Popular Young Poet Sentenced To Prison
On Tuesday, 16 August, Branch 26 of the Revolutionary Court, presided by Judge Pirabbasi, sentenced Hila Sedighi, a young poet whose critical and political poems are admired by many, to ...
August 20, 2011
Lawyer to 3 Americans: Eight-Year Prison Sentence Disproportionate With Charges
Massoud Shafiee, the lawyer representing the three Americans on trial in Iran, told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that he was uninformed of the ruling issued by the lower court in his clients’ cases, as announced on Iranian television today. According to ...
August 19, 2011
Imprisoned Blogger Severely Beaten By IRGC Forces after Writing a Letter to Tehran’s Prosecutor
Hossein Ronaghi Maleki, a blogger arrested after the 2009 presidential election, was beaten by IRGC security forces after writing a letter to Tehran’s Prosecutor detailing his condition in Evin Prison.Ronaghi is currently suffering from severely damaged kidneys and is in need of serious medical attention.In ...
August 17, 2011
Weekly Rights Podcast 34
In this week’s Weekly Rights Podcast: the final verdict on the three imprisoned American hikers, Sarah Shourd, Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal has not been announced; National Press Club president Mark Hamrick condemns journalist Kouhyar Goudarzi’s disappearance and his mother’s arrest; Reza Khandan, husband of ...
August 16, 2011
The Continued Arbitrary Detention of Kouhyar Goudarzi And His Mother
A relative of human rights activist and banned student Kouhyar Goudarzi, who was arrested and transferred to an unknown location on 31 July by unidentified forces, spoke with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran about Goudarzi’s arrest. “Kouhyar was a guest at a ...
August 15, 2011
Lawyer and Former MP in Need of Immediate Medical Attention
In an interview with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, Sahandej Sholeh Sadi, wife of university professor, lawyer, and former Member of the Iranian Parliament Ghassem Sholeh Sadi talked about her husband’s new charges and his physical condition in prison. Expressing concern about ...
August 15, 2011
500 Days In Prison Without Furlough for Human Rights Activist
In an interview with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, father of Mehdi Khodaee said that 500 days after his son’s arrest, he has not been allowed a single day of furlough. “After my son’s arrest in March 2010, I repeatedly appeared at ...
August 12, 2011
“The Imprisonment of Kouhyar Goudarzi a Slap in the Face,” says National Press Club President
Following the announcement of the arrests of Kouhyar Goudarzi and his mother, Parvin Mokhtare, a source close to the case and one of Goudarzi’s friends provided the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran with information about the case. “Kouhyar’s friends have information about him ...
August 10, 2011
Prison Visit With Sotoudeh Ends In Detention And Physical Abuse of Family
Reza Khandan, husband of imprisoned Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh, talked to International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran about his five-hour detention along with his two children and his sister-in-law, during a recent visit with Sotoudeh. Khandan told the Campaign about the disrespectful ...
August 10, 2011
They Keep My Father In Prison For His Criticism of Khamenei, Says Son of Imprisoned Journalist
Mehdi Saharkhiz, son of journalist Issa Saharkhiz, who is currently serving his three-year prison term, told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that his father has been sentenced to an additional two years in prison. “The new ruling against him is like the ...
August 9, 2011
Weekly Rights Podcast 33
In this week’s Weekly Rights Podcast: the court reviewing the case of the three Americans arrested more than two years ago has not yet issued its ruling; UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran requests entry into the country; imprisoned actress ...
August 8, 2011
Despite Delayed Ruling, Lawyer Optimistic about Release of Americans
The appeals court reviewing the case of the three Americans arrested more than two years ago on charges of “illegal entry into Iran” and “espionage,” has not yet issued its ruling, despitethe fact that more than a week has passed since the last court session. ...
August 5, 2011
Sajjad Jahanfar, Another Kurdish Author and Scholar, Arrested
A local source told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that Sajjad Jahanfar, a young author and researcher from Gilan-e-Gharb, was arrested on 12 August in Kermanshah. Jahanfar has authored several books, such as the seven-volume book, “Stories of The Medea Land,” in ...
