IRAN HUMAN RIGHTS

The Council of the European Union October 17, 2022 https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2022/10/17/iran-eu-sanctions-perp...

Al Arabiya October 13, 2022 https://english.alarabiya.net/News/middle-east/2022/10/13/Iran-warns-EU-states-against-imposing-sanctions-over-c...

In a letter to EU diplomats, Tehran claims ‘bilateral relations may not survive’ as the EU moves to penalize Iran for killing protesters. By...

Al Arabiya  AFP October 12, 2022 https://english.alarabiya.net/News/middle-east/2022/10/12/EU-states-agree-to-sanction-Iran-over-protest-cra...

The European Parliament  Texts adopted October 6, 2022 https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/TA-9-2022-0352_EN.html

By Pouya Ghorbani BBC Persian Social Media October 15, 2022 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-63254385

Tehran authorities 'shaken to core' as demonstrations grow and death toll mounts By Martin Chulov The Guardian October 8, 2022   htt...

Nika Shahkarami, 16, disappeared on her way to anti-hijab protests sparked by death of Mahsa Amini By Patrick Wintour The Guardian October 6...

By Yaghoub Fazeli Al Arabiya October 14, 2022 https://english.alarabiya.net/News/middle-east/2022/10/14/Iran-protests-death-toll-rises-to-22...

Al Arabiya Reuters October 9, 2022 https://english.alarabiya.net/News/middle-east/2022/10/09/Protests-continue-across-Iran-as-rights-group-r...

Al Arabiya  AFP October 2, 2022 https://english.alarabiya.net/News/middle-east/2022/10/02/At-least-92-people-killed-in-Iran-crackdown-on-Mah...

Al Arabiya  AFP October 2, 2022 https://english.alarabiya.net/News/middle-east/2022/10/02/At-least-41-killed-by-Iran-security-forces-in-Zahe...

By Parisa Hafezi Reuters October 2, 2022 https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/iran-lawmakers-chant-thank-you-police-amid-growing-public...

Reuters October 1, 2022 https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/students-rally-iran-protests-enter-third-week-2022-10-01/

Amnesty International  September 30, 2022 https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2022/09/iran-leaked-documents-reveal-top-level-orders-to-ar...

Amnesty International  September 30, 2022 https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/mde13/6070/2022/en/ https://www.amnesty.org/en/wp-content/upl...

Al Arabiya  AFP September 28, 2022 https://english.alarabiya.net/News/middle-east/2022/09/28/UN-calls-on-Iran-to-refrain-from-disproportiona...

Amnesty International September 28, 2022 https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2022/09/iran-protester-killings-must-be-urgently-investigate...

Amnesty International  September 27, 2022 https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/mde13/6060/2022/en/ https://www.amnesty.org/en/wp-content/upl...

Al Arabiya  AFP September 26, 2022 https://english.alarabiya.net/News/middle-east/2022/09/26/Iran-steps-up-arrests-of-activists-journalists-...

Al Arabiya  September 25, 2022 https://english.alarabiya.net/News/middle-east/2022/09/25/Iran-kills-young-woman-who-went-viral-in-protest-vi...

Amnesty International September 23, 2022 https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2022/09/iran-world-must-take-meaningful-action-against-blood...

Amnesty International  September 21, 2022 https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2022/09/iran-deadly-crackdown-on-protests-against-mahsa-ami...

Amnesty International  August 3, 2022 https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2022/08/iran-robust-international-action-needed-to-end-cycles-o...

Amnesty International  August 3, 2022 https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/mde13/5789/2022/en/ https://www.amnesty.org/en/wp-content/uploads...

UN Women September 27, 2022 https://www.unwomen.org/en/news-stories/statement/2022/09/un-women-statement-on-womens-rights-in-iran

Center for Human Rights in Iran  September 16, 2022 https://iranhumanrights.org/2022/09/mahsa-amini-is-another-victim-of-islamic-republics-w...

