This is the “Weekly Rights Podcast” a review of major human rights issues by the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran…It’s July 8th and this our third weekly pod cast. Adultery is a capital offence in Iran – punishable by death by stoning. This ...
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 ...
In an interview with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, the wife of imprisoned teacher, Hashem Khastar said that her husband is in critical health conditions at Evin. Hashem Khastar’s two-year prison sentence was recently issued at an appeals court. His wife told ...
In an interview with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, Mohammad Sharif provided some information about the case of the Kurdish activist, Zeinab Jalalian. Mohammad Sharif is a lawyer who represents political prisoners. He is also a member of the Defenders of Human ...
Narges Mohammad, Deputy Director and Spokesperson for Defenders of Human Rights Center (DHRC) was released on Friday, 2 July 2009. One day after her release from prison, in an interview with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, Mohammadi who is a winner ...
In an interview with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, Iranian lawyer Khalil Bahramian talked about his efforts to visit Zeinab Jalalian in prison in order to have her sign power of attorney documents. Bahramian, a member of the International Committee Against Executions ...
In an interview with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, Babak Heshmat Saran’s mother, Elaheh Nazjoo, expressed concern about his conditions. Nazjoo said that since her son’s arrest two weeks ago, judicial authorities have not answered her inquiries about his situation and ...
In an interview with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, wife of imprisoned Iranian labor activist Mansour Osanloo, Parvaneh Osanloo, shared details of a harrowing 23 June 2010 incident involving her daughter-in-law, Zoya Samadi. Samadi was abducted and detained by security forces and ...
A source close to Mohammad Saber Abbasian told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that 105 days after being arrested, his family has not been able to secure his release by posting bail. Shiraz’s Revolutionary Prosecutor continues to hold Abbasian under temporary detention. ...
During an appearance on the Islamic Republic of Iran’s state television this week, Mohammad Javad Larijani repeatedly misrepresented the events of last week’s Human Rights Council session in Geneva. Larijani’s false statements were an attempt to conceal the wide range of objections faced by the ...
On the anniversary of Iranian elections, two students of human rights were arrested in Beijing outside the Iranian Embassy as they carried a sign that read: “Free Iran, say NO to theocracy.” Iranian Embassy authorities apparently could not tolerate even two protesters with the impending ...
In the past few months, students at Qazvin International University have faced an increase in sentences of expulsion, permanent deprivation from education, and other disciplinary actions. The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran has interviewed one of these students about summonses to the University’s ...
Six days after the arrest of Abdolreza Tajik, a journalist and member of the Defenders of Human Rights Center (DHRC), his family has been unable to obtain information on his condition. The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran has learned that the simultaneous arrests ...
Salman Sima, a student activist and member of the Advar-e Tahkim-e Vahdat student organization, has gone on hunger strike inside Evin Prison. Sima was arrested on 12 June 2010, his second post-election arrest, and is being detained at the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corp’s (IRGC) Ward ...
According to research done by the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, Arash Saghar, was a senior member of Mir Hossein Mousavi’s campaign in last year’s presidential election. He worked in Sunni areas of the country, in the Gonbad Kavoos region. He was arrested ...
The Iranian delegation at the UN Human Rights Council session in Geneva anticipated an administrative meeting to review Iran’s periodic report about the situation of human rights in the country. They never imagined that the meeting would turn into a statement by 56 countries, criticizing ...
In the weeks leading up to the first anniversary of the June 2009 presidential election, dozens of journalists and political, student, and civil society activists were arrested or summoned and interrogated by security forces. Heavy prison sentences continued to be handed down in the past ...
The Fourteenth Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council continues in Geneva (31 May-18 June 2010). Last Thursday, head of the Iranian delegation, Javad Larijani, attended a meeting to review reports from Iran. Larijani had to observe explicit criticism of the human rights ...
Arseh Sevom, a newly-established NGO, has published a comprehensive report entitled “The Attack on Civil Society in Iran.” The report reviews the suppression of Iranian civil society by the Iranian government in recent years. The introduction describes the report’s contents: “This report does not concentrate ...
The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran has learned that human rights defender and women’s rights activist Saba Vasefi, has regained consciousness after she was injured in an accident two weeks. Vasefi was in a coma for over 100 hours following the accident. ...
Journalist Abdolreza Tajik was arrested today for the third time since last year’s disputed election. His arrest came after a verbal summons was issued for him to appear in the Ministry of Intelligence. He now joins other journalists who have been arrested in the past ...
Eyewitnesses have told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that Basij forces had a widespread presence in Tehran and other cities such as Mashad, during a fresh wave of protests in Iran. Police and Basij forces were present everywhere, especially around university campuses, ...
Prominent Iranian poet and women’s rights defender Simin Behbahani has sent a message to Iranian authorities. In her message, made available to the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, Behbahani asked Iranian authorities to reconsider their approach to dissent and to prevent the ...
Prominent Iranian poet and women’s rights defender Simin Behbahani has sent a message to Iranian authorities. In her message which was made available to the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, Behbahani has asked the Iranian authorities to reconsider their approach and to ...
