Human Rights

For 18 weeks, precarious South Pars workers in Asaluyeh have marched against broken promises—exposing how Iran’s “energy heart” runs on...

Human rights lawyer Khosro Alikordi dies suddenly after sustained state pressure, prompting prison protests, a nationwide lawyers’ statement, and scrutiny...

Annual data from Iranian rights groups reveal at least 110 femicides, 63 rapes, 180 “honor killings” and expanding structural, legal...

Residents of Yasuj protest Mandegan and Khersan-3 dams, warning of aquifer destruction, livelihood collapse, and “water export” from Kohgiluyeh and...

Tehran’s unprecedented drought and unannounced water rationing expose deep social inequalities and governance failure, as the wealthy bypass shortages, the...

Iran’s leadership prioritizes missile power over basic welfare, pouring scarce resources into the military amid inflation, poverty, drought and collapse,...

Ahmad Baledi, a young Ahvazi Arab student, self-immolated after municipal agents violently demolished his family’s kiosk, igniting public outrage, repression,...

Ahmad Baledi, a 20-year-old Arab student, self-immolated after a violent municipal raid on his family’s kiosk, sparking protests, officials’ denials,...

Parliament research shows Iran’s mining sector fosters rent-seeking and monopolies, sidelines local communities, and—rather than driving sustainable development—remains primarily extractive,...

Andirgan is not an isolated episode; it exposes the Islamic Republic’s structural securitization of social, economic, and environmental demands—especially intensified...