The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights United Nations  November 16, 2021 https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2022/01/iran-...

The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights United Nations  March 8, 2021 https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2021/03/iran-wome...

By Andrew Hanna The Iran Primer  December 8, 2020 https://iranprimer.usip.org/blog/2020/dec/08/part-3-iranian-laws-women

Ceasefire Centre for Civilian Rights Centre for Supporters of Human Rights  Minority Rights Group International September 2019 https://minor...

United Against Nuclear Iran  https://www.unitedagainstnucleariran.com/irans-war-on-women https://www.unitedagainstnucleariran.com/sites/defa...

Discrimination Against Women in Iran’s Job Market Human Rights Watch  May 25, 2017 https://www.hrw.org/report/2017/05/25/its-mens-club/discr...

Statement submitted by Amnesty International, Association for Women’s Rights in Development, BAOBAB for Women’s Human Rights, Center for Wom...

Vice Presidency for Women and Family Affairs Office of International Affairs United Nations  https://www.unwomen.org/sites/default/files/Hea...

The Vice Presidency for Women & Family Affairs United Nations  https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/content/documents/13097Islamic_Repu...

By Anissa Aguedal The World Coalition Against the Death Penalty June 10, 2022 https://worldcoalition.org/2022/06/10/annual-report-on-the-dea...

The European Parliament Texts adopted  February 17, 2022 https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/TA-9-2022-0050_EN.html

Iran Human Rights  April 2022 https://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/2022-06/imposition-death-penalty-iran.pdf

By Skylar Thompson Atlantic Council  February 15, 2022 https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/iransource/irans-troubling-execution-rates-show...

Iran Human Rights  October 8, 2021 https://iranhr.net/en/articles/4910/ https://iranhr.net/media/files/Women_and_the_Death_Penalty_2021.pdf

Iran Human Rights Together Against the Death Penalty April 2021 https://www.iranhr.net/en/articles/5170/ https://iranhr.net/media/files/Annu...

International Federation for Human Rights October 8, 2020 https://www.fidh.org/en/region/asia/iran/iran-death-penalty-violates-fundamental-r...

The widespread use of the death penalty in Iran International Federation for Human Rights October 2020 https://www.fidh.org/IMG/pdf/iranpdm7...

Iran Human Rights  October 9, 2015 https://iranhr.net/en/reports/15/ https://iranhr.net/media/files/DeadlyInjustice.pdf

International Federation for Human Rights October 10, 2013 https://www.fidh.org/en/region/asia/iran/death-penalty-in-iran-a-state-terror-pol...

A state terror policy Special edition for the 4th World Congress against the death penalty International Federation for Human Rights March 1...

A state terror policy International Federation for Human Rights April 2009 https://www.fidh.org/en/region/asia/iran/A-State-Terror-Policy ht...

Amnesty International  June 2007 https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/mde13/059/2007/en/ https://www.amnesty.org/en/wp-content/uploads/2021/...

United Against Nuclear Iran  https://www.unitedagainstnucleariran.com/cruel-and-inhuman-executions-and-other-barbarities-irans-judicial-syst...

On the Abuse and Mass Killings of Political Prisoners in Iran, 1981-1988 Findings of the Truth Commission, Held 18th-22nd June, 2012 Iran Tr...

Amnesty International August 25, 2021 https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2021/08/iran-leaked-video-footage-from-evin-prison-offers-rare-...

Ex-Detainees Narrate to Majalla Their Experience in World's Most Dangerous Prisons By Rowshan Qassim Majalla Magazine September 10, 2021...

Iran Human Rights Monitor May 23, 2021 https://iran-hrm.com/2021/05/23/forced-confessions-in-iran-hundreds-of-political-prisoners-tortured/

Iran Human Rights Monitor June 25, 2018 https://iran-hrm.com/2018/06/25/harrowing-realities-iran-torture/?amp

Humanists International March 15, 2018 https://humanists.international/2018/03/iran-iheu-condemns-torture-detainees-oppression-protests-deni...

