IRAN HUMAN RIGHTS

United Against Nuclear Iran https://www.unitedagainstnucleariran.com/irans-war-on-its-own-environment

Iran Human Rights  May 2022 https://iranhr.net/en/reports/28/ https://iranhr.net/media/files/Water_Environment_and_Justice-1.pdf

By Khalil Khani Atalayar January 29, 2022 https://atalayar.com/en/blog/irans-environmental-degradation

Iran Human Rights Monitor  June 5, 2022 https://iran-hrm.com/2022/06/05/destruction-of-environment-in-iran-in-four-decades/?amp

By Jack Goodman BBC News  August 2, 2021 https://www.bbc.com/news/58012290.amp

By Sahab Bahar Atlantic Council IranSource December 13, 2021 https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/iransource/irans-water-is-running-dry-now...

Amnesty International July 6, 2018 https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/mde13/8756/2018/en/

Amnesty International July 23, 2021 https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/press-release/2021/07/iran-security-forces-use-live-ammunition-and-bir...

Radio Farda November 24, 2021 https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-water-shortages-protests/31577306.html

By Borzou Daragahi The Independent  November 19, 2021 https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/iran-river-zayandeh-climate-prote...

The World Bank June 30, 2005 https://documents.worldbank.org/en/publication/documents-reports/documentdetail/401941468284096627/iran-islamic...

Radio Farda December 16, 2018 https://en.radiofarda.com/a/iran-fertile-soil-smuggled-out-to-gulf-states/29658801.html

Middle East Eye November 25, 2021 https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/iran-fertile-soil-smuggled-gulf-countries-press-review

Radio Free Europe  Radio Liberty  February 18, 2020 https://www.rferl.org/amp/iran-sentences-eight-environmental-activists-for-allegedly-spy...

Radio Farda February 18, 2020 https://en.radiofarda.com/amp/iran-court-upholds-58-years-prison-term-for-eight-environmentalists/30441558.htm...

Iran Human Rights February 20, 2020 https://www.iranhr.net/en/articles/4139/

Amnesty International  March 5, 2019 https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2019/03/iran-release-eight-wildlife-conservationists-following-u...

Iran International  June 5, 2022 https://www.iranintl.com/en/202206055528

Iran once boasted one of the greenest governments. But persecution, paranoia, and war have sunk the Middle East’s most vital conservation pr...

By Henry Pope Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project August 25, 2022 https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/16694-iran-s-largest-steel-com...

By Golnaz Esfandiari Radio Farda February 18, 2022 https://www.rferl.org/amp/farda-leaked-conversation-corruption-irgc/31710316.html

By Masoud Kazemi  Iran Wire  January 27, 2022 https://iranwire.com/en/politics/71184/   Iran's Great Petrochemical Corruption Scandal, P...

United Against Nuclear Iran  June 2022 https://www.unitedagainstnucleariran.com/index.php/corruption

By Ehsan Mehrabi Iran Wire  December 21, 2020 https://iranwire.com/en/features/68397/

Illicit economies in Iran Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime  October 2020 https://globalinitiative.net/analysis/under-...

Risk & Compliance August 2020 https://www.ganintegrity.com/portal/country-profiles/iran/

By Tahereh Hadian-Jazy Atlantic Council  September 5, 2019 https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/iransource/fighting-corruption-or-just-more...

By Ali Ranjipour  Iran Wire  May 28, 2019 https://iranwire.com/en/features/66059/

Radio Farda March 14, 2019 https://en.radiofarda.com/amp/billions-of-dollars-involved-in-two-corruption-trials-in-iran/29820792.html

The revelation of perhaps the biggest corruption scandal in Iranian history has exposed domestic political fault lines and is already reverb...

As economic conditions in Iran worsen, Iranians are shifting some of the blame from the West to domestic causes, including corruption and ec...

By Esfandyar Batmanghelidj Al-Monitor  August 30, 2018 https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2018/08/iran-corruption-economic-crisis-rouhani-...

Iran Wire  July 26, 2018 https://iranwire.com/en/features/65429/

Article 19 September 28, 2017 https://www.article19.org/resources/iran-the-long-road-to-transparency/

By Shabnam von Hein  Deutsche Welle July 20, 2017 https://m.dw.com/en/irans-double-standard-of-justice/a-39778965

In Iran, billionaire Babak Zanjani has been sentenced to death for corruption. He once had close ties to political circles. The justice syst...

A corruption trial is exposing this closed society's links between money and politics By Najmeh Bozorgmehr and Bijan Namdar Zangeneh Fin...

