July 26, 2022

Iran Loses Highly Educated and Skilled Citizens during Long-Running "Brain Drain"

By Hassan Mahmoudi
Migration Policy Institute 
April 22, 2021

Why do professional Iranians emigrate abroad (brain drain)?

By Cyrus Yaqubi
Atalayar
December 9, 2021

Conservative Website Says Next President Must Tackle Iran's Brain Drain

By Maryam Sinaiee
Iran International
May 29, 2021

Businessman Warns, Instability Worsening Brain Drain From Iran

Iran International 
February 15, 2022

Iran's brain drain: The impact of poverty and inflation

By Hossein Beizayi
Iran News Wire
November 1, 2021

Iran's Growing Brain Drain Disaster

By Heshmat Alavi
Vocal Europe 
December 03, 2017

Goodbye, genius: How Iran's best and brightest are leaving the country

As hospitals, universities and tech companies struggle to fill highly-skilled positions, Iranian smugglers say business is booming

Middle East Eye
November 27, 2021

Fact Check: Does Iran Suffer From a Brain Drain and How Serious Is It?

Iran Wire
May 3, 2020

July 25, 2022

Iran economist says 60 million Iranians live in poverty, 30 million unemployed

Iran News Wire

Statistics Suggest Half Of Iranians Living In Poverty

By Maryam Sinaee
Iran International 
October 8, 2020

One Out Of Every Two Iranians Lives Below Poverty Line, Says Report

Iran International 
October 11, 2020

Iran Enters A New Economic Era Marked By Poverty

Iran International 
August 23, 2021

Iranians Enter a New Century Poorer and Less Hopeful for the Future

By Ali Ranjipour
Iran Wire
March 18, 2021

Poverty Rate in Iran 'Doubled' in Three Years

Iran Wire
November 2, 2021

Spiralling poverty in Iran adds to pressure on regime

By Najmeh Bozorgmehr
The Financial Times 
January 25, 2021

Iranian MP: Nine Mln Families Living Below Poverty Line

Asharq Al-Awsat
May 7, 2022

As Millions Face Poverty, Iran's Government Dissolves Largest NGO for the Poor

Center for Human Rights in Iran
May 26, 2022

Iran: Workers demand democracy and freedom against poverty, corruption and repression

IndustriALL Global Union
January 5, 2018

Iran bans newspaper that linked supreme leader to poverty

AP News
November 9, 2021

Deepening Poverty Threatens the Social Contract in Iran

By Sara Bazoobandi
The Arab Golf States Institute in Washington 
October 22, 2020

Children of Iran

Realizing Children's Rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran

Humanium 

July 24, 2022

Iran's War on Its Own Environment

United Against Nuclear Iran

Water, Environment and Justice: Iran

Iran Human Rights 
May 2022

Iran's environmental degradation

By Khalil Khani
Atalayar
January 29, 2022

A brief review of destruction of environment in Iran in four decades

Iran Human Rights Monitor 
June 5, 2022

Iran water: What's causing the shortages?

By Jack Goodman
BBC News 
August 2, 2021

Iran's water is running dry. Now its water woes are worsening.

By Sahab Bahar
Atlantic Council
IranSource
December 13, 2021

Iran: Ensure right to safe drinking water and release peaceful protesters in Khuzestan

Amnesty International
July 6, 2018

Iran: Security forces use live ammunition and birdshot to crush Khuzestan protests

Amnesty International
July 23, 2021

'Give Isfahan Life!' Water Shortages Unleash Waves Of Protest In Iran

Radio Farda
November 24, 2021

Thousands of Iranians protest over dried-up river

By Borzou Daragahi
The Independent 
November 19, 2021

Iran, Islamic Republic of - Cost Assessment of Environmental Degradation

The World Bank
June 30, 2005

https://documents.worldbank.org/en/publication/documents-reports/documentdetail/401941468284096627/iran-islamic-republic-of-cost-assessment-of-environmental-degradation


Extract

The objective of this report is to provide an estimate of the cost of environmental degradation in Iran. Despite the difficulties involved in assigning monetary values to environmental degradation, such estimates can be a powerful tool to raise awareness about environmental issues and facilitate progress toward sustainable development. It is hoped that this study will provide an instrument for policymakers to better integrate the environment into economic development decisions. In 2002, the annual cost of environmental degradation in Iran was estimated at 4.8 to 10 percent of GDP, with a mean estimate of 7.4 percent (equivalent to US$8.4 billion or IRR 67,300 billion).