By Saeed Kamali Dehghan The Guardian  January 9, 2018 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jan/09/iran-protests-deaths-custody-human-right...

By Doug Sauders The Globe and Mail February 19, 2007 https://www.theglobeandmail.com/amp/news/world/few-know-who-is-held-behind-the-tiled-wa...

Freedom from Torture December 2017 https://www.freedomfromtorture.org/sites/default/files/2019-04/2018%20iran%20report_A4_final_final_Feb%20...

Torture in Iran since the 2009 elections Freedom from Torture March 2013 https://www.freedomfromtorture.org/sites/default/files/2019-04/We%2...

A state policy of repression International Federation for Human Rights Iranian League for the Defence of Human Rights December 10, 2011 http...

Torture, Detention, and the Crushing of Dissent in Iran Human Rights Watch  June 6, 2004 https://www.hrw.org/report/2004/06/06/dead-their-co...

By Josh Campbell CNN  July 31, 2022 https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2022/07/31/us/iranian-journalist-masih-alinejad-man-arrested-ak-47/index.html

By Jonathan Dienst, Myles Miller and Ken Dilanian NBC News August 1, 2022 https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna40882

By Melissa Koenig  Daily Mail July 31, 2022 https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11066653/amp/Man-loaded-AK-47-arrested-lurking-outside-...

By Josh Dickey The Wrap August 4, 2022 https://www.thewrap.com/iranian-journalist-masih-aliejad-ak-47-stalk-agent-iran/amp/

By Katherine Jacobsen  The Committee to Protect Journalists  August 19, 2022 https://cpj.org/2022/08/it-made-me-more-determined-iranian-amer...

By Matthew Levitt Combatting Terrorisms Center February 2022 https://ctc.westpoint.edu/trends-in-iranian-external-assassination-surveillance...

Al Arabiya July 16, 2021 https://english.alarabiya.net/amp/features/2021/07/16/Timeline-Iran-s-assassinations-and-plots-to-kill-dissidents-l...

By Yaghoub Fazeli Al Arabiya June 26, 2020 https://english.alarabiya.net/features/2020/06/26/With-history-of-killings-abductions-Turkey-is-n...

By Saeed Abdulrazzak Ashargh Al-Awsat July 8, 2022 https://english.aawsat.com/home/article/3747461/turkey-convicts-14-accused-killing-irania...

Reuters March 27, 2020 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-turkey-iran-killing-exclusive-idUSKBN21E3FU

By Faramarz Davar Iran Wire November 18, 2021 https://iranwire.com/en/features/67508

By Samuel Petrequin  AP News February 4, 2021 https://apnews.com/article/iran-trials-antwerp-france-belgium-6005db14421f60e003cfcf5a32145414

Iran Wire November 18, 2021 https://iranwire.com/en/politics/70803

By Faramarz Davar Iran Wire Part 1 November 18, 2021 https://iranwire.com/en/politics/70809 Part 2 November 23, 2021 https://iranwire.com/en...

Abdorrahman Boroumand Center for Human Rights July 27, 2021 https://www.iranrights.org/newsletter/issue/120

Iran Wire October 23, 2020 https://iranwire.com/en/features/67859

By Alireza Nader and Benjamin Weinthal  Radio Farda July 22, 2020 https://en.radiofarda.com/amp/tehran-continues-its-terror-campaign-in-euro...

Iran Human Rights Documentation Center May 2008 https://iranhrdc.org/no-safe-haven-irans-global-assassination-campaign/amp/ https://iranhrdc...

By Rick Atkinson The Washington Post November 21, 1993 https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1993/11/21/killing-of-iranian-dissent...

Iran has executed at least 251 people in the first half of 2022, including women defending themselves against domestic violence. Deutsche We...

