Human Rights in Iran
The UN extends direly needed monitoring of the human rights situation in Iran
By extending the mandate of the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Iran for another year, the Human Rights Council has recognized that serious human rights violations continue to take place in the country, and that international attention on human rights should not be diverted by the ongoing nuclear negotiations.
Thursday، 2 April، 2015NEW: March 2015 report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran
The report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran, Ahmed Shaheed. Submitted in accordance with Human Rights Council resolution 25/24 to the 28th session of the UN Human Rights Council in March 2015.
Sunday، 15 March، 2015Letter from the gallows in Iran: “I felt the shadow of execution over my head”
We rarely hear a first-hand account of those languishing on death row in Iran. But a letter has just emerged from Hamed Ahmadi, a man executed on Wednesday 4 March after a grossly unfair trial.
Sunday، 8 March، 2015Jailed Iranian artist on hunger strike
Iranian prisoner of conscience and painter, Atena Farghadani, has been on a hunger strike, protesting her detention, since 9 February and is now critically ill.
Monday، 2 March، 2015UN calls for halt to planned execution of juvenile offender
The United Nations Special Rapporteurs on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran, Ahmed Shaheed, and on extrajudicial executions, Christof Heyns, today publicly urged the Islamic Republic of Iran to immediately halt the execution of Saman Naseem
Thursday، 19 February، 2015U.N. urges Iran nuclear talks to include human rights
Source: Reuters (Reuters) – Talks between Iran and six world powers aimed at clinching a deal on Iran’s contested nuclear programme should include human rights concerns, the U.N. human rights chief said on Thursday. U.N. […]
Friday، 4 July، 2014PRESS RELEASE – THE OBSERVATORY IRAN: Harassment and arbitrary detention of human rights defenders continue
The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, an FIDH-OMCT joint programme, deplores the continued harassment and arbitrary detention of human rights defenders in Iran.
Monday، 10 March، 2014