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January 31, 2011

Family of Prisoner of Conscience, Majid Dorri, Summoned to Intelligence Office

An informed source told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that father of Majid Dorri, a student who was banned from education, was called on the phone and summoned to a Karaj Intelligence Office unit last week. The intelligence forces informed Dorri’s ...

January 31, 2011

Human Rights Activist, Kaveh Kermanshahi, Sentenced to Five Years

Iranian journalist and human rights activist Kaveh Ghasemi Kermanshahi was sentenced by Branch One of Kermanshah Revolutionary Courts, with Judge Moradi presiding, to five years in prison at Kermanshah’s Dizelabad Prison, according to a report by the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran. ...

January 30, 2011

Distraught, Bahrami’s Daughter Demands: “How is it possible that she was executed?!”

A shocked and emotional Banafsheh Nayebpour, daughter of Iranian-Dutch citizen, Zahra Bahrami, who, according to a Fars News Agency report, was executed in the early morning hours of Saturday, 29 January 2010, talked to the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran today. She said ...

January 29, 2011

Lawyer In Shock Over Dutch-Iranian Client’s Execution: “Her Investigation Was Not Yet Complete”

Just a few days ago, in an interview with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, Zahra Bahrami’s daughter denied all drug-related charges leveled against her mother.  However, a few hours ago, Fars News Agency reported of the execution of the Dutch-Iranian prisoner.  The ...

January 27, 2011

Prominent Lawyer Faces New Charges While Clients Ail in Prison

Mohammad Ali Dadkhah, a prominent lawyer who was arrested after the 2009 presidential election on charges of “firearms and drug possession” in his legal offices and released later on bail, told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that he has been informed of ...

January 27, 2011

A Fresh Round Of Pressure On Mostafa Tajzadeh,” Reports His Wife

Mostafa Tajzadeh’s wife was recently able to visit with him after he was banned from having visitors and making telephone calls for 56 days. In an interview with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, his wife, Fakhrolsadat Mohtashamipour reported of increasing abuse and ...

January 26, 2011

Imprisoned Unionist Undergoes Surgery Shackled To Bed

Imprisoned teacher Hashem Khastar, 57, was transferred back to Mashad's Vakilabad Prison on Tuesday, only 24 hours after undergoing surgery at Mashad's Imam Reza Hospital. Eight soldiers escorted Khastar back to prison, despite prison authorities' prior ...

January 26, 2011

Daughter of Iranian-Dutch Prisoner on Death Row Pleads For Help

Zahra Bahrami In an interview with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, daughter of imprisoned Iranian-Dutch citizen, Zahra Bahrami who is facing the death sentence on charges of drug trafficking, expressed that the ...

January 26, 2011

The Intelligence Ministry sends Three Lawyers To Prison

Following prison sentences for three lawyers representing the Gonabadi dervishes, the pressure mounts on lawyers representing human rights cases. The three lawyers, Mostafa Daneshjoo, Farshid yadollahi, and Amir Eslami, have been found guilty of “propagating lies and creating public anxiety,” while their clients have been ...

January 24, 2011

Two Political Prisoners Arrested After Elections Executed

The Islamic Republic of Iran News Agency (IRNA) reported on the execution of two political prisoners, Jafar Kazemi and Mohammad Ali Haji Aghaee. One of the pieces of evidence introduced by the Iranian Judiciary about the two individuals’ death sentences is their having sent photographs ...

January 24, 2011

Executed Political Prisoner’s Wife: They Didn’t Inform Me or His Lawyer

In a telephone interview with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, Jafar Kazemi's wife said that when she went to visit her husband at Evin Prison a few hours ago, she was informed that he had been executed earlier this morning. "They ...

January 22, 2011

97 Executions in 30 Days–The Iranian Judiciary Steps Up Executions

The 19 January executions of 10 drug trafficking suspects brings  total number of executions to an alarming 97 in one month (19 December to 19 January), a trend that continues despite the questions and skepticism surrounding several of the political and drug-related executions.  The Iranian ...

