Sotoudeh’s Handcuffed Transfer To Bar Association Uncalled For, Says Husband
The first court session for disbarring prominent human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh was held at the Iranian Bar Association on 29 May, though she was not allowed ...
June 1, 2011
Daughter of Deceased Dissident Dies Following Attack During Father’s Burial
(1 June 2011) Interference by security and plainclothes agents in the funeral of prominent Iranian political activist Ezatollah Sahabi, including beatings of mourners, led to the death of Sahabi’s daughter Haleh, who suffered a fatal heart attack at the event today. “The shameful actions of government ...
May 27, 2011
Secret Group Executions Continue at Vakilabad; Dozens More Executed In April and May
Though Iranian judicial authorities continue to stay silent about the execution of prisoners with drug-trafficking charges inside Mashad's Vakilabad Prison and refuse to acknowledge the executions or related statistics, informed sources tell the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that more than 70 individuals ...
May 27, 2011
Lawyer’s ‘Nationalism’ on Par with Apostasy Says Deputy Prosecutor
Lawyer and human rights activist Mohammad Ali Dadkhah faced new charges in a trial court hearing held on Saturday, 21 May, including a charge on the same level as apostasy, according to the Deputy Prosecutor. Dadkhah’s charges ranged from membership in the Defenders of Human ...
May 26, 2011
Imprisoned Teacher in Death Row Ward at Vakilabad Prison
A human rights activist in the city of Mashad told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that Hashem Khastar, a retired teacher from Mashad who was imprisoned inside Security-Political Ward 6/1 of Mashad’s Vakilabad Prison, has been transferred to Hall 102 of Ward ...
May 25, 2011
Mansour Osanloo Back in Prison Despite Serious Illness; No Phone Contact with Family
Mansour Osanloo, the imprisoned founding member of the Syndicate of Tehran and Suburbs Bus Company (Sherkat-e Vahed), who had been hospitalized for the past few days for his heart condition was returned to prison again on Saturday, 21 May, despite dire medical needs. “Because ...
May 24, 2011
Release Women’s Rights Activists
Iranian judicial authorities should immediately release two recently detained women’s rights activists, the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran said today. The Campaign added that the Judiciary should end the harassment and arbitrary prosecution of citizens engaged in lawful actions aimed at challenging Iran’s ...
May 23, 2011
Government Attacks Baha’i Online University, Detains 30 Instructors
(23 May 2011) Iranian authorities should stop attacks on the Baha’i Institute for Higher Education and end policies that discriminatorily deprive members of the Baha’i Faith access to higher education, the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran said today. Authorities should immediately release all ...
May 22, 2011
Blogger Refuses to Defend Himself in Court in Protest of Unjust Proceedings
At his court session held at the Revolutionary Court on Saturday, 14 May, blogger Payman Roshan Zamir did not present a defense for himself in protest to the unjust proceedings of the judicial review. “According to requirements expressed in the law for a political suspect’s ...
May 22, 2011
Secret and Unannounced Executions in Khuzestan
Local sources in Khuzestan Province told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that during the past months, Judiciary authorities did not announce several executions that took place inside the province’s prisons. The Campaign previously reported of dozens of unannounced and secret executions inside ...
May 20, 2011
“Rumors of Hunger Strike by American Prisoners are Serious,” Says Lawyer
Massoud Shafiee, lawyer to the American prisoners held in Iran, told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that following the absence of Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal at their court trial on 11 May, rumors about his clients’ hunger strike are serious and ...
May 19, 2011
“His Last Wish Was To Embrace Me, But They Didn’t Allow It,” Says Mother Of Executed Inmates
On 17 May the death sentences of two brothers, Mohammad and Abdollah Fathi Shoorbariki, were carried out. Their mother, Mahvash Alasvandi, told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that her children’s grievances were never reviewed and their last wishes of embracing their mother ...
May 18, 2011
Protestants Acquitted of Political Charges, Recognized Under Iran’s Constitution
On 14 May 2011 the Revolutionary Court of the northern city of Bandar Anzali acquitted twelve Protestant Christians of the specific charge of “forming a society with the intent of disrupting national security.” ...
May 18, 2011
Prisoners of Conscience Will Not Be Transferred to Gharchak Prison, Says Sotoudeh’s Husband
While all female political prisoners at Evin Prison were transferred to the prison’s Methadone Ward and told they would soon be moved to Gharchak Prison in Varamin, in an interview with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, Reza Khandan, Nasrin Sotoudeh’s husband, said ...
May 18, 2011
Imprisoned Student Activist’s Mother: “I Don’t Know Why They Are Keeping Him”
In an interview with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, Roghieh Jafarian, mother of imprisoned student activist Ashkan Zahabian, spoke about her son who has been in detention for the past 16 days inside Sari’s Intelligence Office. Ashkan Zahabian, a member of Tahkim-e ...
May 17, 2011
Sun News Network Interview with Hadi Ghaemi
Watch Sun News' interview with Hadi Ghaemi of the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran regarding the case of Dorothy Parvaz (click image to redirect to sunnewsnetwork.ca) ...
May 17, 2011
Transfer of Prisoners Is Against The Law, Says Lawyer
Following the transfer of several female prisoners to Gharchak Prison in Varamin, Iranian lawyer Mohammad Ali Dadkhah told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that according to Iranian law, each prisoner must be transferred to the prison closest to his or her residence. ...
May 17, 2011
Despite Complaints About Torture, Forced Confessions, and Lack of Due Process, Brothers Fathi Hanged in Isfahan
Two brothers, Mohammad Fathi, 28, and Abdollah Fathi, 27, were hanged today inside Isfahan’s Dastjerd Prison. Earlier today, the family of the two executed prisoners told the Campaign that the case lacked due process and that the authorities had not paid attention to the irregularities ...
May 16, 2011
Prominent Female Journalist in Evin Prison’s Methadone Ward
A source close to imprisoned journalist Hengameh Shahidi told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that the prisoner of conscience spent her 36th birthday inside Evin Prison’s Methadone Ward. After several female political prisoners were transferred to Varamin Prison, Shahidi was transferred from ...
May 16, 2011
Investigate Torture and Mass Due Process Violations Detailed by Prominent Prisoners of Conscience
(16 May 2011) The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran endorsed the call, by prominent prisoners of conscience, for an investigation into torture and mass due process violations and infringements on protections in Iran’s Citizen’s Bill of Rights following the 2009 presidential election. The ...
May 16, 2011
Only One Month to Find, Sentence and Execute Suspects, Says Ahwazi Activist
Yousef Azizi Banitorof, Secretary of the Center for Combating Racism and Discrimination Against Arabs in Iran, who currently resides in London, spoke with International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran following news from the Al Arabiya website quoting Ahwaz News about recent executions in Ahwaz. ...
May 14, 2011
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May 13, 2011
Eyewitness Describes Horrific Conditions Inside Karoon Prison In Ahwaz
Seyed Morteza Bakhtiari, the Minister of Justice, during his recent visit to Karoon Prison in Ahvaz. Payman Roshan Zamir, a political prisoner who ...
May 13, 2011
Senate Hearing on Human Rights in Iran
The Campaign testifies before Foreign Relations committee on violations of human rights in Iran. ...
May 12, 2011
Six Iranian Asylum Seekers in London End 38-day Hunger Strike
On 11 May 2011, six Iranian asylum seekers (Ahmad Sadeghi Pour, Morteza Bayat, Keyvan Bahari, Kiarash Bahari, Mahyrar Meyari and Mehran Meyari) ended their 38-day hunger strike. The asylum seekers, who had sewn their lips together with fishing line to protest their deportation from the ...