Amnesty International, Impact Iran and United4Iran have created a new petition on behalf of women's rights and student activist Bahareh Hedayat on...
#IranVote for Human Rights
To: Member States of the UN General Assembly Your Excellency: We, the undersigned human rights and civil society organizations, write to urge your...
Political Prisoner Awarded Peace Prize In Absentia
Majid Tavakoli, a student activist currently imprisoned in Iran was awarded, in absentia, the International Student Peace Prize in Trondheim, Norway today.
Ahwazi Arabs at Risk of Execution
Five Ahwazi Arabs have been sentenced to death in Iran. Thirty international organizations have signed the following letter, calling in the Islamic...
Nasrin Sotoudeh Ends Hunger Strike After 49 Days
Iranian human rights attorney, Nasrin Sotoudeh, has ended her hunger strike at Evin Prison after 49 days. Sotoudeh, who is serving a six year...
US State Dept: Sakharov Prize Winner Nasrin Sotoudeh’s Hunger Strike
Washington DC (30 November 2012) - We are deeply troubled by reports of the rapidly declining health of jailed Iranian human rights defender and...
United for Iran Urges Yahoo! to Improve E-mail Security to Ensure Safety of Human Rights Activists
United for Iran joined twenty-five leading human rights and cyber-security organizations and activists in issuing a letter to Melissa Mayer, CEO of...
News Release: UN human Rights Experts Urge Immediate Release of Sakharov Prize Winners
GENEVA (1 November 2012) – A group of United Nations independent experts called for the immediate release from prison of Nasrin Sotoudeh, a...
United for Iran Report: Dismal Global Response to Iran’s Human Rights Crisis Since 2009
فارسی UNGA and UN Secretary-General should strengthen action (October 24, 2012) – Washington, D.C. – In an unprecedented study released today,...
UN Special Rapporteur Reports “Deeply Troubling Picture” Inside Iran
(October 12, 2012) - The Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran, Dr. Ahmed Shaheed, has reported a “deeply troubling picture”...