Fertile Soil Being Smuggled Out Of Iran On Large Scale

Radio Farda
December 16, 2018

Iranian press review: Fertile soil smuggled to Gulf countries

Middle East Eye
November 25, 2021

https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/iran-fertile-soil-smuggled-gulf-countries-press-review


Iran Sentences Eight Environmental Activists On Charges Of Spying For U.S.

Radio Free Europe 
Radio Liberty 
February 18, 2020

Iran Court Upholds 58 Years Prison Term For Eight Environmentalists

Radio Farda
February 18, 2020

Jailed Environmentalist Expose Torture in Iran; IHR Calls for Immediate International Reaction

Iran Human Rights
February 20, 2020

Iran: Release eight wildlife conservationists following unfair trial on trumped-up spying charges

Amnesty International 
March 5, 2019

UN Environment Director Calls For Freeing Iran Conservationists

Iran International 
June 5, 2022

How Iran is destroying its once thriving environmental movement

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

By Peter Schwartzstein 
National Geographic
November 12, 2020

July 22, 2022

Iran's Largest Steel Company Caught in Billion-Dollar Corruption Scandal

By Henry Pope
Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project
August 25, 2022

Radio Farda Exposé On IRGC Corruption, Infighting Raises Ire Of Iranian Authorities

By Golnaz Esfandiari
Radio Farda
February 18, 2022

Iran's Great Petrochemical Corruption Scandal, Part I: The Ones That Got Away

By Masoud Kazemi 
Iran Wire 
January 27, 2022

https://iranwire.com/en/politics/71184/
 
Iran's Great Petrochemical Corruption Scandal, Part II: Buying Off the Intelligence Ministry

January 31, 2022

https://iranwire.com/en/politics/71211/
 
Iran's Great Petrochemical Corruption Scandal, Part III: The General (Non-)Inspection Office

February 1, 2022

https://iranwire.com/en/politics/71216/
 
Iran's Great Petrochemical Corruption Scandal, Part IV: Sanctions-Dodging and the IRGC

February 1, 2022

https://iranwire.com/en/politics/71220/
 
Iran's Great Petrochemical Corruption Scandal, Part V: The Irancell Hustle

February 2, 2022

https://iranwire.com/en/politics/71224/
 
Iran's Great Petrochemical Corruption Scandal, Part VI: The Partner Who Fled to Canada

February 7, 2022

https://iranwire.com/en/politics/71254/
 
Iran's Great Petrochemical Corruption Scandal, Part VII: The Regime's Favourite Fat Cats

February 7, 2022

https://iranwire.com/en/politics/71263/
 
Iran's Great Petrochemical Corruption Scandal, Part VIII: Career Swindler's Takings Stashed in UK and Canada

February 7, 2022
 
Iran's Great Petrochemical Corruption Scandal, Part IX: A Veteran Minister's Greed

February 9, 2022

Corruption and Mismanagement Index

United Against Nuclear Iran 
June 2022

Corrupt to the Core: The Long List of Corrupt Iranian Officials

By Ehsan Mehrabi
Iran Wire 
December 21, 2020

Under the shadow

Illicit economies in Iran

Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime 
October 2020

Iran Corruption Report

Risk & Compliance
August 2020

Fighting corruption or just more political infighting in Iran?

By Tahereh Hadian-Jazy
Atlantic Council 
September 5, 2019

How the Corruption Mafia Took $30 Billion out of Iran in One Year

By Ali Ranjipour 
Iran Wire 
May 28, 2019

Billions Of Dollars Involved In Two Corruption Trials In Iran

Radio Farda
March 14, 2019

Record corruption scandal puts spotlight on Iranians in Iran, US

The revelation of perhaps the biggest corruption scandal in Iranian history has exposed domestic political fault lines and is already reverberating as far away as Washington, DC.

