What About Iran

For more than three decades, Iran has been under scrutiny for committing human rights abuses. Since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, Iran has imposed a strict, fundamentalist form of Islamic law, which has denied people of their rights and freedom. In particular, women, homosexuals, Christians, Jews, journalists, and political dissenters have been among the victims. A number of organizations have documented human rights violations in Iran and work to advocate for the victims.