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Iran’s IRGC Intensifies Crackdown on Facebook Users with 12 Arrests and 24 Summonses

Iran’s IRGC Intensifies Crackdown on Facebook Users with 12 Arrests and 24 Summonses

February 5, 2015

An IRGC cyberspace specialist, Mostafa Alizadeh, announced in a statement on Iranian state television on February 1, that 12 Iranian Facebook users have been arrested on charges of “spreading corruption, and [carrying out a] mission to change family lifestyles.” He added that 24 other citizens were summoned to answer questions about their Facebook activities. ...

Labor Protests Sweep Iran

Labor Protests Sweep Iran

February 4, 2015

A wave of labor protests has been sweeping through Iran over the past ten days. The protests are focused on workers’ demands for wage increases to keep up with the growing rate of inflation, payment of back wages, and other issues such as layoffs and non-renewal of labor contracts. ...

Teachers Protest Wages That Are Below the Official Poverty Line

February 2, 2015

Strikes continue in a number of Iranian cities Teachers in the cities of Marivan, Baneh, and Shahrood, who have refused to attend class since January 20 in protest against wages that are below the official poverty line, ...

Cartoon 105: Ahmad Jannati on the House Arrests

Cartoon 105: Ahmad Jannati on the House Arrests

January 30, 2015

  On January 24, 2015, hardliner cleric and member of the Guardian Council, Ahmad Jannati, reacted to conservative Member of the Parliament Ali Motahari's interrupted speech at the Iranian Parliament, in which he asked for an end to the state of house arrest of Green Movement leaders ...

Cartoon 104: I am Charlie

Cartoon 104: I am Charlie

January 9, 2015

One Hundred eighty-five Iranian journalists condemned the January 7, 2015 terrorist attack on the Charlie Hebdo magazine offices in Paris, which led to the deaths of 12 individuals. “We, Iranian journalists, condemn the January 7 terrorist attack that took the lives of several journalists ...

Iranian Judiciary Defends Continued House Arrest of Green Movement Leaders

Iranian Judiciary Defends Continued House Arrest of Green Movement Leaders

January 7, 2015

In yet another vague statement effectively signaling support by the Iranian Judiciary for the continuation of the four-year-long house arrest of Iran’s Green Movement leaders, Iranian Judiciary Spokesperson Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei said during his weekly press conference on January 5 that “If one day the background is set, there will be a trial, and naturally ...

Female Prisoner of Conscience Transferred to Deplorable Gharchak Prison

Female Prisoner of Conscience Transferred to Deplorable Gharchak Prison

December 24, 2014

Female prisoner of conscience Hakimeh Shokri was abruptly transferred from Evin Prison to the Gharchak Prison in Varamin on December 15, 2014, Shokri’s sister told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran. ...

Ending House Arrest of Dissident Leaders Not on Administration’s Agenda, Says Justice Minister

Ending House Arrest of Dissident Leaders Not on Administration’s Agenda, Says Justice Minister

December 19, 2014

In a startling statement during an interview with the Iran Labor News agency (ILNA) about the house arrests imposed on the Green Movement leaders Mir Hossein Mousavi, Mehdi Karroubi, and Zahra Rahnavard since 2011, ...

Cartoon 103: Jason Rezaian’s Continuos Detention

Cartoon 103: Jason Rezaian’s Continuos Detention

December 18, 2014

"Temporary detention orders" for Jason Rezaian, the Washington Post's Tehran correspondent, have been extended for two more months. Jason Rezaian, 38, holds dual Iranian and US citizenship, and has been the Washington Post correspondent ...

Nasrin Sotoudeh Detained for Several Hours on Human Rights Day

December 10, 2014

On December 10, 2014, Iranian intelligence agents detained renowned human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh, before releasing her several hours later. The detention marks the second time in less than two months that Sotoudeh has been detained for her activities in protest of the Iranian Bar Association’s suspension of her legal license. ...

Cartoon 101: Please Put Me On Trial

Cartoon 101: Please Put Me On Trial

December 3, 2014

An open letter signed by the Karroubi family and published on November 29, 2014, states that during their last meeting with Green Movement leader Mehdi Karroubi, he “explicitly and clearly criticized the lack of responsibility by top officials in their clear violation ...

Opposition Leader Under House Arrest Demands Public Trial

Opposition Leader Under House Arrest Demands Public Trial

December 2, 2014

(December 2, 2014) The head of the Iranian Judiciary should immediately end the nearly four-year house arrest of former presidential candidates Mehdi Karroubi and Mir Hossein Mousavi, and leading dissident Zahra Rahnavard, and grant them a fair trial, the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran said today. ...

