Despite widespread objections by international organizations and human rights activists, Iran’s First Deputy to the Head of the Judiciary, Seyed Ebrahim Raeisi, said today that the amputation of a thief’s hand was “based on the law and divine punishment,” and that this action is “a ...
In this week’s ‘Weekly Rights Podcast’: executions at Mashad’s Vakilabad Prison clouded in secrecy, ten executions took place as recently as October 12 and whistleblowers like Ahmad Ghabel have been targeted by authorities; after Ahmadinejad claims Iran is the freest country in the world at ...
In a letter written from prison, political prisoner Heshmatollah Tabarzadi asked international courts to review his grievance against Iran’s Supreme Leader, Seyed Ali Khamenei. From Rajaee Shahr Prison, Tabarzadi called on Iranian lawyers, most of whom are currently in prison, free on bail, or have ...
A prominent civil rights lawyer in the United States has written a letter addressing human rights abuses carried out by the government against attorneys in Iran dedicated to upholding human rights. The letter, written by Michael H. Sussman, comes at a time when prominent human ...
Blogger and high school student Navid Mohebbi’s remains in solitary confinement thirty-five days after his arrest pending clarification of his case, a local source told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran. Mohebbi’s charges have not yet been determined by Mazandaran Province judicial authorities. ...
Only a few weeks after Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called Iran a “completely free” country in his trip to New York, a government committee blocked access to the official website of former Iranian President Mohammad Khatami. The committee that aims to “determine criminal content on the Internet,” ...
Iran’s semi-official Student News Agency, ISNA, announced the commencement of an international conference on “Human Rights Status in the United States” at Tehran University’s College of Law and Political Science. The one-day conference will concentrate on “reviewing the growth of real international support for human ...
On 10 October 2010, detained Iranian dissident journalist Issa Saharkhiz and his son Mehdi filed suit against Finnish telecommunication company Nokia Siemens for damages they suffered as a result of Saharkhiz’s June 2009 arrest in Iran. Saharkhiz’s complaint, filed in federal court in Virginia, argues ...
More than 200 social activists and clients of Nasrin Sotoudeh, a human rights lawyer imprisoned since 4 September, have expressed their concern for her continued detention while on hunger strike, holding the Iranian Judiciary responsible for her health, and demanding her unconditional release. The statement ...
Reza Khandan, husband of Nasrin Sotoudeh, the imprisoned human rights lawyer, told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that his wife is in solitary confinement and in isolation, even though her lawyer has been told that her case’s investigations are complete. Khandan told ...
Mohammad Reza Rouhinejad, father of a prisoner of conscience who is serving a ten year prison term at Zanjan prison, told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that his son is in extremely poor medical condition and intelligence authorities do not allow ...
Contrary to earlier statements by Massoud Shafiee, lawyer for the two American hikers who remain imprisoned, insisting that his clients’ case does not include any espionage evidence, Iran’s Minister of Intelligence said on Thursday that “as far as our Ministry is concerned, the two detained ...
In this week’s ‘Weekly Rights Podcast’: human rights lawyer Mohammad Mostafaee addresses the European Parliament’s Human Rights Committee to mark the World Day Against the Death Penalty; amputations and floggings are on the rise in Iran, an admitted policy in some regions; a former member ...
Despite earlier statements from the lawyer of the three imprisoned Americans, insisting that his clients’ case does not include any espionage evidence, Iran’s Minister of Intelligence said on Thursday that “as far as our Ministry is concerned, the two detained Americans are espionage suspects, and ...
The situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran – Report of the Secretary-General I. Introduction II. Thematic issues III. Cooperation with international human rights mechanisms and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights IV. Conclusions and recommendations ...
A source close to journalist and prisoner of conscience Hengameh Shahidi told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that despite her family’s efforts to reduce her $600,000 bail, authorities at the Prosecutor’s Office have not agreed to the family’s request. According to ...
As judicial and security pressures on lawyers from Defenders of Human Rights Center continue, lawyer Mohammad Ali Dadkhah has been summoned to the Revolutionary Court’s Branch 15, immediately after Mohammad Ali Seifzadeh’s trial, another lawyer at the Center. Dadkhah told the International Campaign for ...
A one-month detention order has been issued for Ebrahim Yazdi, Secretary General of the Freedom Movement of Iran, but details of the order have not been revealed. Yazdi was arrested for the third time after the 2009 elections on 1 October 2010, along with Hashem ...
The lawyer representing Sakineh Ashtiani – the Iranian lady facing the death penalty – has described ...
Ali Shakouri Rad, a member of the Islamic Iran Participation Front, was arrested on Tuesday 12 October 2010. He had gone to the Revolutionary Court for the second time to provide explanations to officials, according to his family, but never returned home. Tehran’s Prosecutor Abbas ...
Mehdi Khazali, an ophthalmologist, writer, and critical blogger, was arrested on Wednesday, 13 October 2010 while traveling. According to the Kalame website, security agents arrested Khazali and transferred him to an unknown location. Khazali's charges, the government agency responsible ...
On 9 October 2010, Mohammad Seifzadeh, a lawyer and one of the founders of the Defenders of Human Rights Center (DHRC), was tried at Branch 15 of the Revolutionary Court on the charge of founding the organization. In an interview with the International Campaign for ...
Following long-term prison sentences for political and social activists, this week the Revolutionary Courts sentenced blogger Hossein Ronaghi Maleki to 15 years in prison. Ronaghi was arrested on 13 December 2009 and transferred to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corp’s Ward 2-A inside Evin prison. Reports ...
Following publication of news about Nasrin Sotoudeh’s hunger strike in prison and her interrogations under duress, Shirin Ebadi, head of the Defenders of Human Rights Center, told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that she is appealing to the world to object ...
Following remarks by Head of the Judiciary Sadegh Larijani, who recently stated, “those who were arrested post-elections and are currently in prison, have committed criminal acts,” Mahsa Amrabadi, wife of imprisoned journalist Massoud Bastani, has challenged Larijani contesting the claim that journalists are criminals despite ...