Amnesty International July 27, 2022 https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2022/07/iran-horrific-wave-of-executions-must-be-stopped/

AFP Al Arabiya July 27, 2022 https://english.alarabiya.net/News/middle-east/2022/07/27/Rights-groups-denounce-Iran-execution-spree-

Iran Human Rights July 11, 2022 https://iranhumanrights.org/2022/07/heightened-reign-of-terror-in-iran-under-new-intelligence-chief/

High Commissioner for Human Rights United Nations  June 15, 2022 https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2022/06/iran-un-experts-alarmed-civ...

Reuters September 13, 2022 https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/eu-condemns-death-sentences-two-women-iran-2022-09-13/

Deutsche Welle September 9, 2022 https://amp.dw.com/en/iran-rights-groups-slam-death-sentences-for-lgbtq-activists/a-63069473

By David Gritten BBC News September 5, 2022 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-62793573.amp

Iran: Sexual orientation and gender identity and expression Home Office June 2022 https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/upload...

By Benjamin Weinthal The Jerusalem Post June 9, 2020 https://m.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-executes-high-number-of-gays-says-german-intellige...

By Alistair Walsh Deutsche Welle June 12, 2019 https://m.dw.com/en/iran-defends-execution-of-gay-people/a-49144899

By Benjamin Weinthal Foundation for Defense of Democracies August 4, 2016 https://www.fdd.org/analysis/2016/08/04/iran-executes-gay-teenager...

Justice For Iran  June 24, 2014 https://justice4iran.org/9226/

Iran Human Rights Documentation Center November 2013 https://iranhrdc.org/denied-identity-human-rights-abuses-against-irans-lgbt-community/a...

Laws, Policies Put Already Vulnerable People at Even Greater Risk Human Rights Watch December 15, 2010 https://www.hrw.org/news/2010/12/15/i...

Discrimination and Violence against Sexual Minorities in Iran Human Rights Watch  December 15, 2010 https://www.hrw.org/report/2010/12/15/we...

Human Rights Watch  November 21, 2005 https://www.hrw.org/news/2005/11/21/iran-two-more-executions-homosexual-conduct

United Against Nuclear Iran  https://www.unitedagainstnucleariran.com/irans-war-on-lgbt-citizens

Iran International June 16, 2022 https://www.iranintl.com/en/202206164712

Iranian teachers are joining in the protest movement against President Raisi's administration, but security forces are responding quickl...

More Than 20 Teachers detained Human Rights Watch May 5, 2022 https://www.hrw.org/news/2022/05/05/iran-release-detained-teacher-activists

Iran International May 1, 2022 https://www.iranintl.com/en/202205018106

Radio Farda April 21, 2022 https://www.rferl.org/amp/iran-teachers-protest/31814521.html

Radio Farda  February 20, 2022 https://www.rferl.org/amp/iran-teachers-protests-100-cities/31712708.html

By Javad Motevali Iran Wire February 11, 2022 https://iranwire.com/en/teachers-rights/71296

By Roshanak Astaraki Kayhan Life February 9, 2022 https://kayhanlife.com/society/human-rights/iranian-teachers-stage-protests-in-200-cities-...

By Javad Motevali Iran Wire January 14, 2022 https://iranwire.com/en/teachers-rights/71115

Iran Wire January 13, 2022 https://iranwire.com/en/teachers-rights/71108

Iran's teachers are protesting poor salaries and working conditions in the face of runaway inflation. The government, however, is treati...

Radio Farda  May 3, 2019 https://en.radiofarda.com/a/dozens-of-teachers-arrested-in-iran-during-protests/29917968.html

Middle East Monitor March 10, 2017 https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20170310-iranian-teachers-strike-in-protest-at-tough-living-conditions/...

