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• Israel must stop threatening Iran

  Iran is not the type of country that could be easily defeated or destroyed. We condemn any military attack from any country which will inevitably result in destruction and loss of lives, and we will fight back. We get wounded but never die. However, Israel’s threats of attacking Iran which is constantly aired, and especially any act of war against Iran, will only lengthen the life of the Islamic regime. Islamic Republic nurtures on crisis. They started by attacking the U.S. embassy and (...)

• Iran Protesters at Risk of Lethal State Violence

  May 12, 2022 – Ongoing street protests in Iran could lead to more killings and arbitrary imprisonments by state security forces if the international community remains silent, the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) warned in a statement today.
  “The Iranian government has a documented pattern of using lethal force to crush protests while cutting off internet access to prevent the world from seeing the state’s violence,” said CHRI Executive Director Hadi Ghaemi.
  “There’s no time to waste,” (...)

• International Women’s Day: Women in Iran are Leading the Struggle for Human Rights

  Despite Abuses and Discrimination, Women Fight for Justice, Equality, and Rights for All
  March 7, 2022 – On the eve of International Women’s Day, the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) celebrates women everywhere who are at the vanguard of the struggle for human rights despite crushing adversity.
  In Iran, courageous women, including lawyers, activists, journalists, and mothers of the victims of state violence, are demanding justice, freedom, equality, and basic civil liberties for all (...)

• Denial of Medical Treatment for Ailing Political Prisoners in Iran Aimed at Crushing Dissent

  March 3, 2022 – The continued denial of proper medical treatment to ailing political and civil rights activists in Iran is setting the stage for deliberate crimes against the many political prisoners in the country, including Sepideh Qoliyan, Soheila Hejab, Zeinab Jalalian, Arsham (Mahmoud) Rezaee, and Abbas Vahedian Shahroudi.
  “These activists represent the voices of many Iranians, which the Iranian government is trying to silence,” said Hadi Ghaemi, executive director of the Center for (...)

• Rights Activist Narges Mohammadi Sentenced to Another Eight Years in Prison

  Situation of Political Prisoners Worsens as Iranian Government’s Assault on Peaceful Dissent Intensifies
  Activists, Lawyers, Dissidents being Kept Behind Bars with Continuous New Convictions
  January 24, 2022 – In an ongoing campaign to silence human rights defenders and crush dissent in the Islamic Republic, the prominent rights defender Narges Mohammadi, already serving time at Iran’s notorious Gharchak Prison for her peaceful activism, has been sentenced to another eight years in prison (...)

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