HRANA – The following report is the result of collecting, analyzing, and documenting 9,160 reports on the state of human rights published by news sources over the past calendar year (January 1, 2024, to December 20, 2024). This report, released in two versions—concise and comprehensive (accompanied by charts and graphs)—provides analyses, including the issuance of more than 33,442 months of prison sentences for critics and the sentencing of citizens to 9957 lashes, despite the inhumane nature of this punishment. Additionally, at least 883 citizens have been executed. This report, reflecting a summary of published information on the state of human rights in Iran, along with its extensive statistical data, can be read in full below.
Human Rights Activists in Iran (HRA), through the dedicated efforts of its Department of Statistics and Publications, publishes its annual Gregorian calendar-based analytical and statistical report on the human rights situation in Iran for the one-year period (January 1, 2024, to December 20, 2024). This report is the culmination of the organization’s daily endeavors in recent years, forming part of a daily statistical project that began in 2009. It provides an analytical-statistical overview of human rights in Iran.
This annual report on human rights violations in Iran represents a synthesis of 9,160 human rights reports, gathered from 116 legal and news sources within the past calendar year. HRANA (Human Rights Activists News Agency) contributed 38.56% of the reports utilized in this publication, with 26.57% originating from official or government-affiliated Iranian sources, and the remaining 34.87% from other news or human rights sources.
In this 86-page report, various aspects such as women’s rights, workers’ rights, children’s rights, prisoners’ rights, etc., are briefly examined and statistically analyzed, accompanied by relevant charts for enhanced reader comprehension. According to this report, the focus of human rights monitoring in Iran, in comparison between the capital and other areas, remains unequal. This long-standing inequality shows that in the last year, reporting from non-central areas has decreased by 9.6% compared to the capital. This situation continues to indicate the lack of adequate monitoring of other areas of the country relative to the center by civil society.
Although this report predominantly reflects the extensive efforts of courageous human rights defenders in Iran, who bear significant costs in pursuit of their humanitarian ideals, it inevitably has limitations. These include restrictions on the activities of human rights organizations by the Iranian government and governmental impediments to the free flow of information. Consequently, while this report strives for accuracy, it cannot be considered entirely error-free or a complete reflection of the human rights situation in Iran. Nevertheless, it stands as one of the most precise, comprehensive, and well-documented reports on human rights violations in Iran, offering valuable insights for organizations and defenders of human rights to better understand the human rights situation in Iran, its challenges, and potential opportunities.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
?? MONITORING
?? ETHNIC RIGHTS
?? RELIGIOUS RIGHTS
?? FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION
?? TRADE UNIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS
?? ACADEMIA/ RIGHT TO EDUCATION
?? RIGHT TO LIFE (DEATH PENALTY)
?? CULTURAL RIGHTS
?? WORKERS’ RIGHTS
?? CHILDREN’S RIGHTS
?? WOMEN’S RIGHTS
?? PRISONERS’ RIGHTS
?? SECURITY FORCES’ VIOLENCE AND CITIZENS’ SAFETY
?? SENTENCES
?? ARRESTS
?? ENVIRONMENTAL RIGHTS
?? SEXUAL AND GENDER MINORITIES
?? HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATORS
?? HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATING ENTITIES
?? INDIVIDUAL HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATORS
?? REFLECTION ON THE YEAR
?? UNITED NATIONS ADVOCACY
?? TWO-YEAR AFTER “WOMAN, LIFE, FREEDOM” PROTESTS
?? MEMBER STATES AND TARGETED HUMAN RIGHTS SANCTIONS
?? INTERNATIONAL ADVOCACY
?? THE PASDARAN DOCUMENTATION PROJECT (PDP)
MONITORING
To observe the extent of reporting by human rights organizations and media from different provinces of the country, which directly correlates with the capabilities of civil society, refer to the map below.
The highest number of reports were published in January, while the lowest number of reports published occurred in December.
38.56% of reports analyzed came from sources gathered and reported by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), while 26.57% came from official Iranian government sources or sources close to the government. 34.87% of reports came from other human rights news agencies.
In 2024, there were at least 2,231 instances of protest gatherings organized by citizen groups across all 31 provinces due to unmet demands and claims. Of these, 1,217 were union gatherings, 701 were workers’ rallies, 145 times involved citizens primarily known as market or stock market losers, 94 were related to the realm of thought and expression, 36 were student union gatherings, 1 was in the cultural field, 1 were religious minority gatherings, and 36 were environmental gatherings. In addition to these gatherings, there were also 1373 labor strikes, and 62 union strikes. It is worth noting that in 23 cases, gatherings have been prevented.
As indicated in the distribution map, there exists a major discrepancy between the capital Tehran, and other parts of the country in terms of the number of published reports. This is while the census of 2023 reported a population of 14,425,000 in Tehran, compared to a population of 69,075,000 in the rest of the country.
Statistics indicate that the focus or ability to report of the human rights reporters has been 19.2% in Tehran and 81.8% in the other parts of the country.
Categories of human rights violations based on the number of reports in 2024
To study categories of human rights violations in Iran, it is important to initially compare the categories based on the number of reports made in each category in the past year.
ETHNIC RIGHTS
In the category of ethnic and national rights in 2024, a total of 240 reports were recorded by the Department of Statistics and Publications of the Human Rights Activists in Iran (HRA). According to these reports, 240 citizens were documented as being arrested, with 109 of these arrests occurring without a judicial warrant. Although the charges against 186 of the arrested individuals remain unclear, signs and past actions of the security institutions in the referred areas suggest that these arrests fall under the classification of ethnic rights violations. Furthermore, 20 individuals were sentenced to a total of 471 months of imprisonment, comprising 465 months of actual imprisonment and 6 months of suspended imprisonment. Additionally, 5 individuals were fined Seven hundred and fifty-six million Iranian Rials. Also, 32 people were summoned to security-judicial institutions.
Apart from these, there were 22 court trials and 13 interrogations in security-judicial institutions, 39 cases of assault, 28 house searches, 5 instances of civil registry offices opposing the naming and identity registration of children, and 4 instances of imprisonment sentences being carried out.
In the area of national minorities, the arrest of citizens decreased by 25.9%, sentences of imprisonment based on the number of people tried by the judiciary increased by 5.2%, and the issuance of prison sentences compared to 2023 decreased by 53%.
The monthly comparison of violations of ethnic-national rights shows that the highest number of violations reports in this category were published in January, with the most significant decline in the number of reports observed in December.
Full Report
HRANA Annual Report 2024 – English
