1500 killed in November Protests in Iran
After days of protests across Iran last month, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei appeared impatient. Gathering his top security and government officials together, he issued an order:
After days of protests across Iran last month, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei appeared impatient. Gathering his top security and government officials together, he issued an order:
GENEVA (20 December 2019) – UN human rights experts* today called on the Iranian authorities to release all individuals arbitrarily detained and mistreated during recent
By Shirsho Dasgupta and Kevin G. Hall Take the arrest of an Iranian-born Turkish citizen during a jaunt to Disney World. Factor in the irrepressible
Prix Nobel de la paix en 2003, l’avocate et militante iranienne appelle, dans une tribune au « Monde », tous les responsables et toutes les
In a resolution put to the vote on Thursday (19 December), MEPs denounce the disproportionate use of force by Iranian security forces against non-violent protesters.
Interview with Mehran Barati, Executive Board Member of Iran Transition Council Iran Transition Council (ITC) was officially launched in September 2019. Which foreign policy strategy
To the Honourable Prime Minister of Japan December 18, 2019 His Excellency Mr. Shinzo Abe 1-6-1 Nagata-cho, Chiyoda-ku Tokyo 100-8968, Japan Fax: +81-3-3592-0179 Your Excellency,
By Eric R. Mandel n Tehran, the mullahs have blamed the recent protests in Iran, Iraq, and Lebanon not on their own repressive regimes and
Swedish authorities have jailed an Iranian prosecutor alleged to have played a role in the mass executions of prisoners in 1988 — one of the
To All Permanent Missions to the United Nations in New York Your Excellencies, The undersigned national, regional,y and international civil society organizations urge your government
Over the past weeks, many people all across Iran have exercised their fundamental right to assemble and expressed their economic grievances. A growing body of
On November 13th, Swedish authorities announced that Hamid Nouri, a former Khomeiniist regime prosecutor, had been arrested on Saturday, the 9th, when he flew to
As more information gradually filters out of Iran in the wake of the recent protests, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on
By Nahal Toosi Aides to President Donald Trump are weighing imposing new sanctions on Iranian officials implicated in human rights abuses, relying in part on
By Jon Gambrell Even among hardliners in Iran, there seems to be an acknowledgment of one fact after widespread protests, violence and a security force
By Farnaz Fassihi and Rick Gladstone Iran is experiencing its deadliest political unrest since the Islamic Revolution 40 years ago, with at least 180 people
By Michael Safi “What are you scared of?” the woman in the black coat shouts. “Help me to understand.” She marches up to a man