Niloufar Hamedi, Elaheh Mohammadi, and Narges Mohammadi honored with the UN Press Freedom Award
The UN Press Freedom Award was presented to three Iranian women for their unwavering dedication to truth and accountability: Niloufar Hamedi, Elaheh Mohammadi, and Narges Mohammadi. The “Freedom of the Press Guillermo Cano” award was announced on Tuesday, May 2, during a UNESCO-hosted event, which is the United Nations’ cultural, scientific, and educational agency.
بازداشت سه فعال شرکت کننده در همایش «نجات ایران»
دستکم سه فعال سیاسی در ارتباط با همایش «نجات ایران» تاکنون بازداشت شدهاند: کیوان صمیمی، علیرضا بهشتی شیرازی و عبدالله مومنی.
Three Arrested in Connection with “Save Iran” Conference
NIAC calls for the immediate release, and dropping of all charges, against Samimi, Beheshti Shirazi, Momeni and Behzadian Nejad, along with all prisoners of conscience unjustly suffering for their statements and beliefs. Read about their stories in our latest Human Rights Tracker.
Human Rights Groups Reveal Sharp Increase in 2022 Iran Executions to Quell Uprising
Two human rights organizations revealed a 75% increase in execution rates in Iran during 2022, reaching the highest annual figure since 2015. Released on Thursday, April 13, the 15th annual report of the Iran Human Rights Organization and All Together Against Execution indicates that a minimum of 582 individuals were executed last year, a significant rise from 2021’s 333 recorded executions.
امیر سالار داودی ؛ وکیلی که از پشت میلههای زندان به دنبال عدالت است
امیرسالار برخلاف پدر و برادر بزرگترش که در رشته فنی و مهندسی تحصیل کرده بودند تصمیم گرفت تحصیلات دبیرستان را در رشته علوم انسانی آغاز کند. مخالفت و دل نگرانی ابتدایی خانواده نتوانست خللی در تصمیمش وارد کند و به همین دلیل آنان «دبیرستان فرهنگ» که مدرسه ای نمونه و خاص برای رشته علوم انسانی بود را برایش برگزیدند. تحصیل دراین دبیرستان یک سال بیشتر طول نکشید زیرا او با طرح پرسش های تردید برانگیز و اظهار نظرهایش که حاکی از طرز تفکر متفاوت وی با مدیران و گردانندگان مدرسه بود، آنان را حسابی کلافه کرده بود.
Amirsalar Davoudi: An Attorney Pursuing Justice from Behind Bars
Amirsalar Davoudi, an attorney jailed in Evin prison for his human rights work, has made a mark through his commitment to truth and justice. Though his path has been fraught with significant hardship, whether it was receiving pushback for his outspoken dissent in his early education or being sentenced to false charges by the Islamic Republic, Davoudi’s determination has never diminished.
2023 NIAC Membership Survey Results
Every year, NIAC Action looks to our members to guide our advocacy priorities and goals for the year. This year’s survey results will inform NIAC’s organizational mandate and guide us to champion policies that support both Iranians and the Iranian-American community during this crucial time.
Mahvash Shahriari Sabet, an imprisoned poet and educator
Mahvash Shahriari Sabet, a renowned Baha’i poet and educator, has long-suffered under the Islamic Republic’s agenda of persecution against religious minorities. Her award-winning poetry has shed light on her experience of imprisonment as a member of the Baha’i faith where she endured significant torture and solitary confinement under false charges of espionage and propaganda. This is her story.
مهوش شهریاری ثابت، شاعر و معلم زندانی
مهوش شهریاری ثابت، معلم و شاعر ۷۰ ساله بهایی، نه تنها به دلیل مبارزه با تبعیض در ایران، بلکه به دلیل شعرهایش که از پشت میله های زندان سروده، چهره ای سرشناس است.
جنبش محیط زیست ایران: داستانهای سرکوب
محیط زیستی ها و یک پرونده ناتمام هفته گذشته و در ابتدای سال ۱۴۰۲ و همزمان با آغاز تعطیلات نوروز، فعالان محیط زیستی سرشناس زندانی در ایران برای سپری کردن ایام نوروز به مرخصی رفتند. بر اساس این خبر نیلوفر بیانی، سپیده کاشانی، هومن جوکار، امیرحسین خالقی، طاهر قدیریان و سام رجبی برای نخستین بار […]
The Iranian Environmentalist Movement: Stories of Repression
The fight for environmental justice in Iran has been long and arduous, between imprisonment, false espionage charges, hunger strikes, and even suspicious deaths of Iran’s most dedicated environmental activists. These are their stories.
UN Special Rapporteur denounces Islamic Republic’s crackdown as a “crime against humanity”
According to Javaid Rehman, the UN Human Rights Council’s Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Iran, the Islamic Republic of Iran’s violations of the fundamental rights of its citizens can be viewed as a “crime against humanity.” Rehman announced that the Islamic Republic of Iran killed 71 children in suppressing the protests of the last six months.