By Rohollah Faghihi
Al-Monitor
March 11, 2019

Nepotism, Corruption, and Fraud: Business as Usual among Iran’s Political Elite

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

By Sara Bazoobandi
The Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington
September 10, 2018

Why Iran must legislate away rampant corruption

By Esfandyar Batmanghelidj
Al-Monitor 
August 30, 2018

Corruption is Here - Get Used to It

Iran Wire 
July 26, 2018

Iran: The long road to transparency

Article 19
September 28, 2017

Iran's double standard of justice

By Shabnam von Hein 
Deutsche Welle
July 20, 2017

Corruption among Iran's business elites

In Iran, billionaire Babak Zanjani has been sentenced to death for corruption. He once had close ties to political circles. The justice system just wants to close the case and has no interest in further explanation.

Deutsche Welle
March 14, 2016

Corruption trial uncovers links between money and Iranian politics

A corruption trial is exposing this closed society's links between money and politics

By Najmeh Bozorgmehr and Bijan Namdar Zangeneh
Financial Times 
December 2, 2015

An Administration Plagued by Fraud and Corruption

By Muhammad Sahimi
PBS
Frontline
Tehran Bureau
March 30, 2010

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/tehranbureau/2010/03/ahmadinejad-and-his-men-embodiments-of-fraud-and-corruption.html


July 20, 2022

Iranian woman 'beaten' by police for 'improper hijab' dies after coma: Reports

By Yaghoub Fazeli
Al Arabiya
September 16, 2022

Iranian Woman Brain Dead After Arrest By Morality Police Over Hijab Rules

By Radio Farda
September 15, 2022

Iran Using Surveillance Cameras To Identify Women Breaking Hijab Rule

Radio Farda
August 30, 2022

A Futile Display? Cities in Iran Step Up Morality Patrols

By Hedie Kimiaee
Iran Wire
July 9, 2022

Footage shows violent arrest of Iranian woman with dog-catching pole

Arab News
October 21, 2021

How protesting the hijab put a 24-year sentence on Saba Kord Afshari

By Sharmeen Somani
Global News
September 7, 2019

https://globalnews.ca/news/5867031/hijab-protest-sentence-saba-kord-afshari/amp/

Iranian civil rights activist gets prison for taking off hijab in public

By Amanda Woods
New York Post
August 29, 2019

Saba Kord Afshari is only 20 but has received 24 years prison sentence

My Stealthy Freedom
Campaign against compulsory hijab in Iran
August 27, 2019

https://www.mystealthyfreedom.org/sabakordafshari-is-only-20-but-has-received-24-year-prison-sentence/

My Stealthy Freedom

The White Wednesdays movement opposes compulsory hijab and promotes freedom of choice for Iranian women.

https://www.mystealthyfreedom.org/topics/news/white-wednesdays/

Yasaman Aryani took off her headscarf & was sentenced to 16 years in prison

By Madeline Hislop
Women's Agenda
October 22, 2019

https://womensagenda.com.au/latest/yasaman-aryani-took-off-her-headscarf-was-sentenced-to-16-years-in-prison/


Iran: Release women's rights defenders detained for peacefully protesting against forced veiling

Amnesty International
April 18, 2019

https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/press-release/2019/04/iran-release-womens-rights-defenders-detained-for-peacefully-protesting-against-forced-veiling/


Combined 55-year jail time for defying Iran's hijab law

Share America
August 14, 2019

Iran: Dozens of women ill-treated and at risk of long jail terms for peacefully protesting compulsory veiling

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-jail-terms-for-peacefully-protesting-compulsory-veiling/


Iranian woman 'sentenced to 20 years in prison' for removing headscarf in protest

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

By Samuel Osborne
The Independent 
July 10, 2018

Groundbreaking report demonstrates hijab laws amount to widespread and systematic violation of women’s rights in Iran