By Muhammad Sahimi PBS Frontline Tehran Bureau March 30, 2010 https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/tehranbureau/2010/03/ahmadinejad-and-...

By Yaghoub Fazeli Al Arabiya September 16, 2022 https://english.alarabiya.net/News/middle-east/2022/09/16/Iranian-woman-beaten-by-police-for...

By Radio Farda September 15, 2022 https://www.rferl.org/a/iranian-woman-brain-dead-arrets-morality-police-hijab/32035501.html

Radio Farda August 30, 2022 https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-surveillance-cameras-identify-women-hijab-rules/32010957.html

By Hedie Kimiaee Iran Wire July 9, 2022 https://iranwire.com/en/women/105532-a-futile-display-cities-in-iran-step-up-morality-patrols/

Arab News October 21, 2021 https://www.arabnews.com/node/1952486/amp

By Sharmeen Somani Global News September 7, 2019 https://globalnews.ca/news/5867031/hijab-protest-sentence-saba-kord-afshari/amp/

By Amanda Woods New York Post August 29, 2019 https://nypost.com/2019/08/29/iranian-civil-rights-activist-gets-prison-for-taking-off-hijab-i...

My Stealthy Freedom Campaign against compulsory hijab in Iran August 27, 2019 https://www.mystealthyfreedom.org/sabakordafshari-is-only-20-b...

The White Wednesdays movement opposes compulsory hijab and promotes freedom of choice for Iranian women. https://www.mystealthyfreedom.org/t...

By Madeline Hislop Women's Agenda October 22, 2019 https://womensagenda.com.au/latest/yasaman-aryani-took-off-her-headscarf-was-sentence...

Amnesty International April 18, 2019 https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/press-release/2019/04/iran-release-womens-rights-defenders-detained-f...

Share America August 14, 2019 https://share.america.gov/combined-55-year-jail-time-for-defying-irans-hijab-law/

Amnesty International February 26, 2018 https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2018/02/iran-dozens-of-women-ill-treated-and-at-risk-of-long-...

Demonstrator says she was jailed for 'opposing the compulsory hijab' and 'waving a white flag of peace in the street' By Sam...

Justice For Iran  March 7, 2014 https://justice4iran.org/4861/

Radio Farda April 26, 2018 https://en.radiofarda.com/amp/iran-child-labor-homeless-abuse/29193727.html

Radio Farda November 26, 2018 https://en.radiofarda.com/a/poverty-at-the-root-of-iran-s-child-labor-problem/29621609.html

Radio Farda September 2, 2019 https://en.radiofarda.com/amp/thousands-of-children-forced-to-work-beg-in-the-streets-in-iran/30142546.html

Deutsche Welle July 19, 2019 https://amp.dw.com/en/iranian-street-children-face-torture-and-abuse/av-49647920

By Rahim Hamid and Yasser Assadi The Washington Institute for Near East Policy Fikra Forum March 13, 2020 https://www.washingtoninstitute.or...

Iran News Wire  November 20, 2020 https://irannewswire.org/the-plight-of-irans-millions-of-child-laborers/?amp

Iran Human Rights Review The Foreign Policy Center January 2014 https://www.ihrr.org/ihrr_article/violence-en_islamic-republic-of-iran-promo...

Los Angeles Times  By Kim Murphy April 22, 2007 https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-apr-22-fg-streetkids22-story.html

U.S. Foundation for Liberty June 13, 2022 https://www.usfliberty.org/iran-child-laborers-exposed-to-irreparable-lifelong-injuries/

Iran Human Rights Monitor  November 19, 2020 https://iran-hrm.com/2020/11/19/world-childrens-day-rings-hollow-for-children-in-iran/?amp

More than 51,000 children in Iran have lost a parent to the Covid-19 pandemic, Iranian welfare authorities say. By Rana Rahimpour BBC Persia...

By Khosro Kalbasi Atlantic Council IranSource August 13, 2020 https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/iransource/coronavirus-pandemic-exacerba...

Iran Wire December 16, 2020 https://iranwire.com/en/fact-checking/68404

Iran International  November 23, 2021 https://www.iranintl.com/en/20211123366358

Center for Human Rights in Iran August 30, 2021 https://iranhumanrights.org/2021/08/the-life-of-an-iranian-child-bride-an-animation-by-marja...

By Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury Blitz Pressenza November 14, 2021 https://www.pressenza.com/2021/09/irans-vice-president-ansieh-khazali-supp...

