23-Year-Old Iranian Student Sentenced to Death Over Social Media Post
“Be my voice. All I want is justice and a chance to defend myself.” October 19, 2026 — A 23-year-old Iranian woman has been sentenced to death for ...
Executions / Life
46 States Condemn Iran’s Escalating Use of the Death Penalty at UN Human Rights Council
October 1, 2026 — In a significant joint intervention at the UN Human Rights Council, 46 States condemned Iranian authorities' continued and escalating use of the death ...
UN Experts Urge Iran to End Escalating Targeting of Ethnic Minorities
On August 6, 2026, UN experts called on Iranian authorities to immediately end the escalating use of arbitrary detention, enforced disappearance, torture and other ill-treatment, and executions against ethnic minorities, particularly Kurds and Baluchis. The ...
UN Fact-Finding Mission Urgently Calls on Iran to Immediately Halt Executions
On July 23, 2026, the UN Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Iran urgently called on Iranian authorities to immediately halt all executions, including those in ...
As Executions Surge in Iran, Prisoners Risk Their Lives to Protest the State’s Killings
For more than two years, prisoners have staged weekly hunger strikes against one of the world's deadliest execution sprees—despite facing execution, torture, and retaliation June 8, 2026 — As Iranian authorities carry out executions at a pace unmatched in decades, death row prisoners and political detainees ...
At least 1,500 Arrested in Iran as State Intensifies Domestic Crackdown
Grave Fears of Manufactured Charges, Sham Trials, Death Sentences Cover of War Used to Silence Dissent and Justify Violent Repression March 31, 2026 — One month since the ...
Iran’s Machinery of Repression Escalates: Arbitrary Arrests, Torture, Enforced Disappearances, and Death Sentences After Protest Massacre
More than 53,000 Arrested, Activists and Lawyers Now Increasingly Targeted Reports of Deaths in Custody Emerge as Authorities Fast-Track Sham Trials, Children at Risk of Execution February 25, ...
UN Human Rights Council Extends Iran Fact-Finding Mission, Condemns ‘Deadliest Crackdown against Iranian People Since 1979 Revolution’
Expert: “This is the worst mass murder in the contemporary history of Iran.” January 26, 2026 — The Center for Human Rights in Iran ...
UN: Iran Must Stop Execution of 67-Year-Old Iranian Woman
"What we see here is a mockery of justice that falls far short of the most basic international standards.” At least 52 ...
UN: Iran Must Halt Execution of Woman Survivor of Child Marriage and Abuse
“Her execution would constitute a grave violation of international human rights law” December 3, 2025 — Top UN human rights experts have urgently ...
Eight Political Prisoners at Grave Risk of Execution as Death Sentences Upheld
At least 42 Political Prisoners Currently Sentenced to Death in Iran Case of Ehsan Faridi, 22, Highlights Gross Abuses by Interrogators and Judicial Officials November 25, 2025 — ...
Victim of Child Marriage Faces Execution in Iran
Execution Scheduled for December Unless $90K Paid for Killing Abusive Husband Denied Lawyer During Interrogation, Coerced into Confession Despite Illiteracy November 13, 2025 — At only 12 years ...
UN: Iran’s Surge in Unlawful Executions May Amount to Crimes Against Humanity
November 3, 2025 — The United Nations Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on the Islamic Republic of Iran has sounded the alarm over the serious deterioration of the human rights situation in ...
UN Human Rights Chief Demands Iran Cease All Executions
UN Says Iran Uses the Death Penalty “as a Tool of State Intimidation” Condemns “Disproportionate targeting of ethnic minorities and migrants” In a forceful statement issued by the ...
Scores of Political Prisoners Will Be Executed in Iran Without an International Outcry
Numerous Prisoners at Imminent Risk as International Attention is Focused Elsewhere Governments Must Demand a Halt to Iran’s State-Sanctioned Killing Editor's note: This article has been amended on ...
UN Rights Chief Calls for Death Penalty Moratorium in Iran as Executions Skyrocket
At Least 48 People on Death Row, 12 at Imminent Risk of Execution “Proceedings consistently failed to meet due process and fair trial guarantees.” July 28, 2025 — In a ...
‘They Said My Body Would Be Dumped in a Lake’: Kurdish Political Prisoner Details Brutal Torture in Detention
“We haven’t registered your name anywhere as a prisoner. So when you die under interrogation, it’ll be easy to dump your body” July ...
Iran: Political Death Sentences Surge in Brutal Crackdown on Minorities
Torture, Forced Confessions and Sham Trials Drive Deadly State Campaign Against Kurds and Arabs July 16, 2025 — The Iranian government is rapidly increasing its use of the death penalty as a political weapon to crush dissent, ...
Iran Launches Sweeping Crackdown: Hundreds Detained, Executions Underway
U.S. Must Confront Iran Over Human Rights Abuses in Upcoming Talks June 26, 2025—Hundreds of ordinary citizens, members of religious and ethnic minorities, activists, and others are ...
Lives of Prisoners in Iran in Immediate Danger
Global Leaders Must Demand Emergency Protections and Immediate Release of Political Prisoners Hundreds Being Arrested, Minorities Targeted, Judiciary Pledges to Fast-Track Cases June 23, 2025 — In the ...
Political Prisoners on Death Row in Iran at Grave Risk Amid War
CHRI Warns Iran May Use Wartime Chaos to Execute Political Prisoners June 19, 2025 — As the war between Iran and Israel intensifies, the Center for Human ...
Iran’s Mass Executions of Drug Offenders Are a Human Rights Emergency
Over 100 Executed in Just Three Months for Drug Offences Former Prisoner and Lawyers Reveal Blatantly Unlawful Judicial Proceedings April 16, 2025 — Hundreds of men and women ...
Five More Political Prisoners Hanged in Iran as Use of Death Penalty to Crush Dissent Surges
Executions Follow Sham Trials and “Confessions” Extracted Under Torture At Least 50 Political Prisoners Now Facing Execution in Iran, Including Three Women April 9, 2025 — At dawn ...
Landmark Resolution: UN Human Rights Council Expands Fact-Finding Mission on Iran
All of Iran’s Ongoing Human Rights Crimes To Be Investigated 24 States Vote to Expand Accountability for Iran’s Atrocities April 3, 2025 – In a significant step toward ...
UN Says Iran’s Crimes Against Humanity Demand Expanded Investigation
Fact-Finding Mission Cites Widescale Murder, Imprisonment, Torture and Rape UN: Systematic Abuses Continue, Accountability Outside Iran Should be Pursued March 14, 2025 – In a new report based on a two-year investigation, the UN Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Iran (FFMI) states that two and a half years after ...
