France 24: Ebrahim Raisi, the favourite in Iran's presidential election, has used his position at the heart of the judiciary for grave rights violations, including mass executions of political prisoners,…
tehranJune 15, 2021
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
After a decade of documenting perpetrators, on the occasion of International Human Rights Day, Justice for Iran launches Faces of Crime, the Database of Human Rights Violators in Iran. The…
tehranDecember 10, 2020
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