Rising Death Tolls From COVID-19 Across Iran as Provinces Report Worrying Statistics
While the Iranian regime’s official death toll from the Covid-19 virus now stands at 127,551, according to reports that have been tallied by the Iranian opposition group, the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK), the true figure is over four times higher than that at 473,700 deaths so far. Across the 547 cities of Iran’s […]
Violations of the Human Rights of Iranian Citizens Continued Throughout October 2021
Violations of human rights in Iran are sadly all too common under the rule of the Iranian regime. Iranian citizens across the country are subjected to severe repression and abuses of the most basic human rights, day after day. The Iran Human Rights Monitor has compiled their monthly report, which has highlighted a small part […]
Iran: June 2021 Human Rights Abuses
In June, the Iranian regime elevated Judiciary Chief and 1988 Death Commission member Ebrahim Raisi to the position of president, and this is actually quite indicative of how human rights abuses were commonplace that month; from executions to religious discrimination. Executions Iran, which has the highest per-capita execution rate in the world, executed at least […]
Iran: Calls To Hold Raisi Accountable For 1988 Massacre Grow
Just days after the Iranian election, which saw Judiciary Chief Ebrahim Raisi named as the new president, calls to hold him accountable for his role in the 1988 massacre of 30,000 political prisoners and other human rights abuses have grown louder. The most recent (and loudest) call came from United Nations Special Rapporteur on Human […]
Iran: Human Rights Advocates Condemn Raisi
New Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has attracted plenty of criticism from human rights advocates around the world since the election earlier this month. In a statement from Nouveaux Droits de l’Homme organization president Pierre Bercis, the elections were described as a mere “show” with the goal of ensuring that the president would be “obedient” to […]
Iran Human Rights in May 2021
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. Here, we’ll look at what that report contained, but we always advise going to read the full […]
How Was Iran’s Human Rights Situation in April?
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. The report explains that the regime wants to […]
Iran’s Regime Uses the Death Penalty as a Weapon of Political Repression Against Dissidents and Protesters
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. Amnesty International reports on executions in 2020, referring to the Iranian regime, which uses executions to suppress political dissidents […]
Time To Set up UN Commission of Inquiry on 1988 Massacre of Iran Political Prisoners
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”.The event called on the Un Human Rights Council to set up a commission of inquiry into the 1988 […]
Iran HRM on Iran Human Rights in February 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. This will be a short overview, but a more extensive look is available here. Executions The Iranian […]
