In the Name of God Ayatollah Khamenei The Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran During one of my days in detention at Evin prison, I had the opportunity to hear a televised speech by you.  You spoke of the importance of opposing injustice and the ...

Prominent theological researcher Ahmad Ghabel has been summoned to the Revolutionary Courts of Fariman, a reliable source told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran. According to the source, Revolutionary Court authorities in Mashad, Ghabel’s city of residence, have disavowed knowledge of the ...

Mehdi Karroubi’s son, Hossein Karroubi, told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that the police were afraid to confront the plainclothes forces who repeatedly attacked his father’s home during the past several days. The attackers gathered outside Mehdi Karroubi’s residence, chanted obscenities and ...

After the last session of Shiva Nazar Ahari’s trial was held in Tehran today, her mother told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that “her family is very hopeful about Shiva’s acquittal.” Shahrzad Kariman told the Campaign that she was only able to ...

Following the mounting pressure on human rights activists and lawyers, Nasrin Sotoudeh, a human rights lawyer has been targeted by security officers.  In an interview with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, she said that charges of "actions against national security," and "propagating ...

Several mothers who lost a family member during the post-election events have issued a warning statement about the traumatic effects of physical and psychological torture of political prisoners. “The life and health of prisoners continue to be endangered after release,” the Laleh Park Mourning ...

The wife of imprisoned journalist Masoud Bastani is concerned about her husband’s severe teeth, jaw and mouth condition. Bastani has been in prison since 5 July 2009 and currently is in Rajaee Shahr Prison in Karaj. Initially a lower court sentenced him to six years’ ...

Shohreh Taghati, wife of imprisoned lawyer Mohammad Oliaifar told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that her husband’s one year sentence for interviewing with foreign media is not open to appeal. “My husband has been in prison for almost five months now, charged ...

Massoud Shafiee, lawyer to the three Americans who were arrested on 31 July 2009 told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that the charge of espionage which Iranian authorities have mentioned about his clients is unwarranted in their case. He said that his ...

An informed source told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that over the past few months, the Iranian judicial authorities have ordered the hanging of over one hundred individuals inside Mashad’s Vakil Abad Prison. According to this source, most of those executed were ...

In an interview with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, the wife of a protester who was murdered during the 2009 post-election protests talked in detail about the continued pressure on her for concealing the truth about her husband’s death. Massoumeh Chegini, wife ...

The Iranian Judiciary’s pressure on Iranian dissidents and activists continues. The Judiciary’s lack of regard for Iranian laws and due process seems to have taken an unprecedented turn. In an interview with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, Abed Tavancheh, a student activist ...

A source close to the case of Hengameh Shahidi told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that nearly six months after her request for a medical furlough, the judicial authorities have not yet agreed to grant her a medical leave for treatment and ...

Rassoul Badaghi, a Member of the Board of Directors of the Iranian Teachers’ Association, has been sentenced to six years in prison and a five years’ ban on partisan activities. Badaghi is also a member of the Unity Council for Democracy and Human Rights in ...

The prominent labor activist, Mansour Osanloo’s prison sentence has been extended while he remains in prison serving an earlier sentence. In an interview with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, his wife, Parvaneh Osanloo, expressed outrage at her husband’s increased prison term ...

An informed source told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that following the recall of some prisoners who were on furlough, the authorities of Ward 350 closed down the ward mosque during the month of Ramadan. The informed source told the Campaign that ...