Justice For Iran 
March 7, 2014

July 19, 2022

Gov't Agencies 'Can't Cope' With Huge Number Of Child Laborers, Says Official

Radio Farda
April 26, 2018

https://en.radiofarda.com/amp/iran-child-labor-homeless-abuse/29193727.html


Poverty At The Root Of Iran's Child Labor Problem

Radio Farda
November 26, 2018

Thousands Of Children Forced To Work, Beg In The Streets In Iran

Radio Farda
September 2, 2019

Iranian street children face torture and abuse

Deutsche Welle
July 19, 2019

Ahwazi Children in Iran: Starving, Abused, and Forced To Work

By Rahim Hamid and Yasser Assadi
The Washington Institute for Near East Policy
Fikra Forum
March 13, 2020

The plight of Iran's millions of child laborers

Iran News Wire 
November 20, 2020

Islamic Republic of Iran: Promoting Violence Against Children

Iran Human Rights Review
The Foreign Policy Center
January 2014

A generation of street kids hustling in Iran

Los Angeles Times 
By Kim Murphy
April 22, 2007

Iran: Child Laborers Exposed to Irreparable Lifelong Injuries

U.S. Foundation for Liberty
June 13, 2022

World Children's Day Rings Hollow for Children in Iran Who Enjoy Zero Rights

Iran Human Rights Monitor 
November 19, 2020

Covid: Thousands of children left without parents in Iran

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

By Rana Rahimpour
BBC Persian
October 18, 2021

Coronavirus pandemic exacerbates Iran's child abuse problem

By Khosro Kalbasi
Atlantic Council
IranSource
August 13, 2020

Fact Check: Do Afghan Children Enjoy Free Education in Iran?

Iran Wire
December 16, 2020

July 18, 2022

Iranian Child Brides At Record Numbers

Iran International 
November 23, 2021

The Life of an Iranian Child Bride: An Animation by Marjan Farsad

Center for Human Rights in Iran
August 30, 2021

Iran's Vice President Ansieh Khazali supports child marriage

By Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury
Blitz
Pressenza
November 14, 2021

A Tale of Two Child Marriages

Iran Wire
May 9, 2022

Child marriage in Iran forces girls into a life of oppression

Deutsche Welle
November 9, 2017

Child brides in Iran: tradition, poverty and resisting change

By Taraneh Stone
BBC Monitoring
April 26, 2019 

Iran: Women - Early and forced marriage

Country Policy and Information Note
Home Office 
May 2022

Early and Forced Marriages in the Islamic Republic of Iran

Justice For Iran
December 2013

Stolen Lives, Empty Classroom: An Overview on Girl Marriage

Justice For Iran 
October 10, 2013

Iran lawmakers pass bill allowing men to marry adopted daughters

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

By Saeed Kamali Dehghan
The Guardian 
September 26, 2013

July 16, 2022

Women Share Stories Of Sexual Abuse In Iranian Prisons

By Golnaz Esfandiari
Radio Free Europe 
Radio Liberty 
May 31, 2021

Women reveal suffering torture, rape in Iran's prisons in new Al Arabiya documentary

By Tamara Abueish
Al Arabiya
August 15, 2020

Rape Before Execution: The Secrets Persist

By Firozeh Ramezanzadeh 
Iran Wire 
October 5, 2014

Sexual torture of women political prisoners in the Islamic Republic of Iran

Iran Human Rights Review 
The Foreign Policy Center
January 2014

Stop further denials of rape of virgin girls prior to execution

Justice For Iran
September 29, 2013

Raped out of Paradise: Women in Prisons of the Islamic Republic of Iran

Justice For Iran
June 2013

https://justice4iran.org/6548/


Crime & Impunity

Sexual Torture of Women in Islamic Republic Prisons

Justice For Iran
December 10, 2012

https://justice4iran.org/6057/


Iranians Say Prison Rape Is Not New

By Robert Mackey 
The New York Times
August 28, 2009

New Prison-Rape Allegations In Iran Bring Practice To Light

By Golnaz Esfandiari
Radio Free Europe
Radio Liberty
August 26, 2009

https://www.rferl.org/amp/New_PrisonRape_Allegations_In_Iran_Bring_Practice_To_Light/1808311.html


