In a statement published on November 9, 2026, 13 UN experts have condemned the Iranian authorities' escalating crackdown on independent lawyers, warning that the arrest, prosecution, and intimidation of independent attorneys defending protesters and political defendants ...
At Least Five Killed, Bodies Still Not Returned to Families After Seven Months, 12 Face Potential Capital Charges “They have beaten me so badly it seems they intend to kill me” November 9, ...
“Be my voice. All I want is justice and a chance to defend myself.” October 19, 2026 — A 23-year-old Iranian woman has been sentenced to death for “blasphemy” over her social ...
Arrests, Incommunicado Detention, and Imprisonments Mounting October 6, 2026 — Iranian authorities are intensifying their crackdown on artists, writers, poets, musicians, and other cultural figures, pulling peaceful voices into the same coercive ...
October 1, 2026 — In a significant joint intervention at the UN Human Rights Council, 46 States condemned Iranian authorities' continued and escalating use of the death penalty, expressing particular ...
Murder, Torture, Other Inhumane Acts Committed as Part of a ‘Widespread and Systematic Attack Directed Against a Civilian Population’ September 24, 2026 — The September 2026 report of the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission ...
September 16, 2026 — Four years after the death in police custody of 22-year-old Jina Mahsa Amini, which ignited Iran’s historic Woman, Life, Freedom uprising, those responsible for her death and ...
Proposed bill would give intelligence agencies extraordinary powers to monitor citizens’ foreign contacts and impose prison terms of up to 30 years Iranian Artist: "We will be facing a situation resembling North ...
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, and an end to repression and executions. The statement is notable for ...
