Human Rights

Amnesty International has published its annual report on human rights violations in Iran. The report was published on Wednesday, April 7, 2021. Amnesty International’s report strongly criticized the human rights situation in Iran, stating that in 2020 the Iranian regime increasingly used the death penalty to suppress political protests, dissidents, and ethnic and religious minorities.

Amnesty International: Iran’s Regime Ended 2020 With More Human Rights Abuses

April 10, 2021

Iran Human Rights Monitor has published its report on human rights abuses in March 2021. The report, published on the eve of the Iranian New Year1400, addresses human rights violations in Iran under the rule of the mullahs. Including the dire situation of prisoners, arrests and executions and arbitrary murders in Iran.

Monthly Report of Iran Human Rights Monitor (Iran HRM) – March 2021

April 6, 2021

Political prisoner Maryam Akbari Monfared is facing intensifying inhuman pressures following her transfer from the notorious Evin prison of Tehran to Semnan prison.

Iran: Inhuman Pressure of the Mullahs’ Regime on the Political Prisoner Maryam Akbari Monfared

March 30, 2021

Fourteen political prisoners in the women's ward of Evin Prison wrote an open letter protesting the forcible exile of their former cellmate, Maryam Akbari, to Semnan Prison.

Iran: 14 Female Political Prisoners Protest Forcible Exile of Maryam Akbari Monfared

March 15, 2021

Simultaneous with 46th HRC session, a virtual conference held on March 11, 2021. Justice for Victims of 1988 Massacre in Iran (JVMI) hosted this online conference. The online conference was under the title: "Iran: Trampling Human Rights"

Time To Set up UN Commission of Inquiry on 1988 Massacre of Iran Political Prisoners

March 11, 2021

Iran Human Rights Monitor has published its report on human rights abuses in February 2021 and, as always, it makes for uncomfortable reading with a heavy focus on executions, arbitrary killings, torture, and a violent crackdown on dissent.

Iran HRM on Iran Human Rights in February 2021

March 10, 2021

Iran executed four political prisoners from the Ahvazi Arab minority on Sunday, February 28, 2021, in Sepidar prison, Ahvaz, Khuzestan Province.

Iran’s Regime Executes 4 Ahvazi Arab Political Prisoners

March 2, 2021

24 members of the European Parliament co-signed an urgent Statement on Human Rights in Iran calling for the immediate release of Political Prisoner Saeid Sangar

MEPs: Statement on Human Rights in Iran
Urgent Case of Political Prisoner Saeid Sangar

February 13, 2021

In the 1988 massacre in Iran, more than 30,000 political prisoners, mostly MEK members, were executed in prisons across the country.

MEK Iran: It’s Never Too Late To Make Iran’s Regime Accountable for the 1988 Massacre

February 8, 2021

The Iranian regime executed at least 27 prisoners during January 2021, according to Iran Human Rights Monitor, although due to the regime’s secrecy the true number may be much higher.

Iran: 27 Executions in January 2021

February 6, 2021