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• Political Prisoner on Hunger Strike in Iran Has Died, Another in Grave Danger

  Growing Crisis as Political Prisoners Left with No Recourse but to Refuse Food
  December 12, 2018—The political prisoner Vahid Sayyadi-Nasiri, on hunger strike since October 13, 2018 to protest the denial of his right to counsel and inhumane prison conditions at Iran’s Langroud Prison in Qom where he was being held, has died at the Shahid Beheshti Hospital in Qom.
  The Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) condemns the state of affairs in which prisoners in Iran are left with no recourse but (...)

• Death of Satirist Alireza Rezaei in Exile Prompts Outpouring of Grief from Iranians Forced by State Repression to Flee Iran

  Beloved Blogger Broke Taboos by Writing About Political and Social Issues with Humor
  November 29, 2018—The death in exile of prominent Iranian satirist Alireza Rezaei has prompted an outpouring of grief by his compatriots inside and outside Iran, who lament not only his death but also the brutal personal cost of exile and the cruelty of a state that will not abide by freedom of expression.
  “Rezaei had to leave Iran because of the power of his pen. This is the terrible price of political (...)

• Activists Welcome FIFA Deadline For Iran to Lift Discriminatory Ban on Women in Stadiums

  Iran Only Country in the World That Bans Women From Football Stadiums
  FIFA Human Rights Body Recommends Using “Existing Leverage” For Iran to Comply With Human Rights Statutes
  November 27, 2018 – Heeding calls by women’s rights activists inside and outside Iran, governing football body FIFA has been urged in a new report by its advisory board to give the Islamic Republic a deadline to lift its ban on women in football stadiums.
  The Open Stadiums campaign, which describes itself as a (...)

• respects and Obstacles: "Solidarity for Democracy and Human Rights in Iran"

  by Masoud Kazemzadeh
  27-May-2009 - On May 25, 2009, something very rare in Iranian history occurred. A coalition composed of grassroots pro-democracy political forces in Iran was formed.[1] There is little doubt that the fundamentalist regime ruling Iran has lost its legitimacy. There is also little doubt that no opposition organization could on its own establish democracy and human rights in Iran.
  The desperate need for a broad-based coalition has animated Iranian political (...)

• Iran Must Stop Imprisoning Lawyers for Defending Their Clients

  October 30, 2018—Iran’s sentencing of attorney Mohammad Najafi to three years in prison and 74 lashes for “disturbing the state” and “publishing falsehoods” after he advocated for a young client who died under suspicious circumstances in an Iranian detention center is a flagrant violation of the right to counsel and a continuation of the unlawful assault on the legal profession in Iran that has left a half dozen attorneys behind bars for doing their job.
  The Center for Human Rights in Iran (...)

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