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08/27/2021

A rally was held in Sweden Monday to commemorate the 33rd anniversary of the massacre of political prisoners in 1988. Protestors called for an international investigation into Iranian officials implicated, including President Raisi.

Iranians travelled from all parts of Sweden to Stockholm on Monday (23 August) to attend a rally on the 33rd anniversary of the massacre of 30 000 political prisoners in Iran. The rally was held outside the Swedish Parliament and opposite the Swedish Foreign Ministry, and was followed by a march thr...

08/26/2021

Writer and Activist Roya Hakeen has lived in America for almost 40 years. She revealed to the New York Review that the FBI warned her in 2019 that they suspected she had been targeted by Iranian agents.

Roya Hakakian, a US-based Iranian rights activist reveals that she was the target of assassination by Iranian intelligence agents and warned by the FBI. A similar case emerged in 2021.

08/25/2021

The Center For Human Rights in Iran published a fact sheet about LGBTQ abuses in Iran, including but not limited to Same-Sex relations carrying the death penalty.

Persecution and Discrimination by State and Society Pervades Daily Life August 26, 2021—In a new LGBTQ Fact Sheet published today by the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI), the extreme rights violations and deadly violence perpetrated by both the state and society against the LGBTQ community (...

08/06/2021

Several Belgian lawmakers made public accusations of hypocrisy and prejudice in response to a letter from an Iranian official calling on them to condemn Israel for Human Rights Violations.

The Belgian lawmakers received a letter from Mohammad Basher Qalibaf in which he accused "the Zionist Regime" of a litany of false accusations.

08/05/2021

Five political detainees, including two that are also citizens of England and Germany respectively, were sentenced to prison terms in Iran for charges related to “Propaganda against the Regime”

A defense attorney in Iran has said on August 4 that five political detainees, including two dual nationals have received long prison terms by a Revolutionary Court.

08/04/2021

A new bill meant to allow give Iran’s security agency near-total control over internet use inside the country has been sent to a committee that can pass it without parliamentary review.

Parliament Maneuvers to Pass Bill Without Full Vote to Avoid Public Scrutiny Move Comes on Heels of State’s Internet Shutdowns During Crackdown on Protesters July 30, 2021 – In a bid to sidestep public scrutiny of a contentious new bill that would give Iran’s security agencies near-total contr...

08/03/2021

Iranian citizen Hamid Noury (Nouri) was indicted in a Swedish court on Tuesday. He is charged with violating International law regarding crimes against humanity. The plaintiffs allege that he participated in ex*****ons of Iranian prisoners, including the infamous 1988 death commission.

The trial of a former Iranian prison official is set to begin in Sweden in August for the killing political prisoners in 1988.

08/02/2021

The Abdorrahman Boroumand Center for Human Rights in Iran announced last Tuesday that they believe they have identified as many as 540 people killed or abducted abroad by Iran’s security forces in the last 40 years.

A Washington-based Iranian human rights organization has said that it has established the identity of 540 victims who have been killed or abducted abroad by Iran’s security forces.

07/22/2021

Iranian athletes who have fled the country are urging the Olympic Organizers to investigate Iranian authorities for abuse.

A number of former Iranian athletes who have fled the country are urging the Olympic Organizers to investigate the Iranian regime for violating the Olympic Charter by abusing its athletes. Several of these athletes have been galvanized to come forward in unison following the September 2020 ex*****on of Wrestler Navid Afkari for allegedly killing a security guard during anti-government protests in 2018. Afkari claimed that he had confessed under torture and did not actually kill the guard.

Olympics organisers are being urged to investigate allegations of threats, discrimination and abuse.

07/21/2021

A joint letter was published by human rights and academic groups calling for the release of Dr. Ahmadreza Djalali, who has been imprisoned in Iran for 5 years under deplorable conditions on dubious charges.

14 human rights and academic groups published a joint letter today calling on the US, EU, and European State governments to act to secure the release of Dr. Ahmadreza Djalali. Dr. Djalali is a Swedish-Iranian scholar noted for his work on disaster medicine. He was arrested during a visit to Iran in April 2016. According to the letter his death sentence on the charge of “corruption on earth” is based on unsubstantiated claims that he provided intelligence to Israeli authorities. The letter goes on to state that he has spent months at a time in solitary confinement and been denied medical care for a number of conditions. In March 2021 UN Human Rights experts stated that he was near death.

In a joint statement issued today, 14 international academic and human rights groups including Scholars at Risk and the Center for Human Rights in Iran called on the U.S. and European governments to secure the release of Iranian-born Swedish scholar Ahmadreza Djalali, who has been imprisoned in Iran...

07/20/2021

10 Human Rights groups send joint letter urging further action against Iranian persecution against dissidents both inside and outside Iran

Reacting to the indictment of Iranian nationals on charges of conspiring to kidnap an Iranian dissident living in New York, 10 Human Rights groups cosigned a letter urging stronger action from world governments. The letter makes clear that this was not an isolated incident and provides further examples of similar activity by the Iranian government. It goes on to ask both world governments and the UN to take legal and political action to prosecute such action.

July 19, 2021—In a joint statement released today, 10 human rights groups, including the Center for Human Rights in Iran, urged the international community to hold Iranian authorities accountable for their ongoing campaigns of persecution against Iranian dissidents based inside and outside the cou...

07/19/2021

Iranian NGO writes to UN official asking them to step in as Iranian police open fire on peaceful protesters.

The Defenders of Human Rights Center sent a letter to Michelle Bachelet, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights asking her to use any means possible to prevent Iranian security forces from using force against protesters. The letter was in response to security forces firing at peaceful protestors in the Khuzestan Province with conventional weapons in addition to riot control devices. The letter contends that the protests were peaceful and in accordance with Iranian law leaving no justification for any force being used. As of now 3 people are reported dead with numerous injuries and arrests.

On the fourth night of protests in Iran’s Khuzestan Province, Defenders of Human Rights Center sent a letter to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rig

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