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“Tortured Confessions” Detailed from Inside Evin Prison

September 9, 2010

(9 September 2010) Abdollah Momeni, a prominent Iranian activist jailed since June 2009, has described being severely tortured, forced to make false confessions, and subjected to a “show trial” in a letter to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. ...

Release Human Rights Lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh

September 5, 2010

(5 September 2010) The International Campaign for Human Right in Iran called for the immediate release of prominent human rights lawyer, Nasrin Sotoudeh, who was arrested at Evin prison on 4 September 2010, and for all charges against her to ...

Leader Accountable for Violence Against Opposition Leaders

September 3, 2010

(3 September 2010) The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran holds Iran’s Supreme Leader responsible for the safety of presidential candidate Mehdi Karroubi and his family following attacks on Karroubi’s home by dozens of armed plainclothes forces. The attacks ...

Arrests and Convictions of Rights Activists and Lawyers Escalate

September 1, 2010

(1 September 2010) Authorities in the Islamic Republic of Iran are continuing to arrest and jail civil society activists while persecuting and prosecuting independent lawyers, the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran reported today. “With a majority of Iranian human ...

Iranian State TV Acts as an Arm of the Intelligence Apparatus

Iranian State TV Acts as an Arm of the Intelligence Apparatus

August 11, 2010

(11 August 2010) The Iranian state-controlled radio and television, Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB), has acted as an arm of intelligence and security agencies implicated in gross human rights violations since the disputed presidential election of June 2009, the ...

Appeals Court Should Overturn Unjust Sentencing of Baha’i Leaders

August 10, 2010

(10 August 2010) Seven leaders of the Iranian Baha’i community, each of whom has been sentenced to 20 years in prison on security, espionage and other crimes, should be freed by an appeals court, the International Campaign for Human Rights ...

Release Prisoners of Conscience on Hunger Strike

August 4, 2010

(4 August 2010) The Iranian Judiciary should immediately release seventeen prisoners of conscience who have been on hunger strike for the past ten days and whose health is deteriorating daily, the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran said today. The ...

Halt Arrest of Lawyer in Stoning Case

July 27, 2010

(27 July 2010) Iranian authorities should end their efforts to arrest Mohammad Mostafaee, a human rights lawyer whose work came into international focus with his defense of Sakineh Ashtiani, a woman sentenced to be stoned to death for adultery, the ...

Terrorism Undermines Legitimate Discrimination Concerns

July 17, 2010

(17 July 2010) The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran strongly condemned the suicide twin bombings in southeastern city of Zahedan, which resulted in death of at least 26 and over 300 injuries. “We abhor terrorist acts and indiscriminate attacks ...

Medical Care Intentionally Denied to Prisoners

July 8, 2010

(7 July 2010) Iranian authorities are victimizing prisoners of conscience by subjecting them to dangerously unhealthy prison conditions and refusing them medical treatment when they become ill, the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran reported today. “Iran is targeting prisoners ...

Mother of Two Faces Stoning for Alleged Adultery

July 3, 2010

(3 July 2010) The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran appealed to the Iranian Judiciary to halt the execution of Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, a 43-year old mother of two children convicted of adultery, who faces death by stoning, and ...

Female Political Prisoner at Risk of Imminent Execution

June 28, 2010

(28 June 2010) The Iranian Judiciary should immediately suspend all execution sentences of political prisoners and initiate a thorough and independent review of these cases, the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran said today. Kurdish political prisoner Zeynab Jalalian, 27, ...

Iran Fails to Block Critical Human Rights Council Statement

June 15, 2010

(Geneva, 15 June 2010) The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran welcomed a statement by a broad, cross-regional group of 56 countries, expressing serious concern about the human rights crisis in Iran, which was issued today at the ...

Nobel Laureate Defamed on Iranian TV, Colleague Arrested

June 11, 2010

(11 June 2010) An Iranian state television program defamed human rights lawyer and Nobel Laureate Shirin Ebadi in a heavily edited program on 10 June, and an associate and spokesperson for Ebadi’s organization was detained, the International Campaign for Human ...

Leader’s Pardon of 81 Political Prisoners Shows Arbitrary Nature of Prosecutions

June 3, 2010

(2 June 2010) The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran welcomed today’s pardon of 81 political prisoners by Iran’s Leader Ayatollah Khamanei as a positive sign, but said the gesture amounted to an explicit admission that the prisoners ...

Men of Violence — Perpetrators of the Post Election Crackdown

June 1, 2010

(2 June 2010) On the anniversary of the disputed June 2009 election and one year of unprecedented violence and repression in Iran, the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran released a report today naming fifteen leading officials responsible for ...

Draconian Prison Sentences Doled Out for Activists

May 20, 2010

(20 May 2010) The continuing sentencing of activists to long prison terms by the Iranian Judiciary, in politically-motivated trials and based on unfounded charges, should be immediately halted and all the rulings should be reviewed by an independent and impartial ...

