“2,100 on Death Row in Mashad, 300 Secretly Executed”
An activist in Mashad told the Campaign of secret group executions. ...
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August 24, 2010
Reliable Source Reports Group Executions Inside Mashad’s Vakil Abad Prison
An informed source told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that over the past few months, the Iranian judicial authorities have ordered the hanging of over one hundred individuals inside Mashad’s Vakil Abad Prison. According to this source, most of those executed were ...
August 22, 2010
“They Tell Me to Take Back My Complaint to Close the Case,” Says Murdered Protester’s Wife
In an interview with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, the wife of a protester who was murdered during the 2009 post-election protests talked in detail about the continued pressure on her for concealing the truth about her husband’s death. Massoumeh Chegini, wife ...
August 21, 2010
The Iranian Judiciary’s Outrageous Treatment of a Student Activist
The Iranian Judiciary’s pressure on Iranian dissidents and activists continues. The Judiciary’s lack of regard for Iranian laws and due process seems to have taken an unprecedented turn. In an interview with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, Abed Tavancheh, a student activist ...
August 21, 2010
Despite Dire Need, Hengameh Shahidi’s Requests for Medical Leave Denied
A source close to the case of Hengameh Shahidi told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that nearly six months after her request for a medical furlough, the judicial authorities have not yet agreed to grant her a medical leave for treatment and ...
August 20, 2010
Rassoul Bodaghi’s Five-Year Prison Sentence for Participating in Protests
Rassoul Badaghi, a Member of the Board of Directors of the Iranian Teachers’ Association, has been sentenced to six years in prison and a five years’ ban on partisan activities. Badaghi is also a member of the Unity Council for Democracy and Human Rights in ...
August 19, 2010
An Additional Prison Sentence; Mansour Osanloo’s Wife Pleads to International Bodies for His Release
The prominent labor activist, Mansour Osanloo’s prison sentence has been extended while he remains in prison serving an earlier sentence. In an interview with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, his wife, Parvaneh Osanloo, expressed outrage at her husband’s increased prison term ...
August 17, 2010
Shiva Nazar Ahari’s Lawyer Concerned About Her Verdict on the Charge of Moharebeh
Shiva Nazar Ahari’s lawyer, Mohammad Sharif, has expressed concern about his client’s upcoming trial considering the heavy charge of moharebeh (enmity with God) in her case. “Shiva Nazar Ahari’s case is being reviewed in the same branch that reviewed Badrolssadat Mofidi’s case. I believe ...
August 17, 2010
The Mosque at Evin Prison’s Ward 350 Closed for the Month of Ramadan
An informed source told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that following the recall of some prisoners who were on furlough, the authorities of Ward 350 closed down the ward mosque during the month of Ramadan. The informed source told the Campaign that ...
August 16, 2010
Weekly Rights Podcast 8
In this week’s ‘Weekly Rights Podcast’: Mohammad Mostafaie, lawyer for Sakineh Ashtiani, flees Iran and is granted asylum in Norway; the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) is acting as an arm of the Intelligence Ministry to prosecute prisoners; leaders of the Baha’i Faith in ...
August 13, 2010
“47 Baha’is Currently In Prison”
Following the sentencing of seven Baha’i leaders in Iran, Diane Ala’i, the representative of the Baha’i International Community told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that currently 47 members of the Baha’i Faith are inside Iranian prisons. According to Ala’i, the Baha’is ...
August 13, 2010
“No Legal Reasoning for the Verdict”, says Journalist’s Attorney
Branch 26 of Iran’s Revolutionary Courts has sentenced journalist Badrolssadat Mofidi to six years in prison and five years’ deprivation of press activities. Mofidi is Secretary General of the Iranian Journalists Association. Mohammad Sharif, Mofidi’s lawyer, told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran ...
August 13, 2010
Hoda Saber — Blindfolded in Solitary for 14 Days
Hoda Saber, a prisoner of conscience in Evin Prison, had disappeared for two whole weeks before his family heard any news about him. His wife, Fahimeh Jamshidi, spoke recently with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran. She said that his family met ...
