Iran: Political Prisoner Leila Hosseinzadeh Suffering Inhumane Conditions in Prison
Political Prisoner and student activist Leila Hosseinzadeh has been held in inhumane conditions since her arrest on December 7, 2021. Security forces arrested Hosseinzadeh and nine friends at gunpoint in Shiraz. She was held incommunicado in an intelligence department detention center and subjected to torture. Her family did not have any news about her or […]
39, Including 7 Women, 3 Juvenile Offenders, Executed in one Month in Iran
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. Full text of the statement as follows: On Sunday, December 19, 2021, the clerical regime executed a female prisoner named Fatemeh Aslani in Isfahan […]
The Secret Execution of Kurdish Political Prisoner Haidar Ghorbani
Political prisoner Haidar Ghorbani was executed by the Iranian government in Sanandaj prison at dawn on Sunday, December 19, 2021. According to social media reports, Haidar Ghorbani was executed without prior notice by the order of the regime’s judiciary. The state-run Tasnim news agency, affiliated with the Revolutionary Guards’ Quds Force, wrote about this event: […]
68th UN Resolution Condemns Human Rights Violations in Iran
The Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) issued a statement on December 16, 2021, in regard to the UN Resolution condemning human rights violations in Iran. Full text of the statement as follows: 68th UN Resolution condemning the gross and systematic violation of human rights by the Iranian regime was adopted […]
Alarming Number of Women Executed in Iran
At least 15 women have been executed this year in Iran, human rights activists have told AFP. Most women executed in Iran recently have been hanged for murder, mainly cases over the killings of a husband or partner. Iran’s regime carries out retribution hangings without considering extenuating circumstances such as domestic violence. A recent case […]
Iran: Political Prisoners on Hunger Strike in Urmia Central Prison
Forty-seven political prisoners in Urmia Central Prison in northwest Iran went on hunger strike after being transferred to a high-security ward. The high-security ward lacks basic facilities and is very small. It has been designed to torture and harass political prisoners. The warden seeks to isolate the transferred inmates from other political prisoners. Urmia Central […]
Iran Human Rights Situation: 2021 Saw the Rights of Iranian Prisoners Overlooked and the Persecution of Ethnic Minorities
As countries around the world marked International Human Rights Day last week, their attentions turned to the severe human rights situation in Iran and the Iranian regime’s lack of transparency and censorship of information. Violations of even the most basic rights are committed on a daily basis, and this year has seen a rise in […]
Appeals to Hold the Iranian Regime Accountable for Human Rights Abuses Continues on International Human Rights Day
As the world marked International Human Rights Day on Friday, December 10, many countries have committed to taking steps to improve their human rights situations. On the other hand, appeals to the international community continue to pour in to hold the Iranian regime accountable for their mounting human rights violations. Amnesty International’s Deputy Director for […]
10 December- International Human Rights Day, Join the Campaign to Stand for Human Rights in Iran and the Call to End Impunity!
Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights reads “All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.” Every year on 10 December, the world celebrates Human Rights Day, the very day when, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948. The principles of equality and […]
Despite Global Awareness, Iran’s Regime Continues Crackdown on 2019 Uprising Protesters
Earlier this week, the United States Treasury Department announced that new sanctions had been placed against a dozen Iranian officials in regard to human rights abuses that took place during protests in Iran in 2009, and the nationwide uprising in November 2019. The 2019 uprising came less than two years after a similar bout of […]
