Experts say two women arbitrarily detained, must be released The two inmates started a hunger strike after appropriate medical treatment was denied Numerous reports of prisoners refused appropriate medical care…
The undersigned national, regional and international civil society organizations urge your government to support resolution A/C.3/73/L.42 on the promotion and protection of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran,…
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, August and September 2018, 32 Kurdish…
UN rights experts call on Iran to halt imminent executions of Iranian Kurds GENEVA (7 September 2018) – UN human rights experts* have appealed to Iran to halt the imminent…
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 sentenced to death.…
Iran: UN experts urge respect for protesters’ rights GENEVA (5 January 2018) – Demands by protesters in Iran for freedom and adequate living standards must be addressed and their rights…
During its thirty-third session, the Human Rights Council appointed Asma Jahangir as Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran. The present report outlines…
New York, 25 July – A court in Yazd has recently sentenced a man convicted of the public murder of a Baha’i to just 11 years in prison and 2…
United for Iran has joined 33 other human rights NGOs in a call for the renewal of the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in…
President Hassan Rouhani delivered a speech for the United Nations General Assembly today as 1252 political prisoners –– individuals arrested for political consideration or for exercising basic rights to freedom…