By Robert Tait The Guardian  March 16, 2007 https://amp.theguardian.com/world/2007/mar/16/iran.roberttait

Radio Farda July 9, 2019 https://en.radiofarda.com/amp/absolute-illiteracy-affects-8-11-million-people-in-iran/30045351.html

Unpaid Wages, Unsafe Work Conditions, Arbitrary Arrests, Prosecutions Human Rights Watch April 29, 2022 https://www.hrw.org/news/2022/04/29/...

Radio Farda July 21, 2022 https://www.rferl.org/amp/iran-pensioners-protest-38-percent/31954146.html

Iran International  July 2, 2022 https://www.iranintl.com/en/202207023087

Radio Farda June 7, 2022 https://www.rferl.org/amp/iran-protests-economy-pensioners/31887560.html

Iran Wire June 7, 2022 https://iranwire.com/en/economy/104618-retirees-hold-mass-protests-in-iran-over-social-security-deceit

Center for Human Rights in Iran  January 19, 2021 https://iranhumanrights.org/2021/01/suffering-iranian-retirees-joining-nationwide-protests...

The High Commissioner for Human Rights United Nations  March 1, 2022 https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2022/03/un-human-rights-experts...

Joint Statement by 50+ Rights Groups Human Rights Watch  March 17, 2022 https://www.hrw.org/news/2022/03/17/iran-human-rights-groups-sound-a...

Center for Human Rights in Iran  February 24, 2022 https://iranhumanrights.org/2022/02/bill-increasing-surveillance-and-censorship-of-intern...

The regime is about to pass a new law that would criminalise VPNs and stifle any remaining internet freedoms in the country By Raksha Kumar ...

Article 19 February 22, 2022 https://www.article19.org/resources/iran-parliament-ratifies-central-elements-of-oppressive-internet-bill/

They should be more scared of shutting it off. By Kourosh Ziabari Foreign Policy  June 6, 2022 https://foreignpolicy.com/2022/06/06/iran-int...

Iran Wire  February 23, 2022 https://iranwire.com/en/technology/71355/

Iran International February 22, 2022 https://www.iranintl.com/en/202202228591

Reporters Without Borders  September 24, 2020 https://rsf.org/en/iranian-bill-aims-reinforce-digital-wall-and-online-censorship

The Committee to Protect Journalists November 1, 2021 https://cpj.org/2021/11/iran-parliament-bill-restrict-internet/amp/

By Mahsa Alimardani The Iran Primer  February 23, 2022 https://iranprimer.usip.org/blog/2021/oct/14/internet-freedom-iran-and-new-protection...

Middle East Eye  July 30, 2022 https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/iran-google-safe-search-outrage

Iran International  July 9, 2022 https://www.iranintl.com/en/202207095308

By Parisa Hafezi Reuters  January 8, 2021 https://www.reuters.com/article/health-coronavirus-iran-int-idUSKBN29D0YC

Iranians are facing a fourth wave of Covid-19 and it is shaping up to be the worst since the start of the pandemic. According to official fi...

Reuters  Radio Farda  July 14, 2021 https://www.rferl.org/amp/iran-at-risk-of-covid-19-fifth-wave-as-homegrown-vaccine-campaign-stalls/31356...

Ayatollah Khamanei banned US and UK vaccine imports in January. By Guy Davies ABC News August 12, 2021 https://abcnews.go.com/amp/Internatio...

Vaccine Prohibitions, Poor Transparency Undermining Response Human Rights Watch August 19, 2021 https://www.hrw.org/news/2021/08/19/iran-gov...

By John Calabrese Middle East Institute  August 17, 2021 https://www.mei.edu/publications/irans-covid-19-pandemic-response-mission-critical

Sanctions, distrust, and misinformation hamper pandemic response By Richard Stone Science  March 29, 2020 https://www.science.org/content/ar...

MSF remains ready to deploy its emergency team and inflatable 50-bed hospital elsewhere in Iran or to other countries urgently needing suppo...

By Adam Kredo The Washington Free Beacon March 23, 2020 https://freebeacon.com/national-security/iranian-officials-stole-more-than-1-billion...