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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,… ...

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… ...

December 9, 2021

Joint Statement: Free Arbitrarily Detained Right to Health Defenders in Iran

The following joint statement, signed by 23 international human rights organizations including the Center for Human Rights in Iran, calls on Iranian judicial authorities to release the activist Mehdi Mahmoudian… ...

November 11, 2021

Iran Rights Lawyer: Judicial Process is a “Means to Settle Political Scores”

One of the few remaining defense lawyers in Iran willing to take on human rights cases, Nasser Zarafshan is an expert at navigating the Islamic Republic’s judicial system, which criminalizes… ...

October 12, 2021

Human Rights Lawyers, Activist to Be Illegally Tried as Their Legal Team is Denied Case Files

Group was Arrested Ahead of Filing Lawsuit Against State Officials for Disastrous Pandemic Response Legal Teams of Defendants Denied Access to Case Files, Homes Raided Detainees Were Pressured to Sign… ...

September 29, 2021

Imprisoned Iranian Writers Among Countless Who’ve Been Jailed for Dissent

The Iranian government’s intolerance of dissent has resulted in systemic suppression of freedom of expression. To prevent the free flow of information and views, Iranian courts work with the intelligence-security… ...

August 17, 2021

Lawyers, Activists Arrested as they Attempt to Sue State for Failed COVID Response

Six Arbitrarily Detained as State Tries to Block Attempt to Seek Justice August 17, 2021—The unlawful arrests of six prominent lawyers and civil rights activists in Tehran as they were… ...

July 22, 2021

Rising COVID Infections, Unhygienic Conditions Raise Fears of More Deaths in Iranian Prisons

The start of a fifth COVID-19 wave in Iran, amidst national water and electricity shortages and unhygienic prison conditions, has greatly increased the risks of outbreaks among prisoners, some of… ...

May 14, 2021

Security Forces Respond to Iranian High School Protests with Force

Teachers’ Union: “What right do the police have to treat the children of our country with such brutal violence?” As high school final exams approach in Iran, students nationwide have… ...

May 10, 2021

Joint Letter: Biden Admin Urged to Prioritize Iranian Human Rights Concerns

May 10, 2021 The Honorable Joseph R. Biden The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, D.C. 20500 Dear President Biden, We, the undersigned organizations, write to urge you to… ...

April 28, 2021

Crippling Economic Hardship Enflames Iranian Protests

Protests in Iran over high inflation and unpaid wages are spreading in Iran as the working class and retirees struggle to make ends meet. The largest organized rallies were held… ...

April 19, 2021

Sharif University Honor Students Tortured, Detained in High-Security Ward

A year after agents of Iran’s Intelligence Ministry arrested and tortured them, university students Ali Younesi and Amirhossein Moradi remain in Ward 209 of Evin Prison in Tehran, controlled by… ...

April 14, 2021

Iranian Government Responsible to Protect Prisoners against Fourth Wave of COVID

Prisoners Trapped in Overcrowded, Unhygienic Prisons without Adequate Medical Care April 14, 2021—The start of a fourth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Iran has increased concerns about the spread… ...

March 24, 2021

Traditional New Year Furloughs and Other Privileges Denied to Iran’s Political Prisoners

Lawyer: “Humanity, in addition to the rule of law, has vanished” Political prisoners in Iran, long subjected to especially harsh treatment in Iran’s prisons, have been largely left out of… ...

March 17, 2021

A Message of Hope and Strength to the People of Iran this Nowruz

March 17, 2021—As Iranian families remember the beautiful traditions of Nowruz, the Persian New Year, we ask our friends and supporters for renewed solidarity and a commitment to support the… ...

March 9, 2021

UN: Women and Girls in Iran Treated as Second Class Citizens, Reforms Urgently Needed

UN Press Release, GENEVA (8 March 2021) – Women and girls continue to be treated as second class citizens in Iran, a UN expert says in a report to the… ...

February 11, 2021

Letter from Iran: “Political Prisoners Have Nowhere to Turn for Safety and Support”

The married couple Arash Sadeghi and Golrokh Iraee Ebrahimi are imprisoned in Iran for engaging in peaceful civil rights activism. In a letter from Rajaee Shahr Prison in the Iranian… ...

