As regional hostilities continue to build, the Islamic Republic is using the cover of these growing tensions to go after its domestic critics. The government’s intensifying campaign of repression has targeted growing numbers of activists, protesters, and political prisoners, with arrests and executions soaring, the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) warned today.
“We’ve seen this playbook before—the Islamic Republic uses the threat of war to strike out at its domestic critics, and the results over the years have been thousands of civilians, political opponents, and prisoners killed by the regime,” said Hadi Ghaemi, executive director of the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI)
“Activists, protesters, political prisoners, women refusing the hijab, minority communities, and many others are in increasing danger as the authorities in Iran move to crush domestic dissent by any means, be it through imprisonment, gunning people down in the street, or hanging them,” said Ghaemi.
CHRI calls on the international community to move into a heightened state of alert regarding the fast deteriorating human rights situation in Iran, especially the soaring executions, and respond to their continuation with severe and coordinated diplomatic and economic consequences.
Imprisoned Iranian Nobel Peace Laureate Narges Mohammadi Denied Urgent Medical Treatment — (Archived)
The Islamic Republic of Iran is deliberately withholding critical medical care from renowned Nobel Peace laureate Narges Mohammadi, who is unjustly imprisoned in Tehran’s infamous Evin Prison for her courageous and peaceful human rights advocacy.
Mohammadi is suffering from serious cardiac issues, long-standing gastrointestinal disorders, and most recently, painful spinal injuries. Iran’s prison authorities have not allowed her to receive full or proper treatment for any of these medical issues.
“Iranian authorities are not only unlawfully depriving a Nobel Peace laureate of her freedom but also jeopardizing her life by denying her essential medical care. Narges Mohammadi’s deteriorating condition underscores the Islamic Republic’s brutal and lawless treatment of human rights defenders,” said Hadi Ghaemi, executive director of the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI).