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Presidential Candidate Brags About His Direct Role in Violence and Repression

Presidential Candidate Brags About His Direct Role in Violence and Repression

May 16, 2013

(May 16, 2013) The international community should immediately institute a travel ban and asset freeze against Mohammad Baqer Ghalibaf, the current mayor of Tehran and a contender in the upcoming presidential election, due to his extensive role in gross human ...

Kurdish Tradesman Killed Before Brother’s Eyes

Kurdish Tradesman Killed Before Brother’s Eyes

May 15, 2013

A local source told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that as a result of shots fired on the vehicle of a group of Kurdish tradesmen (kasebkar) by the Arak Police Special Forces Unit on the road between ...

Presidential Candidate Threatened Not to Give Interviews to Persian Media Abroad

Presidential Candidate Threatened Not to Give Interviews to Persian Media Abroad

May 15, 2013

Ghassem Sholeh Sadi, a presidential election candidate told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that on the afternoon of Tuesday, May 14, Intelligence Ministry forces threatened him not to talk to media such as the BBC Persian Service ...

400 Candidates Disqualified for City Councils in Iran, 90 of them in Tehran

400 Candidates Disqualified for City Councils in Iran, 90 of them in Tehran

May 15, 2013

Hossein Tala, Head of the High Elections Oversight Committee for Islamic Tehran Province City and Village Councils told Iranian Students News Agency(ISNA) that so far, 90 candidates who have been disqualified in the City of Tehran and 311 disqualified candidates ...

“I Didn’t See A Need to Summon Those Witnesses,” Says the Kahrizak Judge

“I Didn’t See A Need to Summon Those Witnesses,” Says the Kahrizak Judge

May 14, 2013

The eighth trial session of judges implicated in the Kahrizak Detention Center case was held on Monday, May 13 at Branch 76 of Tehran Penal Court under Judge Siamak Modir Khorasani. As in the previous seven sessions, the court session ...

“Five in the Afternoon” with Kambiz Hosseini Wins International Award for Best of Online Activism

“Five in the Afternoon” with Kambiz Hosseini Wins International Award for Best of Online Activism

May 13, 2013

“Five in the Afternoon,” the Persian-language weekly podcast hosted by prominent Iranian satirist Kambiz Hosseini and sponsored and produced by the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, has won the Bobs Reporters Without Borders User Award presented by Deutsche ...

Kurdish Political Prisoner Transferred to Undisclosed Location, in Danger of Imminent Execution

Kurdish Political Prisoner Transferred to Undisclosed Location, in Danger of Imminent Execution

May 13, 2013

Habibollah Golparipour, a Kurdish political prisoner on death row, was summoned by the Semnan Central Prison officials on May 9 and informed that he must prepare himself for transfer to an undisclosed location, a local source told the International Campaign ...

Young Kurd Sentenced to Prison in Exile on Political Charges

Young Kurd Sentenced to Prison in Exile on Political Charges

May 13, 2013

Afshin Sohrabzadeh, 23, has been sentenced to 25 years in prison in exile at Minab Prison on charges of “moharebeh (enmity with God) through membership in Komalah Party,” a local source told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran. ...

Iranian Refugees in Iraqi Kurdistan

Iranian Refugees in Iraqi Kurdistan

May 13, 2013

Since the Iranian authorities won’t allow us to report from within Iran, this month we speak to several Iranian refugees in Iraqi Kurdistan who were imprisoned in Iran for their human rights activities. Iraq’s semi-autonomous region of Kurdistan has become ...

UN Experts Call for Immediate Release of Imprisoned Iranian Baha’i Leaders

UN Experts Call for Immediate Release of Imprisoned Iranian Baha’i Leaders

May 13, 2013

Four United Nations Human Rights experts urged Iran to release the seven imprisoned Baha’i leaders today, according to a press release issued by the UN Office of the Baha’i International Community. Nearly five years since they were arrested, the seven ...

IRGC Mandated Grieving Families to Watch Forced Confessions

IRGC Mandated Grieving Families to Watch Forced Confessions

May 13, 2013

The Kurdistan Province IRGC Intelligence Unit has twice summoned the family members of slain members of Kurdish political parties in the past few months, a local source told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran. During the meetings, the ...

Censorship and Power in Iran with Jon Stewart and Maziar Bahari (Slideshow)

Censorship and Power in Iran with Jon Stewart and Maziar Bahari (Slideshow)

May 12, 2013

On May 8, 2013, the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran hosted a screening in New York of Iranian-Canadian director Maziar Bahari’s film Forced Confessions in a joint event with the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) and the PEN ...

