rgentWe, the undersigned 36 civil society and human rights organizations, call for the urgent attention of the international community to an ongoing wave of arbitrary arrests, incommunicado detention, and enforced…
tehranFebruary 3, 2021
TO: All Permanent Missions to the United Nations in New York Your Excellencies, The undersigned national, regional and international civil society organizations urge your government to support resolution A/C.3/75/L.31/Rev.1 on…
tehranDecember 7, 2020
The EU may be the one global player that can take a stand against Iran’s brutal crackdown on dissent
New Europe:This week is the first anniversary of the major Iran protests that took place in November 2019, when the state forces of the Islamic Republic killed hundreds of peaceful…
tehranNovember 20, 2020
VoA: WASHINGTON - An Iranian Kurdish husband and wife involved in local activism in western Iran have defied a court summons to face trial for alleged national security offenses for…
tehranNovember 10, 2020
Radio Farda: The head of the Islamic Republic Radio and Television, Ali Askari, has appointed his brother-in-law, Hamid Shahabadi, as the Deputy Director of the "Seda va Sima" (Voice and…
tehranOctober 8, 2020
Israel Hayom:Human rights groups have expressed concern that the Islamic republic may immediately execute decorated wrestler Navid Afkari after the authorities placed him in solitary confinement. Afkari faces two death sentences for…
tehranSeptember 6, 2020
Reuters: DUBAI — Iranian state television aired a video on Saturday in which a champion wrestler facing two death sentences appeared to confess to killing a water company security guard…
tehranSeptember 5, 2020
Justice for Iran has asked the UN Human Rights Committee to urge the Islamic Republic to indicate whether it has conducted, or intends to conduct, investigations concerning the extrajudicial killings…
tehranAugust 17, 2020
While many are dying from COVID-19, the Iranian regime is still trying to execute those arrested in the November protests. But people are speaking up. Open Democracy: Three young men…
tehranJuly 31, 2020