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‘There once lived a person’: Inside the grim chronicle of Iran’s assassinations

Ahmad Moradi Talebi went for his usual evening stroll with his then pregnant wife on August 10, 1987, in Geneva, Switzerland. It would be...

Officials’ Revelations Highlight Regime’s Hypocrisy and Failure in Internet Censorship

As global internet access continues to grow, providing unprecedented opportunities for innovation and connection, Iran stands out as a stark outlier. The Iranian regime’s...

UN General Assembly condemns grave human rights violations in Iran

The UN General Assembly adopted its 71st resolution condemning human rights violations by the Iranian regime, with 80 votes in favour and 27 against. The resolution condemns...

Iranian Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi says returning to prison won’t stop her fight for equality

Iran’s most prominent human rights activist and 2023 Nobel Peace Prize winner, Narges Mohammadi, said she will never stop fighting for democracy and equality, and...

Tehran bristles at UN resolution condemning its human rights record

Iran on Wednesday rejected a sweeping United Nations General Assembly resolution condemning Tehran's human rights record the day before, calling it shameful and hypocritical. This...

Kurdish political prisoner at risk of execution for helping injured protesters

An Iranian-Kurdish political prisoner faces execution in Iran for providing medical supplies to protesters injured during the Women, Life, Freedom uprising in 2022. Rezgar Beigzadeh...

Qarchak Prison One of the Darkest Symbols of Human Rights Violations in Iran

A new report by the Iranian Human Rights Organization sheds light on the abysmal conditions of Qarchak Prison, near Varamin. According to the Iranian Human Rights Organization,...

UN Experts Call on the Iranian Regime to Repeal the Law on Hijab and Chastity

UN experts on human rights issued a statement today, December 13, 2024, in Geneva, calling on the Iranian regime to repeal its new Hijab law set...