August 5, 2011
UN Special Rapporteur Should Visit Iranian Prisons, Says Husband of Imprisoned Actress
In an interview with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, celebrated Iranian filmmaker Nasser Taghvai said that despite statements made by the Prosecutor General last week, his wife, actress Marzieh Vafamehr, who was arrested more than a month ago for acting a role ...
August 4, 2011
Banned Student Rejects Charges For Interviewing and Showing the ‘V’ Sign
Amir Sheibanizadeh, a Mashad student who was banned from continuing his university education, talked to the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran about his trial session, held on Monday, 1 August. “A few days ago, they called me to let me know that the ...
August 3, 2011
New UN Special Rapporteur on Iran calls on the Government for full co-operation with his mandate
GENEVA – The new United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran, Ahmed Shaheed, appealed to the Iranian government to extend its full co-operation with his mandate as required by the UN Human Rights Council. ...
August 2, 2011
Dissident Religious Scholar in Prison Once Again
Marzieh Pasdar, wife of religious scholar Ahmad Ghabel, told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that Ghabel was taken to Mashad’s Vakilabad Prison on Sunday, 31 July to start serving his sentence. “Mr. Ghabel went to Mashad Revolutionary Court on Sunday, following receiving ...
August 2, 2011
Three Kurdish Literary and Cultural Figures Arrested
A human rights activist in the Kurdistan Province told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that last week three literary and cultural figures of Gilanegharb were arrested by security ...
August 2, 2011
Public Letter to Supreme Leader about Torture in Prison Brings Abdollah Momeni New Trial Instead of Justice
In an interview with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, Fatemeh Adinehvand, wife of student activist and political prisoner Abdollah Momeni, expressed surprise for his new summons to court. “The last time I visited Abdollah on Monday, 25 July, he told me that ...
August 2, 2011
Continued Unexplained Detention of Two Kurdish Citizens
A human rights activist told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that more than 50 days after Kurdish citizen Madeh Alavi Jani’s arrest and detention, his charges are still unknown. After his arrest, Alavi Jani, a teacher from Saghez, was transferred from ...
August 1, 2011
Tehran Prosecutor’s Illegal Actions Against Political Prisoners Should be Stopped
Tehran Prosecutor Abbas Jafari Dolatabadi, has turned the absolute legal rights of Iranian political prisoners, imprisoned journalists, and prisoners of conscience into special privileges that can only be granted a prisoner upon Mr. Dolatabadi’s decision. In order to use these absolute and legal rights, families ...
August 1, 2011
Weekly Rights Podcast 32
In this week’s Weekly Rights Podcast: the final trial session for the three American hikers, Shane Bauer, Josh Fattal, and Sara Shourd has taken place; the Campaign published a report entitled, Raising Their Voices: Iranian Civil Society Reactions to the Military Option; the Campaign interviewed ...
July 31, 2011
“The verdict will be announced in 7 days. No espionage evidence in indictment,” says lawyer to Americans
"I had sufficient time for presenting my defense and Shane and Josh wrote a comprehensive and complete last defense. Mr. Salavati then announced the trial adjournment and announced that he would issue their ruling in seven days," Massoud Shafiee told ...
July 28, 2011
Sign the Petition to Free Iranian HIV/AIDS Doctor
Dr. Arash Alaei and his brother Dr. Kamiar Alaei are HIV/AIDS doctors who were arrested in Iran in 2008 while researching. In January 2009 they were convicted of “communicating with an enemy government” for attending conferences and working with international health organizations to find solutions ...
July 28, 2011
Shirin Ebadi Criticizes Violations of Prisoners’ Rights
In an interview with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, lawyer, head of the Defenders of Human Rights Center, and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Shirin Ebadi harshly criticized the limitations imposed on Iranian political prisoners. She emphasized the lack of allowing prisoners furlough ...