30 October 2025
GENEVA – The Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on the Islamic Republic of Iran warned of a serious deterioration of the human rights situation in Iran following Israeli airstrikes in June, succeeded by a domestic crackdown that has further constricted civic space, undermined due process, and eroded respect for the right to life.
INTERNATIONAL POLICY DIGEST | Hossein Sadeghpour | October 6, 2025
Karl Marx famously wrote in The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte, that history repeats itself—“the first time as tragedy, the second as farce” (“das eine Mal als Tragödie, das andere Mal als Farce”). His meditation on the French Revolutions of 1789 and 1848—first the overthrow of the monarchy, then … Continue Reading
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NCRI | Shahriar Kia | October 10, 2025
The clerical regime in Iran has faced a formidable adversary in the Mujahedin-e-Khalq Organization (MEK/PMOI), an entity with a longer history and greater resilience. Despite the regime’s extensive security-intelligence apparatus and numerous repressive institutions, forty years of dedicated efforts to eradicate the MEK from Iran’s political landscape has failed. This elimination … Continue Reading
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29 September 2025
GENEVA – Over 1000 people have been killed in less than nine months of 2025, UN experts said today, warning that the figures represented a dramatic escalation that violates international human rights law.
“The sheer scale of executions in Iran is staggering and represents a grave violation of the right to life,” the experts said. “With an … Continue Reading
Free Iran Scholar Network | Shirin Nariman | Aug. 22, 2025
Shirin Nariman is a former political prisoner in Iran during the 1980s.
As a former political prisoner in Iran, I witnessed horrors that remain etched into my memory, nightly executions, the shouts of tortured inmates, and the constant fear that any moment could be your last. I survived the … Continue Reading
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