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  • The Court of History Film Broadcast to Millions in Iran, Envisioning Justice and Accountability in a Future Iran
  • Iran’s New Weapon: Group Prosecutions of Protesters Send Dozens Toward the Gallows
  • UN Experts Urge Iran to End Escalating Targeting of Ethnic Minorities
  • Iran Intensifies Nationwide Crackdown on Teachers and Union Activists
  • UN Fact-Finding Mission Urgently Calls on Iran to Immediately Halt Executions

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    • The Court of History Film Broadcast to Millions in Iran, Envisioning Justice and Accountability in a Future Iran
      The Court of History Film Broadcast to Millions in Iran, Envisioning Justice and Accountability in a Future Iran
      August 25, 2026
    • Iran’s New Weapon: Group Prosecutions of Protesters Send Dozens Toward the Gallows
      Iran’s New Weapon: Group Prosecutions of Protesters Send Dozens Toward the Gallows
      August 12, 2026
    • UN Experts Urge Iran to End Escalating Targeting of Ethnic Minorities
      UN Experts Urge Iran to End Escalating Targeting of Ethnic Minorities
      August 10, 2026
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    The Court of History Film Broadcast to Millions in Iran, Envisioning Justice and Accountability in a Future Iran

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

    August 25, 2026

    The Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) is proud to announce the international broadcast of The Court of History, a gripping new docudrama that examines how ...

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

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

    August 12, 2026

    Protesters are being tried collectively, in fast-tracked prosecutions that deny defendants individual trials and due process and end in death sentences and executions August 12, 2026 — In an extraordinary escalation of ...

    UN Experts Urge Iran to End Escalating Targeting of Ethnic Minorities

    UN Experts Urge Iran to End Escalating Targeting of Ethnic Minorities

    August 10, 2026

    On August 6, 2026, UN experts called on Iranian authorities to immediately end the escalating use of arbitrary detention, enforced disappearance, torture and other ill-treatment, and executions against ethnic minorities, particularly Kurds and Baluchis. The experts warned that ...

    Iran Intensifies Nationwide Crackdown on Teachers and Union Activists

    Iran Intensifies Nationwide Crackdown on Teachers and Union Activists

    July 28, 2026

    At least 60 Teachers Arrested, Prosecuted, or Imprisoned as Authorities Seek to Dismantle One of Iran's Most Influential Civic Groups  July 28, 2026 — Since crushing the nationwide January 2026 protests through ...

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

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

    July 27, 2026

    On July 23, 2026, the UN Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Iran urgently called on Iranian authorities to immediately halt all executions, including those in connection with the protests, and ...

    Authorities Escalate Crackdown on Iranian Students Amid Post-War Repression

    Authorities Escalate Crackdown on Iranian Students Amid Post-War Repression

    July 16, 2026

    More Than a Hundred Students Arrested, Expelled, or Jailed in Expanding Assault on Dissent at Universities July 16, 2026 — Iranian authorities have launched a sweeping crackdown on university campuses, subjecting students to arbitrary arrests, imprisonment, expulsions, suspensions, and politically ...

    Civilians Must Be Protected At All Times During War

    Civilians Must Be Protected At All Times During War

    July 15, 2026

    Deliberate attacks on civilians and civilian infrastructure are prohibited under international humanitarian law and would constitute war crimes The Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) strongly condemns threats to target ...

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

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

    June 18, 2026

    At Least 32 Lawyers Arrested, Prosecuted, or Imprisoned in Iran Since January 2026 Political Detainees, Death Row Prisoners at Grave Risk Without Independent Lawyers June 18, 2026 — As domestic repression intensifies across Iran, authorities have increasingly turned their ...

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

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

    June 8, 2026

    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 pace unmatched in decades, death row prisoners and political detainees across the ...

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    Women’s Uprising in Iran

    On November 17, 2022, Hadi Ghaemi, executive director of the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI), spoke at a panel discussion hosted by the Marie Colvin Center for International Reporting at Stonybrook University's School of Communication and Journalism on the people's uprising in Iran following the believed killing in state

    List of Attorneys Imprisoned in Iran for Defending Human Rights (Updated)

    At least five defense lawyers are currently imprisoned in Iran for supporting human rights

    Who Are the Dual and Foreign Nationals Imprisoned in Iran? (Updated)

    At least 21 (15 dual nationals, five foreign nationals and one foreign permanent resident) were known to be held in Iran (imprisoned, under house arrest, or prohibited from leaving the country) as of July 2022

    Center for Human Rights in Iran – Factsheets

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    These Fact Sheets highlight key information on a range of important human rights issues in a concise, accessible format for researchers, journalists and policymakers

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