International Reactions

In response to today’s release of Iranian Kurdish human rights defender and journalist Mohammad Sadiq Kabudvand, Amnesty International’s Deputy Director...

Following 31 days of hunger strike in Tehran's Evin prison, Iranian human rights defender Atena Daemi is in poor health,...

With the campaign for the Iranian presidential election officially under way since 28 April, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemns the...

Reporters Without Borders issued a statement on April 26th describing Iran as one of the world’s five major prisons for...

Several trade unionists in Iran languish in prison while many others face prison sentences of up to a decade solely...

GENEVA (28 April 2017) – Iran must abide by its obligations under international human rights law and stop carrying out...

Commenting on reports about the imminent execution of the young Iranian Peyman Barandah, Bärbel Kofler, Federal Government Commissioner for Human...

(24 April 2017) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of...

Peyman Barandah, who was 15 years old at the time of his arrest, is due to be executed on 10...

Tehran Prisons Organization and Sohrab Soleimani were added to the U.S. Treasury Department’s list of officials and organizations involved in...