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…

August 5, 2019 (Beirut) – At least two environmental experts detained in Iran since January 2018 have likely embarked on a hunger strike to protest their continued detention after many months…

Leila Alikarami, June 18 As tensions between Iran and the United States reached dangerous levels in recent weeks, Iranian human rights activists warned about the dire ramifications of sanctions and other…

The Centre for the Defenders of Human Rights has reviewed the situation of human rights in Iran during the month of Esfand 1397 [February 2019 – March 2019]   The…

The Centre for the Defenders of Human Rights has reviewed the situation of human rights in Iran during the month of Bahman 1397 [January-February 2019] Conducting a referendum on the…

28 March 2019 The Centre for Supporters of Human Rights submitted jointly with the Iran Human Rights Documentation Center a UPR submission to the UN on behalf of the family members of foreign and…