Why Have My Rights Been Trampled? An Open Letter from a Lawyer

Why Have My Rights Been Trampled? An Open Letter from a Lawyer

May 10, 2013

Massoud Shafiee, the lawyer who represented the three American hikers in Iran, shared an open letter to the Iranian authorities with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran. In the letter, he calls out the Iranian authorities for confiscating ...

Jon Stewart Hosts Iran Censorship Event

Jon Stewart Hosts Iran Censorship Event

May 9, 2013

Highlighting the heightened censorship and the situation of journalists in Iran, the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran hosted a screening of Iranian-Canadian director Maziar Bahari’s film Forced Confessions in a joint event with the Committee to Protect Journalists ...

“My Sattar Died for Iran”: An Interview with Sattar Beheshti’s Mother

“My Sattar Died for Iran”: An Interview with Sattar Beheshti’s Mother

May 8, 2013

More than six months after the prison death of Sattar Beheshti, a laborer and blogger from Robat Karim (17 miles outside Tehran) who was arrested on November 3, 2012, and died the next day, his mother and sister have not ...

Hadi Ghaemi on Brazil, Iran, and Human Rights

Hadi Ghaemi on Brazil, Iran, and Human Rights

May 8, 2013

In an interview at the 2013 National Meeting of Foreign Relations Students (ENERI) conference in Brasilia, Hadi Ghaemi, executive director of the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, speaks about solidarity and the role of Brazilian civil society in ...

Editor Imprisoned After Revealing News of Ahmadinejad Recording

Editor Imprisoned After Revealing News of Ahmadinejad Recording

May 8, 2013

On April 27, just hours after Baztab Emrooz website published an article about a recording, referred to as “the eight million tape,” that allegedly refers to improper vote counts in Iran’s 2009 presidential election, Iranian officials arrested Managing Editor Ali ...

103-Year-Old Political Prisoner Held at Maku Prison

103-Year-Old Political Prisoner Held at Maku Prison

May 8, 2013

Haj Ali Chilan, 103, is currently serving an eight-year prison term at Maku Prison on charges of “cooperating with PJAK [Party of Free Life of Kurdistan],” a local source told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran. Chilan, from ...

Prisoner Hanged One Day After Suicide Attempt

Prisoner Hanged One Day After Suicide Attempt

May 3, 2013

Omid Sajjadi, a death row inmate convicted of drug trafficking charges at Bandar Abbas Prison, was hanged on March 22 after he attempted suicide by cutting a vein in his neck on March 21, a local source told the International ...

Dervish Issued Harsh Sentence to Intimidate Others

Dervish Issued Harsh Sentence to Intimidate Others

May 3, 2013

Kasra Nouri, 22, a Gonabadi Dervish imprisoned at Adel Abad Prison in Shiraz, has been sentenced to four years and four months in prison in part to intimidate other youth and prevent them from joining the Dervish sect, a close ...

Iran’s Pre-Election Crackdown on Journalists

Iran’s Pre-Election Crackdown on Journalists

May 2, 2013

With Iran’s presidential approaching in June 2013, Iranian security forces are engaging in a severe crackdown on journalists and publications, which began in January on a day now referred to as “Black Sunday.” ...

No Furlough, Phone Calls, or Visitations for Imprisoned Journalist

No Furlough, Phone Calls, or Visitations for Imprisoned Journalist

May 1, 2013

Three years into his detention, imprisoned journalist Siamak Ghaderi has not been granted a single day of furlough, and he does not have permission to visit with his family, his wife told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran. ...

Bagher Asadi, a High Ranking Diplomat, And Two Political Activists Arrested

Bagher Asadi, a High Ranking Diplomat, And Two Political Activists Arrested

May 1, 2013

Bagher Asadi, a high-ranking Iranian diplomat was detained in Tehran in March as a part of the crackdown on dissidents in the weeks leading to the Iranian presidential elections, Reuters reported. Asadi, who had previously worked in the Iranian UN ...

Cartoon 52: Pre-Election Crackdown on Journalists

Cartoon 52: Pre-Election Crackdown on Journalists

April 30, 2013

In the lead-up to the June 2013 presidential elections, restrictions on journalists have intensified over the last few months. Kaleme Website reported that the Intelligence Ministry recently summoned a meeting with newspaper editors. ...

Censorship and Power in Iran with Jon Stewart and Maziar Bahari

Censorship and Power in Iran with Jon Stewart and Maziar Bahari

April 29, 2013

Join us in New York for a special screening of Forced Confessions, a film documenting the history of this tactic in Iran, followed by a discussion with Jon Stewart, Maziar Bahari, and Joel Simon. ...

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