This article originally appeared in Iran International. Human rights organizations have documented an increase in deadly shootings by Iran’s...
VOA: UN Rights Commissioner Meets Officials in Iran, Despite Activists Warning Her of Propaganda Risk
This article originally appeared on Voice of America. A more detailed discussion is also included in the Flashpoint Iran podcast. WASHINGTON — The...
Uphold the Right to Choose One’s Clothing
Author: Gershad For over 45 years, the Islamic Republic of Iran has consistently infringed on a fundamental human right: choosing one’s clothing....
Iranians urge action over ‘gender apartheid’ after hijab bill passes
This article originally appeared in The National News. The international community must act against Tehran, Iranian activists said after the...
Iranians say ‘nothing left’ to lose one year after Mahsa Amini protests
This piece originally appeared in The Naitonal News. Iran was rocked by its largest ever anti-regime movement after the death in police custody one...
Marketplace Tech: How tech has influenced a year of demonstrations in Iran
This piece originally appeared on Marketplace Tech. Saturday marks one year since the death of Mahsa Amini, the young woman who was arrested by the...
The statistical analysis of the suppression of Baha’i citizens before and after the uprising of women, life, freedom; The linear and continuous course of repression, systemic violation of rights, and the issuing of four centuries of imprisonment in less than two years
Research by Iran Prisons Atlas shows that during the past years, the amount of repression of citizens by the Islamic Republic has fluctuated and...
Issuing 7,404 lashes against political and civil activists after the Women, Life, Freedom uprising; A fourfold increase in flogging sentences compared to the same period last year
The flogging sentence is one of the types of "legal" torture of citizens in Iran; An inhumane and humiliating sentence that has become a law in the...
Examining the case of 12 Arab political prisoners; One case, six death sentences, 70 years in priso
This report is an investigative account of the case of 12 Ahvazi Arab political prisoners in a joint trial, six of whom were sentenced to death and...
Statement of Human Rights Organizations Condemning Death Sentences and Supporting Arab Political Prisoners
Following the Women, Life, Freedom uprising, the Islamic Republic has started a new wave of death sentences in Iran. The number of executed...