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Iran Human Rights Documentation Center Granted Consultative Status at ECOSOC
April 18, 2018 Yesterday the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) voted to grant…
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A New Wave of Arrests in Iran
(February 1, 2018) Reports from Iran indicate that intelligence officials arrested at least five activists today. Behnam Mousivand, Saeed Eqbal,…
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Ahmad Reza Jalali, Iranian Scientist Residing in Sweden, Sentenced to Death in an Unfair Trial
(October 26, 2017) Ahmad Reza Jalali, an Iranian scientist residing in Sweden, has been sentenced to death by the Iranian…
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Eleven Human Rights Organizations Urge Rouhani Not to Reappoint Pourmohammadi as Minister of Justice
Dr. Hassan Rouhani President Islamic Republic of Iran Your Excellency: On May 19, 2017 Iranian voters…
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IHRDC Chart of Executions by the Islamic Republic of Iran – 2017
This chart documents executions of people by the Islamic Republic of Iran beginning in January 2017. The official announcements are…
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Censorship Procedures in the Islamic Republic of Iran (PDF Guide )
Censorship takes many forms in the Islamic Republic of Iran. From regulations establishing specific censorship procedures to extra-legal measures taken…
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Statement From 34 Human Rights NGOs to UN Human Rights Council
March 16, 2016 To: Member States of the UN Human Rights Council Your Excellency, We, the undersigned human rights and…
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March 2016 report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran to the thirty…
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Infographic: Capital Punishment in Iran – 2015
IHRDC’s final update of its chart of executions carried out by the Iranian government in 2015 counts 966 executions, an…
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Infographic: Moharebeh Executions in 2015
Article 183 of the Islamic Penal Code defines moharebeh as the use of “weapons to cause terror and fear or…
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