Human Rights Watch, in its "World Report 2025," warned of the worsening human rights situation in Iran. Citing evidence and reports, the organization highlights intensified repression of women and girls, a rise in executions, lack of fair trials, harassment of activists, students, journalists and justice-seeking families, as well as continued discrimination against the LGBTQ+ community by the Islamic Republic in 2024.
VOA Persian: Iran intensifies repression of women, dissidents, minorities, says watchdog
FILE - An Iranian woman not wearing a mandatory headscarf walks in downtown Tehran, Iran, June 10, 2024.