February 1, 2021

Dying of Hopelessness: Suicides on the Rise in Iran

Suicides increased in Iran in 2020, according to state medical data. Blue-collar workers as well as students who’ve been disproportionately impacted by the country’s struggling economy dominated media reports of… ...

January 22, 2021

Iran Touts Unverified Domestic Vaccines, Ignores International Condemnation of Non-Scientific Policy

When the World Health Organization approved vaccines to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, many countries began planning for mass immunizations. Yet the Iranian supreme leader’s televised speech on January 8–where he… ...

January 20, 2021

Iranian Rights Groups Call on Khamenei to Allow Purchase of U.S. and UK COVID-19 Vaccines

Iran Should Base COVID-19 Vaccine Decisions on Science January 20, 2021 — In light of the statement by Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on January 8, 2021, that the… ...

December 22, 2020

Major Humanitarian Organizations Call for Access to COVID-19 Vaccines for Iranians

US Government Must Provide Assurances that Sanctions Will Not Impede Purchases A coalition of major human rights and humanitarian organizations released a statement today, calling on the US government to… ...

December 4, 2020

Iranian Authorities Go After More Members of Writers Association

Poet Amin Moradi Detained, Arash Ganji Released on Bail Manufactured National Security Charges Used to Silence Free Expression In yet another blow to the Iranian Writers Association, an independent group… ...

December 2, 2020

Human Rights Lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh Being Returned to Gharchak Prison

Iranian human rights attorney Nasrin Sotoudeh has already previously served three years in prison for her defense of dissidents, activists, journalists and minorities in Iran after being convicted of national… ...

November 13, 2020

UN: Iran Must Quash Nasrin Sotoudeh’s Convictions and Ensure Her Permanent Release

Top Experts Say Her COVID-19 Diagnosis “Shows the real risks for those in detention in Iran” Top UN experts* released a statement today, welcoming the temporary release of human rights… ...

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Latest News

  • 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
  • 85 Lawyers Call on Iranian Government to Respect Right to Protest
    85 Lawyers Call on Iranian Government to Respect Right to Protest
    May 26, 2022
  • As Millions Face Poverty, Iran’s Government Dissolves Largest NGO for the Poor
    As Millions Face Poverty, Iran’s Government Dissolves Largest NGO for the Poor
    May 26, 2022
  • Protesters Killed While Iran’s Government Blocks Internet and Media Coverage
    Protesters Killed While Iran’s Government Blocks Internet and Media Coverage
    May 17, 2022
  • UN Urges Iran to Revoke Execution of Swedish Academic Ahmadreza Djalali
    UN Urges Iran to Revoke Execution of Swedish Academic Ahmadreza Djalali
    May 17, 2022
  • Iran Protesters at Risk of Lethal State Violence
    Iran Protesters at Risk of Lethal State Violence
    May 12, 2022
  • Activists Urge UN Rep to Meet Them During Trip to Iran
    Activists Urge UN Rep to Meet Them During Trip to Iran
    May 12, 2022
  • Khuzestan Protests: Fears of Another Bloody Crackdown   
    Khuzestan Protests: Fears of Another Bloody Crackdown  
    May 9, 2022
  • Iran’s Execution Threat Against Swedish Scientist Aimed at Thwarting War Crimes Trial
    Iran’s Execution Threat Against Swedish Scientist Aimed at Thwarting War Crimes Trial
    May 4, 2022
  • Dozens of Teachers Arrested in Iran During Workers’ Day Protests
    Dozens of Teachers Arrested in Iran During Workers’ Day Protests
    May 2, 2022
  • Interview: Atena Daemi was Jailed in Iran for Advocating Women’s Rights. Now She’s Free and Refusing to be Silent
    Interview: Atena Daemi was Jailed in Iran for Advocating Women's Rights. Now She's Free and Refusing to be Silent
    April 27, 2022
  • Joint Statement: Iran Should Stop Persecuting Families Seeking Justice for State Atrocities
    Joint Statement: Iran Should Stop Persecuting Families Seeking Justice for State Atrocities
    April 7, 2022
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