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Open Letter by Mother of Political Prisoner Khosrow Besharat to the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Iran

By Pooya Stone The following is the text of a letter to Javaid Rehman, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights...

Latest Update on Human Rights in Iran – February 2020

By Jubin Katiraie As the Iranian government achieves more failures in different sectors, it resorts to more suppression on the society to terrorize the society...

Iranian Teacher Arrested for Activism

By Pooya Stone The Iranian security forces arrested a teachers’ rights activist at his home on Saturday, according to a statement by the Iranian...

The Iranian Regime Discriminates Human Rights Without Any Restriction

By Pooya Stone Every day we are witnessing human rights violations in Iran without any hope that will be changing. And day by day...

A Report From Iran’s Notorious Gohardasht Prison, and Introducing a Torturer

By Jubin Katiraie A warden only known as Moharrami was transferred to Ward 8 of Iran’s notorious Gohardasht Prison (Rajaii Shahr) in Karaj two...

Iran Sentences Nine Dissidents to 78 Years in Prison 

By Jubin Katiraie The Iranian Judiciary has sentenced nine activists to a total of 78 years in prison, plus six years of a travel ban and six years...

Iran’s Human Rights Abuses in January 

By Jubin Katiraie At the beginning of every month, the Iran Human Rights Monitor releases a report of human rights abuses in Iran for the previous month. It’s...

Iranian Prisoner Killed by Guards on Saturday

By Jubin Katiraie An Iranian prisoner was killed on Saturday, February 1, after being beaten ruthlessly by special guards brandishing batons. The prisoner, who...

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Food Inflation and the Erosion of the Middle Class in Iran’s Economy

Iran’s market no longer experiences stability. Prices are rising at a pace that wages cannot even begin to match....

Infighting Intensifies Among the Iranian Regime’s Factions

Infighting among the Iranian regime’s ruling factions has entered a new phase. At a time when economic crisis, social...

120th Week of ‘No to Execution Tuesdays’: Political Prisoners Launch Hunger Strike in 56 Iranian Prisons Amid Escalating Crackdown

On Tuesday, May 12, 2026, political prisoners across 56 prisons in Iran launched a renewed hunger strike, marking the...

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Iranians Struggle to Afford Basic Food Basket as Prices Surge

While only about five months have passed since the...

Iranian Regime Judiciary Confiscates Assets 40 More Individuals

The Iranian regime’s judiciary says that by judicial order,...

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