Rights groups point to some particular issues of concern: "Unfortunately, the nuclear energy issue has stalemated many issues in Iran, the most important being the issue of human rights." --Shirin ...

Biden criticizes Iran and China on human rights and security issues. President Biden said that Washington “will be unabashed in promoting” a vision of a free world.

The United States and Iran clashed on security and human rights on Wednesday, with Iran's president demanding U.S. guarantees to revive the 2015 Iran nuclear deal and the U.S. president vowing ...

Foreign-based Iranian human rights-focused news outlet HRANA said on April 28 that Langarneshin had made three separate requests for a retrial, all of which were rejected.

The United States issued a new round of Iran sanctions on Wednesday targeting 12 individuals who it said were tied to Tehran's "ongoing, violent repression of the Iranian people," including its ...

Human rights advocate Narges Mohammadi warns that the Iranian government is using the aftermath of its war with Israel to ...

In May 2025, the US and Israel then advanced a new aid mechanism for Gaza run by private security contractors operating in ...

Amid rising tensions, the silence of Iranian human rights groups raises critical questions about their priorities, independence, and future direction.

TEHRAN – Kazem Gharibabadi, Iran’s Deputy Minister for Legal and International Affairs, has sharply criticized the double standards and biased human rights mechanisms that he claims are undermining ...

In Tehran's notorious Evin prison, the Iranian regime locks up its opponents, human rights activists, and political dissidents. Iranian rights activist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges ...

The United Nations (U.N.) human rights office said on Friday that they were alarmed by the number of Iran executions with 29 people reportedly killed over two days this week and a total of at ...

CFR Senior Fellow Ray Takeyh argues that it is necessary for the United States to emphasize human rights issues during discussions of a nuclear agreement with Iran.