ...

August 26, 2025

Iran’s Destruction of Graves from 1980s State Massacres Must Be Condemned

Paving Over Mass Graves Destroys Evidence of Crimes against Humanity August 26, 2025—The Iranian authorities’ destruction of ...

August 21, 2025

Scores of Political Prisoners Will Be Executed in Iran Without an International Outcry

Numerous Prisoners at Imminent Risk as International Attention is Focused Elsewhere Governments Must Demand a Halt to ...

August 12, 2025

Crushing Dissent Outside the Spotlight in Iran’s Provincial Cities

Arrests, Imprisonments, Death Sentences Surge in Small Towns Where Minorities Predominate State Agents, Judges, Prison Authorities Rain Down Abuse Without Fear ...

August 11, 2025

‘Bloody Saturday’ in Ghezel Hesar: Testimony from Political Prisoners Expose Brutal Assault and Executions by Iranian Authorities

Firsthand letter reveals coordinated attack, beatings, and execution of two political prisoners: ‘We’ll kill every last one of you sons of whores!’ August ...

August 5, 2025

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 ...

August 1, 2025

14 Countries Condemn Iran’s Plots to ‘Kill, Kidnap and Harass’ Citizens Abroad

Journalists, Dissidents, Jewish Citizens, and Officials Targeted by Intelligence Agencies August 1, 2025 — ...

July 29, 2025

Iran: Proposed Cyber Bill Gives Authorities Sweeping New Powers to Block and Punish Online Content

If Approved, Law Could Criminalize Any Content the Authorities Consider “False” July 29, 2025—A sweeping new bill ...

July 28, 2025

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 ...

July 22, 2025

‘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 ...

July 16, 2025

Iran: Political Death Sentences Surge in Brutal Crackdown on Minorities

Torture, Forced Confessions and Sham Trials Drive Deadly State Campaign Against Kurds and Arabs July 16, 2025 — The Iranian government is rapidly increasing its use of ...

July 9, 2025