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Detentions of Shiraz University Students Continue

January 15, 2009

(15 January 2009) – The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran reported that Hamdollah Namjou and Alma Ranjbar students at Shiraz University were arrested at the Intelligence Office in Shiraz on 14 and 15 January , respectively, after being ...

Acquit HIV/AIDS Doctors Prosecuted in Unfair Trial

January 13, 2009

(13 January 2009) Drs Kamiar and Arash Alaei—Iranian brothers who are known worldwide for their work as HIV/AIDS physicians – are among the four Iranian citizens cited today by Iranian authorities as attempting to overthrow the state, Physicians for Human ...

Peace Activists Protesting Gaza Violence Attacked by Security Agents

January 13, 2009

(13 January 2009) Plain clothes security agents attacked and disrupted a gathering organized by the Iranian nongovernmental group Mothers for Peace to protest ongoing violence in the Gaza Strip in front of the Palestinian embassy in Tehran on 11 January, ...

Six More Shiraz University Students Detained

January 12, 2009

(12 January 2009) Six more students from Shiraz University were detained, after they appeared at the Intelligence Office in Shiraz following official summonses, the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran reported today. The newly detained students are among 10 ...

Release Detainees and Stop Prosecution of Students at Shiraz University

January 5, 2009

(5 January 2009) The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran reported that four students at Shiraz University, Abdoljalil Rezaiee, Kazem Rezaiee, Mohsen Zarinkamar, and Loghman Ghadiri Goltapeh, were arrested following summonses to the Intelligence Office in Shiraz on Saturday, ...

Two Executed by Stoning, as a Third Escapes

January 3, 2009

(3 January 2009) Three men were subjected to stoning sentences on 25 December 2008, in the Behesht Zahra Cemetery in the City of Mashad, according to local sources, the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran said today. Two were ...

UN Secretary General Issues Statement in Support of Shirin Ebadi

January 3, 2009

Following an extensive campaign of persecution against Shirin Ebadi and her colleagues by Iranian authorities, culminating in a mob attack on her home and office on 1 January, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon today issued a statement expressing his concerns ...

Threats to Nobel Laureate Escalate

January 2, 2009

(2 January 2009) The Iranian government should immediately end its campaign of persecution against Dr. Shirin Ebadi, which has now escalated to mob threats and violence against her home, the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran and Human Rights ...

Reverse Closure of Nobel Laureate’s Rights Group

December 30, 2008

(30 December 2008) The unlawful raid by Iranian security forces on the Tehran rights group run by Nobel Laureate Shirin Ebadi on December 21, 2008 raises concerns of a broader attempt to silence Iran’s human rights community, the International Campaign ...

End Persecution of Nobel Laureate

December 30, 2008

(30 December 2008) The Iranian government should end immediately its escalating persecution of Dr. Shirin Ebadi, the 2003 Nobel peace laureate and a leading human rights defender, Human Rights Watch and the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran said ...

Free AIDS Doctors Held for Six Months on Illegitimate Charges

December 21, 2008

(22 December 2008) The doctors have been held in Tehran’s notorious Evin prison since late June 2008. They were indicted this month on charges of communicating with an “enemy government” according to their attorney, Masoud Shafie. Iran should drop these ...

Life of Imprisoned Human Rights Defender in Danger

December 19, 2008

(19 December 2008) The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran called on the Iranian Judiciary to immediately release imprisoned human rights activist Mohammad Sadiq Kaboudvand for urgently needed medical treatment. In the early hours of 17 December 2008, Kaboudvand ...

United Nations General Assembly “Deeply Concerned” about Human Rights Conditions

December 18, 2008

(18 December 2008) By a vote of 69 to 54 the United Nations General Assembly has repudiated and expressed “deep concern” for Iran’s human rights record. The Resolution cited inter alia documented cases of torture; the high incidence of executions ...

Release Baha’is Detained in Mazandaran

December 12, 2008

(12 December 2008) The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran expressed serious concern today about the recent detentions of three Baha’is in the province of Mazandaran and called on Iranian authorities to account for them. ...

Controversial Blogger’s Detention Confirmed

December 11, 2008

(11 December 2008) The family of Hussein Derakhshan, an Iranian blogger whose whereabouts have been a mystery for more than a month, has confirmed his detention, the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran said today. ...

Allow Peaceful Celebrations of National Student Day

December 5, 2008

(5 December 2008) Despite three years of persecution and prosecution and increasing threats from official organs against university students, the voices of Iranian students promoting academic freedom on university campuses and the right to education are strong and clear, the ...

Sharia and Islamic Jurisprudence Allow for Abolition of the Death Penalty

December 1, 2008

(1 December 2008) An Arabic translation of “Right to Life”, a book by Iranian human rights defender Emad Baghi, has been published by the Arabic Network for Human Rights Information and the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran. The ...

Students Deserve Right to Education not Detention

November 26, 2008

(26 November 2008) The health and safety of four students detained after staging a sit-in protest against their suspension from Alameh Tabataba’i University are at risk, according to the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran. Mahdieh Golroo, Sadiq Shojai, Saeed ...

UPDATE: Kamangar Not Executed; 10 Others Hanged

November 26, 2008

(26 November 2008) Farzad Kamangar, an Iranian Kurdish teacher sentenced to death, was not executed today as it was feared. He was taken from his cell yesterday and reports from Evin prison indicated his sentence might be implemented today. However, ...

Open Letter to the Head of the Judiciary: Release Kaboudvand

November 25, 2008

(25 November 2008) The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran urged the head of the Judiciary to annul a 10 year prison sentence for prominent human rights defender Mohammad Sadiq Kaboudvand. ...

ALERT: Teacher to be Executed

November 25, 2008

(25 November 2008) The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran has been informed that Farzad Kamangar, an Iranian Kurdish teacher and social worker unfairly sentenced to death, will be hanged early on 26 November 2008. According to several reliable ...

13 Organizations Express Concern for Women’s Rights Activists

November 5, 2008

We, the undersigned international women’s and human rights organizations, submit this letter to express our deep concern regarding the increasing harassment of women human rights defenders in Iran. ...

Iran Hangs Seventh Juvenile Offender This Year

November 4, 2008

(4 November 2008) Iran hanged a juvenile offender on 30 October 2008, the seventh this year, only two days after Iranian authorities “categorically denied” that it still executes juveniles, the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran and Human Rights ...

Followers of Ayatollah Boroujerdi Again Incarcerated

November 3, 2008

(3 November 2008) The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran expressed serious concern today for the imprisoned followers of Ayatollah Kazemini Boroujerdi, and for the health of the imprisoned cleric himself. Hundreds of Boroujerdi’s followers were arrested for attempting ...

Prominent Human Rights Defender Sentenced to 10-years in Prison

October 28, 2008

His Only “Crime”: Reporting Human Rights Violations (28 October 2008) The Iranian Judiciary should immediately repeal an 10-year prison sentence for Mohammad Sadiq Kaboudvand, a well-known human rights defender, the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran said today. Kaboudvand, the founder ...

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      July 15, 2026
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      May 28, 2026
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      March 5, 2026
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    • Statement From Physicians in Iran: ‘Being a Doctor Is Not a Crime’
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    • 30+ Rights Groups Sound Alarm Over Grave Risks to Detainees in Iran Amid Blackout
      January 15, 2026
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