Cartoon 100: Trust and the Negotionations

Cartoon 100: Trust and the Negotionations

November 26, 2014

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Cartoon 99: Judge Mortazavi and the Judiciary

Cartoon 99: Judge Mortazavi and the Judiciary

November 18, 2014

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Ghoncheh Ghavami’s Lawyer Says New Charges Looming Against Her Are Illegal

Ghoncheh Ghavami’s Lawyer Says New Charges Looming Against Her Are Illegal

November 12, 2014

New charges may be brought against Ghoncheh Ghavami, the young woman who was arrested outside a sports stadium in Tehran in June 2014 for trying to attend a volleyball match and who remains in prison. ...

The Campaign’s 2014 UPR Pre-Session Statement

The Campaign’s 2014 UPR Pre-Session Statement

October 24, 2014

This statement by the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran to the UN’s 2014 Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Pre-Session on the Islamic Republic of Iran addresses the Government of Iran’s lack of ...

New Videos Confront Iran’s Rights Violations through Personal Stories of Persecution

New Videos Confront Iran’s Rights Violations through Personal Stories of Persecution

October 14, 2014

New York, New York – Impact Iran, a coalition of human rights organizations, in partnership with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, today launched a new video, “Promises Made, Promises Broken.” The video is part of a series aimed at drawing attention to Iran’s second Universal Periodic Review (UPR) at the UN ...

Cartoon 96: Motahari’s Appeal to Rouhani on the House Arrest

Cartoon 96: Motahari’s Appeal to Rouhani on the House Arrest

October 13, 2014

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Sit-in by Political Prisoner’s Mother to Protest Lack of Due Process

Sit-in by Political Prisoner’s Mother to Protest Lack of Due Process

October 9, 2014

The mother of Ghoncheh Ghavami, a prisoner on hunger strike since October 1, has started a sit-in outside Evin Prison to protest her daughter’s detention for more than 100 days without access to her lawyer. “Today is one hundred days since my daughter’s arrest. None of the authorities seem to have heard us during this ...

Cartoon 93: Rouhani in New York

Cartoon 93: Rouhani in New York

September 21, 2014

As Iranian President Hassan Rouhani prepares to come to New York next week to attend the UN General Assembly and other meetings, there is a lot of anticipation for how he would answer questions in the US media interviews that aim to polish ...

Happy Video Youths Receive Suspended Flogging and Prison Sentences

Happy Video Youths Receive Suspended Flogging and Prison Sentences

September 18, 2014

The youths involved in the making of the “Happy in Tehran” dance video set to Pharrell Williams hit song “Happy” have all been sentenced, receiving suspended sentences of 91 lashes and six months in prison, with the exception of Reyhaneh Taravati, who received a suspended twelve-month prison sentence in addition to the suspended lashes, provided ...

More Than Two Months in Solitary Confinement for Protesting Exclusion of Women in Stadium

More Than Two Months in Solitary Confinement for Protesting Exclusion of Women in Stadium

September 11, 2014

A young woman’s detention in solitary confinement continues after her June 30, 2014 arrest, following her earlier arrest and release outside a Tehran sports stadium when she tried to attend a volleyball game. Ghoncheh Ghavami’s lawyer, Mahmoud Alizadeh Tabatabaee, told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that he is unaware of his client’s ...

Imprisoned Baha’is Refused Early Release Unless They Repent

Imprisoned Baha’is Refused Early Release Unless They Repent

September 10, 2014

Three imprisoned Baha’is have been refused early release and furlough to visit their small children unless they recant their faith and pledge not to teach at the Baha’i university, a relative told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran. ...

Gender Segregation Violates the Rights of Women in Iran

Gender Segregation Violates the Rights of Women in Iran

September 3, 2014

Morteza Talai, Deputy Chairperson of the Tehran City Council  Commentary by Leila Mouri*  The recent sharp exchange during a press conference between Morteza Talai, Deputy Chairperson of the Tehran ...

Five Thousand Mine Workers Strike in Protest against Arrest of Strikers

Five Thousand Mine Workers Strike in Protest against Arrest of Strikers

August 28, 2014

In an increasingly tense and prolonged stand-off between striking miners, the Bafgh Iron Ore Mines, and judicial officials, which originally began in May 2014 over plans to privatize the mine, a new round of strikes at the mines began on August 19 over the arrests of some of the strikers, reportedly involving some 5000 miners, ...

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