Sunni Kurd Faces Imminent Execution for His Activism
Shahram Ahmadi Shahram Ahmadi has been sentenced to death in Iran due to his activism as a Sunni Muslim and a Kurd. Members of ethnic or ...
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Iran Should Allow UN Human Rights Expert into Country
International Community Should Pursue Human Rights with Same Commitment as the Nuclear Deal October 29, 2015—The international community should urge Iranian authorities to allow the United Nations Special Rapporteur on human rights in Iran, Dr. Ahmed Shaheed, into the country, said the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran and Impact ...
One Year after Acid Attacks against Women in Isfahan, No Arrests
Families of Victims, Still Seeking Justice, Are Warned by Police Not to Speak to Foreign Media A year after a spate of acid throwing attacks on women in Isfahan, the police and security forces have not apprehended ...
Rouhani and Undelivered Promises (Video)
When Rouhani campaigned for the presidency in June 2013, he said he had “the key” to solve Iran’s problems. Those problems included hundreds of political prisoners in Iran, some dating back to the disputed 2009 presidential election. More than two years later, the prisoners remain behind bars, the three ...
Message to Rouhani: Rights Crisis in Iran Must Finally Be Addressed
Hassan Rouhani addresses the UN General Assembly in New York, 2014. September 22, 2015—When Iranian president Hassan Rouhani addresses ...
Imprisoned Labor Activist Dies of Stroke after Being Denied Medical Care
Shahrokh Zamani, Labor activist Authorities Routinely Refuse Medical Treatment to Political Prisoners September 16, 2015—Labor activist Shahrokh Zamani died of a stroke on September 13, 2015, at ...
Kurdish Prisoner Executed despite Pending Supreme Court Appeal
Behrouz Alkhani Brother Says Confession was Elicited under Torture The Iranian Kurdish political prisoner Behrouz Alkhani was executed in Orumiyeh Prison’s courtyard on August 26, 2015, without a final ...
Former Tehran Prosecutor Acquitted of Charges in Kahrizak Murders despite Overwhelming Evidence
Saeed Mortazavi, The former Tehran Prosecutor Mortazavi Verdict Shows Officials Still Enjoy Impunity even in Cases of Torture and Death of Prisoners. The former Tehran Prosecutor, Saeed Mortazavi, was acquitted on August 19, 2015, on ...
Amputations Do Not Prevent Crime, Legal Expert Says
The Iranian Judiciary’s continued practice, under the direction of Sadegh Amoli Larijani, of carrying out amputations as a routine punishment, is not only in direct conflict with international treaties Iran has signed, it has also ...
Imprisoned Human Rights Defender Abdolfattah Soltani Denied Visitation with His Wife
Abdolfattah Soltani, human rights lawyer. Evin Prison authorities have prevented Massoumeh Dehghan from visiting her husband, the imprisoned human rights lawyer Abdolfattah Soltani, a source close to the family ...
Rezaian and Other Iranian-American Prisoners Held on Sham Charges Should be Released
Three Iranian-American prisoners, Amir Mirzaei Hekmati, Jason Rezaian, and Saeed Abedini. August 10, 2015— The Rouhani administration should ...
Three Hanged in Public in Karaj
Three people found guilty of rape were executed in public in the Golshahr neighborhood of the Iranian city of Karaj on July 29, 2015. Three people found ...
Cartoon 119: Now Cut The Rope!
After the July 14, 2015 agreement between Iran and the P5+1 world powers on the Islamic Republic’s nuclear activities, it is now time for human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran to become a priority for the international community. This is cartoonist Touka Neyestani's take ...
Pursue Human Rights in Iran with the Same Vigor as the Nuclear Accord
By Hadi Ghaemi Lobelog.com- The nuclear accord reached this week between Iran and the P5+1 countries represents a resounding victory for diplomacy and peace. It was achieved only through unrelenting determination borne from a realization ...
Nuclear Accord with Iran is a Victory for Diplomacy and Peace
Human Rights Must Be Pursued with the Same Vigor July 14, 2015—The agreement between Iran and the P5+1 world powers on the Islamic Republic’s nuclear activities, reached on July 14, 2015 after many months ...
Facebook User Will Not Be Executed, Lawyer Says
The death sentence against Facebook user Soheil Arabi for allegedly insulting the Prophet has been annulled, his lawyer told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran. “On June 27, I heard the death sentence against my client has been nullified,” said Amir Salar Davoodi. “Now we have to wait ...
Campaign’s Five in the Afternoon Wins Major International Radio Award
Human Rights Show Takes Silver Trophy at Prestigious NY Festival’s World’s Best Radio Programs Awards June 23, 2015—The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran’s weekly radio show, Five in the Afternoon, won a Silver Medal at the celebrated New York Festival International Radio ...
Cartoon 116: Nuclear Inspections and Human Rights
One of the conditions set for reaching a nuclear deal between the 5+1 countries and Iran is inspection of some of Iran's military facilities, an issue that has heightened sensitivity and opposition to ...
Executions Useless in Preventing Drug Crimes says Prominent Iranian Lawyer
In an interview with ISNA (the Iranian Student News Agency), the prominent Iranian lawyer Nemat Ahmadi lambasted Iran's anti-drug law, calling it "lacking in preventive powers" despite its stipulation of ...
Tehran Professor Decries Iran’s Criticism of UN Human Rights Expert
Tehran University Professor Sadegh Zibakalam (Right), and Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Marzieh Afkham (Left) The following is a translation of Tehran University Professor Sadegh Zibakalam's letter to Iranian Foreign ...
Initial Accord with Iran Holds Promise for Human Rights
But Risks of Hardline Backlash Remain The understanding reached on Iran’s nuclear program on April 2 is a welcome development, averting at least for now, an inexorable descent into confrontation, the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran said today. This initial agreement also presents renewed ...
UN Keeps Pressure on Iran for its Rights Failures
Human Rights Monitoring Will Continue March 27, 2015—The United Nations Human Rights Council voted today to renew the mandate of Dr. Ahmed Shaheed, the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran, ...
Under scrutiny, Iran Shows Increased, but Limited Cooperation with UN Mechanism
Four years into his mandate as the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran, Dr. Ahmed Shaheed told UN member states at a meeting of the Human Rights Council today in Geneva that although he has yet to be let into the country for a site visit, ...
UN Secretary-General Expresses Alarm about Executions, Retaliation Against Activists and Attacks on Women in Iran
In particular the Secretary-General voiced his concern about Iran’s chronic application of the death penalty to drug-related offenses, which do not qualify as the “most serious crimes”; the number of death penalty cases with a political dimension; the high incidence of public executions; and the execution of juveniles. ...
Rouhani’s Top Advisor Says Identity of Killer of Canadian Photojournalist Zahra Kazemi is Known
Ali Younesi’s reference to violations of human rights in Iranian prisons and courts defies the Iranian authorities’ consistent denial of reports of such violations by Ahmed Shaheed, the UN Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in Iran, and other international human rights bodies, which have held that due process and fair trial standards ...