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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 Table of Contents   Executive Summary Introduction 1.Sufism 2.Gonabadi Dervish Order’s Background 3.Root…
    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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