Human Rights

As it is written in the introduction of this report on the website of Amnesty International: “This briefing documents how Iranian officials are committing shocking violations of the right to life by deliberately denying ailing prisoners lifesaving healthcare and refusing to investigate and ensure accountability for unlawful deaths in custody. The briefing details the circumstances surrounding the deaths in custody of 92 men and four women in 30 prisons in 18 provinces across Iran since 2010.”

In Death’s Waiting Room; Amnesty International’s Horrific Report on Iran’s Regime Prisons

April 13, 2022

In an exclusive report on March 28, 2022, Iran Azadi [Freedom] website published a story on dissident cleric Einollah Rezazadeh Jouybari about horrific and flagrant crimes, torture, and ill-treatment of prisoners at Sari Prison in the northern province of Mazandaran.

Exclusive: Critic Cleric Discloses Horrific Crimes in Sari Prison, North of Iran

April 5, 2022

Iran Human Rights Monitor has published its report on human rights violations in March 2022 with focus on executions, arbitrary killings, torture, violation of the right to freedom of assembly and expression, and cruel and degrading punishments.

Iran HRM on Iran Human Rights in March 2022

April 4, 2022

Iran Human Rights Monitor (Iran HRM) has published its report on executions in March 2022. This report focused specifically on executions for various charges across Iran.

Iran HRM: Continuation of Death Sentences in Iran, March 2022

April 2, 2022

On March 17, 2022, the United Nations Human Rights Council held its annual review of the human rights situation in Iran as part of its 49th session.

UN Expert Called for Accountability on Human Rights Violations in Iran

March 19, 2022

Iran Human Rights Monitor (Iran HRM) said, “Torture, degrading punishments, and persecution of citizens continued in Iran. The regime violated the right to peaceful assembly by the arrest of a number of teachers, during the nationwide sit-ins and demonstrations of Iranian teachers.”

February 2022 Saw Further Increases in the Iranian Regime’s Inhumane Treatment of the Iranian People

March 9, 2022

Online conference calls for UN to investigate the 1988 massacre of Iranian political prisoners. At the same time as the conference took place, a rally was taking place outside the UN’s European headquarters in Geneva.

Iran’s Regime Needs to Be Held Accountable for Their Crimes Against Humanity Once and for All

March 2, 2022

Political prisoner Maryam Akbari Monfared is currently serving her 13th year in prison. She was initially detained at Evin Prison before being transferred to Semnan Prison last year. She suffers from fatty liver disease, and as the prison itself has minimal facilities, she is unable to access and cook the food she needs in order to manage her condition, as directed by her doctor.

Iran: Female Political Prisoner Denied Necessary Medical Treatment for Liver Disease

March 1, 2022

In recent months, the number of executions carried out in Iran have increased at an alarming rate. This escalation was predicted with the ascension of Ebrahim Raisi to the role of president of the Iranian regime last year, the same man who was heavily involved in the massacre of over 30,000 political prisoners in 1988.

Iran’s Regime Are Clinging Onto Power by Repressing Society, but It Is Unlikely to Save Them

February 28, 2022

On the eve of the Human Rights Council meeting to be held in Geneva from February 28, 2022 to April 11, 2022, Amnesty International submitted a report to the Council and called for decisive action to prevent the continuation of gross human rights violations in Iran.

Amnesty International Reports to the Human Rights Council: 1988 Massacre of Political Prisoners in Iran Is a Crime Against Humanity

February 26, 2022