Bahar Saba

Bahar Saba is the senior researcher on Iran and Kuwait at Human Rights Watch. For over a decade, she has been carrying out investigation, documentation, and advocacy work in connection with the human rights situation in the Middle East and North Africa, with a primary focus on Iran.

Prior to joining Human Rights Watch, Bahar worked at several international human rights organisations, including Amnesty International, Reprieve and ARTICLE 19, where she investigated a wide range of human rights issues such as the death penalty, arbitrary detentions, torture and ill-treatment, unlawful use of force, discrimination on various grounds and accountability, and authored numerous research reports and advocacy briefings. She has also worked as an investigator with a UN established investigative body.

Bahar has a law degree from the University of Tehran, an L.L.M in human rights law from the University of Nottingham, and an M.Phil in Modern Middle Eastern Studies from the University of Oxford. She is fluent in Persian and English and has an advanced knowledge of Arabic.