Human rights in Iran

Mass Sentencing of Labor Activists, Journalists Prelude to Reign of Repression Under New Judiciary Chief

محکومیت فعالان کارگری ، وروزنامه نگاران  بر عهده رئیس جدید قوه قضائیهسرکوبگراست

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

Seven Sentenced to Lengthy Jail Terms in Connection with Peaceful Protests

September 9, 2019—Less than a year after workers’ rights activists in southwestern Iran publicized evidence that Intelligence Ministry agents had tortured detainees, those same activists and four independent journalists who covered their cases have been sentenced to lengthy prison terms.

“The sentences are an indicator that newly appointed Judiciary Chief Ehrabim Raisi intends to prolong his predecessor’s reign of repression by punishing peaceful activism through arbitrary arrests and kangaroo courts,” said Hadi Ghaemi, executive director of the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI).

Death in Iran

Death of Iran’s “Blue Girl” Spotlights Senseless Ban on Women in Stadiums

مرگ "دختر آبی" ایران  نور افکنی برای خروج از ممنوعیت زنان در ورزشگاه ها

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

No More Empty Promises: FIFA Should Call on Iran to Lift Ban Once and For All

September 10, 2019 – The death of Sahar Khodayari, a woman who set herself on fire in Tehran because she thought she would have to serve jail time for trying to watch a soccer match, has put the spotlight on the costs of a discriminatory state policy that Iranian women have been protesting for decades.

“This senseless tragedy should be a turning point for Iran’s government, which has been ignoring calls by its people to lift its discriminatory ban on women in stadiums, and is now facing the human costs of that policy,” said Hadi Ghaemi, executive director of the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI).