A source close to the family of Sattar Beheshti, a blogger whose family was informed of his death in custody on November 6, told the International Campaign that “If we know that we are supported by an organization and that our lives are safe and that they will not take us like Sattar to beat, ...
After several days of silence on the prison death of blogger Sattar Beheshti, the Iranian Judiciary’s Human Rights Council stated in a press release today, November 11, 2012, that by special order of Sadeq Larijani, Head of the Judiciary, “all aspects of the issue have come under careful review, and the Judiciary Spokesperson and other ...
Sattar Beheshti, 35, a laborer who criticzed the Iranian government for its oppressive policies in his blogs, was arrested on Tuesday, October 30. His arrest came after several warnings and summonses by Iran’s Cyber Police who had at one point threatened Beheshti that if he kept writing his critical blogs, they would “make his mother ...
A source close to the family of Sattar Behesthi, a blogger whose family was told on November 6 that he had died in a detention center, told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that the blogger’s family was threatened with arrest if they spoke with the media. The source told the Campaign that ...
On October 30, a group of female political prisoners inside Evin Prison’s Ward 350 embarked on a hunger strike to protest their inhumane treatment by Evin Prison authorities following a raid by prison authorities during which the prisoners were subjected to degrading treatment. The group ended their hunger strike on November 5, after prison authorities ...
(November 8, 2012) The Iranian Judiciary should immediately investigate the death of a young blogger, Sattar Beheshti, during interrogations and hold the responsible officials accountable, the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran said today. Beheshti’s death in custody raises serious concerns about the ongoing ill-treatment of prisoners of conscience in Iran while security and ...
Earlier this year, in July, Javad Larijani stated, “There are no political prisoners inside the Islamic Republic of Iran.” Just last week, on October 17, Larijani’s brother Sadeq Larijani, Iran’s Head of Judiciary, claimed, “No one is executed in Iran for their political convictions.” ...
Mohammad Nazari, a Kurdish political prisoner at Rajaee Shahr Prison in Karaj, sewed his lips shut and embarked on a hunger strike on August 28, 2012, to protest the judicial authorities’ disregard for his request for release. “Considering Mohammad Nazari’s more than 19 years inside Mahabad, Orumiyeh, and Rajaee Shahr Prisons, he stated to ...
“On Monday, August 27, Mohammad Nazari sent a letter to judicial authorities objecting to his conditions and stating that over the past several years, his family has pursued his case in the Revolutionary Courts in Mahabad and Orumiyeh and with the Supreme Leader’s Office, and each time they have been told that he would be ...
(September 11, 2012) The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran welcomed the release of Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani and said that cross-regional international attention from UN mechanisms, media, governments, and civil society and human rights organizations to the dire situation of human rights in Iran can indeed bring positive results. ...
Youcef Nadarkhani, a Christian pastor accused of apostasy and sentenced to death, was released from prison on Saturday, September 8. Announcing the news to the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, Nadarkhani’s lawyer, Mohammad Ali Dadkhah, said, “At the court session on Saturday, Youcef Nadarkhani was acquitted of the charge of ‘apostasy,’ as ...
A human rights activist familiar with the case of political prisoner Gholamreza Khosravi Savadjani told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that recent developments in Khosravi’s case indicate that he may be executed in the coming days. The source added that the political prisoner’s death sentence was issued amidst two serious judicial violations ...
One of the prisoners, Mozaffar Dadi, 21, from the town of Kahnooj, who had arrived at the facility six months earlier on charges of engaging in a brawl, suffered major bleeding. Despite the prisoner’s need for immediate transfer to a hospital outside the facility, he was only superficially treated inside the prison infirmary and transferred ...
(August 30, 2012) In a letter sent to Iranian officials, the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran urged Iranian authorities to revise the Border Closure Plan immediately to prioritize the life and well-being of the residents of Iran’s border regions. The Campaign also urged Iranian authorities to put an end to the use of ...
“Zanyar Moradi suffered severe torture after his arrest and was put under pressure to provide fake confessions. In an open letter, he spoke of torture by Intelligence Ministry interrogators. He suffers from severe back ache brought on by torture, and is also suffering from testicular pains. After repeated requests for transfer to a hospital outside ...
According to research, conducted by the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, there are currently at least 28 Kurdish prisoners sentenced to death on political and security-related charges inside Sanandaj, Orumiyeh, Semnan, Rajaee Shahr, and Saghez prisons. Seventeen of these individuals have received finalized death sentences and 11 have been sentenced to death at ...
Three United Nations Special Rapporteurs* on Iran, summary executions and torture condemned the recent execution of four members of the Ahwazi Arab minority in Ahwaz’s Karoun Prison in the Islamic Republic of Iran. Following a reportedly unfair trial, they were sentenced to death and executed on or around 19 June 2012. “Given the lack of transparency ...
A local source told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that the abrupt transfer of Younes Aghayan, a political prisoner on death row, from his prison cell to other detention locations, has sparked fears of his imminent execution. According to the local source, Special Police Forces transferred a handcuffed, foot-cuffed, and blindfolded Younes ...
In an interview with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, sister of Hamid Ghassemi,a prisoner whose death sentence has been sent to the Judiciary’s Sentence Enforcement Unit, reported about her brother’s poor psychological state in prison. “Unfortunately, Hamid is really messed up psychologically. Any moment his sentence may be carried out and we ...
Five political prisoners sentenced to execution were transferred from the General Ward of Karoon Prison in Ahvaz to an unknown location on Saturday, 9 June. A local source told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that Police Special Forces have been stationed in Karoon Prison and that it has created a worrying atmosphere....
On the anniversary of Haleh Sahabi’s death, her brother Hamed Sahabi spoke with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran about the yearlong silence and the slow progress of the case with the Judiciary. Haleh Sahabi, daughter of Dr. Ezzatollah Sahabi, underwent a cardiac arrest on 1 June 2011 at her father’s funeral after being ...
After months of receiving no response to their letters, Zanyar and Loghman Moradi, two Kurdish prisoners on death row, were finally visited by a Judiciary representative on Tuesday, 24 April. A Mr. Khodabakhshi, who identified himself as a representative of the Head of the Iranian Judiciary, met with Zanyar Moradi and Loghman Moradi (no relation) ...
The Iranian government should immediately investigate the numerous cases of border security forces killing couriers in the northwestern provinces of West Azerbaijan, Kurdistan, and Kermanshah, and hold accountable those responsible for such callous use of unlawful force, the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran said today. The government should also review its border security ...
Kurdish political prisoner Behrouz Alakhani, currently being held in Orumiyeh Detention Center, is spending his nineteenth month in solitary confinemen. A local source told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that Alakhani has been sentenced to death for “cooperating with PJAK” and “participating in the murder of the Khoy Prosecutor.” The source also ...