This article was originally published by Forbes. Firuzeh Mahmoudi founded the first civic tech startup focused on Iran. She and her team are...
Iran Prison Atlas’ Database Keeps Track Of Iranian Political Prisoners
Learn the story of former political prisoner, and lead researcher of Iran Prison Atlas Mehdi Aminizadeh in an interview with NPR.
Marriage of Technology and Human Rights Will Take Us to the Future We Want
Firuzeh Mahmoudi discusses her unique experience at the intersection of technology and civil liberties at Oslo Freedom Forum. Motivated by the...
Iran’s digital activists are fighting oppression with period trackers
This article was originally published by Wired. Firuzeh Mahmoudi didn't mean to start a human-rights movement. It was June 20, 2009, and in...
This Free App Is Helping Women Tackle Domestic Violence In Iran And Worldwide
This article was originally published by Forbes. In response to the day-to-day violence and legal limitations facing many women in Iran (and...
Stakes turn deadly as Iran’s government threatens the phone apps aiding protesters
Originally published on Coda Story on October 1, 2022. Firuzeh Mahmoudi is rubbing her temples. Speaking on a video call from her home in San...
PRI’s The World : ‘We’re done’: Iranians Use This App to Track Morality Police
Originally published on The World on September 29, 2022 In Iran, a phone app called Gershad is in huge demand right now. The mapping app,...
CNN: Firuzeh Mahmoudi Speaks About the Latest Developments in Iran (video)
Originally streamed on CNN Newsroom on October 9, 2022. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yG6H1K1KKok "It's unprecedented to have a protest that...
The Young Turks: Firuzeh Mahmoudi Talks About the Murder of Mahsa Amini
Originally streamed on The Young Turks on September 28, 2022. Watch the full conversation >> The conversation between Adrienne Lawrence and...
“Iran Through Women’s Eyes” World Affairs
Deaths in Detention
A Repeating Pattern in the Suppression of the January 2026 Nationwide Protests According to information collected by the Iran Prisons Atlas, an...
Iran International: Kurdish border couriers face snow, heavy loads, and death for $10
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
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
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
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
Examining the case of 12 Arab political prisoners; One case, six death sentences, 70 years in priso
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...