Paving Over Mass Graves Destroys Evidence of Crimes against Humanity August 26, 2025—The Iranian authorities’ destruction of the graves of victims of the state’s massacres of political prisoners ...
Numerous Prisoners at Imminent Risk as International Attention is Focused Elsewhere Governments Must Demand a Halt to Iran’s State-Sanctioned Killing Editor's note: This article has been amended on August 21, ...
Arrests, Imprisonments, Death Sentences Surge in Small Towns Where Minorities Predominate State Agents, Judges, Prison Authorities Rain Down Abuse Without Fear of Scrutiny August 12, 2025 — Far from the international spotlight and outside ...
Firsthand letter reveals coordinated attack, beatings, and execution of two political prisoners: ‘We’ll kill every last one of you sons of whores!’ August 11, 2025 — The following letter, authored by a ...
“Deporting ‘illegal migrants’ is a euphemism for inhumane treatment of all migrants” Over 1.5 Million Afghans Forcibly Deported from Iran So Far in 2025 ...
Journalists, Dissidents, Jewish Citizens, and Officials Targeted by Intelligence Agencies August 1, 2025 — A group of 14 countries, including Canada, France, Germany, the ...
If Approved, Law Could Criminalize Any Content the Authorities Consider “False” July 29, 2025—A sweeping new bill currently under fast-track review by Iran’s parliament would grant the ...
At Least 48 People on Death Row, 12 at Imminent Risk of Execution “Proceedings consistently failed to meet due process and fair trial guarantees.” July 28, 2025 — In a ...
“We haven’t registered your name anywhere as a prisoner. So when you die under interrogation, it’ll be easy to dump your body” July ...
Torture, Forced Confessions and Sham Trials Drive Deadly State Campaign Against Kurds and Arabs July 16, 2025 — The Iranian government is rapidly increasing its use of the death penalty as a political weapon to crush dissent, ...
Arrests and Deportations Follow Baseless Charges of Spying for Israel State Media Inciting Violence by Labeling Afghans and Other Minorities as Traitors July 9, 2025 — The ...
This article was originally published in The New York Times July 4, 2025 By Karen Kramer, deputy director of the Center for Human Rights in ...
U.S. Must Confront Iran Over Human Rights Abuses in Upcoming Talks June 26, 2025—Hundreds of ordinary citizens, members of religious and ethnic minorities, activists, and others are ...
Global Leaders Must Demand Emergency Protections and Immediate Release of Political Prisoners Hundreds Being Arrested, Minorities Targeted, Judiciary Pledges to Fast-Track Cases June 23, 2025 — In the ...
CHRI Warns Iran May Use Wartime Chaos to Execute Political Prisoners June 19, 2025 — As the war between Iran and Israel intensifies, the Center for Human ...
Legal Scholar Asks for Emergency Furloughs and Releases for Trapped Prisoners June 18, 2025 — From Tehran’s Evin Prison, woman political prisoner and international ...
Global Leaders Must Confront Growing Civilian Crisis with Urgency and Resolve June 16, 2025 — As the conflict between Iran and Israel escalates, the Center for Human ...
CHRI Urges Compliance with International Law June 12, 2025 — In light of the outbreak of military hostilities in Iran, the Center for Human Rights in ...
Shirin Ebadi: UNICEF Headquarters Should Act Where Local Iran Office Has Failed June 11, 2025 —Nobel Peace Prize laureate and renowned human rights lawyer ...
Families Pressured to Remain Silent to Obtain Release of Loved Ones Largest Labor Protests in Years Gain Momentum as Strike Enters Third Week June 4, 2025 — A ...
Systematic Denial of Medical Care in Iran: A Slow and Silent Execution May 27, 2025 — From Evin Prison, woman political prisoner and international law scholar ...
At Least 19 Writers and Poets Targeted in 2025, One Sentenced to Death “Lawyers working on such cases face threats, stigmatization, fabricated charges, arrest and disbarment” May 20, 2025 ...
New CHRI Fact Sheet Exposes Deepening Legal Crisis for Iran’s Embattled Lawyers Vanishing Defenders: Fewer Than 12 Lawyers Left to Represent Thousands in Iran’s Courts May 14, 2025—Iran is ...
May 5, 2025 — In a letter obtained by the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI), Issa Ebrahimzadeh, a Kurdish farmer and labor rights ...