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Weapons Without Borders: How Imported Weapons Fuel State Violence in Iran
New Haven, September 29, 2025 – A detailed investigation released today by the Iran Human Rights Documentation Center (IHRDC)…
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Dawn of a New Era in Iran: Protests of December 2017-January 2018
Executive Summary On December 28, 2017, sporadic protests erupted in Mashhad, Iran’s second largest city. These protests,…
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Open source information plays crucial role in identifying international crimes carried out by Islamic Republic of Iran
Today the United Nations Human Rights Council voted to extend the mandate of the Independent Fact-Finding Mission on…
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Historic decision by the UN top human rights body to allow broad investigations into violations and crimes committed by Iranian authorities
Today, the Impact Iran coalition celebrates the historic vote by the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) to broaden the scope…
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Joint CSO letter to HRC members calling for the renewal of the SR mandate and the continuation of independent investigations into serious violations of human rights
Tuesday 18 March 2025 To: Member states of the United Nations Human Rights Council Your Excellency, We, the undersigned Iranian…
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Joint statement: Systematic state persecution of lawyers in Iran continues with fresh round of interrogations and indictments
Joint statement, 18 March 2025 We, the undersigned organisations, are dismayed by the intensified state crackdown on lawyers in Iran…
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Crackdown in the North: Suppression of the Woman Life Freedom Movement in Gilan and Mazandaran Provinces
Executive Summary The Iran Human Rights Documentation Center (IHRDC) has verified that between September 20, 2022, and…
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Joint Letter: Global Coalition Demands Immediate Release of Iranian Lawyer, End to Repression of Rights Defenders
H.E Dr Amin Hossein Rahimi Ministry of Justice Valiasr Ave, Tehran Islamic Republic of Iran Email: info@justice.ir 21 August 2024…
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Everything You Need to Know about Sepideh Rashnu, Iranian Writer Persecuted for Defying Mandatory Hijab
By Khosro Sayeh Isfahani – @KhosroIsfahani Before Mahsa Jina Amini was killed by Iran’s morality police in September 2022, the…
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Submission to the Meta Oversight Board
On November 29, 2023, IHRDC, along with the Atlantic Council Strategic Litigation Project and The Promise Institute for Human…
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