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August 1, 2012

American Hikers’ Lawyer Threatened, Interrogated, Denied Permission to Leave Iran

Massoud Shafiee, the lawyer who represented the three Americans who were released after more than a year in an Iranian prison, said in an exclusive interview with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that since his clients left Iran he has been repeatedly ...

July 20, 2012

Narges Mohammadi Hospitalized in Prison

“Narges’ illness is muscle paralysis, but they first transferred her to Zanjan Hospital’s Neurology Department. Two days ago, they transferred her to another hospital, to Shahid Beheshti Hospital in Zanjan, where she has been hospitalized in their Neurology Department. These are all sources of concern ...

July 16, 2012

Dissident Cleric Suffers Seizures And Heart Attack In Prison

Farideh Honarvar Shojayee told the Campaign she that during her booth visit with her son on June 30, “Arash’s health was very bad. Though they have been giving him his medicine, more or less, for the last few days, but he is not well yet. ...

July 12, 2012

Officials Should Stop Denying the Existence of Political Prisoners

(July 12, 2012) Iranian officials should cease spreading lies and disinformation about the existence of political prisoners as they are simultaneously imprisoning hundreds for exercising their legal rights, the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran said today. The Judiciary should also immediately release all ...

May 25, 2012

Deprivation of Medical Care Jeopardizes Political Prisoner’s Life

(25 May 2012) The Iranian Judiciary should immediately provide medical care for political prisoner Hossein Ronaghi Maleki and avoid another human tragedy, the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran said today. It should also end its systematic policy of denying medical care to prisoners ...

April 26, 2012

Speak Out for Imprisoned Students

Iranian student association Daftar Tahkim Vahdat and alumni association Advar Tahkim Vahdat have joined with Shirin Ebadi, Nobel Peace Prize laureate and head of the Defenders of Human Rights Center, along with numerous other groups, in a new campaign to call for the release of ...

February 29, 2012

Iranian Cinema: Acclaimed Abroad, Under Siege at Home (Commentary)

At a moment when millions of people — including many Iranians — were watching to see what Iranian filmmaker Asghar Farhadi would say in his Oscar acceptance speech, Farhadi chose to talk about the concerns of the Iranian people and “the dust of politics” that ...

April 22, 2010

Iran presses its crackdown on reformists

Printed in the International Herald Tribune on Apr 20, 2010 The Iranian authorities suspended two prominent opposition political parties, banned a newspaper and handed down prison sentences to three reformist political ...

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