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May 22, 2011

Secret and Unannounced Executions in Khuzestan

Local sources in Khuzestan Province told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that during the past months, Judiciary authorities did not announce several executions that took place inside the province’s prisons. The Campaign previously reported of dozens of unannounced and secret executions inside ...

May 20, 2011

“Rumors of Hunger Strike by American Prisoners are Serious,” Says Lawyer

Massoud Shafiee, lawyer to the American prisoners held in Iran, told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that following the absence of Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal at their court trial on 11 May, rumors about his clients’ hunger strike are serious and ...

May 19, 2011

“His Last Wish Was To Embrace Me, But They Didn’t Allow It,” Says Mother Of Executed Inmates

On 17 May the death sentences of two brothers, Mohammad and Abdollah Fathi Shoorbariki, were carried out. Their mother, Mahvash Alasvandi, told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that her children’s grievances were never reviewed and their last wishes of embracing their mother ...

May 18, 2011

Protestants Acquitted of Political Charges, Recognized Under Iran’s Constitution

On 14 May 2011 the Revolutionary Court of the northern city of Bandar Anzali acquitted twelve Protestant Christians of the specific charge of “forming a society with the intent of disrupting national security.” ...

May 18, 2011

Prisoners of Conscience Will Not Be Transferred to Gharchak Prison, Says Sotoudeh’s Husband

While all female political prisoners at Evin Prison were transferred to the prison’s Methadone Ward and told they would soon be moved to Gharchak Prison in Varamin, in an interview with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, Reza Khandan, Nasrin Sotoudeh’s husband, said ...

May 18, 2011

Imprisoned Student Activist’s Mother: “I Don’t Know Why They Are Keeping Him”

In an interview with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, Roghieh Jafarian, mother of imprisoned student activist Ashkan Zahabian, spoke about her son who has been in detention for the past 16 days inside Sari’s Intelligence Office. Ashkan Zahabian, a member of Tahkim-e ...

May 17, 2011

Transfer of Prisoners Is Against The Law, Says Lawyer

Following the transfer of several female prisoners to Gharchak Prison in Varamin, Iranian lawyer Mohammad Ali Dadkhah told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that according to Iranian law, each prisoner must be transferred to the prison closest to his or her residence. ...

May 17, 2011

Despite Complaints About Torture, Forced Confessions, and Lack of Due Process, Brothers Fathi Hanged in Isfahan

Two brothers, Mohammad Fathi, 28, and Abdollah Fathi, 27, were hanged today inside Isfahan’s Dastjerd Prison. Earlier today, the family of the two executed prisoners told the Campaign that the case lacked due process and that the authorities had not paid attention to the irregularities ...

May 16, 2011

Prominent Female Journalist in Evin Prison’s Methadone Ward

A source close to imprisoned journalist Hengameh Shahidi told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that the prisoner of conscience spent her 36th birthday inside Evin Prison’s Methadone Ward. After several female political prisoners were transferred to Varamin Prison, Shahidi was transferred from ...

May 16, 2011

Only One Month to Find, Sentence and Execute Suspects, Says Ahwazi Activist

Yousef Azizi Banitorof, Secretary of the Center for Combating Racism and Discrimination Against Arabs in Iran, who currently resides in London, spoke with International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran following news from the Al Arabiya website quoting Ahwaz News about recent executions in Ahwaz. ...

May 14, 2011

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May 13, 2011

Eyewitness Describes Horrific Conditions Inside Karoon Prison In Ahwaz

Seyed Morteza Bakhtiari, the Minister of Justice, during his recent visit to Karoon Prison in Ahvaz. Payman Roshan Zamir, a political prisoner who ...

May 13, 2011

Senate Hearing on Human Rights in Iran

The Campaign testifies before Foreign Relations committee on violations of human rights in Iran. ...

May 12, 2011

Six Iranian Asylum Seekers in London End 38-day Hunger Strike

On 11 May 2011, six Iranian asylum seekers (Ahmad Sadeghi Pour, Morteza Bayat, Keyvan Bahari, Kiarash Bahari, Mahyrar Meyari and Mehran Meyari) ended their 38-day hunger strike. The asylum seekers, who had sewn their lips together with fishing line to protest their deportation from the ...

