A report from Amnesty International lists 72 people who have died in custody in Iran in the last 11 years in circumstances that Amnesty says the authorities have not explained.
15 Sep 2021
Amnesty International
Amnesty Internation says hacked videos from security cameras at Tehran's Evin prison offered shocking visual evidence of beatings, sexual harassment, and deliberate neglect.
25 Aug 2021
Amnesty International has said Iran's security forces resorted to unlawful use of force and mass arrests to crack down on predominantly peaceful recent protests in Naghadeh.
11 Aug 2021
Human rights organization Amnesty International has condemned the use of live ammunition against protesters in Iran in recent days and has asked the UN to collect information.
23 Jul 2021
Amnesty International has issued a detailed report on torture of two brithers in Iran, while a third brother was executed after a dubious trial in 2020.
26 Jun 2021
Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch have called for Iran's new president Ebrahim Raisi to be investigated for crimes against humanity.
19 Jun 2021
Amnesty International says Iran has been increasingly using executions as a political weapon against protesters, dissidents and minority groups.
08 Apr 2021
Amnesty International has defended its position that former Iranian prime minister Mir Hossein Mousavi bears responsibility in the mass killing of prisoners in 1988.
05 Oct 2020
Amnesty International warns that thousands of people arbitrarily detained following a post-protest crackdown in Iran face the risk of torture. In a...
16 Dec 2019
Iranian security forces may have killed more than 1,000 people during the recent nationwide protests that started over a gasoline price rise, Brian...
07 Dec 2019