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Iranian Judiciary Should Dismiss Ministry Order Against House of Cinema

January 11, 2012

(11 January 2012) The Iranian Judiciary should withdraw the Ministry of Culture order to shut down House of Cinema, the country’s leading independent film association, the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran said today. Authorities should end the unlawful ...

Malaysian Security Officers Threaten to Deport Iranian Refugee and Activist

January 10, 2012

On 10 January 2011, Malaysian security officers allegedly threatened to deport refugee and activist journalist Ali Hosseinpoor Jamshidi back to Iran. Jamshidi is a coordinator of and contributor to several online pro-Green Movement news outlets and a host on the satellite ...

Iran’s Secret Hangings: Mass Unannounced Executions in Mashhad’s Vakilabad Prison

Iran’s Secret Hangings: Mass Unannounced Executions in Mashhad’s Vakilabad Prison

January 5, 2012

Since January 2010, the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran has published dozens of reports of unannounced secret group executions at Vakilabad Prison in the northeast city of Mashhad. These executions were largely in violation of international human rights ...

Secret Executions: Findings Challenge Judiciary’s False Narrative

Secret Executions: Findings Challenge Judiciary’s False Narrative

January 2, 2012

The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran published the first public list of 101 victims of secret group executions in Vakilabad Prison today. The Campaign called on the Iranian Parliament and judiciary to immediately institute a moratorium on executions ...

Iranian Christian Journalist Discusses Government Campaign to Target Protestants

December 23, 2011

The Farsi Christian News Network is an organization comprised of Iranian journalists disseminating information about Christians in Iran. (23 December ...

Nasrin Sotoudeh

Nasrin Sotoudeh

December 23, 2011

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Apostasy Verdict Delayed So Pastor Can Repent

December 20, 2011

The Iranian Judiciary reportedly ordered the Rasht court last week to postpone a verdict in the apostasy trial of Christian Pastor and convert Youcef Nadarkhani. The Judiciary’s order came after Nadarkhani’s case provoked international outcry. Human rights groups and several foreign ...

Podcast 43: Internet Censorship in Iran- Interview with Mehdi Yahyanejad

Podcast 43: Internet Censorship in Iran- Interview with Mehdi Yahyanejad

December 15, 2011

We all use the internet. But what does it mean to use the internet in a country where freedom of speech is under assault? This week, we talk to Mehdi Yahyanejad, the founder of the Balatarin, the Persian language version ...

Kurdish Students Released on Bail

December 14, 2011

A local source told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that six of the seven Kurdish students arrested by the Intelligence Office of Sanandaj during the recent months were released and only one of them is still in ...

Christian Convert Imprisoned for Holding Baptism in Turkey

December 14, 2011

Alireza Seyyedian,* 36, a Muslim who converted to Christianity six years ago, was sentenced to six years in prison by Branch 26 of the Revolutionary Court. In an interview with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, Mohammad Ali Dadkhah, ...

Two Inmates Hanged in Public in Kermanshah; Six Others Hanged in Central Prison

December 7, 2011

On 28 November, the Public Relations Unit of Kermanshah General and Revolutionary Courts issued a statement about the execution of two inmates convicted of rape and kidnapping. According to local sources, the two convicts were hanged at 10 in the ...

Video: Free Nasrin Sotoudeh

Video: Free Nasrin Sotoudeh

December 1, 2011

Free Nasrin Sotoudeh Project: https://iranhumanrights.org/nasrin-sotoudeh/ Join the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran in calling for the release of lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh, who is in prison for simply defending her clients and insisting that Iranian authorities respect human rights. ...

Podcast 41: An Interview with Hamid Dabashi

Podcast 41: An Interview with Hamid Dabashi

November 24, 2011

In this week’s Weekly Rights Podcast, we explore the topic of U.S. military intervention in Iran. We discuss the recent IAEA report and the increased talk amongst senior U.S. officials about bombing Iran. We talk to Columbia University Professor Hamid ...

Podcast 39: “Education Under Fire”

Podcast 39: “Education Under Fire”

November 21, 2011

After the 1979 Revolution, Iranian authorities renewed a historic campaign to eradicate members of the Baha;i community. Since then, over 200 Iranian Baha’i ’s have been executed, disappeared, or killed for their beliefs. Thousands more have been imprisoned and have ...

Weekly Rights Podcast 38

Weekly Rights Podcast 38

October 19, 2011

In this week’s Weekly Rights Podcast: Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran presents his findings on human rights abuses at the UN General Assembly; Campaign spokesperson Hadi Ghaemi urges other UN member states to support Shaheed’s ...

Weekly Rights Podcast 35

Weekly Rights Podcast 35

August 31, 2011

In this week’s Weekly Rights Podcast: 100 political prisoners pardoned by Ayatollah Khamenei on the occasion of Eid al-Fitr; the Campaign, along with Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Shirin Ebadi, speak out against the Iranian Central Bar Association for failing to ...

Raising Their Voices: Iranian Civil Society Reflections on the Military Option

Raising Their Voices: Iranian Civil Society Reflections on the Military Option

July 25, 2011

The possibility of a US military strike against Iran has been debated for almost a decade, since Iran’s nuclear program first gave rise to concerns about the possible development of a nuclear weapon and calls for exercising a “military option” ...

Weekly Rights Podcast 30

Weekly Rights Podcast 30

July 18, 2011

In this week’s Weekly Rights Podcast: more than 50 officials of the Islamic Republic of Iran have been put on visa restriction lists by the US and UK; the son of political prisoner Heshmatollah Tabarzadi tells the Campaign of concern ...

Weekly Rights Podcast 27

Weekly Rights Podcast 27

June 1, 2011

In this week’s Weekly Rights Podcast: Rudi Bakhtiar of the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran testifies at the United States Foreign Relations subcommittee hearing; the mothers of imprisoned American hikers Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal speak out; the ...

Weekly Rights Podcast 23

Weekly Rights Podcast 23

February 23, 2011

This is the “Weekly Rights Podcast.” A review of major human rights issues by the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran. It’s February 23rd and this is our 23rd weekly podcast: The government of Iran has once again denied ...

Video: End the Executions

Video: End the Executions

April 26, 2010

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Complete shut down of Internet services for a day in Khorasan Provinces

February 2, 2010

Monday- Internet services in all the cities of Khorasan Razavi, South Khorasan, and North Khorsan provinces was cut off beginning on Monday morning. Several sources told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that while accessing Internet had ...

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