Human rights in Iran
From Pahlavi Iran (1925 to 1979), through the Iranian Revolution (1979), to the era of the Islamic Republic of Iran (1979 to present), government treatment of Iranian citizens' rights has been criticized by Iranians, international human rights activists, writers, and NGOs. While the monarchy under the rule of the shahs was widely attacked by most Western watchdog organizations for having an abysmal human rights record, the government of the Islamic Republic which succeeded it is considered still worse by many.