January 22, 2011

Irresponsible Statements And Threats–Can The Judiciary Head Act Above The Law?

The Head of the Iranian Judiciary criticized lawyers’ interviews with the media again and said that some lawyers “undermine the Islamic regime with their interviews.” This is the second time the Head of the Iranian Judiciary has criticized lawyers for talking to the press. ...

January 21, 2011

Yazdi Trial Delayed Further; Doctor Says He Won’t Last In Prison

As Ebrahim Yazdi’s trial session was delayed for a second time, his son-in-law, Dr. Mehdi Nourbakhsh, told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that keeping Yazdi in a state of limbo is a psychological game authorities are playing with the veteran political prisoner ...

January 21, 2011

After 80 Days in Prison, The Prosecutor Allows Khosravani To Call Home

A source close to the case of prisoner of conscience Nazanin Khosravani told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that after more than 80 days since her arrest, the Tehran Prosecutor has finally granted permission to Khosravani to have weekly telephone contact with ...

January 21, 2011

Children Of Student Activist Deprived Of In-Person Visits For Eight Months

Fatemeh Adinehvand, wife of Abdollah Momeni, a prisoner of conscience and former Spokesperson for Tahkim-e Vahdat Student Organization, told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that her children have now been deprived from visiting their father in person for eight months, and they ...

January 16, 2011

Pressure on Families of Prisoners of Conscience to Keep Quiet

Reza Khandan, husband of imprisoned human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh, was arrested after appearing at Evin Prison Courts today. An informed source close to Sotoudeh’s family told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that the prominent lawyer’s husband had been summoned to Court ...

January 14, 2011

Leading Writers Association PEN International Condemns Sotoudeh’s Sentence and Calls for Action

On 13 January 2001, the Writers in Prison Committee of PEN International condemned the eleven-year sentence of human rights defender Nasrin Sotoudeh issued by an Iranian court on 9 January 2010. PEN also called upon individuals everywhere to take action by writing Iranian leaders to ...

January 14, 2011

Sotoudeh’s Husband Says She Is Deprived From Legal Career For Life

Reza Khandan, husband of human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh who was sentenced to 11 years in prison this week, told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that the 20-year ban on Sotoudeh’s legal activities will commence when her prison term ends. Therefore, considering ...

January 14, 2011

Three Days of Crippling Cold in Nazanin Khosravani’s Cell

Azam Afsharian, mother of Iranian journalist and prisoner of conscience Nazanin Khosravani, told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that her daughter’s trial has been postponed until 31 January. Afsharian also said Khosravani’s defense lawyer has been unable to review her case so ...

January 13, 2011

Imprisoned Female Student Activists Denied Visitation Rights Again

In an interview with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, Mehdi Lalipour, husband of imprisoned student activist and member of the Right to Education Council, Mahdieh Golroo, said that starting this week, both Golroo and Bahareh Hedayat have been barred from having visitors ...

January 12, 2011

Journalist Kaveh Kermanshahi’s Trial Ended

The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran has learned that the second and last trial session of journalist and human rights activist Kaveh Ghassemi Kermanshahi was held this morning in Branch One of Kermanshah’s Revolutionary Courts with Judge Moradi presiding. ...

January 11, 2011

Latest News About Prisoner of Conscience Mohammad Nourizad

Fatemeh Maleki, wife of prisoner of conscience Mohammad Nourizad, spoke with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran about her first in-person visit with her husband after a two-month ban on visitations. “Last Tuesday we had an in-person visit with Mr. Nourizad. Thank ...

January 11, 2011

Tabriz Political Prisoners Threatened After Hunger Strike

An informed source told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that two political prisoners from the province of Azerbaijan, Dr. Latif Hassani and Ayat Mehrali Beigloo are under threats from prison authorities for additional limitations and harsher treatment. Both prisoners have gone on ...

January 10, 2011

Imprisoned Journalist–70 Days In Prison, One Phone Call, One Visit

A source close to the case of imprisoned journalist, Nazanin Khosravani, told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that despite claims that she is charged with “acting against national security,” during her only meeting with her family, she told them that she has ...

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