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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 ...

January 10, 2011

Degrading Treatment Of Zia Nabavi And His Family During Prison Visit

A human rights activist close to Zia Nabavi, a prisoner of conscience, told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that prison authorities at Karoun Prison in Ahvaz stopped an in-person visitation between Nabavi and his family who had traveled for 20 hours to ...

January 9, 2011

Lawyer Not Yet Served Execution Orders For Jafar Kazemi

Over the past few days, there have been reports of the Iranian Judiciary’s orders for carrying out the prisoner of conscience, Jafar Kazemi’s death sentence. His lawyer Nasim Ghanavi, talked about her reactions to the news with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran. ...

January 9, 2011

Sotoudeh’s Husband Calls Verdict “Strange and Unfair”

After two trial sessions in Branch 26 of Tehran’s Revolutionary Court with Judge Pirabbasi presiding, lawyer and human rights activist Nasrin Sotoudeh’s sentence was served to one of her lawyers today. Sotoudeh’s husband, Reza Khandan, spoke with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran ...

January 9, 2011

Shiva Nazar Ahari’s Four Year Sentence Is Final, Says Lawyer

While various media have published news of an appeals court's ruling of four years in prison and 74 lashes for human rights activist Shiva Nazar Ahari, her lawyer, Mohammad Sharif has not yet been served with the ruling.  "I have not yet been officially served ...

January 9, 2011

Federation of Social Justice Lawyers Calls for the Release of Iranian Human Rights Defenders

The National Lawyers Guild, on 3 January 2011, issued a letter (LINK: http://www.nlg.org/news/announcements/national-lawyers-guild-urges-the-release-of-human-rights-defenders-in-iran/) calling for the release of human rights defenders facing arrest and prosecution inside Iran, including Nasrin Sotoudeh, Mohammad Oliyafar, Mohammad Seifzadeh, Mohammad Ali Dadkhah, and Abdolfattah Soltani.  The National Lawyers guild ...

January 9, 2011

Nasrin Sotoudeh’s Husband Summoned to Evin Prison Court

Reza Khandan, husband of prominent Iranian lawyer and human rights activist Nasrin Sotoudeh, told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that he was summoned to Branch One of Evin Prison Court, stating that he has to appear at Branch One within seven days.  ...

January 8, 2011

Student Activist’s Brother Interrogated and His Home Vandalized

An informed source close to family of student activist and prisoner of conscience, Majid Tavakoli, told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that Tavakoli's brother was released several hours after being interrogated by Ministry of Intelligence forces on 5 January.  The source said ...

January 7, 2011

Post-Election Protestor in Danger of Imminent Execution; “This Death Sentence Is Political; He Is Innocent”

While news reports indicate that Jafar Kazemi's execution orders have been forwarded to Evin Prison's "Sentence Implementation Unit," and he is in danger of imminent execution, a human rights activist familiar with this prisoner of ...

January 6, 2011

Lawyer Confirms Death Sentence for Iranian-Dutch Protestor

Jinoos Sharif Razi, lawyer to Iranian-Dutch citizen, Zahra Bahrami, who was arrested during the Ashura Day Protests in 2009 (27 December 2009), talked to the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran about her client's recent death sentence.  "Ms. Bahrami has two charges.  Her first ...

January 6, 2011

Student Mistreatment And Gender Segregation At Mashad’s Ferdowsi University

The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran has been informed that with the start of the new academic term and enrollment period at Mashad's Ferdowsi University's Department of Engineering, in addition to the increased restrictions forced on students, unprecedented gender segregation has been imposed ...

January 6, 2011

Another Tale of Torture Recounted in a Letter by Political Prisoner

In a letter to the Tehran Prosecutor, Gholamhossein Arshi, a 31-year old prisoner who was arrested following the Ashura Day 2009 [27 December 2009] protests, after he was identified by security forces in a photograph published on news websites, has written about his torture during ...

January 6, 2011

Appeals Court to Issue Sentence without Consideration of Behavar’s Defense

Mother of Emad Behavar, the imprisoned head of the Youth Branch of Freedom Movement of Iran, sentenced to ten years in prison in a lower court, told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that while the political prisoner's defense bill has not yet ...

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