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UN General Assembly Condemns Human Rights Violations in Iran

On Wednesday, December 16, 2020, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) adopted a resolution censuring the grave and systematic violation of human rights in...

Iran: Civil Rights and Cultural Activists Arrested, Further Detentions Expected

According to human rights activists, Iranian authorities have begun a new wave of arrests in Khuzestan province, southwestern Iran. In their latest oppressive operation,...

Iran on the International Human Rights Day

In 1948, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) named December 10, as the Human Rights Day. Also, 72 years ago, today,...

A Turning Point in Three-Decade Struggle for Justice for 1988 Massacre

In a joint letter, a group of United Nations human rights experts called Iranian authorities to launch an investigation about the perpetrators and individuals who...

Urmia Central Prison Conditions Unbearable

The prisoners held in Urmia Central Prison are facing “unbearable” physical and psychological pressures and it is getting worse every day, according to an...

Iran: Human Rights Situation in November 2020

At the beginning of every new month, Iran Human Rights Monitor produces a report into the dire situation of human rights in Iran and...

Iran’s Mass Arrests of Activists and Their Families

Iranian authorities have continued to arrest political activists and relatives of the Mojahedin-e Khalq (MEK/PMOI) members as tensions grow across the country around the...

Amnesty Condemns Bloody Crackdown on Iran’s November Protests

Amnesty International reports that Iranian security forces killed at least 304 people, including children, during the five days of protest in November 2019, using...

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Iranian Political Prisoner Naser Bakrzadeh’s at Risk of Execution

Following the confirmation of Naser Bakrzadeh’s death sentence by Iran’s Supreme Court, the risk of his imminent execution has...

A New Wave of Mass Arrests in Iran

Following the wave of repression after the nationwide protests of January 2026, the Iranian regime’s security and judicial institutions...

Iran’s Housing Market Under the Rubble of War

The 40-day war involving Iran’s regime, the United States, and Israel led to a phenomenon analysts describe as “wartime...

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Iran’s Regime Executes Baluch Political Prisoner Amer Ramesh

The Iranian regime, continuing its daily extrajudicial executions, executed...

War and its Impact on Children’s Education in Iran

Repeated school closures during the war between the United...

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