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Protesting Dervishes Beaten and Detained

Protesting Dervishes Beaten and Detained

March 11, 2014

Security agents and police verbally and physically assaulted Gonabadi dervishes before arresting them for their protest gathering outside the Judiciary in Tehran, a protesting dervish told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran. ...

New Campaign: Ten Days With Bahareh

New Campaign: Ten Days With Bahareh

March 11, 2014

A group of women and student activists have launched a campaign for the release of Bahareh Hedayat, a symbol of the student movement who has been serving a near-10-year prison sentence at Evin Prison’s Women’s Ward. ...

Release Shafipour, Hedayat, and All Other Women Prisoners of Conscience

Release Shafipour, Hedayat, and All Other Women Prisoners of Conscience

March 7, 2014

As the world prepares to honor and promote the economic, political, and social achievements of women on International Women’s Day, Iran has sentenced yet another young woman, Maryam Shafipour, for her peaceful activities. ...

Cartoon 78: No Movement on House Arrest

Cartoon 78: No Movement on House Arrest

March 4, 2014

More than three years have passed, and yet there is still no sign of movement in the case of government critics Mir Hossein Mousavi, Mehdi Karroubi, and Zahra Rahnavard, still under house arrest ...

Maryam Shafipour Sentenced to Seven Years for Strange Charges

Maryam Shafipour Sentenced to Seven Years for Strange Charges

March 4, 2014

A source close to the family of imprisoned student Maryam Shafipour, who was just sentenced to seven years in prison, told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that Shafipour received the heavy sentence on strange and irrational charges such as “membership in Facebook,” “applying for a student visa,” “existence of a satellite TV ...

Petition to Lift House Arrest of Green Movement Leaders Gains Signatures

Petition to Lift House Arrest of Green Movement Leaders Gains Signatures

February 25, 2014

A petition addressed to Hassan Rouhani, president of Iran and head of its Supreme Security Council, requesting the release of Mir Hossein Mousavi, Mehdi Karroubi, and Zahra Rahnavard from house arrest has gathered more than 13,000 signatures since its online publication on February 12. ...

IRGC’s Basij Paramilitary Trains Special Battalions for Crackdown on Potential Protests

IRGC’s Basij Paramilitary Trains Special Battalions for Crackdown on Potential Protests

February 24, 2014

In an interview with Dana Website, Mohammad Reza Touyserkani, the representative of the Supreme Leader inside the IRGC’s Basij paramilitary organization, spoke of “special battalions” that have been formed inside the Basij to suppress civil and street protests. ...

Judiciary Chief and IRGC Commander Weigh In On House Arrest

Judiciary Chief and IRGC Commander Weigh In On House Arrest

February 19, 2014

Two Iranian officials made new statements about the judicial aspects of the continued house arrest of government critics Mir Hossein Mousavi, Zahra Rahnavard, and Mehdi Karroubi today. ...

Cartoon 77: Three Years of House Arrest

Cartoon 77: Three Years of House Arrest

February 17, 2014

February 14, 2014, marked three years since Mehdi Karroubi, Mir Hossein Mousavi, and Zahra Rahnavard were placed under a de facto and illegal house arrest in Tehran. ...

Release Government Critics from Three-Year House Arrest

Release Government Critics from Three-Year House Arrest

February 14, 2014

The Iranian government must end the inhumane practice of holding its critics under house arrest for years without due process, the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran said today. February 14, 2014, marks three years since Mehdi Karroubi, Mir Hossein Mousavi, and Zahra Rahnavard were placed under a de facto and illegal house arrest ...

President Rouhani’s New Rights Charter

President Rouhani’s New Rights Charter

February 11, 2014

On November 26, 2013, President Rouhani’s government published a draft Citizens’ Rights Charter and solicited public reaction. The publication of this draft within the first 100 days of his presidency was widely seen as a major step by his administration to address his promises to improve the state of human rights in Iran. ...

Security Forces Illegally Arrest Striking Workers

Security Forces Illegally Arrest Striking Workers

January 31, 2014

In an action labor leaders are calling “illegal,” security forces have arrested over 20 workers of the Chadormalu Mine in the central province of Yazd, including the head and the secretary of the labor union, who stopped work as part of a contract negotiation and labor dispute. Prominent labor unionist Mansour Osanloo told the International ...

“Drawing Repression”: New Book Illustrates 52 Weeks of Human Rights in Iran

“Drawing Repression”: New Book Illustrates 52 Weeks of Human Rights in Iran

January 30, 2014

This new book of editorial cartoons by leading Iranian artist Touka Neyestani chronicles one year of human rights issues in Iran. ...

Intelligence Ministry Reviews Cases of Iranian Expats for Return

Intelligence Ministry Reviews Cases of Iranian Expats for Return

January 29, 2014

Iran has established a secretariat for the Committee for the Return of Expat Iranians, inside Iran’s Intelligence Ministry, the Deputy Foreign Minister for Consular, Parliamentary, and Iranian Expatriate Affairs Hassan Qashqavi said in an interview with Tadbir News Website. “The Committee’s meetings are regularly held at the Intelligence Ministry, and the Intelligence Ministry has achieved ...