August 11, 2010
Mother of Political Prisoner On Hunger Strike Talks About “Those Two Weeks”
Just before the 16-day hunger strike of prisoners at Evin Prison ended, the mother of one of the prisoners on hunger strike spoke with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran. Parvin Mokhtare, whose human rights activist son, Kouhyar Goudarzi was among the prisoners ...
August 11, 2010
Prisoners End Hunger Strike — “We Insist On Our Demands”
Fifteen political prisoners have ended their 16-day hunger strike. They published a statement saying that they ended their hunger strike in response to messages from political and civil activists who expressed concern for their health. In recent days, some families of prisoners told the International Campaign ...
August 9, 2010
“My Daughter’s Year Long Solitary Confinement is Extremely Inhumane,” says Hiker Mom
Nora Shourd, mother of American hiker Sarah Shourd, announced to the media yesterday that in a surprise telephone call her daughter said her health has deteriorated and that she needs immediate medical attention which is denied to her. Families of the American Prisoners in Iran ...
August 9, 2010
“My Father is in Great Spirits, But His Heart Condition Might Cost Him His Life,” says Mehdi Saharkhiz
Mehdi Saharkhiz, son of distinguished journalist and prisoner of conscience Issa Saharkhiz, told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that despite his poor health, his father’s spirits are high. About a letter written by several journalists in Rajaee Shahr Prison proposing a live debate ...
August 6, 2010
“The Cabinet had No Role in the 1988 Executions,” Says Moussavi
Blog/Note: Will the secret of the 1988 mass executions of political prisoners be revealed soon? Will thousands of families who lost their loved ones in the span of just a few months know who ordered the executions and who carried them out? Will those responsible ...
August 6, 2010
“My Son is Under Pressure to Participate in Televised Confessions,” says Activist’s Mother
In an interview with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, Zoleikha Moussavi, mother of blogger Hossein Ronaghi Maleki, discussed her son's poor prison conditions. She told the Campaign that her son has been under immense pressure in prison to participate in televised confessions. ...
August 5, 2010
Exiling Political Prisoners – A New Way to Put Pressure on Families
Majid Dorri, a student activist, has been sentenced to exile at Izeh Prison. His brother, Mojtaba Dorri, spoke with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran about his brother's exile sentence: "They never gave us his written verdict, but his sentence was initially two ...
August 4, 2010
Lawyer Says Client Should Have Been Sentenced to One Year In Prison, Not Death
Mohammad Ali Haj Aghaee's death sentence on the charge of moharebeh (enmity with God) has been upheld by an appeals court in Tehran. His lawyer, Mehdi Hojjati, told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, "He was accused of cooperating with the ...
August 3, 2010
Protesting One Year of Detention for American Hikers
Hundreds of people gathered last Saturday in several cities around the world to protest the year-long imprisonment of three young American hikers. The three individuals, who according to Iranian authorities crossed Iran's western borders, were arrested on 31 July 2009. Though they claim to have ...
July 30, 2010
Post-Election Protester’s Death Sentence Upheld; Re-Trial Denied By Supreme Court
A post-election protester’s death sentence has been upheld in an appeals court in Tehran, according to his lawyer. Jafar Kazemi’s lawyer, Nasim Ghanavi told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that her client’s sentence has been upheld and that Branch 31 of the ...
July 29, 2010
July 29 – August 4 2010 (Podcast)
In this week’s ‘Weekly Rights Podcast’: the family of human rights lawyer Mohammad Mostafaee is taken hostage by security forces in an attempt to force Mostafaee out of hiding; Parvin Tajik, sister of imprisoned journalist Abdolreza Tajik, tells the Campaign of her brother being “violated” ...
July 29, 2010
Fifteen Evin Prisoners Transferred to Solitary Cells After Hunger Strike
A family member of a political prisoner at Evin prison told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that 15 political prisoners have been moved from the prison's General Ward to solitary confinement. Among those transferred is journalist Bahman Ahmadi Amouee, who is currently ...