May 10, 2011

Increased Pressure by Security Organizations on Followers and Family of Ayatollah Boroujerdi

A source close to Ayatollah Boroujerdi told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that since March, security forces affiliated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) have intensified pressure on followers of Ayatollah Boroujerdi in different regions of the country. According to ...

May 10, 2011

Prisoner of Conscience Hashem Khastar Describes Illegal Treatment of Prisoners

In an open letter to the Head of the Judiciary and Minister of Intelligence, Seyed Hashem Khastar, retired teacher and prisoner of conscience who has been in prison for close to two years inside Mashad’s Vakilabad Prison without a single day of furlough, described details ...

May 9, 2011

Dervishes in Gonabadi Order Summoned and Sentenced to Lashes, Prison, and Exile

A lawyer close to the case of dervishes from Gonabad described the status of those arrested for the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran. “On Wednesday, 13 April, eight dervishes by the names of Abdolreza Kashani, Shokrollah Hosseini, Alireza Abbasi, Ali Kashanifar, Mohammad Marvi, ...

May 9, 2011

Student Activist Abruptly Transferred From Rajaee Shahr Prison Along With 200 Others

Abdolali Madadzadeh, father of imprisoned student activist Shabnam Madadzadeh, spoke recently with the international Campaign for Human Rights in Iran about his daughter’s transfer from Rajaee Shahr Prison in Karaj, to Gharchak Prison in Varamin, on Tuesday evening without explanation. According to her sentence, Madadzadeh ...

May 9, 2011

Student Activist Remains in Intelligence Office Two Months After Arrest

In an interview with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, Mohammad Taravatrooy, lawyer for Shiraz University student Loghman Ghadiri Goltappeh, said that his client’s “temporary detention” has been extended for a third time. “Loghman Ghadiri has been in detention since late February, and ...

May 5, 2011

Nasrin Sotoudeh, Recipient of the 2011 PEN/Barbara Goldsmith Freedom to Write Award

This video, shown at the 2011 PEN American Center Literary Gala in New York City on April 26, 2011, introduces jailed Iranian writer, lawyer, and activist Nasrin Sotoudeh, recipient of the 2011 PEN/Barbara Goldsmith Freedom to Write Award. ...

May 4, 2011

Student Activist and His Family Harassed and Threatened for a Full Year Before Arrest

A friend and other sources close to Ashkan Zahabian, a banned student and human rights activist who was arrested after appearing at the Intelligence Office of Sari on 3 May 2011, explained to the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran the extent to which ...

May 3, 2011

Iranian Association of Scholars Calls for Support of Asylum Seekers on Hunger Strike

The Iranian Association of Scholars, based in Europe, has released a statement aimed at Western governments and in support of Iranian asylum seekers in Europe. The Association's statement comes after six Iranian asylum seekers have publicly sewn their lips together with fishing line to protest ...

May 3, 2011

Campaign to Free Bahman Ahmadi Amouee: Spotlight on Iranian Prisoners of Conscience

A group of friends and colleagues of prominent Iranian journalist Bahman Ahmadi Amouee, a prisoner of conscience who has spent almost two years in Evin Prison, have undertaken a campaign to support him through raising public awareness about the conditions of Amouee and other political ...

May 3, 2011

Prominent Journalist Ends Own Life to Protest Persecution

Siamak Pourzand, a long-time journalist and former prisoner of conscience, has died at age 80 in Tehran, having been unable to see his wife and children for a decade due to a travel ban imposed on him by Iranian authorities. His daughter, Leili Pourzand, stated ...

May 3, 2011

Lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh Told She Must Give Interview in Order to Leave Prison

Reza Khandan, husband of imprisoned Iranian lawyer and human rights activist Nasrin Sotoudeh, told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that Sotoudeh is in very poor conditions in prison and is planning to go on another hunger strike. He told the Campaign that ...

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