Student’s Death Sentence for Throwing Rocks Reversed

May 16, 2010

(17 May 2010) Following strong condemnations of the secret execution of five political prisoners on 9 May, Tehran’s Prosecutor General, Abbas Jaafari Dowlatabadi, continued to defend these executions as terrorism related while failing to provide any convincing new evidence to ...

Political Executions Indication of Government’s Insecurity

May 9, 2010

(9 May 2010) The sudden execution of five Iranian political prisoners today appears to signal a government policy of relying on politically-motivated executions to strengthen its position vis-à-vis its opposition through terror and intimidation, the International Campaign for Human Rights ...

Two More Baseless Death Sentences Rubber Stamped by Appeals Court

April 30, 2010

(30 April 2010) The hasty and secretive confirmation of execution sentences for post-election protestors by Iranian appeals courts is a flagrant violation of international standards of due process and justice, the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran said today. Nasim ...

Clampdown on Teachers and Labor Activists

April 30, 2010

(30 April 2010) The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran today urged Iranian authorities to respect the rights of trade union activists and teachers to participate in International Workers Day (1 May) and National Teachers Day (2 May) observations, ...

End Politically Motivated Executions

April 26, 2010

(26 April 2010) The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran expressed serious concern today regarding the issuance of death sentences for post-election protestors in Iran. The Campaign released a short video aimed at raising international awareness about such politically motivated ...

Ali Motahari, Iranian Conservative MP: Iran’s Judiciary Lacks Independence

April 26, 2010

Over the past few months, several lawyers who represent political prisoners have expressed concern over the Iranian Judiciary’s lack of impartiality, as well as the widespread influence of Ministry of Intelligence and IRGC’s Intelligence Unit in the Judiciary’s decision-making processes. ...

Human Rights Community Prevails in Forcing Withdrawal of Iran’s Candidacy for the UN Human Rights Council

April 23, 2010

(24 April 2010) The withdrawal of Iran’s candidacy for a seat on the United Nations Human Rights Council, which was vociferously opposed by Iranian civil society leaders and human rights community, is a victory for Iranian citizens whose human rights ...

“Does Iran Deserve to be on the UN Human Rights Council?”

April 23, 2010

(23 April 2010) Prominent Iranian human rights defenders and other members of civil society are calling on United Nations member states to soundly reject the Iranian government’s bid to become a member of the Human Rights Council. Despite Iran’s chronic neglect ...

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      February 20, 2026
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      February 16, 2026
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      February 12, 2026
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      January 30, 2026
    • Statement From Physicians in Iran: ‘Being a Doctor Is Not a Crime’
      January 29, 2026
    • UN Human Rights Council Extends Iran Fact-Finding Mission, Condemns 'Deadliest Crackdown against Iranian People Since 1979 Revolution'
      January 26, 2026
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      January 23, 2026
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      January 15, 2026
    • Exclusive Interview: Physician Treating Protesters in Iran Describes Mass Casualties, Overwhelmed Hospitals
      January 12, 2026
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      January 9, 2026
    • Iranian Authorities Intensify Crackdown on Protests with Live Fire, Arbitrary Arrests, and Attacks on Hospitals
      January 6, 2026
    • UN: Iran Must Stop Execution of 67-Year-Old Iranian Woman
      December 28, 2025
    • Grave Concerns Over Detainees’ Safety Following Arrests at Slain Lawyer’s Memorial
      December 17, 2025
    • Narges Mohammadi and other Activists Violently Arrested at Memorial Service for Slain Lawyer
      December 12, 2025
    • Over 80 Iranian Lawyers Demand Transparency in Suspicious Death of Human Rights Lawyer Khosro Alikordi
      December 11, 2025
    • UN: Iran Must Halt Execution of Woman Survivor of Child Marriage and Abuse
      December 3, 2025
    • Eight Political Prisoners at Grave Risk of Execution as Death Sentences Upheld
      November 25, 2025
    • Victim of Child Marriage Faces Execution in Iran
      November 13, 2025
    • Writers and Scholars Arrested and Held Incommunicado in Iran
      November 6, 2025
    • Iran Shuts Down Oldest NGO Supporting Vulnerable Children, Detains Founder
      November 3, 2025
    • UN: Iran’s Surge in Unlawful Executions May Amount to Crimes Against Humanity
      November 3, 2025
    • Iran’s Rappers: Voices of Dissent, Targets of the State
      October 27, 2025
    • Political Prisoner’s Hunger Strike Highlights Plight of Religious and Political Prisoners in Iran
      October 23, 2025
    • Iran’s New Tactics to Crush Mandatory Hijab Resistance: Business Raids and Surveillance
      October 15, 2025
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      October 7, 2025
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      September 30, 2025
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