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August 5, 2022

UN Should Condemn Renewed Crackdown on Persecuted Baha’i Faith in Iran

August 5, 2022 – Increasing arbitrary arrests of members of the persecuted Baha’i faith in Iran, and an intensifying government-sponsored campaign of destruction and confiscation of their properties should be… ...

August 5, 2022

Gharchak Prison in Iran: A Cauldron of Abuse and Violations

Longstanding, Severe Violations of International Standards for Prisoners International Community Should Demand Closure of Facility For more than a decade, the inmates incarcerated at Iran’s Gharchak Prison for women have… ...

July 14, 2022

Nouri Conviction by Swedish Court a Triumph for Iran’s “Seeking-Justice” Movement

Conviction Opens Door for More Trials Against Officials Accused of Atrocities July 14, 2022 — After 92 sessions of a trial that lasted almost a year, a court in Stockholm,… ...

July 5, 2022

400+ Iranian Human Rights Leaders Urge Belgium to Drop Prisoner Swap Treaty with Iran

Treaty Encourages Hostage-Taking, Would Return Convicted Terrorist to Iran July 5, 2022 – More than 400 leading Iranian human rights activists, dissidents and family members of victims of Iranian state… ...

June 22, 2022

In Cahoots with the State, Iranian Court Sentences Lawyers, Activists Trying to Sue Officials to Prison

Supreme Leader’s COVID Vaccine Ban Resulted in Thousands of Unnecessary Deaths June 22, 2022 – For trying to sue Iranian leaders for their grossly negligent response to the COVID-19 pandemic,… ...

June 21, 2022

UN Secretary General Condemns Increasing Executions, Worsening Repression in Raisi’s Iran

In his latest report presented to the UN Human Rights Council, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres expressed deep concern over the rising number of executions in the Islamic of Iran, as… ...

June 9, 2022

Rights Groups Call on Meta to Fix Persian Content Moderation for Instagram

…the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) called on Meta to urgently revise its flawed content-moderation process for Persian-language content on the Instagram social media app. The current process… ...

May 26, 2022

As Millions Face Poverty, Iran’s Government Dissolves Largest NGO for the Poor

May 26, 2022 – While millions of Iranians are struggling to make ends meet, the Iranian government has shut down the country’s oldest and largest independent non-governmental organization (NGO) focused… ...

May 12, 2022

Activists Urge UN Rep to Meet Them During Trip to Iran

Government’s Refusal to Allow UN Human Rights Experts into Country Condemned May 12, 2022 — A group of prominent civil rights activists in Iran has called on UN representative Alena… ...

May 4, 2022

Iran’s Execution Threat Against Swedish Scientist Aimed at Thwarting War Crimes Trial

May 4, 2022 – The Iranian government’s threat to execute Swedish scientist Ahmadreza Djalali later this month is aimed at thwarting the trial in Sweden against Iranian official Hamid Nouri,… ...

April 27, 2022

Interview: Atena Daemi was Jailed in Iran for Advocating Women’s Rights. Now She’s Free and Refusing to be Silent

When Atena Daemi was growing up in Iran and attending school in a religious-conservative neighborhood in south Tehran, she noticed the many ways in which women were treated differently than… ...

April 12, 2022

2022

The Center for Human Rights in Iran received over 1,100 English-language online news media citations in 2021. Following is an incomplete listing of citations for 2022. *For media inquiries, please… ...

April 7, 2022

Joint Statement: Iran Should Stop Persecuting Families Seeking Justice for State Atrocities

The 15 undersigned organizations, including the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI), today issued a joint statement calling on the international community to urge the Iranian authorities to immediately… ...

March 31, 2022

Relatives of Victims of State Violence are Being Persecuted in Iran

The government of President Ebrahim Raisi should end the state’s campaign of harassment and intimidation against the families of victims of state violence, including those who died during street protests… ...

March 10, 2022

Unprecedented Lawsuit Filed Against Supreme Leader, Top Iranian Officials

Complaint Alleges Gross Negligence in Government’s Response to COVID-19 Pandemic Lawyers Who Filed the Complaint are Facing Prison Time Two lawyers in Iran, Arash Keykhosravi and Mohammad Reza Faghihi, filed… ...

March 10, 2022

Plea to UN to Demand Freedom for Gravely Ill Sepideh Qoliyan

Fears Mount for Young Activist Who is Being Denied Crucial Medical Treatment March 10, 2022 – Two months after two political prisoners died in Iranian state custody, the Center for… ...

March 3, 2022

Joint Statement: Free Imprisoned Human Rights Lawyer Mohammad Najafi in Iran

Lawyer Unlawfully Imprisoned for His Defense of Basic Civil and Political Liberties March 3, 2022 – The lawyer Mohammad Najafi, who has been unlawfully and unjustly imprisoned in Iran since… ...

March 1, 2022

UN Human Rights Experts: New Internet Bill Brings Iran Closer to “Digital Wall”

UN human rights experts have urged the Iranian government to abandon a proposed bill that would drastically increase the authorities’ ability to censor and surveil activity on the internet. “This… ...

February 24, 2022

Bill Increasing Surveillance and Censorship of Internet Moves Forward in Iran

Authorities’ Efforts to Crush Dissent Will Also Crush Livelihoods February 24, 2022 – A proposed bill that would drastically increase the Iranian authorities’ ability to censor and surveil activity on… ...

February 15, 2022

Crackdown on Labor Activists in Iran

Amid an intensifying campaign of political repression in Iran, state authorities have been summoning, detaining, and imprisoning peaceful labor rights activists and a journalist in various cities throughout the country…. ...