President Rouhani’s Draft Citizenship Rights Charter: English Translation

President Rouhani’s Draft Citizenship Rights Charter: English Translation

January 23, 2014

The full English text of the Draft Citizenship Rights Charter proposed by President Hassan Rouhani and widely circulated for feedback, is available thanks to UN Special Rapporteur Ahmed Shaheed and the Human Rights in Iran Unit at the City University of New York – Brooklyn College. ...

Ill Journalist Could Be Released from Prison Under New Penal Code

Ill Journalist Could Be Released from Prison Under New Penal Code

January 23, 2014

A source close to the family of imprisoned Iranian journalist Kayvan Samimi, 65, who has been hospitalized since November, told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that the new Islamic Penal Code allows for his release, adding that his family hopes he can be released as soon as possible. ...

Student Activist Released for Five-Day Furlough After 55 Months in Jail

Student Activist Released for Five-Day Furlough After 55 Months in Jail

January 22, 2014

After 55 months in prison, most of which has been spent in exile, Iranian student activist Zia Nabavi was released on bail of approximately $168,000 for a five-day furlough today, a source told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran. ...

Iran’s Justice Minister Says Detained Opposition Leaders Should Receive No Trial

Iran’s Justice Minister Says Detained Opposition Leaders Should Receive No Trial

January 17, 2014

Justice Minister Mostafa Pour-Mohammadi In statements during a speech in the city of Mashhad, Iran's Justice Minister Mostafa Pour-Mohammadi said yesterday that a trial for imprisoned 2009 presidential candidates Mir ...

Cartoon 76: Punishing Families

Cartoon 76: Punishing Families

January 17, 2014

Imprisoned activist Bahareh Hedayat has been experiencing serious health issues that could potentially leave her sterile if left untreated, her husband told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran. “Bahareh suffers from ...

Iran Should Release Imprisoned Activist for Urgent Medical Treatment

Iran Should Release Imprisoned Activist for Urgent Medical Treatment

January 17, 2014

The Iranian Judiciary should immediately release imprisoned student activist Bahareh Hedayat before continued imprisonment and lack of adequate medical treatment for her chronic reproductive system problems cause irreversible damage to her health, the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran said today. The Judiciary and the Prisons Organization should also release the other activists still ...

Culture Minister Asks Judiciary to Provide More Freedom of Expression

Culture Minister Asks Judiciary to Provide More Freedom of Expression

January 15, 2014

Iran’s Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Ali Jannati publicly stated that the Iranian Judiciary should join the Rouhani administration in providing more freedom of expression to Iranian media and artists, drawing strong criticism from Iran’s Prosecutor General and Spokesperson for the Judiciary Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejehi for his remarks to Al Jazeera. ...

Authorities Close Cultural Events in Tehran Despite Rouhani’s Recent Support of Artists

Authorities Close Cultural Events in Tehran Despite Rouhani’s Recent Support of Artists

January 13, 2014

Over the past few days, Iranian authorities have inexplicably delayed and cancelled two cultural events in Tehran. The first was a well-publicized group exhibition of paintings commemorating the birthday of the beloved female poet, Forough Farrokhzad, scheduled to open in Tehran’s Vista Gallery on Friday, January 10. The exhibition, which promised to be a rich ...

Four Christian Converts Arrested in Karaj on New Year’s Eve

Four Christian Converts Arrested in Karaj on New Year’s Eve

January 10, 2014

Plainclothes officers arrested four Christian converts in a village outside of Tehran on Tuesday, December 31, 2013, a source close to Iran’s Christian converts told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran. Sara Rahiminejad, Majid Sheidaee, Mostafa Nadri, and George Issaian were violently arrested at the latter’s home in Fardis village of Karaj, 36 ...

Rouhani’s Citizenship Rights Charter Contradicts Constitution, Says Iranian Lawyer

Rouhani’s Citizenship Rights Charter Contradicts Constitution, Says Iranian Lawyer

January 9, 2014

In an exclusive interview with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, lawyer and human rights activist Mehrangiz Kar analyzed the various problems with the draft Citizenship Rights Charter presented by Hassan Rouhani last November, saying it is a “hodge podge of things” that both repeats and contradicts the Constitution, and it needs a ...

Basij Commander Admits Forces Shot at 2009 Protesters

Basij Commander Admits Forces Shot at 2009 Protesters

January 6, 2014

After more than four years of denying that Basij and other security forces took direct shots at the 2009 post-election protesters, last week’s statements by the unnamed Commander of District 117-Neynava of IRGC’s Tehran Region, admitting for the first time that the men on top of a Basij base in Tehran shot at the protesters, ...

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