'I wed Iranian girls before execution'

By Sabina Amidi
Jerusalem Post 
July 19, 2009

July 15, 2022

Iran: Blood-soaked secrets: Why Iran's 1988 prison massacres are ongoing crimes against humanity

Amnesty International 
December 4, 2018

Iran committing crimes against humanity by concealing fate of thousands of slaughtered political dissidents

Amnesty International 
December 4, 2018

Iran's 1988 Mass Executions

Evidence & Legal Analysis of "Crimes Against Humanity"

Human Rights Watch
June 8, 2022

Khomein's fatwa led to mass execution of political prisoners

Iran Tribunal


List of executions in 1980s

Iran Tribunal

Audio Transcript Of Iran Officials' Remarks About 1988 Massacre

Partial Translation of the remarks by Grand Ayatollah Hossein-Ali Montazeri in a meeting with the members of the "death commission" in Tehran regarding the massacre of political prisoners in Iran

Justice for Victims of 1988 Massacre in Iran
September 29, 2016


Mass murderers are running Iran's judiciary

Justice for Victims of 1988 Massacre in Iran
September 15, 2019

Iran: Ebrahim Raisi must be investigated for crimes against humanity

Amnesty International 
June 19, 2021

UN urged to open query into Iran's 1988 killings and Raisi role

By Stephanie Nebehay
Reuters 
January 27, 2022

EXCLUSIVE U.N. expert backs probe into Iran's 1988 killings, Raisi's role

By Stephanie Nebehay
Reuters 
June 29, 2021

Iranian President Raisi: The Hanging Judge

By Thomas Parker
The Washington Institute for Near East Policy
August 26, 2021

https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/iranian-president-raisi-hanging-judge


Swedish court convicts Iranian ex-official over 1988 executions

By David Gritten
BBC News
July 14, 2022

Iran: Conviction of former Iranian official over involvement in 1988 prison massacres landmark step towards justice

Amnesty International 
July 14, 2022

July 10, 2022

Ukraine rejects Iran's final report on downing of flight PS752

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

BBC News
March 17, 2021

Iran: pointed pellets, tear gas and rubber bullets fired at plane protesters

Amnesty International 
January 15, 2020

Iran: Ukraine Airline Victims' Families Harassed, Abused

A Torture Case, No Transparency in Investigation of 2020 Downed Airliner

Human Rights Watch
May 27, 2021

VOA Exclusive: Ukraine Accuses Iran of Premeditated Terrorist Act in 2020 Plane Shootdown

By Siamak Dehghanpour, Myroslava Gongadze and Michael Lipin
VOA News
January 08, 2022

Association of Families of Flight PS752 Victims

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 in the early morning of 8 January 2020, when Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 was shot down just 3 minutes after take-off from Tehran’s Imam Khomeini International Airport by at least two missiles of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.

We are a group of families of victims of Flight PS752 with diverse national, political, and religious backgrounds. We have found each other, established this non-profit organization, and created this website.

The missions of our Association are to unite the grieving families, keep the memories of the passengers alive, and most importantly seek justice. We are determined to uncover the truth and find out why a commercial flight was shot down by IRGC’s missiles. We will staunchly seek justice until the culprits, perpetrators and commanders of this atrocious crime are identified and brought to justice before an impartial and independent court.

https://www.ps752justice.com

Families of victims of Iran plane crash struggle with loss 1 year later

By Liam Casey and Hina Alam 
The Canadian Press
Global News
January 4, 2021

Canadian court rules Iran's 2020 downing of Ukrainian flight 'act of terrorism'

A Canadian court on Thursday ruled that the shooting down of Ukraine International Airlines flight PS752 was deliberate and an "act of terrorism," paving the way for possible compensation for victims' families.

