According to an entry made by Hossein Derakhshan’s sister on “Justice for Hossein Derakhshan: The Official Blog of Hossein Derakhshan’s Family and Friends For Dissemination of Information and Pursuit of His Situation,” he has returned to prison at the end of his two-day prison leave. ...
Tehran Prosecutor’s has claimed that imprisoned journalist Nazanin Khosravani committed security offenses, some of which Khosravani has accepted, and criticized her mother, Aazam Afsharian for doing interviews with foreign media. Afsharian spoke with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran and said, “I was ...
The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran said today that the Iranian Judiciary must immediately release labor activist Reza Shahabi, who is currently on a dry hunger strike. ...
An informed source told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that Hossein Derakhshan was released last night on the unprecedented bail amount of $1.5 million. Derakhshan had requested a prison furlough after a lower court sentenced him to 19.5 years in prison in ...
Following the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran’s reports of secret group executions without due process inside Mashad’s Vakilabad prison, local sources told the Campaign that nine more people were executed on 30 November. The source also reported of 11 executions of individuals for ...
In an interview with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, Mahdieh Mohammadi, wife of imprisoned journalist Ahmad Zeidabadi, said that authorities have not upheld their promise for a furlough and this has caused anguish for her children. “They sent us back and ...
A journalist in Tehran told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that three editorial members of Shargh newspaper were arrested on Tuesday. Security forces stormed the newspaper’s offices and arrested editor-in-chief Ahmad Gholami, political desk editor Kayvan Mehrgan, and the international desk editor ...
In this week’s ‘Weekly Rights Podcast’: Shahla Jahed was executed after spending eight years in Evin prison on charges of stabbing the wife of soccer star Nasser Mohammadkhani; Ebrahim Yazdi, an eighty year old activist, is still in prison as the Campaign calls for his ...
Abdolsamad Khorramshahi, Shahla Jahed’s lawyer, attended her execution this morning. “I just can’t believe it. I’m not feeling well. Shahla just kept crying; she didn’t say anything. I went forward and told her to talk, but she only cried. The victim’s family did not give ...
Reza Khandan, human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh’s husband, spoke with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran about his wife’s second trial session held on Sunday 28 November. “The situation in court didn’t feel terribly hopeful. Each side was just saying their own piece. ...
An informed source told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that the family of journalist Nazanin Khosrovani who visited her in prison were told that she was banned from having visitors. Prison officials refused to provide any explanation about why Khosrovani could not ...
Nasrin Sotoudeh’s husband, Reza Khandan, told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, “After the first court session, which was last week, we have not had any news from my wife. I only know that she is no longer on a hunger strike and ...
Five hundred days have passed since journalist Massoud Bastani was arrested and imprisoned. His wife, Mahsa Amrabadi, told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that she hopes her husband will be allowed furlough and that his situation will improve if a UN Human ...
A source close to journalist and prisoner of conscience Hengameh Shahidi told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that because of Shahidi’s poor physical condition, she was admitted to Evin Prison’s infirmary. Hengameh Shahidi, who was released from Evin Prison for medical treatment ...
While judicial authorities refuse to provide any information pertaining to Mashad executions, Ahmad Ghabel, a theological researcher and prisoner of conscience, has to be accountable for speaking about the executions. Hadi Ghabel’s wife told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that Ghabel asked ...
Massoud Shafiee, the lawyer who represents the three American hikers told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that he objects to the new date set for his clients’ trial, and that he has not been able to see his two clients in person ...
Massoud Shafiee, the lawyer representing the three American hikers, told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran of his objections to the new date set for his clients’ trial and that he has not been allowed to see his two clients who remain in ...
Father of Ali Gholizadeh, a member of Tahkim-e Vahdat Student Union who was arrested on 5 November at his home, told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that in a short telephone call to his mother, Gholizadeh told her that he remains ...
Kouhyar Goudarzi was recently honored with the John Auchobon Award for press freedom at the National Press Club. In a message read at the ceremony his mother, Parvin Mokhtare, said that bestowing the award on her son is a “great honor” for her and “an ...
The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran has received a letter from a man who identifies himself as Ernie Guienoo Tamonde, a citizen of the Philippines. Tamonde wrote that he is being held inside a prison in Mashad on drug charges but professes his ...
Five days ago, the homes of supporters of dissident and imprisoned cleric Seyed Hossein Kazemeyni Boroujerdi were attacked and six people arrested. No information about their whereabouts or fate is known. A source close to Boroujerdi told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran ...
In recent days five lawyers have been arrested in Tehran. Only three of the arrested lawyers have been identified so far. Maryam Kian Ersi, Sara Sabbaghian, and Maryam Karbasi were arrested at Imam Khomeini International Airport upon their return from a trip to Turkey ...
Mehdi Saharkhiz, son of Issa Saharkhiz, journalist and former National Press Director of the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance, spoke with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran about his father’s dire physical condition. “My father is in serious need of medical care. ...
Nasrin Sotoudeh’s first trial was held today at Branch 26 of Tehran’s Revolutionary Court, presided by Judge Pir-Abbasi. A source knowledgeable about Sotoudeh’s prosecution told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that, “She was very weak and has lost a lot of weight. ...
In this week’s ‘Weekly Rights Podcast’: the Campaign continues its interview series from the human rights conference at University of Maryland with women’s rights activist Mahnaz Afkhami and independent scholar and human rights activist Soheila Vahdati. [audio:https://iranhumanrights.org/wp-content/uploads/ichri_podcast_18.mp3|titles=Weekly Rights Podcast 18] ...
