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• Imprisoned Rights Defender Narges Mohammadi Gives Message of Hope and Strength in Accepting 2018 Andrei Sakharov Prize

  April 15, 2018 — Prisoner of conscience Narges Mohammadi was unable to accept the 2018 Andrei Sakharov Prize in person in Columbus, Ohio where the American Physical Society (APS) awarded it to her but she sent a message of hope and strength in a powerful speech.
  “The path to democracy in Iran lies not through violence, war, or military action by a foreign government, but through organizing and strengthening civil society institutions. The government knows this only too well,” said Mohammadi (...)

• Letter from Evin Prison Highlights Grim Plight of Political Prisoners in Iran

  February 22, 2018—The recent letter to Iran’s judiciary chief by imprisoned human rights activist Narges Mohammadi, which condemns the Judiciary for its subservience to Iran’s security agencies and its denial of prisoners’ rights, throws into sharp relief the unlawful imprisonment of human rights defenders and civil and political activists in Iran.
  The Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) calls on the authorities in Iran to release Mohammadi and all of the prisoners who have been jailed for (...)

• Iranian Authorities Arrest Lawyer Who Exposed Death of Protester in Police Custody

  February 16, 2018 – Attorney Mohammad Najafi has been held in detention in the Iranian city of Arak since January 15, and is facing eight charges for exposing the death of a young man who died in police custody after being arrested during the recent protests in Iran.
  Najafi’s own attorney has also been threatened with arrest, the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) has learned.
  “The Iranian authorities should immediately release Najafi and end the practice of intimidating and persecuting (...)

• Six Prominent Lawyers Call for Prosecution of Iranian Officials Who Incited Violence Against Protesters

  January 4, 2018
  Nobel Peace Laureate Shirin Ebadi and five other prominent Iranian human rights lawyers have called for the prosecution of state officials who have encouraged violence against protesters in the anti-government demonstrations in Iran.
  “We demand the immediate termination and independent prosecution of officials whose statements have had a critical impact on inciting emotions and violence during the people’s lawful and peaceful demonstrations,” said the lawyers in a joint (...)

• Casualties and Arrests Mount As Iranian Protests Continue

  January 2, 2018
  At least 21 people have been killed and hundreds arrested since a wave of protests hit several Iranian cities on December 28, 2017.
  The Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) has learned of nearly 100 arrests in Neishabour and at least 20 others in Sabzevar. Both cities are located in Khorasan Razavi Province, where the protests began in the city of Mashhad on December 28.
  A source with first-hand knowledge of Iran’s prisons told CHRI on the condition of anonymity that (...)

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