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January 28, 2022 News Release

Iran: New Prison Sentence for Rights Defender

Revolutionary Courts Criminalize Human Rights Activism

Iranian human rights activist, Narges Mohammadi, at the Defenders of Human Rights Center in Tehran, June 25, 2007.

January 13, 2022 News Release

Iran: No End to Mounting Repression

Punishment of Dissent; Impunity

Iranians gather during a protest after their province's river dried up due to drought and diversion, in the central city of Isfahan, on November 19, 2021.

January 10, 2022 News Release

Iran: Writer Dies in Custody

Apparent Negligence Providing Medical Care for Baktash Abtin

January 7, 2022 Letter

Joint NGO Letter to Khamenei on Baktash Abtin's Condition

December 9, 2021 Statement

Joint Statement: Free Arbitrarily Detained Right to Health Defenders in Iran

Paramedics work in a laboratory that tests samples taken from patients suspected of being infected with the new coronavirus, in the southwestern city of Ahvaz, Iran, March, 10, 2020.

November 10, 2021 News Release

Iran: Population Law Violates Women’s Rights

Denies Access to Essential Reproductive Health Care, Information

Iranian women walk down a street in the capital Tehran on February 7, 2018.

October 20, 2021 News Release

Iran: Account of Horrific Abuse of Prominent Lawyer

Mistreatment and Medical Neglect

October 15, 2021 News Release

Turkey: Soldiers Beat, Push Afghan Asylum Seekers Back to Iran

Authorities Deny Afghans Right to Seek Asylum

A Turkish soldier stands at the Turkish border with Iran

August 26, 2021 Dispatches

Leaked Videos Show Abuses Behind Bars in Iran’s Prisons

Authorities Should End Mistreatment of Prisoners, Allow Investigations

In this undated frame grab taken from video shared with The Associated Press by a self-identified hacker group called "The Justice of Ali," a guard hits a prisoner, at Evin prison in Tehran, Iran.

August 19, 2021 Report

Iran: Government Mismanagement Compounds Covid-19 Crisis

Vaccine Prohibitions, Poor Transparency Undermining Response

An Iranian man wearing a protective face mask looks on as people line-up to receive China's Sinopharm vaccine in central Tehran on July 19, 2021.

August 9, 2021 News Release

Sweden: Iran War Crimes Trial Opens

Universal Jurisdiction Provides Opening for Justice for Long-Ignored Crimes

A human rights exhibition on Iran during the international campaign to demand justice for the victims of the 1988 massacre, held near the French National Assembly in Paris, November 14, 2017.

August 3, 2021 Statement

Social Media Harassment of Iran Researchers, Activists

July 29, 2021 News Release

Iran: Deadly Repression of Khuzestan Protests

Hundreds Arrested; At Least 9 Deaths, Including a Child

Map of Iran with Khuzestan Province Highlighted

July 22, 2021 News Release

Iran: Deadly Response to Water Protests

3 Protesters Reported Killed in Southwestern Khuzestan Province

July 14, 2021 News Release

Iran: Alleged Plot to Kidnap Prominent Dissident in US

Federal Court Indicts 4 Iranians for Targeting Journalist Masih Alinejad

Journalist and author Masih Alinejad speaks at a conference in New York City, on October 16, 2018.

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