Amnesty International, 2 September 2020, 00:00 UTC Iran’s police, intelligence and security forces, and prison officials have committed, with the complicity of judges and prosecutors, a catalogue of shocking human…
Amnesty International, 15 July 2020, 13:42 UTC There has been an alarming escalation in use of the death penalty against protesters, dissidents and members of minority groups in Iran, Amnesty…
Leila Alikarami Jun 22, 2020 On the night of June 15, Reyhaneh Ameri, a 22-year-old Iranian woman living with her parents in the Kerman province of south-central Iran, came home late, enraging her father.…
Reporters Without Borders, 17.06.2020 Three journalists get jail terms ranging from 91 days to 7 years Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemns the systematic imposition of harsh jail sentences on journalists in Iran.…
Amnesty International, 17 June 2020, 18:43 UTC The Iranian authorities must immediately halt the planned execution of a man sentenced to death after being convicted for the rape of a…
20 May 2020, 07:07 UTC Amnesty International has released details of the deaths of 304 men, women and children killed by Iran’s security forces during last November’s ruthless crackdown, six…
Human Rights Watch, October 29, 2019 Summary In May 2018, the Trump administration formally withdrew from the international nuclear agreement with Iran, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), agreed…
September 2019 PDF: Beyond the Veil: Discrimination Against Women in Iran in ENGLISH and PERSIAN The human rights environment for women in Iran continues to be characterized by inequality and…
Reporters Without Borders, 26 August Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is alarmed by a new wave of arrests and interrogations of women journalists since the start of August in Iran. The…
Amnesty International 1 August 2019 The flogging of Kurdish singer and prisoner of conscience Peyman Mirzazadeh 100 times demonstrates the shocking brutality of Iran’s justice system, said Amnesty International. Peyman…
