HUMAN RIGHTS

◐ COUNTRY PROFILE

Iran

Mass executions, suppression of women's rights movement, persecution of religious and ethnic minorities.

FREEDOM
14/100
PRESS RANK
176/180
POL. PRISONERS
1,500
POPULATION
88M
SEVERITY
9/10
CASES YTD
581

Iran

Mass executions, suppression of women's rights movement, persecution of religious and ethnic minorities.

Key concerns

Executions
Women's rights
Protest crackdowns

Stats

Freedom House score: 14/100
Press freedom rank: 176/180
Estimated political prisoners: 1,500
Editorial severity: 9/10

Sources

Wikipedia · Human Rights in Iran
Freedom House · Iran
Human Rights Watch · Iran

▦ TRACKED CASES

People we are following in Iran.

Narges Mohammadi

Human rights defender, Nobel Peace laureate

Imprisoned · intermittent medical furlough

▣ RECENT DISPATCHES

22 curated items for Iran

Jun 17 · GNews
Iranian Regime's Execution Spree: 31 Prisoners Killed in Four Days— One Every Three Hours - National Council of Resistance of Iran - NCRI
May 25 · GNews
Article: Abbas Akbari Feizabadi Hanged; Fifteenth January Protester Executed in 67 Days - Iran Human Rights
May 18 · GNews
Iran: Politically Motivated Executions - Human Rights Watch
Jun 09 · RSF
RSF radio frequency jammed in Iran, another attack on the right to inform
Jun 22 · GNews
Iran has arrested more than 3,000 citizens for ‘collaborating with the enemy’ during war - New York Post
Jun 08 · GNews
Protesters Kaveh Arabian, Ali Daneshparvar and Esmail Ramezanpour at Risk of Execution in Yazd - Iran Human Rights
Jun 01 · GNews
Gulf states: More than 1,000 arrested in sweeping war-related crackdown on expression - Amnesty International
Jun 08 · GNews
As Executions Surge in Iran, Prisoners Risk Their Lives to Protest the State’s Killings - Center for Human Rights in Iran
Jun 05 · GNews
Nasrin Sotoudeh facing new charge and reports torture and ill-treatment in detention - Front Line Defenders
Jun 03 · GNews
‘They beat me until I lost consciousness’: growing reports of brutal arrests, torture and deaths in Iran’s prisons - The Guardian
Jun 10 · GNews
Fox News: Iran Accelerates Execution Campaign Against Dissidents Amid Internet Blackouts - National Council of Resistance of Iran - NCRI
Jun 01 · GNews
Gulf states: More than 1,000 arrested in sweeping war-related crackdown on expression - Amnesty International
Jun 08 · GNews
As Executions Surge in Iran, Prisoners Risk Their Lives to Protest the State’s Killings - Center for Human Rights in Iran
Jun 05 · GNews
Nasrin Sotoudeh facing new charge and reports torture and ill-treatment in detention - Front Line Defenders
Jun 03 · GNews
‘They beat me until I lost consciousness’: growing reports of brutal arrests, torture and deaths in Iran’s prisons - The Guardian
Jun 10 · GNews
Fox News: Iran Accelerates Execution Campaign Against Dissidents Amid Internet Blackouts - National Council of Resistance of Iran - NCRI
May 28 · GNews
Iran: Mass arbitrary arrests and political executions mark intensifying repression - Amnesty International
May 24 · GNews
Article: First Execution From 40-Day War: Mojtaba Kian Hanged Less than 50 Days After Arrest - Iran Human Rights
May 18 · GNews
Iran: Human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh released on bail amid ongoing crackdown - World Organisation Against Torture | OMCT
May 26 · GNews
Article: Political Prisoner and Justice-Seeking Family Ruhollah Korki Sentenced to Death - Iran Human Rights
May 26 · GNews
‘No to Execution Tuesdays’ Campaign Continues for 122nd Week Across 56 Iranian Prisons - National Council of Resistance of Iran - NCRI
May 25 · GNews
Article: Four 'Woman, Life, Freedom' Protesters Sentenced to Hang by 'Death Judge' in Sham Trial - Iran Human Rights