Iran Uses Punitive Law to Keep Population in Line, UN Says
VOA | By Lisa Schlein | June 23, 2021
A new report by the U.N. secretary-general on the human rights situation in Iran condemns the...
Dozens of former UN officials call for inquiry into 1988 Iran massacre
The Hill | BY JOHN BOWDEN | 05/04/21
Dozens of human rights experts, including former United Nations officials, in a Tuesday letter called on the UN...
Iranian Diplomat Sentenced to 20 Years for Foiled Bomb Plot in France
Assadollah Assadi is the first Iranian diplomat convicted for terrorism in Europe in a case that has soured Iranian relations with a key partner
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U.N. condemns Iran execution spree, worried about minorities
Reuters | By Reuters Staff | Jan. 29, 2021
DUBAI (Reuters) - The United Nations human rights office on Friday condemned an alleged spree of 28...
Iran: Secret execution of wrestler Navid Afkari a ‘travesty of justice’
Iran: Secret execution of wrestler Navid Afkari a ‘travesty of justice’
Amnesty International | September 12, 2020
The secret execution this morning of wrestling champion Navid Afkari,...
Marjan, Iranian actress and singer who became symbol of rebellion, dies at 71
Washington Post | By Matt Schudel | June 12, 2020
Marjan, a popular singer and actress in pre-revolutionary Iran who, after being imprisoned by the...
Overwhelming Bipartisan Majority of House Members Calls on Administration to Extend Iran Arms Embargo
Press Release | May 4, 2020
Washington—Today, an overwhelming bipartisan majority of the House of Representatives called on the Trump Administration to extend the United Nations arms...
Iran: University student at risk of torture: ALI YOUNESI
Amnesty International | 12 May 2020
Iranian university student Ali Younesi has been arbitrarily detained since 10 April 2020. His family believes he is being...
21 Nobel Laureates condemn Iran over coronavirus outbreak secrecy
Fox News | Christopher Carbone | March 26, 2020
The Iranian regime's cover-up of the spread of coronavirus has resulted in an unprecedented catastrophe in the country,...
Iran Rejects Offer of Help by Doctors Without Borders to Fight Coronavirus
Radio Farda | March 24, 2020
Under apparent pressure from the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) and ultraconservative allies of the country's Supreme Leader, Tehran...
International Experts and Advocates Demand Accountability for the Iranian Regime’s Atrocities
Iran Focus | Mehdi Hosseini | September 2, 2024
On August 24, an international conference titled “Crimes Against Humanity: Time for Accountability and an...
Iran’s illusion of reform masks the crumbling of Khamenei’s regime
THE HILL | BY RAMESH SEPEHRRAD | July 14, 2024
The recent presidential election in Iran, marked by historically low voter turnout and pervasive...
Canada lists Iran’s Revolutionary Guards as a terrorist group
By Nadine Yousif | BBC News, Toronto | 6/20/2024
Canada has listed Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organisation, after...
USCIRF Calls for Accountability for Iran’s Crimes Against Humanity
March 13, 2024
Washington, DC – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) urges the U.S. government to support a...
Iran: Institutional discrimination against women and girls enabled human rights violations and crimes against...
08 March 2024
GENEVA (8 March 2024) –The violent repression of peaceful protests and pervasive institutional discrimination against women and girls has led...
‘Iranian cyber army’ blamed as Wikipedia deletes atrocities
FIONA HAMILTON | THE TIMES | JANUARY 8, 2024
Wikipedia entries have been changed to downgrade Iranian human rights atrocities and other...
