Human Rights

Recent NCRI rallies have called upon the United Nations to launch a formal investigation into the 1988 massacre, with the hope that the perpetrators will finally face prosecution for their involvement, including the current president, Ebrahim Raisi.

Syrian Official Convicted in Germany Gives Hope That Iranian Officials Will Finally Be Held Accountable for Their Human Rights Abuses

January 15, 2022

While serving a six-year sentence in prison for charges of ‘illegal assembly and collusion against national security’ and ‘spreading propaganda against the state’, Iranian poet and documentary filmmaker, Baktash Abtin has died from Covid-19 in hospital whilst still in detention.

Calls by Iranian Poet, Baktash Abtin for People to Stand Up and Fight for Their Rights

January 12, 2022

A former Iranian regime official and his wife have spoken out about Flight PS752 that was shot down by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in January 2020, claiming that it was targeted by missiles in order to create a human shield against a presumed attack by the United States.

Former Iranian Regime Official States the Flight PS752 Was Shot Down to Prevent War With the U.S.

January 11, 2022

In a ruling in a Canadian court on Monday, the Iranian regime were ordered to pay $84 million to the families of the 85 Canadian victims who lost their lives on Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 in January 2020, which was shot down by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).

Canadian Court Holds Iranian Regime Accountable for the Deaths of Canadian Civilians in Airstrike

January 7, 2022

The situation of human rights in Iran deteriorated drastically last year, and in the midst of it all, the Iranian people continued to fight for their rights against the ruthless Iranian regime.

Iran Was Plagued by Systemic Human Rights Violations Throughout 2021

January 4, 2022

Iranian political prisoner Adel Kianpour died Saturday, January,1, 2022, after a week of hunger strike without receiving medical care. Kianpour was arrested by security forces in Kurdistan province in August 2020 after returning to Iran.

Iranian Political Prisoner, Adel Kianpour on Hunger Strike, Dies in Ahvaz Prison

January 4, 2022

The Iranian regime’s judiciary in Khuzestan has filed new charges against political prisoner Mehran Gharahbaghi.

Life of Iranian Political Prisoner, Mehran Gharahbaghi in Danger

January 3, 2022

Political Prisoner and student activist Leila Hosseinzadeh has been held in inhumane conditions since her arrest on December 7, 2021.

Iran: Political Prisoner Leila Hosseinzadeh Suffering Inhumane Conditions in Prison

December 25, 2021

The Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) issued a statement on December 23, 2021,regarding the executions in Iran under the rule of a religious dictatorship within just one month.

39, Including 7 Women, 3 Juvenile Offenders, Executed in one Month in Iran

December 23, 2021

Political prisoner Haidar Ghorbani was executed by the Iranian government in Sanandaj prison

The Secret Execution of Kurdish Political Prisoner Haidar Ghorbani

December 19, 2021