France 24
May 21, 2021

Iran intentionally shot down Flight PS752 in 'an act of terrorism,' Ontario court rules

Canada will soon enter into negotiations with Iran on reparations for the victims' families

By Ashley Burke and Nahayat Tizhoosh 
CBC News 
May 20, 2021

Ontario court awards $107M to families of Flight PS752 victims

Plantiff's lawyer plans to seize Iranian assets in Canada and abroad

By Ashley Burke 
CBC News
Jan 03, 2022

July 05, 2022

"Bloody November" Iranian protests

Study of the data of 3000+ murdered and 19000+ detained. Includes the names of 850+ murdered.

MEHR center
February 21, 2021

New Report Claims 3,000 Killed In Iran During 'Bloody November' In 2019

Iran International
February 27, 2021

Special Report: Iran's leader ordered crackdown on unrest - 'Do whatever it takes to end it'

Reuters
December 23, 2019

Iran: Details released of 304 deaths during protests six months after security forces' killing spree

Amnesty International 
May 20, 2020

Iran: Details of 324 deaths in crackdown on November 2019 protests

Amnesty International 
November 16, 2021

U.S. says Iran may have killed more than 1,000 in recent protests

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-in-recent-protests-idUSKBN1Y926W?fbclid=IwAR3tN3o-rkMhwBiwSj9HxEXKZoBLCUgCMvaZFloBeiRFeLIvERulcMh2HcA


Special Representative for Iran and Senior Advisor to the Secretary Brian Hook

Special Briefing

U.S. Department of State
December 5, 2019

Iran: Experts alarmed at alleged mistreatment of detained protesters

United Nations
The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
December 20, 2019

Iran: Trampling Humanity – Mass arrests, disappearances and torture since Iran's 2019 November protests

Amnesty International 
September 2, 2020

One Year After Iran's Deadly Crackdown, Victims' Families Face Harassment

By Fereshteh Ghazi and Golnaz Esfandiari 
Radio Free Europe 
Radio Liberty
November 20, 2020

Relatives of Victims of State Violence are Being Persecuted in Iran

Center for Human Rights in Iran
March 31, 2022

European Parliament resolution of 19 December 2019 on the violent crackdown on the recent protests in Iran

The European Parliament 
Texts adopted
December 19, 2019


Aban Tribunal

International people’s tribunal on Iran’s atrocities of November 2019


Allegations Of Mass Killings Of Protesters By The Iranian Government Under Review

By Dr. Ewelina U. Ochab
Forbes
November 11, 2021

https://www.forbes.com/sites/ewelinaochab/2021/11/11/allegations-of-mass-killings-of-protesters-by-the-iranian-government-under-review/amp/


Iran: Authorities violating absolute prohibition of torture through harassment of witnesses involved in Iran Atrocities Tribunal

Frontline Defenders
April 7, 2022

Shoot to Kill; Preliminary Findings of Justice for Iran's Investigation into the November 2019 Protests

Justice For Iran 
February 28, 2020

Supreme Leader's approved policy prevents justice for families of victims of Iran's November protests

Justice For Iran 
May 16, 2020

Mapping Iran's Bloody November Atrocities: Sirjan

Justice For Iran 
November 13, 2020

July 03, 2022

More Than 500 Women Human Rights Defenders Unjustly Imprisoned In Iran

By Dr. Ewelina U. Ochab
Forbes
August 13, 2021


Iran is the world's biggest jailer of women journalists

Reporters Without Borders (RSF)
August 26, 2019

Extract

"Already one of the world’s five biggest jailers of journalists, Iran is now holding more women in connection with their journalistic activities than any other country in the world,"  
"We call on Javaid Rehman, the UN special rapporteur on the human rights situation in Iran, to intervene with the utmost urgency to obtain their release and to address the disastrous press freedom situation in this country."

Reza Moini
Head of RSF’s Iran/Afghanistan Desk

Profiles: Iran's Jailed Human Rights Activists

By Caitlin Crahan 
The Iran Primer
December 1, 2020