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September 15, 2026

Iran’s Sweeping New Bill Threatens to Isolate Its People From the World

Proposed bill would give intelligence agencies extraordinary powers to monitor citizens’ foreign contacts and impose prison terms ...

September 9, 2026

Ten Civil Society Groups Inside Iran Vow to Continue the Struggle for Freedom Ahead of Fourth Anniversary of Mahsa Amini’s Killing

September 9, 2026 — As Iran approaches the fourth anniversary of the Woman, Life, Freedom uprising, a diverse group of labor and civil society groups has issued a joint statement reaffirming the movement’s demands for freedom, equality, economic security, ...

September 3, 2026

UN Fact-Finding Mission Urges Iran to Withdraw Bill Criminalizing Contact With Foreign Entities

September 3, 2026 – The UN Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Iran has called on Iranian authorities to ...

August 25, 2026

The Court of History Film Broadcast to Millions in Iran, Envisioning Justice and Accountability in a Future Iran

The Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) is proud to announce the international broadcast of ...

August 12, 2026

Iran’s New Weapon: Group Prosecutions of Protesters Send Dozens Toward the Gallows

Protesters are being tried collectively, in fast-tracked prosecutions that deny defendants individual trials and due process ...

August 10, 2026

UN Experts Urge Iran to End Escalating Targeting of Ethnic Minorities

On August 6, 2026, UN experts called on Iranian authorities to immediately end the escalating use of arbitrary detention, enforced disappearance, torture ...

July 28, 2026

Iran Intensifies Nationwide Crackdown on Teachers and Union Activists

At least 60 Teachers Arrested, Prosecuted, or Imprisoned as Authorities Seek to Dismantle One of Iran's ...

July 27, 2026

UN Fact-Finding Mission Urgently Calls on Iran to Immediately Halt Executions

On July 23, 2026, the UN Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Iran urgently called on ...

July 16, 2026

Authorities Escalate Crackdown on Iranian Students Amid Post-War Repression

More Than a Hundred Students Arrested, Expelled, or Jailed in Expanding Assault on Dissent at Universities July 16, 2026 — Iranian authorities have launched a ...

July 15, 2026

Civilians Must Be Protected At All Times During War

Deliberate attacks on civilians and civilian infrastructure are prohibited under international humanitarian law and would constitute ...

June 18, 2026

Iran Intensifies Assault on Independent Lawyers Amid Expanding Post-War Crackdown

At Least 32 Lawyers Arrested, Prosecuted, or Imprisoned in Iran Since January 2026 Political Detainees, Death Row Prisoners at Grave Risk Without Independent ...

June 8, 2026

As Executions Surge in Iran, Prisoners Risk Their Lives to Protest the State’s Killings

For more than two years, prisoners have staged weekly hunger strikes against one of the world's deadliest execution sprees—despite facing execution, torture, and retaliation June 8, 2026 — As Iranian authorities carry out executions at a ...

May 28, 2026

A Collective Call from Inside Iran for Free and Equal Internet Access

Organizations and Advocates Inside Iran Reject State-Controlled Internet Access Harm to Children, Education, and Underprivileged Areas Especially Severe A broad coalition of civil society organizations in Iran has published a statement urgently calling for a free and open internet ...

May 19, 2026

Iran’s Baha’i Community Under Intensified State Attack Amid Escalating Domestic Repression

State Campaign of Arrests, Raids, Torture, and Enforced Disappearances in Cities Across Iran Judge: “You Must Pay ...

April 30, 2026

Iran’s Execution Machine: Political Hangings Surge as Dozens Face Imminent Death

At Least 22 Executed in Six Weeks as Secret Trials, Torture, and Forced Confessions Drive a ...

April 29, 2026

UN Rights Chief Urges Halt to Executions, Warns of Escalating Repression Iran

On April 29, 2026, UN Human ...

April 14, 2026

30 Legal Groups Call for Immediate Release of Detained Iranian Human Rights Lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh and Her Husband Reza Khandan

A coalition of 30 international legal organizations has issued a joint letter calling for the immediate and unconditional release of prominent Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh, warning that her detention is part of a sustained campaign to ...

April 6, 2026

Attacks on Essential Infrastructure Will Have Catastrophic Consequences for Millions of Civilians Across the Region

April 6, 2026 — In the context of the ongoing threats and attacks against civilians and ...

March 31, 2026

At least 1,500 Arrested in Iran as State Intensifies Domestic Crackdown

Grave Fears of Manufactured Charges, Sham Trials, Death Sentences Cover of War Used to Silence Dissent and ...

March 25, 2026

Opinion: Iran is already ramping up its next war. Guess who the ‘enemy’ is.

The Islamic Republic is determined to extinguish any internal challenge to its rule. This article was ...

March 19, 2026

Three Protesters Publicly Hanged in Iran; Dozens More At Imminent Risk of Execution

Governments Worldwide Must Take Urgent Action to Stop Executions in Iran March 19, 2026 — On the ...

March 11, 2026

UN Fact-Finding Mission Warns Iran’s Human Rights Crisis Could Worsen Amid Regional Conflict

March 11, 2026 — The UN Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Iran warned in a statement that Iran’s deepening human rights crisis could further deteriorate as military escalation following U.S.–Israeli strikes and Iran’s retaliatory attacks unfolds across the region. In ...

March 5, 2026