Reza Khandan describes life in prison and his fight against mandatory hijab laws alongside his wife, Nasrin Sotoudeh ...

On the most urgent rights issues currently facing Iran and how the international community can help address them, Ebadi said, "The human rights situation in Iran is at its worst at the moment.

Roya Sabat, a Baha’i citizen residing in the United Arab Emirates, returned to Shiraz in January 2024 to care for her elderly ...

U.S. negotiators have a range of issues they can use as leverage, as outlined by the recommendations in the March 2025 report of the special rapporteur on human rights in Iran, such as demanding ...

The Human Rights Council in May appointed Iranian Ambassador Ali Bahreini as ... to freedom of opinion and expression – among other issues. Dujarric and Guterres have previously deflected ...

Iranian human rights organizations in exile have spent decades raising ... such as Nobel Peace laureate Narges Mohammadi who was recently hospitalized with severe health issues. Mohammadi, who ...

The European Union agreed to impose new sanctions on Iran after a deadly crackdown on recent protests over the death of a young Iranian woman, according to EU diplomats. The bloc’s executive arm ...

WASHINGTON, Sept 18 (Reuters) - The United States issued a new round of Iran sanctions on Wednesday targeting 12 individuals who it said were tied to Tehran's "ongoing, violent repression of the ...

Read full article: UVA issues shelter in place for an active ... (Bleecker Street via AP) Prominent Iranian human rights activist Narges Mohammadi is seen in a meeting on women's rights in Tehran ...

The spokesperson for U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Friday that the U.N. chief met with Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi in New York this week and raised human rights issues in light ...

It said that just transferring her to the hospital will not address the severe health issues caused by ... Peace Prize and the second Iranian woman after human rights activist Shirin Ebadi in ...

It said that just transferring her to the hospital will not address the severe health issues caused by ... Peace Prize and the second Iranian woman after human rights activist Shirin Ebadi in ...