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Iran handed prison sentences to 11 activists defending women’s rights and has executed 98 people this year.

"The arbitrary arrests of a dozen activists are aimed at suppressing popular discontent with ongoing impunity and rights violations."

The Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) is an independent, nonpartisan, nonprofit organization dedicated to the protection and promotion of human rights in Iran. CHRI investigates and documents rights violations occurring throughout Iran, relying on first-hand accounts to expose abuses that would otherwise go unreported. We bring these violations to the attention of the international community through news articles, briefings, in-depth reports, podcasts, and videos, and work to build support for human rights inside Iran as well. CHRI engages in intensive outreach and international advocacy ...

As the 2022 Iran protests anniversary nears, the regime's security forces have begun widespread arrests of women, political, and social activists nationwide.

Click to expand Image Iranians protests the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini after she was detained by the morality police, in Tehran,October1,2022. 2022 AP Photo/Middle East Images (Beirut) - Iranian authorities have arrested at least a dozen activists and increased pressure on a wide range of peaceful dissidents ahead of the anniversary of the nationwide protests that swept the country in 2022, Human Rights Watch said today. The authorities brutally cracked down on the antigovernment protests that erupted after the death of 22-year-old Mahsa (Jina) Amini in the custody of the abusive morali...