Every six hours, one person was executed in Iranian prisons in the first 20 days of August. Execution numbers have been rising every year since 2021, with at least 834 people executed in 2023, and 395 executions recorded by Iran Human Rights as of 26th August 2024. Drug-related executions remain ...
پنجشنبه ۳۰ مه، شماری از اعضای مجمع عمومی سازمان ملل «تسلیت» خود را به مناسبت مرگ ابراهیم رئیسی که در روز ۱۹ مه در جریان سقوط هلیکوپتر کشته شد ابراز کردند. این «مراسم یادبود» در تالار مجمع سازمان ملل در نیویورک صورت گرفت یعنی همان اتاقی که اخیرا شاهد تصویب ...
The death penalty or state murder is the Islamic Republic’s most important tool for instilling societal fear to maintain power. Executions in Iran increased dramatically following the “Woman, Life, Freedom” uprising, with at least 834 people executed in 2023. In 2023, more than half of all recorded executions in Iran ...
دوشنبه ۲۹ ژانویه ۲۰۲۴ آقای کمیسیونر عالی، خانم معاون کمیسیونر عالی، ما، سازمان‌های جامعه مدنی، که برای بهبود حقوق بشر در جمهوری اسلامی ایران تلاش می‌کنیم عمیقا نگران سفر اعلام‌شده نادا الناشف، معاون کمیسیونر عالی، به جمهوری اسلامی ایران در روزهای ۲ تا ۵ فوریه ۲۰۲۴ هستیم. ما ارزش گفتگو ...
We, as Impact Iran, urge the international community to join us in demanding an immediate halt to the imminent executions and overturn the death sentences of Kurdish political prisoners Mohsen Mazloum, Pejman Fatehi, Vafa Azarbar, and Hajir Faramarzi. The international community must take robust action now to prevent these executions. ...
Thank you Chair, On behalf of ARC Association, All Human Rights for All in Iran and of the Coalition Impact Iran, we welcome the topic of this Forum. The contribution of science, technology and innovation to the promotion of human rights is a timely topic. Their contribution to the promotion ...
۶ ژوئن ۲۰۲۳ بیانیه مشترک ما امضاکنندگان این بیانیه عمیقا نسبت به افزایش تکان‌دهنده اعدام‌ها در جمهوری اسلامی ایران ظرف چند ماه گذشته نگران و ناراحت هستیم. این اعدام‌ها عامدانه به گونه‌ای طراحی شده‌اند تا در میان مردم ایران ایجاد ترس کنند و در پی جنبش اعتراضات بی‌سابقه که هشت ...
ECPM, Iran Human Rights, and Impact Iran (a coalition of 16 NGOs including Abdorrahman Boroumand Center, Article 19, KMM-KG, AHRAZ, All Human Rights for All in Iran, Baluch Campain, Center for supporters of human rights, European Ahwazi Human Rights Organization, ECPM, Human Rights Activists in Iran, IHRNGO, IHRDC, KURDPA, Outright ...
We are writing to raise our deep concerns about the Iranian authorities’ mobilization of their well-honed machinery of repression to ruthlessly crackdown on current nationwide protests. The United Nations Human Rights Council should act as a matter of urgency by holding a special session and — given the gravity of ...
This submission relies on a range of evidence and sources to establish the ongoing persecution of ethnic minorities, including Kurds, Baluch, Ahwazi Arabs, Azerbaijani Turks, Turkmen, who may also belong to religious minority communities, including Sunni Muslims, Sufis, Yarsan, Bahá’ís or Christians. They include testimonies from victims and witnesses; laws, ...
Today on Thursday, May 30th, a number of members of the UN General Assembly expressed their condolences to late President Ebrahim Raisi, who died in an helicopter accident on May 19th. The tribute took place in the UN Assembly Hall in New York, the same room that recently saw the ...
From February 26 to April 5 2024, the United Nations Human Rights Council held its 55th regular session at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland. The session was particularly significant as the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on the Islamic Republic of Iran (“FFMI”) issued and presented its first report, ...