Iran Wire May 9, 2022 https://iranwire.com/en/society/103764-a-tale-of-two-child-marriages

Deutsche Welle November 9, 2017 https://amp.dw.com/en/child-marriage-in-iran-forces-girls-into-a-life-of-oppression/a-40450099

By Taraneh Stone BBC Monitoring April 26, 2019  https://monitoring.bbc.co.uk/product/c200rxfl

Country Policy and Information Note Home Office  May 2022 https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachm...

Justice For Iran December 2013 https://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/Documents/Issues/Women/WRGS/ForcedMarriage/NGO/JusticeForIran.pdf

Justice For Iran  October 10, 2013 https://justice4iran.org/6539/

Human rights activists say approved bill, making girls vulnerable to the ruling from age 13, 'legalises paedophilia' By Saeed Kamali...

By Golnaz Esfandiari Radio Free Europe  Radio Liberty  May 31, 2021 https://www.rferl.org/a/women-sexual-abuse-iran-prisons/31282808.html

By Tamara Abueish Al Arabiya August 15, 2020 https://english.alarabiya.net/amp/features/2020/08/15/Women-reveal-suffering-torture-rape-in-Ir...

By Firozeh Ramezanzadeh  Iran Wire  October 5, 2014 https://iranwire.com/en/society/60172/

Iran Human Rights Review  The Foreign Policy Center January 2014 https://www.ihrr.org/ihrr_article/violence-en_sexual-torture-of-women-polit...

Justice For Iran September 29, 2013 https://justice4iran.org/5431/#

Justice For Iran June 2013 https://justice4iran.org/6548/

Sexual Torture of Women in Islamic Republic Prisons Justice For Iran December 10, 2012 https://justice4iran.org/6057/

By Robert Mackey  The New York Times August 28, 2009 https://archive.nytimes.com/thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/28/iranians-say-prison-ra...

By Golnaz Esfandiari Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty August 26, 2009 https://www.rferl.org/amp/New_PrisonRape_Allegations_In_Iran_Bring_Prac...

By Sabina Amidi Jerusalem Post  July 19, 2009 https://m.jpost.com/iranian-threat/news/i-wed-iranian-girls-before-execution/amp

Amnesty International  December 4, 2018 https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/mde13/9421/2018/en/

Amnesty International  December 4, 2018 https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2018/12/iran-committing-crimes-against-humanity-by-concealing...

Evidence & Legal Analysis of "Crimes Against Humanity" Human Rights Watch June 8, 2022 https://www.hrw.org/news/2022/06/08/ira...

Iran Tribunal https://irantribunal.com/mass-executions/khomeins-fatwa-fatwa-led-to-mass-execution-of-political-prisoners/

Iran Tribunal https://irantribunal.com/mass-executions/list-of-executions/

Partial Translation of the remarks by Grand Ayatollah Hossein-Ali Montazeri in a meeting with the members of the "death commission...

Justice for Victims of 1988 Massacre in Iran September 15, 2019 https://iran1988.org/mass-murderers-are-running-iran-judiciary/

Amnesty International  June 19, 2021 https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2021/06/iran-ebrahim-raisi-must-be-investigated-for-crimes-again...

By Stephanie Nebehay Reuters  January 27, 2022 https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/un-urged-open-query-into-irans-1988-killings-raisi-...

By Stephanie Nebehay Reuters  June 29, 2021 https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/exclusive-un-expert-backs-probe-into-irans-1988-killin...

By Thomas Parker The Washington Institute for Near East Policy August 26, 2021 https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/iranian-p...

By David Gritten BBC News July 14, 2022 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-62162676.amp

Amnesty International  July 14, 2022 https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2022/07/iran-conviction-of-former-iranian-official-over-involvem...

Ukraine has rejected the Civil Aviation Organisation of Iran's final report on the downing of a Ukrainian jet as a "cynical attempt...

Amnesty International  January 15, 2020 https://www.amnesty.org.uk/press-releases/iran-pointed-pellets-tear-gas-and-rubber-bullets-fired-pla...

A Torture Case, No Transparency in Investigation of 2020 Downed Airliner Human Rights Watch May 27, 2021 https://www.hrw.org/news/2021/05/27...

By Siamak Dehghanpour, Myroslava Gongadze and Michael Lipin VOA News January 08, 2022 https://www.voanews.com/amp/voa-exclusive-ukraine-accu...

About Us We are the families of victims of Flight PS752. Our lives – what used to be normal lives like other normal people – forever changed...

By Liam Casey and Hina Alam  The Canadian Press Global News January 4, 2021 https://globalnews.ca/news/7555417/iran-plane-crash-1-year/amp/

A Canadian court on Thursday ruled that the shooting down of Ukraine International Airlines flight PS752 was deliberate and an "act of ...

