Iran: Asghar Mehdizadeh, the Survivor of the 1988 Massacre Testifies in Hamid Noury Trial
On Friday, the third session of Hamid Noury’s trial in Albania was held. Noury is an Iranian prison official who had participated in the 1988 massacre...
Ongoing Executions Fuel Concerns Over Abysmal State of Human Rights in Iran
Three more prisoners were executed in Iran on Monday, contributing to a much larger pattern of multiple executions being carried out on the same...
Iran: Calls for Holding Ebrahim Raisi to Account Amplifies
On June 19, Iran’s sham presidential election ended. The regime’s supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, pulled Ebrahim Raisi out of the ballot box. Many human...
Families Repeat Human Rights Experts’ Call for Investigation Into Iran’s 1988 Massacre
During the 1988 massacre, the Iranian regime killed an estimated 30,000 political dissidents over the course of several months, following a fatwa from then-Supreme Leader Ayatollah...
Iran’s January Executions Reaffirm the Longstanding Need for Pressure on Human Rights
In the first month of 2021, the Iranian regime carried out the execution of at least 27 prisoners in line with its 40 years of human...
Iran: The Number of Executions in January Reached 27
With the execution of Javid Dehghan, a Baluch political prisoner on January 30, the number of executions in Iran, only in January, reached 27. In addition,...
UK Lawmakers Call for International Investigation About Human Rights Violations in Iran
The British Committee for Iran Freedom (BCFIF) on January 26 strongly condemned the new sentence against Iranian political prisoner Saeid Sangar, who has been...
Iran: Amnesty International Describes Recent Letter by UN Experts as a Turning Point, Renews...
In an announcement on Wednesday, Amnesty International described the recent letter by a group of United Nations human rights experts on the 1988 massacre of Iranian political prisoners as a...
Specific Follow-Ups Are Needed After Latest Resolution on Iran’s Human Rights
Last week, the United Nations General Assembly adopted its 67th resolution censuring Iran over rampant human rights abuses. After being introduced by Canada, the...
UN Third Committee Session Makes Addressing Human Rights Violations in Iran Imperative
The United Nations Third Committee Interactive Dialogue on the Situation of Human Rights in Iran was held on October 26, reviewing the new report...
