Spotlighting Human Rights
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The gathering of world leaders for the annual UN General Assembly from September 22-29 will bring international issues to the forefront of the news cycle. Current issues involving U.S.-Iran tensions a...
NIAC President, Jamal Abdi, joined a group of academics and policy makers to call on the Iranian government to release father and son, Baquer and Siamak Namazi, as well as other dual nationals arbitra...
نایاک بیتردید اعدام نوید افکاری را که به صورت ناگهانی، در خفا و بدون اطلاع خانوادهاش انجام شد، قویاً محکوم ...
NIAC condemns, unequivocally, the execution of Navid Afkari, which was carried out suddenly and in secret, without the knowledge of his family. We share our deepest condolences with his family, especi...
Yesterday, millions of Iranians joined in one call: "Do not execute" (اعدام_نکنید#). The hashtag trended worldwide and united Iranians from all walks of life and different political persuasi...
Raising up the struggles faced by Iranian human rights defenders, activists, and journalists is essential to build a future in which the U.S. and Iran enjoy positive relations and truly represent the ...
The Iranian government has cut off the internet. U.S. sanctions have helped make this blackout possible. We must hold our own government to account to fix this policy....
The Iranian government abruptly announced last Thursday that the price of gasoline would be increased, triggering widespread protests from a population already under severe economic hardship due to go...
"Maximum pressure hasn’t helped with opening political space in Iran but appears to have led to increased repression and closed space for human rights advocates on the ground," according to Tar...
The snapback of Iran sanctions, which went into effect on August 6th, 2018, punish 80 million ordinary Iranians, who are being plunged into economic misery and denied basic necessities such as life-s...
The reality is that Trump’s pressure campaign weakens those within Iran who seek more conciliatory foreign relations and a more open political and social domestic landscape. It also empowers Te...
Washington, D.C - “Public dialogue with the (Iranian) state occurs through protest and those protests force changes to come about,” observed Sanam Anderlini, Executive Director and cofounder ...