Iran Escalates Abuse Against Political Prisoners
The Islamic Republic of Iran is escalating its campaign of repression against political dissidents, denying medical care to prisoners in need of treatment, the Center for Human...
Center for Human Rights in Iran
Wave of Executions Continues in Iran
Iran executed six more prisoners on August 14 as part of a new wave of death sentences that are “unprecedented,” according to the independent website Iran Wire...
Flash Briefs
Iran Executes 36 Convicts in 24 Hours
Iran executed at least 36 prisoners in the space of 24 hours, the New York-based Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) reported on August 7. According to the Norway-based nonprofit...
Flash Briefs
Ex US intel head urges Olympics to probe Iran’s execution of wrestler
The former US acting director of national intelligence on Wednesday urged the organizers of the Olympics to intervene in the slated execution of an Iranian national champion wrestler.
Op-eds
Iran’s Regime Charges Woman with ‘Normalizing Same-Sex Relations’
The activist, Rezvaneh Mohammad, could face five years in prison.
Op-eds
Int’l outcry over imprisoned Iranian rights activist on hunger strike
The 70-day hunger strick by Iranian civil rights activist Arash Sadeghi, on the verge of death at Evin Prison in Tehran for protesting his wife’s incarceration, sparked a social media and p...
Op-eds
Iranian Kurds Join the Fight
Co-written by Jonathan Spyer The instability that has swept over the Middle East over the past half-decade has its winners and its losers. For the most part, the much-...
Op-eds
Analysis: Tear down Iran’s anti-democracy wall
Is there anything to say about bringing about a democratic political and social order in Iran? A lively panel titled “Anti-democratic Regimes: Confrontation or Coexistence?” at the Fo...
Op-eds
Analysis: Still Hope for Regime Change in Iran
To better understand the Islamic Republic of Iran, don’t turn straight away to the front page of the newspaper. Rather flip to the labor union and business sections and press. Growing worke...
Op-eds
Still Hope for Regime Change in Iran
To better understand tha Islamic Republic of Iran, don’t turn straight away to the front page of the newspaper. Rather flip to the labor union and business sections and press. Growing worke...
Op-eds
A Raw Deal for Iran’s Dissidents
Iranian dissidents are increasingly worried that — with the nuclear deal signed and business prospects looming — the West will give Iran a pass on human rights. European dignitaries v...
Op-eds
Examining Nuclear Negotiations: Iran After Rouhani’s First 100 Days
Chairman Royce, Ranking Member Engel, Members of the Committee, on behalf of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, thank you for inviting me to testify today on this important topic....
Congressional Testimonies
Labor Unions’ Iranian Opportunity and Responsibility
Co-authored by Stuart Appelbaum On June 20, less than a week after the election of Iran’s new president Hassan Rowhani, the 42-year-old Iranian trade unionist Afshin Osanl...
Op-eds
The Mideast’s Vanishing Christians
Times are tough for Christian communities across the Middle East. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was putting it lightly when she said that Coptic Christians &ld...
Op-eds
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Cracks Down on Christians
As the U.S. and its allies prepare to return to the negotiating table with Iranian representatives, hoping to reach a deal on their nuclear ambitions, the Islamic Republic has significantly ratch...
Op-eds
Iran Steps Up Crackdown on Christians
BERLIN – Iran stepped up its crackdown on the country struggling Christian community by closing a church in Tehran, prompting an Iranian human rights group and religious freedom experts to...
Op-eds
Iran’s Victims
Scores of political dissidents are languishing in jail or have been executed.