List of Attorneys Imprisoned in Iran for Defending Human Rights (Updated)
At least five defense lawyers are currently imprisoned in Iran for supporting human rights ...
Campaign Highlights
October 14, 2019
Iranian Women Artists Showcased in Upcoming Exhibit Curated by Shirin Neshat
Exhibition Extended Until December 14 October 14, 2019 - The Center for Human Rights in Iran is honored to announce an upcoming exhibition of 13 contemporary Iranian women artists in New York City, curated by the ...
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 ...
January 24, 2012
Censorship and Satellite Jamming
News segment on Voice of America on the illegal telecommunications practices of Iran. ...
January 9, 2012
Who is Amir Hekmati?
Radio interview with Hadi Ghaemi about imprisoned Iranian-American Amir Hekmati. ...
December 12, 2011
Le Monde Reports on the Free Sotoudeh Project
Coverage of the Campaign’s Free Sotoudeh Project in France. ...
October 6, 2011
Who Are Iran’s Political Prisoners?
Roxana Saberi writes about political prisoners, human rights defenders, and abuses taking place in Iran. ...
June 20, 2011
Charlie Rose on Iranian Reform
Charlie Rose interviews Executive Director Hadi Ghaemi on the reform movement in Iran. ...
June 15, 2011
Social Media Gives Women a Voice In Iran
Silenced by stigma and fear, women turn to social media. (Article on The Guardian) ...
May 13, 2011
Senate Hearing on Human Rights in Iran
The Campaign testifies before Foreign Relations committee on violations of human rights in Iran. ...
May 2, 2011
Video: Shirin Ebadi on Workers’ Rights
Human rights lawyer and Nobel Laureate Shirin Ebadi discusses the challenges facing workers in Iran (video). ...
February 28, 2011
Commentary: President Dilma; Please Keep Your Promise
Oped by Parvin Ardalan and Hadi Ghaemi published in Brazilian newspaper, Estado de Sao Paulo. ...
February 3, 2011
Iran Uses Media Stunts in Lieu of Fair Trials
Iranian officials should base convictions on reliable evidence and due process. ...
August 30, 2010
Neda’s Mother Appeals to the International Community
Hajar Rostami appeals to international community to help find her daughter’s murderer. ...
August 25, 2010
“2,100 on Death Row in Mashad, 300 Secretly Executed”
An activist in Mashad told the Campaign of secret group executions. ...
May 6, 2010
Repressed in Iran need SA’s support
Mehrangiz Kar writes of the peaceful transition from apartheid to democracy in South Africa. ...
April 22, 2010
No to Iran on the Human Rights Council!
Oped in the Daily Star of Lebanon by Ali Akbar Mousavi against inclusion of Iran on the HRC. ...
April 22, 2010
264 Days and Counting
Editorial in The New York Times: American hikers in jail for nine months. Two-hundred-sixty-four days. ...
February 23, 2010
Iran’s ‘Excruciating’ Human Rights Record – Council on Foreign Relations
“The government has lost all legitimacy and ‘Iranians will continue their protests.'” ...
February 9, 2010
Soltani: “Throwing stones or breaking windows is not ‘moharebeh'”
Iranian lawyer Abdolfattah Soltani discusses the proper application of moharebeh laws. ...
February 8, 2010
Shirin Ebadi: Politics Rule the Iranian Judiciary
The 2003 Nobel Peace Laureate Shirin Ebadi, was interviewed by the Campaign regarding Iran’s Judiciary. ...
January 28, 2010
Pace of Political Executions Accelerating
The execution of Mohammad Reza Ali Zamani (37) and Arash Rahmani Pour (19) were executed on 28 January. ...