February 10, 2022

Decapitated Child Bride Highlights Iran’s Lack of Protections for Girls and Women

Honor Killings Will Continue as Long as Iran’s Laws Protects Killers Widespread Practice of Child Marriage Means More Young Girls Will Be Murdered February 10, 2022 – Mona “Ghazal” Heydari… ...

February 8, 2022

Another Foreign Citizen Nabbed by Iran Now Faces Possible Execution

Political Dissident Jamshid Sharmahd Is Unable to Defend Himself in Iranian Judicial System World Must Speak Out against Iran’s Abductions and Attacks on Dissidents Abroad February 8, 2022 – An… ...

February 3, 2022

Leaked Iranian State Document: Expect Protests to Get Bigger and More Frequent

High-Level Intelligence Official: “Social Discontent Has Increased About 300 Percent” A top-secret Iranian state document leaked to RFE/RL’s Radio Farda has revealed senior intelligence and military officials’ internal assessment of… ...

February 3, 2022

Interview: Suppressing Teachers’ Protests Would be a “Great Risk” for Iran’s Government

Sattar Rahmani, a former teacher and political prisoner in Iran, is an expert on the country’s burgeoning teachers’ rights movement. A grassroots teachers’ rights movement is gaining steam in Iran,… ...

January 31, 2022

Five-Minute Trial Resulted in Narges Mohammadi’s Eight-Year Prison Sentence

EU Calls for Rights Defender’s Release In a letter from Iran’s notoriously harsh Gharchak Prison, translated into English below by the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI), renowned rights… ...

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Latest News

  • Human Rights Can and Should be Front and Center in U.S. Foreign Policy on Iran
    Human Rights Can and Should be Front and Center in U.S. Foreign Policy on Iran
    August 9, 2022
  • Prioritizing Human Rights in Iran: A New U.S. Foreign Policy Approach
    Prioritizing Human Rights in Iran: A New U.S. Foreign Policy Approach
    August 9, 2022
  • UN Should Condemn Renewed Crackdown on Persecuted Baha’i Faith in Iran
    UN Should Condemn Renewed Crackdown on Persecuted Baha’i Faith in Iran
    August 5, 2022
  • Gharchak Prison in Iran: A Cauldron of Abuse and Violations
    Gharchak Prison in Iran: A Cauldron of Abuse and Violations
    August 5, 2022
  • UN Expert Welcomes Historic Verdict in Universal Jurisdiction Case on Iran
    UN Expert Welcomes Historic Verdict in Universal Jurisdiction Case on Iran
    July 15, 2022
  • Nouri Conviction by Swedish Court a Triumph for Iran’s “Seeking-Justice” Movement
    Nouri Conviction by Swedish Court a Triumph for Iran’s “Seeking-Justice” Movement
    July 14, 2022
  • Heightened Reign of Terror in Iran Under New Intelligence Chief
    Heightened Reign of Terror in Iran Under New Intelligence Chief
    July 11, 2022
  • 400+ Iranian Human Rights Leaders Urge Belgium to Drop Prisoner Swap Treaty with Iran
    400+ Iranian Human Rights Leaders Urge Belgium to Drop Prisoner Swap Treaty with Iran
    July 5, 2022
  • EU Should Loudly Condemn Iran’s Baseless Jailing of French Tourist Benjamin Brière
    EU Should Loudly Condemn Iran’s Baseless Jailing of French Tourist Benjamin Brière
    June 28, 2022
  • Borrell, EU Must Speak Out Against Growing Human Rights Crisis in Iran
    Borrell, EU Must Speak Out Against Growing Human Rights Crisis in Iran
    June 27, 2022
  • Mother of Detained Labor Rights Activist Calls for Daughter’s Freedom: “I Ask You All to Be Our Voice”
    Mother of Detained Labor Rights Activist Calls for Daughter's Freedom: "I Ask You All to Be Our Voice"
    June 27, 2022
  • As Eight Prisoners Face Finger Amputations, UN Calls on Government in Iran to Cease the Torture Once and For All
    As Eight Prisoners Face Finger Amputations, UN Calls on Government in Iran to Cease the Torture Once and For All
    June 22, 2022
  • In Cahoots with the State, Iranian Court Sentences Lawyers, Activists Trying to Sue Officials to Prison
    In Cahoots with the State, Iranian Court Sentences Lawyers, Activists Trying to Sue Officials to Prison
    June 22, 2022
  • UN Secretary General Condemns Increasing Executions, Worsening Repression in Raisi’s Iran
    UN Secretary General Condemns Increasing Executions, Worsening Repression in Raisi's Iran
    June 21, 2022
  • International Community Should Call on Iran to End Punitive Amputations
    International Community Should Call on Iran to End Punitive Amputations
    June 15, 2022
  • UN Experts Alarmed by Civil Society Crackdown in Iran
    UN Experts Alarmed by Civil Society Crackdown in Iran
    June 15, 2022
  • Policy Briefing: Human Rights in Iran and U.S. National Security Interests
    Policy Briefing: Human Rights in Iran and U.S. National Security Interests
    June 14, 2022
  • Rights Groups Call on Meta to Fix Persian Content Moderation for Instagram
    Rights Groups Call on Meta to Fix Persian Content Moderation for Instagram
    June 9, 2022
  • Open Letter by Former Cellmates of Imprisoned Conservationists in Iran
    Open Letter by Former Cellmates of Imprisoned Conservationists in Iran
    June 7, 2022
  • Iran Should Be Ejected from ILO’s Governing Board Says Iran’s National Teacher Organization
    Iran Should Be Ejected from ILO’s Governing Board Says Iran’s National Teacher Organization
    June 3, 2022
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