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July 13, 2009

Video Clips and Pictures of Sohrab Aarabi’s Funeral

(13 July 2009) Sohrab Aarabi, the 19 year old protestor, who disappeared on 15 June during a demonstration in Tehran, was buried today at Behesht Zahra Cemetery in Tehran. Watch video clips and see pictures of the funeral. ...

July 12, 2009

After Withholding Information, Authorities say Youth Demonstrator Died of Gunshot Wounds

(12 July 2009) Iranian authorities have informed the family of Sohrab Aarabi, 19, that he died of gunshot wounds to his heart, 26 days after he disappeared during a demonstration on 15 June, the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran reported today. Aarabi’s mother, ...

July 10, 2009

Update: Kian Tajbakhsh, Prominent Intellectual, Arrested

(10 July 2009) Agents of the Security Police arrested Dr. Kian Tajbakhsh at his home in Tehran on the evening of 9 July, the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran said today. The agents did not provide any legal justification for the arrest and ...

July 10, 2009

Eyewitness Account from the Streets of Tehran

Today, on the streets of Tehran, at 4 pm sharp, people started to congregate along routes that had been previously announced. Their eyes communicated with each other, expressions of familiarity, sympathy, and solidarity that today we shall make history together, yet once more. Security forces, in ...

July 10, 2009

Reporter’s Eyewitness Account

Demonstrations commemorating the tenth anniversary of attacks on Tehran University campus were violently disrupted by security and police forces as well as Basij militia and plain clothes agents who attacked and beat the demonstrators. On Thursday evening, thousands of people, many holding red roses, approached Revolution ...

July 10, 2009

Savage Attacks on Protestors who Refuse to Be Intimidated

(10 July 2009) Thousands of demonstrators commemorated the tenth anniversary of the student-led protests of 9 July 1999 in Tehran yesterday, despite a harsh crackdown by government forces. Dozens of protestors were detained. Security forces and government-controlled Basij militia and plain clothes agents attacked the protestors, ...

July 8, 2009

Widespread Arbitrary Arrests and Disappearances Continue

Prominent human rights lawyer among new detainees Arrests by unidentified agents, detentions in undisclosed locations (8 July 2009) While Iranian authorities have issued statements about the release of some of the approximately 2,000 citizens that local human rights monitors believe are detained, they have continued to arrest ...

July 6, 2009

Lives of Detained Pregnant Journalist and Paralyzed Politician in Danger

(6 July 2009) With as many as two thousand individuals, including more than two-hundred prominent personalities, under incommunicado detention in Iran, serious concerns for their health and safety are growing. There are increasing reports of extensive use of solitary confinement and torture against the detainees. While ...

July 5, 2009

Account of Ashkaan Sohrabi’s Sister

An Interview with the sister of one of those who were killed on June 2oth: Ashkaan said, “I’ll go and come back.” June 30th, 2009 www.roozonline.com (Parastoo Sepehri): Ashkaan Sohrabi was an 18-year-old who was shot and killed on June 20th. His residential location ...

July 5, 2009

Recently Released Detainee’s Account

A detainee, arrested by Iranian forces in the recent protests, relates: "They inspected us in filthy, unsanitary situations." Susan Mohammadkhani Ghiasvand The results announced from the tenth presidential election created a wave of protests across the country. These protests, carried out peacefully, faced the strongest possible crackdown by ...

July 5, 2009

Interviews and Eyewitness Accounts

These interviews and accounts are being provided for information purposes, given the lack of media and information coming out of Iran. Their use is permitted as long as credit is given and a citation made. Amir ...

June 30, 2009

Interview with mother of Yaghoub Barvayeh shot by Basij forces before his death

The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran recently reported that Yaghoub Barvayeh is one of those shot dead by government forces in Tehran. Yaghoub was shot in the head and was ...

June 29, 2009

Detailed Eyewitness Account of Tehran Protest on 20 June 2009

A detailed eyewitness account from Tehran regarding the protests of 20 June and the extreme violence visited upon protesters ...

June 26, 2009

Alphabetized List

POLITICAL PERSONALITIES Abbas Pourazhari, in Tabriz Abdolah Momeni, member of the central council of the Advar organization and its spokesperson, was arrested on 21 June Abdolfatah Soltani, a human rights lawyer and one of the founding ...

June 25, 2009

Threats Against Nobel Peace Laureate Shirin Ebadi Must Be Condemned

(25 June 2009) Official Iranian news agencies have published a letter claiming to be from lawyers, university professors, and families of veterans and martyrs, which requests the Justice minister, Gholam-Hussein Elham, to prosecute Iranian Nobel Laureate Shirin Ebadi for allegedly violating Islamic and constitutional law ...

June 23, 2009

Human Rights Organization Provides the Names of Prominent Detainees, Calls for Their Release

(23 June 2009) The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran today published lists of Iranian citizens it has confirmed killed and detained since the disputed 12 June presidential elections. The lists are not comprehensive and show the names of only some of the ...

June 23, 2009

Killed and Detained Since 12 June

Last Updated: 2 September 2009 Here is the list of those killed and detained in Iran, updated as information becomes available. The list is by no means comprehensive and does not include the great majority of people arrested at protests on the streets. The Campaign ...

June 21, 2009

Injured Demonstrators Arrested at Hospitals

(20 June 2009) Numerous Iranians beaten and injured by security forces as they tried to stage peaceful demonstrations have been arrested and detained when they sought medical treatment in hospitals, the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran reported today. Heavily armed Iranian police and ...

June 19, 2009

Abide by International Law regarding Peaceful Demonstrations, Rein in Vigilante Groups

(19 June 2009) The Iranian government is bound by Iranian and international law to protect the right to peaceful assembly, despite threats against citizens seeking to express their views on the disputed presidential elections, the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran said today. The ...

June 19, 2009

Twitter Updates

Videos and Pictures Previous Updates ---------------------- *Disclaimer: As media and news are increasingly restricted the Campaign is providing these updates as a random sample - this information has not been independently verified but comes from reputable Twitter accounts ---------------------- 11 PM 22 ...

June 19, 2009

UN Human Rights Chief Expresses Serious Concerns

19 June 2009 UN human rights chief concerned about manner of arrests, and possible use of excessive force in Iran GENEVA – The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, said Friday she is concerned about reports of an increasing number of arrests, which may not ...

June 17, 2009

UPDATE: Arbitrary Detentions in Iran Expand

(17 June 2009) Ebrahim Yazdi, General Secretary of Nehzat e Azadi, was arrested today at 15:00 Tehran time, the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran said, while he was in Pars Hospital in Tehran in the Intensive Care Unit. It was reported that his ...

June 17, 2009

Mass Arrests and Detentions Signal Increasing Repression

(17 June 2009) The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran reported today that several dozen notable figures including Saeed Hajjarian, Mohammad Ali Abtahi, Behzad Nabavi, and Abdolfattah Soltani were arrested on 16 June 2009. Hajjarian was an advisor to former president Mohammad Khatami and ...

June 16, 2009

Videos and Pictures from Iran

Live Twitter Updates ------------ Amateur photographer's collection of demonstration photos Collection of pictures from Iran Video of Police Beating Protester -- Graphic http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/8099943.stm ------------ ------------ "At 1:41 one ...

June 16, 2009

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