Despite Officials’ Claims, 136 Baha’is Held in Prison, Says Representative
Dian Alaei, the Baha’i community representative at the UN Human Rights Council's 25th ...
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UN Members Strongly Criticize Executions and Lack of Basic Freedoms in Iran
At Monday’s meeting of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, Special Rapporteur Ahmed Shaheed presented his report on the situation of human rights in Iran. Following his presentation, representatives of member countries, NGOs, and the Iranian delegation offered their ...
Imprisoned Pastor Chained to Hospital Bed, Wife Says
Saeed Abedini's wife told the Campaign that the the pastor was taken to Dey Hospital in Tehran on March 3, 2014, ...
Shaheed Tells the UN Rights Council Deep Reforms Needed
“In order to progress, we must admit that despite existing laws or policies, violations are occurring. And while I can appreciate ...
Activist Who Met With Ashton Decries Defamation by Hardliners
Mohammadi told the Campaign, "I have held a pen in ...
“Personal attacks on UN Officials Show Iranians Not Free to Express Opinions,” Says Ahmed Shaheed
Ahmed Shaheed asked the Iranian Government to allow him to visit the ...
Abdollah Momeni Released After Completing Five Year Term Without Furlough
Photo from Mr. Momeni's Facebook page shows him among friends and family immediately after release on March 13, 2014. Abdollah Momeni, ...
Human Rights Activist Rejects Criticism of her Meeting with Ashton
"I and a number of women's rights activists were formally invited," to meet Ashton, Mohammadi said. "I saw nothing wrong with the invitation and therefore I ...
UN Rapporteur Slams Iran for Lack of Judiciary Independence and Execution Surge
For his research the UN Special Rapporteur on human rights in Iran interviewed more than 130 individuals in Iran and outside Iran who provided testimonies about human rights ...
Joint Letter on Iran to the Human Rights Council
Support Resolution to Renew the Mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in Iran. March 12, 2014 To: Member States of the Human Rights Council Your ...
Paper Close to Revolutionary Guards Doctors Ashton Photo to Erase Image of Torture Victim’s Mother
Almost immediately after EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton met with a group of activists in Tehran, Iranian authorities unleashed a barrage of angry remarks and insults about her visit. ...
Protesting Dervishes Beaten and Detained
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
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. ...
Critical Speech Lands Journalist-Activist in Jail
Iranian authorities arrested a reformist journalist and activist on March 6, one week after he gave a speech criticizing state bodies and authorities. Security forces have transferred Saeed Razavi Faghih, a former member of the Tahkim-e Vahdat student organization’s Central ...
Release Shafipour, Hedayat, and All Other Women Prisoners of Conscience
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. ...
Polish Foreign Minister’s Criticism of Internet Access and Human Rights Censored
The Polish Foreign Ministry has released a video and published a report from Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski’s late February trip to Iran in which he spoke of violations of human rights in Iran. News and videos of the full ...
Arab-Iranian Sunni Converts Arrested
Security agents arrested 20 Arab-Iranians on February 26 in Ahvaz, Khuzestan Province, for converting from Shia’ Islam to Sunni, human rights activist Karim Dahimi told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran. ...
Javad Larijani: “Be Grateful” for Iran’s High Execution Rate
Mohammad Javad Larijani, Head of the Iranian Judiciary’s Human Rights Council, said on March 4 that Iran’s increased execution rate is a positive marker of Iranian achievement. Instead of criticizing Iran for its increasing number of executions, he said, “our ...
Commentary: Rouhani’s Silent Allies
The president’s attempt to embolden his fans did not have the impact he was hoping for. The educated class did not break the silence. Instead, the comments angered “illiterates” who thought they were the subject of his ridicule. ...
Cartoon 78: No Movement on House Arrest
More than three years have passed, and yet there is still no sign of movement in the ...
Maryam Shafipour Sentenced to Seven Years for Strange Charges
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 ...
Kurdish Death Row Inmate Hospitalized After Prison Beating
Loghman Moradi was due to appear at Branch 74 of Tehran Province Criminal Court on February 23. That morning agents told him to put on prison clothes in order to be transferred to court. “Loqhman refused to wear prison clothes ...
Security Council Files Lawsuit Against Conservative Journalist for Critical Articles
Iran’s Supreme National Security Council Secretariat has filed a lawsuit against a conservative journalist for “acting against the resolutions of the Council,” after he published four articles in a Tehran newspaper sharply criticizing Hassan Rouhani’s foreign policy and the Geneva ...
Petition to Lift House Arrest of Green Movement Leaders Gains Signatures
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 ...
IRGC’s Basij Paramilitary Trains Special Battalions for Crackdown on Potential Protests
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. ...