Monday 29 January 2024 Mister High Commissioner, Madame Deputy High Commissioner, We, civil society organizations working to promote human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran, are gravely concerned by the announced visit of Deputy High Commissioner Nada Al-Nashif to the Islamic Republic of Iran from 2 to 5 February ...
Yesterday, December 10th, on the occasion of Human Rights Day, the international community came together to mark a significant moment in the ongoing struggle for human rights in Iran and beyond: the awarding of the Peace Nobel Prize 2023 to Narges Mohammadi. This award recognizes her relentless efforts against the ...
As the Human Rights Council session closes, a year after Jina Mahsa Amini and the start of nationwide protests, Iran’s disregard for its international obligations demonstrates the need for continued monitoring and concrete actions. The 54th session of the Human Rights Council was concomitant with the first anniversary of the ...
We, the undersigned, are deeply alarmed and appalled by the chilling surge in executions by the Islamic Republic of Iran over the past few months, including the recent wave of executions targeting protesters. These executions are deliberately designed to spread fear among the Iranian population and quash any form of ...
35th Special Session of the UN Human Rights Council 24 November 2022 Delivered by Bahar Saba Mr President, I am delivering this statement on behalf of ARTICLE 19 and Impact Iran. We welcome the Human Rights Council’s convening of a special session on the ongoing situation in Iran and strongly ...
Iran’s blatant strategy of hostage diplomacy continues to yield benefits, encouraging more kidnappings and unjust imprisonments. While we are relieved to see Johan Floderus and Saeed Azizi reunited with their families, where they rightfully belong, we, the undersigned, are deeply disheartened by the profound dismay of the victims of Hamed ...
فروردین ۱۴۰۳ – اعدام یا قتل عمد حکومتی مهمترین ابزار جمهوریاسلامی برای هراسافکنی در جامعه و حفظ ۲ قدرت است. پس از آغاز خیزش «زن، زندگی، آزادی» جمهوریاسلامی به اجرای احکام اعدام شتاب بیشتری داد و در سال ۲۰۲۳ دستکم ۸۳۴ نفر را اعدام کرد. افرادی که به اتهامهای مرتبط ...
TO: Member states of the United Nations Human Rights Council Your Excellency, We, the undersigned Iranian and international human rights organisations, call on your country to support the renewal of the mandate of the United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of ...
ما در «ایمپکت ایران» از جامعه‌ی بین‌الملل می‌خواهیم تا در تقاضای توقف فوری و لغو حکم اعدام شهروندان کُرد، محسن مظلوم، پژمان فاتحی، وفا آذربهار و هژیر فرامزی، به ما بپیوندند. جامعه بین‌الملل باید هم‌اکنون با اقدام فوری، از این اعدام‌ها جلوگیری کند. این چهار تن روز یکم تیرماه ۱۴۰۱ ...
Find the letter on Le Monde’s website in English and French. As wars rage across the globe and as the last few weeks in particular have been defined by atrocities, bigotry, and hatred, peaceful voices must be amplified now more than ever. On October 6, Iranian journalist and human rights ...
July 5 2023 Delivered by Roya Boroumand I am delivering this statement on behalf of ARTICLE 19, the coalition Impact Iran and Front Line Defenders. We welcome the investigation work of the Fact-Finding Mission and look forward to the precedent it will play in documenting the rights violations and international ...
11 May 2023 As organizations dedicated to promoting respect for human rights, Impact Iran and its members express their profound dismay and concern at the recent appointment of Mr. Ali Bahreini, the Permanent Representative of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations (UN), as Chair-Rapporteur of the UN ...
Impact Iran applauds the German Government’s recent announcement of its decision to support a Special Session of the UN Human Rights Council on the grave human rights situation in Iran, with a view to “establish[ing] a UN mechanism” to ensure that “evidence can be collected and documented.“ We welcome German ...