Canada will soon enter into negotiations with Iran on reparations for the victims' families By Ashley Burke and Nahayat Tizhoosh  CBC Ne...

Plantiff's lawyer plans to seize Iranian assets in Canada and abroad By Ashley Burke  CBC News Jan 03, 2022 https://www.cbc.ca/news/poli...

Study of the data of 3000+ murdered and 19000+ detained. Includes the names of 850+ murdered. MEHR center February 21, 2021 https://mehr.cen...

Iran International February 27, 2021 https://old.iranintl.com/en/iran/new-report-claims-3000-killed-iran-during-bloody-november-2019

Reuters December 23, 2019 https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN1YR0QR

Amnesty International  May 20, 2020 https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2020/05/iran-details-released-of-304-deaths-during-protests-six-m...

Amnesty International  November 16, 2021 https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/mde13/2308/2020/en/

By Humeyra Pamuk Reuters December 5, 2019 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-protests-usa/u-s-says-iran-may-have-killed-more-than-1000-...

Special Briefing U.S. Department of State December 5, 2019 https://2017-2021.state.gov/special-representative-for-iran-and-senior-advisor-to...

United Nations The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights December 20, 2019 https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2019/12/iran-e...

Amnesty International  September 2, 2020 https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/mde13/2891/2020/en/

By Fereshteh Ghazi and Golnaz Esfandiari  Radio Free Europe  Radio Liberty November 20, 2020 https://www.rferl.org/amp/one-year-after-iran-s...

Center for Human Rights in Iran March 31, 2022 https://iranhumanrights.org/2022/03/relatives-of-victims-of-state-violence-are-being-persecut...

The European Parliament  Texts adopted December 19, 2019 https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/TA-9-2019-0112_EN.html

International people’s tribunal on Iran’s atrocities of November 2019 https://abantribunal.com

By Dr. Ewelina U. Ochab Forbes November 11, 2021 https://www.forbes.com/sites/ewelinaochab/2021/11/11/allegations-of-mass-killings-of-protes...

Frontline Defenders April 7, 2022 https://www.frontlinedefenders.org/en/statement-report/iran-authorities-violating-absolute-prohibition-tor...

Justice For Iran  February 28, 2020 https://justice4iran.org/15229/

Justice For Iran  May 16, 2020 https://justice4iran.org/15076/

Justice For Iran  November 13, 2020 https://justice4iran.org/15396/

By Dr. Ewelina U. Ochab Forbes August 13, 2021 https://www.forbes.com/sites/ewelinaochab/2021/08/13/more-than-500-women-human-rights-defende...

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) August 26, 2019 https://rsf.org/en/news/iran-worlds-biggest-jailer-women-journalists Extract "Already o...

By Caitlin Crahan  The Iran Primer December 1, 2020 https://iranprimer.usip.org/blog/2020/dec/01/profiles-iran’s-jailed-human-rights-activis...

By Casey Donahue The Iran Primer December 14, 2020 https://iranprimer.usip.org/index.php/blog/2020/jul/15/profiles-iran’s-jailed-human-right...

Iran Human Rights  December 16, 2021 https://iranhr.net/en/reports/26/ https://iranhr.net/media/files/HRD-English-2021_K2YoPzS.pdf

Iran Human Rights  November 12, 2020 https://iranhr.net/en/reports/23/ https://iranhr.net/media/files/HRD_Report_Iran_Human_Rights_Eng.pdf

Iran Human Rights  February 23, 2019 https://iranhr.net/en/reports/20/ https://iranhr.net/media/files/HRD_Report_2018_EN.pdf

Architects of Human Rights Abuse in the Islamic Republic By Tzvi Kahn, Research Fellow, Dr. Ahmed Shaheed, UN Special Rapporteur (Foreword),...

Justice for Iran https://facesofcrime.org/

Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran Resolution adopted by the General Assembly UN. General Assembly December 2021 http...

2021 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Iran Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor https://www.state.gov/reports/2021-country...

EU Annual Report on Human Rights and Democracy in the World 2021 Country Updates https://www.eeas.europa.eu/eeas/2021-human-rights-and-democ...

Amnesty International Report 2021/2022 Human Rights in Iran https://www.amnesty.org/en/location/middle-east-and-north-africa/iran/report-ira...

World Report 2022 Iran https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2022/country-chapters/iran

Freedom in the World 2022 Iran https://freedomhouse.org/country/iran/freedom-world/2022