Human Rights

The Iran Human Rights Monitor has just released its monthly report into human rights in Iran for May 2021, which contains information about executions, torture, suppression of minorities, and arrests of political activists and religious and ethnic minorities.

Iran Human Rights in May 2021

June 4, 2021

The Iranian regime hanged a woman and her husband in Qazvin Central Prison at dawn on Sunday, 30 May 2021, bringing the total number of women executed during the presidency of Hassan Rouhani to 118; an average of 15 per year over the past eight years.

Iran’s Regime Executed 118th Woman Under Rouhani

June 2, 2021

May 28, 2021—According to the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran, the number of coronavirus fatalities in Iran surpassed a staggering number of 300,000.

Coronavirus Fatalities in Iran Surpassed a Staggering Number of 300,000

May 28, 2021

The massive increase in the number of female street peddlers in Iran proves that the regime’s plan to empower female heads of households, pitched by the Directorate of Women and Family Affairs, was nothing but a hollow promise that has failed to improve the situation for deprived women.

Female Peddlers in Iran Increase

May 18, 2021

12 May was World Nurse Day, where people stop to appreciate the work of these often-undervalued but vital medical practitioners, something that is especially relevant this year given the pandemic.

Iran Nurses Not Respected

May 14, 2021

In April, the Iranian regime once again tried to destroy a mass grave of the political prisoners killed during the 1988 massacre to hide evidence of its crime against humanity, according to Iran Human Rights Monitor in its latest report into human rights abuses in the country.

How Was Iran’s Human Rights Situation in April?

May 12, 2021

Justice For Victims Of 1988 Massacre In Iran (JVMI) issued a press release regarding the open letter of more than 150 former UN officials to the High Commissioner for Human Rights on the 1988 massacre of political prisoners in Iran.

JVMI: 150 Ex-UN Officials, Experts Urge OHCHR to Launch Commission of Inquiry Into Iran’s 1988 Massacre

May 5, 2021

On Monday, April 26, 2021, supporters of the People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (MEK/PMOI) and the National Council of Resistance of Iran(NCRI) held rallies in several European cities to protest the inhumane crimes committed by the Iranian regime to destroy the graves of the 1988 massacre's martyrs.

Iranians, MEK Supporters in Europe Condemn Destruction of 1988 Massacre Victims’ Grave

April 27, 2021

In an inhuman crime, the religious fascism ruling Iran, intends to destroy the mass graves of the 1988 massacre of political prisoners, in Khavaran cemetery in a bid to cover up evidence of this huge crime against humanity.

International Call to Prevent Destruction Of Graves Of Martyrs Of Iran’s 1988 Massacre In Khavaran

April 25, 2021

Amnesty International published its annual report on the inhumane death penalty in the world in 2020. This report is a reference to the executions announced by the governments. The actual number is much higher than the announced statistics.

Iran’s Regime Uses the Death Penalty as a Weapon of Political Repression Against Dissidents and Protesters

April 22, 2021