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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

In the ongoing trial of former Iranian prison official Hamid Noury in Sweden, the 67th session was held at the Court of Stockholm on February 18, featuring further testimonies from former political prisoners who witnessed the atrocities committed by Noury at Gohardasht Prison in Iran.

A Former Political Prisoner, Who Escaped Execution During Iran’s 1988 Massacre, Was Whipped and Beaten Severely

February 26, 2022

On February 17, a formal session was held by members of the European Parliament to adopt a new resolution, which condemns the ever-increasing number of executions that have taken place in Iran at the hands of the Iranian regime.

Members of the European Parliament Condemn the Iranian Regime’s Continuing Crimes Against Humanity

February 21, 2022

The corruptive mullahs’, with their theocratic rule, soon began to sacrifice the human rights of the Iranian people, especially women's and minority rights, all in the name of religion.

Women Are the Worst Affected by the Iranian Regime’s Theocratic, Misogynistic Rule

February 10, 2022

On January 27, former political prisoner Rahman Darkeshideh gave his testimony during the ongoing trial of former Iranian prison official Hamid Noury at a court in Stockholm, Sweden. Noury has been detained in the Scandinavian country since 2019, when he was arrested by Swedish authorities on a trip to the country.

Another Former Iranian Political Prisoner During the 1988 Massacre Gives Testimony at Hamid Noury’s Trial

February 5, 2022