By Amir Rezaei Programs and Communications Manager I started my work as an activist in 2006 when I entered Urmia University to complete my...
Iran Must Release Human Rights Lawyer Mohammad Najafi
Iran has officially summoned Mohammad Najafi to return to Arak Detention Center after being allowed a two-month furlough amid the coronavirus...
Release Imprisoned Human Rights Lawyers at Risk for Contracting COVID-19
Update: On March 30, Mohammad Najafi was released on furlough. Sotoudeh and Davoodi remain in prison. We urge the Islamic Republic of Iran to grant...
UN Special Rapporteurs: Prisoners Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and Narges Mohammadi need appropriate health care urgently
Experts say two women arbitrarily detained, must be released The two inmates started a hunger strike after appropriate medical treatment was denied...
7 things you need to know about human rights in Iran
Iranian citizens face injustice every day. Here are seven of the most major human rights violations you should know about. 1) Systematic crackdown...
World Day 2018: Death penalty; the Kurds in Iran are the main victims of execution according to the United Nations
The Kurds constitute the main victim of Iran’s machine of executions according to the United Nations. Only in the three latest months of July,...
UN rights experts call on Iran to halt execution of second juvenile offender in two weeks
GENEVA (16 January 2018) – UN human rights experts* have appealed to Iran to halt the execution of Abolfazl Chezani Sharahi, who was 15 when he was...
STATEMENT: Iran-Focused Tech NGO on #IranProtests
STATEMENT: Iran-Focused Tech NGO on #IranProtests United for Iran Condemns Violence Against Protesters, Says Right to Protest One’s Own Government...
World Domination Summit
I can’t define activism for you. It could be speaking out against a regime or being beaten at a protest against white supremacy. Activism could be...
Free My Cousin, Mehdi Khodaei
5 years ago my cousin Mehdi was arrested by the Islamic Republic of Iran. Throughout the 2009 protests, Mehdi and I worked separately with student...