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    July 30, 2025

    ​​Dawn of a New Era in Iran: Protests of December 2017-January 2018​

          Executive Summary On December 28, 2017, sporadic protests erupted in Mashhad, Iran’s second largest city. These protests,…
    September 16, 2024

    ​​Crackdown in the North: Suppression of the Woman Life Freedom Movement in Gilan and Mazandaran Provinces​ 

          Executive Summary The Iran Human Rights Documentation Center (IHRDC) has verified that between September 20, 2022, and…
    July 26, 2024

    Everything You Need to Know about Sepideh Rashnu, Iranian Writer Persecuted for Defying Mandatory Hijab

    By Khosro Sayeh Isfahani – @KhosroIsfahani Before Mahsa Jina Amini was killed by Iran’s morality police in September 2022, the…
    June 30, 2023

    Unleashed Violence: Repression of Protests in Kurdish Areas of Iran

      Reader advisement: Some of the information and imagery in this report is very graphic and some people might find…
    October 19, 2022

    Bloody Friday in Zahedan

        Table of Contents   Introduction I. The Early Protests in September 2022 II. Bloody Friday: The Crackdown on…
    May 31, 2022

    Blocked from Progress; Persecution of Iran’s Bahá’í Community Since 1979

    May 2022 Executive Summary. 3 Introduction. 3 Era of Mass Arrests and Executions: 1979-1989. 4 2.1.     Trial of the National…
    January 28, 2022

    State of Coercion: The Situation of Sunni Muslims in Iran

      January 29, 2022 Today the Iran Human Rights Documentation Center (IHRDC) released its latest report entitled State of Coercion:…
    August 12, 2021

    Living in the Shadows of Oppression: The Situation of Christian Converts in Iran

        IHRDC’s latest report, “Living in the Shadows of Oppression,” details the situation of Christian converts currently living in…
    March 6, 2021

    Living Under Suppression: The Situation of Gonabadi Dervishes in Iran

    Iran Human Rights Documentation Center March 2021
    February 29, 2020

    Access to Justice for Victims of Sexual Violence in Iran

      Executive Summary   This report examines how Iranian authorities handled four cases of sexual assault or rape. The details…

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      Witness Testimony
      May 5, 2022

      Witness Statement of Sina

       Name:                                      Sina* Place of Birth:                         Tehran, Iran Date of Birth:                          1991 Occupation:                             Architect Interviewing Organization:   Iran Human Rights Documentation Center (IHRDC) Date of Interview:                        September 4, 2021 Interviewer:                                      IHRDC Staff…
      Witness Testimony
      March 27, 2022

      Witness Statement of Farzin Parsa

        Name:                                      Farzin Parsa Place of Birth:                         Tehran, Iran Date of Birth:                          November 3, 1961 Occupation:                             Businessman Interviewing Organization:   Iran Human Rights Documentation Center (IHRDC) Date of Interview:                   December 15. 2021 Interviewer:                             IHRDC Staff This statement was prepared pursuant to an interview with Mr. Parsa. It was approved by Mr. Parsa on February 2, 2022. There are 128…
      Witness Testimony
      March 27, 2022

      Witness Statement of Delaram Sadeghzadeh

        Witness Statement of Delaram Sadeghzadeh   Name:                                      Delaram Sadeghzadeh Place of Birth:                         Tehran, Iran Date of Birth:                          November 11, 1991 Occupation:                             Researcher   Interviewing Organization:   Iran Human Rights Documentation Center (IHRDC) Date of Interview:                   October 6. 2021 Interviewer:                             IHRDC Staff This statement was prepared pursuant to an interview through Skype with Ms. Sadeghzadeh. It was approved by…
      Witness Testimony
      June 20, 2020

      Witness Statement of Habibollah Sarbazi

        Name:                                      Habibollah Bozorgzadeh (known as Sarbazi) Place of Birth:                         Iranshahr, Iran Date of Birth:                          1986 Occupation:                             Head of Baluchi Activists Campaign Interviewing Organization:   Iran Human Rights Documentation Center (IHRDC) Date of Interview:                   January 20, 2018 Interviewer:                             IHRDC Staff This statement was prepared pursuant to an interview through Skype with Mr. Sarbazi. It was approved by Mr. Sarbazi…
      Witness Testimony
      February 20, 2020

      Witness Statement of Reza Parchizadeh

        Name:                                      Reza Parchizadeh Place of Birth:                         Tehran, Iran Date of Birth:                           1980 Occupation:                             Writer, Researcher and Political Activist Interviewing Organization:   Iran Human Rights Documentation Center (IHRDC) Date of Interview:                    September 27, 2015 Interviewer:                             IHRDC Staff This statement was prepared pursuant to an interview with Mr., Reza Parchizadeh. It was approved by Mr. Reza Parchizadeh on February…
      Witness Testimony
      February 14, 2020

      Witness Statement of Bita

        Name:                                      Bita* Place of Birth:                         Tehran, Iran Date of Birth:                          1988 Occupation:                             University Student Interviewing Organization:   Iran Human Rights Documentation Center (IHRDC) Date of Interview:                   October 25, 2019 Interviewer:                             IHRDC Staff This statement was prepared pursuant to an interview with Bita. It was approved by Bita on January 30, 2020. There are 13 paragraphs in the…
      Witness Testimony
      February 14, 2020

      Witness Statement of Atusa

          Name :                                      Atusa* Place of Birth:                         Tehran, Iran Date of Birth:                           1988 Occupation:                             University Student Interviewing Organization:   Iran Human Rights Documentation Center (IHRDC) Date of Interview:                    October 23, 2019 Interviewer:                             IHRDC Staff This statement was prepared pursuant to an interview with Atusa. It was approved by Atusa on February 7, 2020. There are 25 paragraphs…
      Witness Testimony
      December 18, 2019

       Witness Statement of Mehrak Kamali

      This statement was prepared pursuant to an interview with Mehrak Kamali. It was approved by Mehrak Kamali on July 17, 2019, There are 32 paragraphs in the statement. The views and opinions of the witness expressed herein do not necessarily reflect those of the Iran Human Rights Documentation Center.

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