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Religious Freedom

Death Row Inmate Abruptly Transferred, Imminent Execution Feared

Death Row Inmate Abruptly Transferred, Imminent Execution Feared

June 28, 2012

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 ...

Protestant Church Shutdown Sparks Fears of Coming Closure Spree

Protestant Church Shutdown Sparks Fears of Coming Closure Spree

June 8, 2012

Iranian authorities should allow the Assembly of God church in western Tehran to reopen immediately, and should stop persecuting Persian-language churches, the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran said today.“The ability to join a church or mosque or temple is one of the most fu ndamental religious freedoms,” said Hadi Ghaemi, spokesperson for the ...

Imprisoned Baha’i Refused Medical Leave After Surgery

Imprisoned Baha’i Refused Medical Leave After Surgery

June 1, 2012

66-year old Riaz Sobhani, currently in prison for financially assisting the Baha’i Institute of Higher Education (BIHE), was refused medical leave after his recent heart surgery. His son, Naim Sobhani, told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that his father was transferred to the hospital for his surgery in chains. ...

Joint Statement on the Right to Education and Academic Freedom in Iran

Joint Statement on the Right to Education and Academic Freedom in Iran

May 31, 2012

The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran joins 16 other student and human rights organizations in a statement expressing deep concern for the right to education and academic freedom in Iran. The statement, addressed to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei and the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology, calls for Iran to uphold its obligations ...

New Video Urges Support for Imprisoned Baha’i Educators

New Video Urges Support for Imprisoned Baha’i Educators

May 22, 2012

On 22 May 2012, the Education Under Fire campaign released a new video to raise awareness about the besieged Baha’i Institute for Higher Education (BIHE) and six Baha’i prisoners of conscience detained for teaching at this community-organized university. The BIHE is a university comprised of a volunteer administration and teaching staff, created in response to the ...

Detention Extended for Gonabadi Dervish Just Before Release

Detention Extended for Gonabadi Dervish Just Before Release

May 8, 2012

Just prior to his release, Kasra Nouri, a member of the Gonabadi Dervish order, was ordered to remain in prison, his mother, Shokoofeh Yadollahi told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran. “Following the efforts of the lawyer and the family, Kasra was supposed to have been released last week, but, unfortunately, on orders ...

Protestant Pastor Sentenced to Six Years

Protestant Pastor Sentenced to Six Years

May 2, 2012

After detaining 33-year-old Christian pastor Farshid Fathi for 16 months without indictment, judicial authorities finally sentenced him to six years in prison in April 2012. Fathi’s indictment is part of a continuing pattern of discrimination and persecution of Christian converts in Iran. ...

Angels Of Iran: A Voice for the Voiceless: Roxana Saberi

Angels Of Iran: A Voice for the Voiceless: Roxana Saberi

April 26, 2012

Featuring journalist Roxana Saberi and Iran Specialist for Amnesty International USA Elise Auerbach, “A Voice for the Voiceless: Roxana Saberi” from the Angels of Iran series tells the story of Roxanna Saberi’s time in prison with Mahvash Sabet and Fariba Kamalabadi. These two were members of the Yaran (“the Friends”), who were sentenced to 20 ...

Angels Of Iran: For Kurdistan: The Soraya Fallah Story

Angels Of Iran: For Kurdistan: The Soraya Fallah Story

April 17, 2012

“For Kurdistan: The Soraya Fallah Story,” from the Angels of Iran series, profiles Iranian-Kurdish human rights activist and researcher Soraya Fallah and her daughter Cklara Moradian. Soraya was imprisoned four times and tortured so severely that she miscarried in solitary confinement. As her daughter Cklara says in the video, “My parents are my heroes. They ...

Special Rapporteur Receives Widespread Support in Human Rights Council

March 12, 2012

Iranian Delegate Responds Angrily Without Addressing Report's Content Head of Iran's Human Rights Council Mohammad Javad Larijani delivers his opening statements at today's Human Rights Council (Reporting ...

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 2011) As Christmas approaches this year, it appears that authorities are again ramping up their monitoring and ...

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, Seyyedian’s lawyer, said that his client’s charges are “propaganda against the regime” and “acting against ...

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 had personal property confiscated or destroyed. And all members of the community are barred from ...

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 mandate; the UN Human Rights Committee reviews Iran’s obligations to the ICCPR, criticizing Iran’s human ...

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 Campaign joins a group calling for an investigation into prisoner rights violations; clashes continue in ...

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