Iran

Twenty years after the "Islamic Revolution" the human rights situation in Iran remains poor. The Government restricts citizens' right to change their government, manipulates the electoral system and represses political dissidents. . Systematic abuses include extrajudicial killings and summary executions; disappearances; widespread use of torture and other degrading treatment; harsh prison conditions; arbitrary arrest and detention; lack of due process; unfair trials; infringement on citizens' privacy; and restrictions on freedom of speech, press, assembly, association, religion, and movement. Religious minorities, in particular Baha'is, have come under increasing repression by conservative elements of the judiciary and security establishment. The Government restricts the work of human rights groups. Women face legal and social discrimination, and violence against women occurs. From the US State Department 1998 Human Rights Report

Actions | NGOs | Reports | UN | News | Government & Politics | Women | Links

Actions

• Actions from the World Organization Against Torture on Iran
• E-mail Iran's President

Organizations

• Alliance for Defense of Human Rights in Iran
• Association of Iranian Political Prisoners in Exile
• Democracy Network of Iran
  Internet based group
• Foundation for Democracy in Iran
• International Federation of Iranian Refugees
• Iranian Human Rights Working Group
  Internet based group committed to campaigning for the improvement of human rights in Iran
• Iranian Organization for the Defence and Development of Human Rights and Democracy
• Iranian Refugees' Alliance
  Supports Iranian refugees in different parts of the world.
• The Kurdish Human Rights Project
• Mission for the Establishment of Human Rights in Iran
• Organization for Defending Victims of Violence
• Student Movement Coordination Committee for Democracy in Iran

Reports & Articles

• US State Department Human Rights Reports
  2000 - 1999 - 1998 - 1997 - 1996
• US State Department Reports on Religious Freedom in Iran
  2000 - 1999
• Amnesty International Reports
• AIUSA Page on Iran
• Human Rights Watch Reports
• Stiffling Dissent
  2001 HRW report
• Iranian Refugee Alliance Publications

UN

• On the Record: UN Human Rights Activities
  2000 | 1999 | 1998 | 1997
  
  
• Documents from the UN Human Rights System Iran
  Treaty Body Documents | Charter Body Documents
  
  
• Special Representative of the Commission on Human Rights on the
  situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran

News

• IHRWG Appeals & Press Releases
• Iran Daily
• Iran News - Payvand
• Iran News - Yahoo
• Iran Press Service
• Iran Special Report - news from the Washington Post
• Tehran Times
• Islamic Republic News Agency

Government & Politics

• Communist Party
• Constitution
• Flag of Freedom Organization
  underground nationalist movemen
• Iran Virtual Library
  Information on the government, history & more
• Iran-e-Azad
  Supporters of National Council of Resistance of Iran
• Islamic Government Quarterly
• Links to Political Sites
• Presidency of Iran

Women

• Association of Iranian Women
• Avaye Zan, Women´s Voice
  Persian language journal for Iranian women
• Iran Gohar
  Persian Women Newsletter
• Iranian Women International Research Committee
• The Islamic Revolution's Impact on the Legal and Social Status of Iranian Women
  1997 Article
• National Committee of Women for a Democratic Iran
• The Secrets of History - the CIA on Iran
• Zan
  Site on Iranian women

Links

• Iran Links
  MENIC, U. of Texas
• Iran Mania
  "The Iranian Search Engine" & Directory
• Persia Net
• Human Rights in the Middle East
  Links to websites that include human rights information on various Middle Eastern Countries
• Human Rights Around the World
  Links to reports & sites with info on many countries

Español

• Acciones de la Organización Mundial Contra la Tortura
• Representante Especial de la Comisión de Derechos Humanos sobre la
  situación de derechos humanos en la República Islámica del Irán
• Resolución sobre la situación de los derechos humanos en Irán
  Parlamento Europeo, 1998

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