In a public letter to President Hassan Rouhani, 421 civil and political activists in Iran called on him to investigate the assault on political prisoners in Evin Prison’s Ward 350, which has now been called “Black Thursday.” ...
On April 17, 2014, more than one hundred guards and intelligence agents raided Evin Prison's Ward 350, where political prisoners are held, according to a Kaleme website report. Political prisoners were brutally ...
A week after a violent raid by prison officials at Iran’s notorious Evin Prison led to the beating, injury, and solitary confinement of many political prisoners, Iranian Judiciary officials continue to deny any use of violence while vivid testimonies from the families of the prisoners ...
Maryam Shafipour A source close to the family of imprisoned student activist Maryam Shafipour told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that judicial authorities have refused ...
Sattar Behesti, a blogger who died under torture by a prison interrogator, with his mother. The family of Sattar Beheshti, ...
Abdolfattah Soltani is serving a 13 year term in Evin Prison and his health is in critical ...
In a rare statement to the Iranian media on April 6, 2014, Javad Larijani, Head of the Iranian Judiciary’s Human Rights Council, admitted Baha’is in Iran are entitled to full and equal constitutional rights. ...
EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton and her delegation during her March 2014 negotiations with Iranian foreign ...
No political prisoners known to be among the 920 just pardoned. Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, has pardoned 920 Iranian prisoners on the anniversary of the ...
New Resolution Highly Critical of Iran’s Human Rights Record On Thursday, April 3, 2014, the European Parliament passed a resolution expressing grave concern over ...
A few days after a video was posted on YouTube, showing a short speech by human rights lawyer and former prisoner of conscience Nasrin Sotoudeh, she was summoned to the Intelligence Ministry while on a family holiday, according to her husband Reza Khandan’s Facebook page. ...
The United States has delayed issuing a visa for a high-ranking Iranian diplomat appointed as the Islamic Republic’s new Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York. ...
Minister of Culture, Ali Jannati directed the blame for closure of 9 Dey away from Rouhani's government, telling ISNA "the Press Oversight Committee has seven members representing the Iranian Judiciary, ...
The United Nations Human Rights Council voted to renew the mandate of Special Rapporteur Ahmed Shaheed, a welcome development for human rights in Iran, the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran said today. ...
In two separate letters addressed to Head of the Iranian Judiciary Sadegh Larijani, Iranian lawyers have asked him for his immediate review of the judicial violations ...
The explosion of a landmine in the Shahdad desert of Kerman Province has left one man dead and three others critically injured. This is the second incident in less than three months of a landmine explosion in a non-border area located in Iran’s Lut Desert, ...
As an Iranian labor activist, I have always looked for models that my country can follow to improve. Striking a balance between worker rights, economic developments, international trade, and vital social-programs is indeed no easy task, especially for countries with troubled pasts. ...
Against customary practice, the Iranian Judiciary prohibited New Year furloughs for political prisoners this year. According to Kaleme website, despite earlier promises by the Tehran Prosecutor, Head of the Iranian Judiciary Sadegh Larijani issued an internal memorandum ordering the denial of furlough for political prisoners. ...
“I have come here because as an Iranian citizen I, my family, and especially my brother, were treated unjustly. We were innocent from the very beginning. There are many like us in Iran’s prisons who are innocent. I came here to be the voice of ...
Last week Iranians around the world began their celebration of Nowruz, the Persian New Year. In this cartoon, along with the traditional Haft Sin ...
Dian Alaei, the Baha’i community representative at the UN Human Rights Council's 25th session in GenevaDian Alaei, ...
Mohammad Javad Larijani, Head of the Iranian Judiciary's Human Rights Council, held a press conference in Tehran today attacking the UN Human Rights Council, the Secretary General, and the Special Rapporteur for ...
At Monday’s meeting of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, Special Rapporteur Ahmed Shaheed presented his report on the situation of human rights in Iran. Following his presentation, representatives of member countries, NGOs, and the Iranian delegation offered their responses. ...
Saeed Abedini's wife told the Campaign that the the pastor was taken to Dey Hospital in Tehran on March 3, 2014, while his hands and ...
“In order to progress, we must admit that despite existing laws or policies, violations are occurring. And while I can appreciate the possibility that ...
