Several weeks after the arrest of journalist Abdolreza Tajik and his family’s inability to find any information about him, Tajik’s sister said she met with him on Thursday, 15 July 2010. Parvin Tajik told the BBC that during the visit with her brother he said ...

Khajeh Garashi “Vafa Ali,” a guru from the Gonabadi Nematollahi order, was recently summoned by the Lar Township Information Office. In an interview with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, Davood Montazeri, Garashi’s lawyer described how the Gonabadi guru was summoned. “In this ...

In an interview with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, the attorney of prominent Iranian journalist Issa Saharkhiz’s expressed outrage over Saharkhiz’s appearance in court with handcuffs and shackles. “Such treatment is most inappropriate for a prominent journalist such as Mr. Saharkhiz who ...

Student activist Zia Nabavi’s lawyer, Nasrin Sotoudeh, told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that despite her client’s denial of relations with the Mojahedin-E Khalgh Organization (MEK) and a lack of evidence in this regard, the appeals court upheld his ten-year imprisonment ...

Mohammad Seifzadeh, the lawyer who represents Massoumeh Yavari, told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that he hopes his client is acquitted of her charges. Seifzadeh, a founding member of the Defenders of Human Rights Center, said that he has appealed the lower ...

Last Thursday, sister of journalist Abdolreza Tajik met with him for the first time after his arrest on June 12. In an interview with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran about the meeting, she said that her brother was very upset and angry ...

In an extensive and heartfelt interview with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, Shiva Nazar Ahari’s mother, Shahrzad Kariman, shared memories, anecdotes, and information about her daughter and her life. Shiva Nazar Ahari is a human rights activist who has been at Evin ...

Mohammad Mostafaee, an Iranian lawyer who represents many political and human rights cases in Iran, was summoned to the security branch of Evin Prison Courts. “I was in my office when a court clerk served me the summons to appear before the Second Branch of ...

Tonya Kaboudvand, daughter of Kurdish human rights activists Mohammad Sadiq Kaboudvand, spoke with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran about her last visit with her father in Evin Prison. “I couldn’t recognize my father during my last visit with him. Since my ...

Mehdi Arabshahi, the Secretary of the Daftar Tahkim Vahdat Organization, was transferred to Shahid Lavasani Hospital this afternoon due to heart complications. A close relative of Arabshahi told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that he suffered a severe heart attack while ...

Student activist Mahdieh Golroo's husband, Vahid Lalipoor, has told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that he has problems delivering medicine to his wife at Evin Prison. Lalipoor said that during his recent visit with  his wife, he discovered that she is suffering ...

Human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh said in an interview with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that the life of her client, Mohammad Sadiq Kaboudvand, is in serious danger. Kaboudvand, a human rights activist from Kurdistan, suffered his third stroke last week. “Despite ...

Massoud Shafie, attorney to the three American hikers spoke with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran about the situation of his clients’ case. Shafie said that the continued detention of the three hikers who were arrested a year ago, allegedly for ...

Journalist Jila Baniyaghoub has received one of the most peculiar sentences of recent years, a 30-year ban on journalistic activity. In an interview with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, she described details of her case and a conversation she had about her ...

Within the past year, there has been mounting pressure on human rights lawyers to not represent politically active clients. Additionally, the Iranian Judiciary been paying less attention to the defense provided in the case of political suspects. Recent statements made by the Tehran Friday Prayers ...

---- http://www.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/07/08/kar.iran.stoning/index.html By Mehrangiz Kar & Azadeh Pourzand After international protests, Iran issued a statement saying a woman would not be stoned to death Mehrangiz Kar, Azadeh Pourzand say others have suffered the horrific punishment They say Islamic Republic leaders ...

In an interview with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, the brother of Mahboubeh Karami, a women’s rights activist and member of the One Million Signatures Campaign described his sister’s conditions. Mohsen Karami said that his sister’s physical and psychological conditions in prison ...

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A source has told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that Mohammad Davari, chief editor of the Saham News website, remains in Evin Prison’s Security Ward after several months. Authorities have avoided transferring him to the General Ward. According to this source, Davari ...

Mohammad Reza Haddadi is in danger of imminent execution in Iran for a murder that took place when he was 15 years old. Following an interview with Haddadi’s father, the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran contacted Mehdi Rahmat, one of three sons of ...

Mohammad Reza Haddadi who has been sentenced to death for a crime he allegedly committed when he was 15 years old, may be imminently executed. In an interview with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, Mohammad Reza Haddadi’s father said: ...

In an interview with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, Parvin Tajik, the sister of imprisoned journalist Abdulreza Tajik, said that ever since 12 June when her brother was arrested, there has not been any news of where he was arrested, the reason ...