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March 8, 2011

“My Daughter Said She Will Be Released Soon,” Says Amrabadi’s Mother

Mahsa Amrabadi is a journalist who was arrested by security forces during 1 March gatherings. Her mother, Maryam Amrabadi, told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that her daughter contacted her at home. "She was well and said she was told that she ...

March 7, 2011

Faculty Member Dismissed for Publishing Articles

Seyed Hossein Javdani, a history lecturer at Payame Noor University, who was banned from teaching in the university for writing critical articles, told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran about how he was informed about his teaching ban. “According to the academic process ...

March 7, 2011

Kahrizak Victim Remains in Prison for Three Weeks Potentially for Facebook Activities

An informed source told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that Seyed Ali Saberi, a student at Bahar University in Mashad, has been detained inside the Intelligence Office Detention Center in Mashad for the past 20 days. Iranian laws forbid entry by security, ...

March 7, 2011

Tabarzadi Appeals Court Sentenced Him to 7 Years in Absence of His Three Imprisoned Lawyers

In an interview with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, Mohammad Tabarzadi, son of Heshmatollah Tabarzadi, Secretary General of Democratic Party of Iran, said he learned from news websites that an appeals court sentenced his father to seven years in prison. “My father’s ...

March 7, 2011

Journalist’s Mother: “She Was Arrested in Her Car”

Journalist Mahsa Amrabadi’s mother, Maryam Amrabadi, spoke with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran after her daughter was arrested during protests on 1 March in Tehran. “She called us at three o’clock in the morning to tell us that she was in Evin ...

March 7, 2011

Activist’s Hospital Records Stolen: “I Am Fearful For My Life; I Am Under Psychological Pressure From Security Forces”

Following news that security forces stole Narges Mohammadi’s medical records, she spoke the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran about her concerns after being informed of the news. “They contacted me from the hospital and told me that security forces have visited my medical ...

March 3, 2011

Ebadi Calls for March Demanding Gender Equality; Urges Constitutional Change

Shirin Ebadi, the 2003 Nobel Peace Laureate and Director of the Defenders of Human Rights Center, has called on Iranians to hold public rallies on the occasion of International Women’s Day, 8 March, demanding reform of constitutional laws to achieve gender equality. She described her ...

March 1, 2011

Eyewitness: 14 to 16 Year Old Security Forces with BB Guns

An eyewitness who participated in the 1 March protests in Tehran shared details about his experience with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran. He reported the presence of 14 to 16-year-old forces who carried police equipment, used BB guns and tear gas, and ...

March 1, 2011

Father of Exiled and Imprisoned Student Hopeful that Transfer News is False

Following news that student activist Zia Nabavi was transferred from Ahvaz Prison to an unknown location by security forces, his father, Seyed Ali Akbar Nabavi, expressed concern about the lack of information he has about his son. “Just last week, I heard the news about ...

February 26, 2011

Mousavi And Karroubi Moved To IRGC House-Prison Around Tehran, Says Informed Source

As contradictory news about the house arrest or imprisonment of the two Iranian opposition leaders, Mehdi Karroubi and Mir Hossein Mousavi, is reported and circulated, an informed source told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that the two political dissidents are no longer ...

February 25, 2011

“Karroubi Moved Out of His House,” Neighbor Says–Fear of His Arrest Grows

"Their lights were out last night. There are no security forces on their street. They have been transferred," Says Neighbor of Karroubi Contrary to news from Tehran that opposition leader Mehdi Karroubi was under house arrest inside his home, a neighbor of Karroubi's told the International ...

February 24, 2011

Two Opposition Leaders Under House Arrest Without Summons or Charges

The house arrest of prominent opposition figures Mir-Hossein Moussavi and Mehdi Karroubi, after members of parliament called for their execution and judicial authorities have not indicted or summoned them to appear in court, is another declining step for the Islamic Republic of Iran’s judiciary. Over ...

February 23, 2011

Weekly Rights Podcast 23

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 its people permission to protest ...

February 22, 2011

Ebadi: “The Murders on 14 February Were Carried Out by Government Forces”

In an interview with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and head of the Defenders of Human Rights Center, Shirin Ebadi, criticized the Iranian government’s refusal to issue permits for peaceful demonstrations and said that authorities from Iran’s Interior ...

February 20, 2011

Tear Gas Used On 14 February Causes Severe Symptoms Among Protesers

Shadi Sadr, an Iranian human rights lawyer, told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that at least three people who participated in the 14 February protests have expressed that the tear gas used against the protesters was different from the ones used previously. ...

February 20, 2011

An Eyewitness: “The Security Forces Were Out In Significant Numbers”

Today, 20 February 2011, an eyewitness student activist told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that tens-of-thousands of protestors in Tehran marching in the rain and security forces where out in significantly large numbers. On occasion, they used tear gas and arrested demonstrators. ...

February 20, 2011

New Round of Pressure On Human Rights Lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh

Reza Khandan, husband of imprisoned Iranian lawyer, Nasrin Sotoudeh, today told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran of disturbing developments in the human rights lawyer’s case. “Unfortunately, when we went to visit Ms. Sotoudeh in prison last week, even though we were never ...

February 20, 2011

Police Forces Include Club Carrying, Uniformed Minors In Tehran

An eye witness told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that the number of police and plainclothes forces present at public protests in Tehran today was considerably larger than on 14 February. He said that in some city squares large groups of police ...

February 20, 2011

Breaking News: Swelling Protests Confronting Violence by Security Forces

(20 February 2011, 18h00 Tehran Time) An eyewitness told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that large scale protests are unfolding on major streets of Tehran and the security forces have resorted to the use of live ammunition and tear gas to disperse ...

February 19, 2011

More Than 200 Arrested In Mashad; Fate Of Five Student Activists Unknown

An informed source told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that in addition to arrests of hundreds of people during the 14 February demonstrations in Tehran, more than 200 people were arrested at Mashad public protests, many of whom have been released since. ...

February 18, 2011

Unprecedented Pressure On Slain Protester’s Family–Brother Arrested

An informed source told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran on condition of anonymity that news about the arrest of Ghane Jaleh, brother of slain Iranian protester, Sane Jaleh, is accurate. The informed source told the Campaign that following Ghane Jaleh’s interview ...

February 18, 2011

Arts University Students Will Hold Vigil And Protest On Saturday

A Tehran Arts University and a friend of slain protester Sane Jaleh told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran on condition of anonymity that last night four Arts University students who had been arrested earlier yesterday were released, but that there is no ...

February 17, 2011

Government Websites’ Calls To Violence And Executions Unleash Attacks From Hackers

Attacks of an anonymous group of hackers on Iranian government websites at the Foreign Ministry, the Atomic Energy Organization, the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting Organization have caused many of these websites to become ...

February 16, 2011

Members of the Basij Organization and Security Forces Suppressed Funeral for Art Student Killed in Protests

On 16 February 2011, members of the Basij Organization and Iranian security forces thwarted a funeral procession and memorial service university students in Tehran had planned to commemorate Sane Jaleh. Jaleh, a 26-year-old student of dramatic literature at Tehran Arts University, died from a bullet ...

February 15, 2011

Peaceful Protests End With Two Killed, 150 Arrested, And Dozens Injured

According to news published by official organizations, at least two protesters were killed and 150 others were arrested during the 14 February demonstrations. The first protester to lose his life was Sane Jaleh, 26, and a drama student at the Tehran Arts University. The Sunni ...

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