Human Rights

The Geneva Summit for Human Rights and Democracy on Tuesday featured two sessions on Iran highlighting repression of protesters and struggle for democracy including a speech by Iran's exiled Prince Reza Pahlavi.

Iranian activist and journalist Masih Alinejad warned that the Islamic Republic and its allied groups, including Hamas and Hezbollah, are spreading their ideology in Europe during a speech on Sunday at the Munich Security Conference.

Nahid Shirpisheh, an Iranian prisoner whose son Pouya Bakhtiari was killed during the 2019 protests, has attempted suicide in Zanjan Central Prison after enduring weeks of abuse and neglect, her daughter announced.

Iran's Ministry of Intelligence agents have arrested the father of the assailant who killed two Supreme Court judges notorious for human rights violations in Tehran in January, Iran International has learned.

The family of two British nationals detained in Iran has expressed their concern and confirmed they are working with relevant authorities to ensure the safe return of their loved ones who were on a round-the-world motorbike trip.

Protests over the death of a 19-year-old University of Tehran student continue to intensify, as others gathered in front of the university's central library on Saturday amid reports of a heavy security presence on the main campus.

Iran’s government on Saturday condemned the treatment of Iranian nationals deported from the United States to Panama, calling it harsh and inhumane.

Security forces arrested at least four students at Tehran University's dormitory after students held a protest earlier on Friday against the recent murder of a classmate by thieves.

Negotiating with the Islamic Republic gives Tehran's rulers legitimacy and betrays the people of Iran, exiled journalist and activist Masih Alinejad said on Friday.

A court in the northern Iranian city of Rasht, has reissued a death sentence for labor activist Sharifeh Mohammadi, her supporters announced Thursday citing her lawyers.

The mother of a protester who was killed during Iran's widespread 2022 protests now faces trial over alleged hijab violations and her advocacy efforts for her son, her family announced.

The Iranian makers of My Favorite Cake, a critically-acclaimed film about a widow's search for companionship, have been summoned to a revolutionary court in Tehran over multiple charges including violation of public morality and ethics.

A child trafficking ring based in the religious city of Mashhad has been busted by security forces, according to an online news outlet, resulting in several arrests and raising alarm about the prevalence of similar abuses elsewhere.

Iranian refugees in Turkey are facing expulsion to parts unknown or a dreaded extradition back to Iran as rules around their presence changed after the United Nations handed over asylum responsibilities to Ankara.

Activists and families of political prisoners on death row staged a protest outside Tehran's Evin Prison on Tuesday, calling for the abolition of capital punishment in Iran.

A crackdown on the Iranian Baha'is in Isfahan has prompted German-Iranians to urge the mayor of the southwestern German city of Freiburg to pull the plug on its municipal partnership with Isfahan.

An Iranian court has sentenced a protester arrested during the 2022 Women, Life, Freedom protest uprising to death and two others to lengthy prison terms, France-based Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) reported on Monday.

Nasser Seraj, a senior Iranian judiciary official accused of abuses by rights groups, has been appointed as the secretary of Iran's High Council for Human Rights and the judiciary's deputy for international affairs.