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March 14, 2010

Report from Geneva: United Nations Human Rights Council Resolution on Iran Unlikely

Members of the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) are virtually certain not to vote on a resolution dealing with the human rights crisis in Iran in the March Session of the Council, based on numerous meetings between diplomats and the International Campaign for Human ...

March 14, 2010

$800,000 Bail For a Two-Week Leave for Kian Tajbakhsh

While the release of some political prisoners is underway before celebrations of Persian New Year (Nowruz) begin, Iranian Judiciary authorities continue to issue heavy bails for political activists. In the last round of heavy bail orders, Iranian scholar Kian Tajbakhsh, who was arrested eight months ...

March 13, 2010

Blogger Mohammad Esmaeelzadeh Transferred to Babol Prison General Ward

Mohammad Esmaeelzadeh, a blogger from Mazandaran, was transferred to the General Ward of Babol Prison. He is serving a 91 day prison sentence for insulting the Supreme Leader. A source close to Esmaeelzadeh told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that his request ...

March 13, 2010

Birjand University Student Activists Arrested Again

Four Birjand University student activists, Ali Sepandar, Behzad Parvin, Amin Ostadi, and Milad Garajian were arrested again last week for the second time since the Iranian elections. The students are members of the Central and General Councils of Islamic Association of Birjand University. They have ...

March 13, 2010

World Affairs Council Interviews Hadi Ghaemi

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March 12, 2010

Abbasgholizadeh: Suppression Has Changed Iranian Women’s Priorities

In an interview with International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, women’s rights activist, researcher, and documentary filmmaker Mahboubeh Abbasgholizadeh, analyzes the condition of the Iranian women’s movement and civil society activists in Iran after the 12 June 2009 elections. Abbasgholizadeh who formerly headed the ...

March 12, 2010

No Information about Student at Mashad Azad, Mohammad Reza Lotfi, Arrested 10 Days Ago

The location and reasons for the arrest of Mashad Azad University student activist, Mohammad Reza Lotfi Yazdi, who was arrested by security forces at his father’s home more than 10 days ago, are still unknown. A close relative of Lotfi who is familiar with ...

March 11, 2010

Stop Anti-Sharia and Inhumane Execution Sentences!

In their second letter to Sadegh Larijani, Head of the Iranian Judiciary, the Defenders of Human Rights Center has objected strongly to the issuance and execution of death sentences, especially in the cases of those arrested during post-elections protests. The group has demanded emphatically that ...

March 10, 2010

Bail Posted for Three Imprisoned Journalists, Hope for Pre-Nowruz Release

A source close to families of three Iranian journalists, Vahid Pourostad, Akbar Montajebi, and Ehsan Mehrabi told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that despite an announcement from the Iranian Judiciary about their release, they are yet to be released. As more political ...

March 9, 2010

Heavy Bails: Releasing Prisoners or Hostage Taking by the Judiciary?

(Analysis) – News of Abdollah Momeni’s release on the heavy bail of approximately $800,000 makes it appear that the Judiciary is setting ransoms and not bails. In fact most of the political prisoners released on bail over the past few months appear to be hostages ...

March 9, 2010

Hassan Assadi: Daneshjoo’s Remarks Nothing New, Iranian Academia has Already Been Attacked

In an interview with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, Hassan Assadi Zeidabadi, Head of the Human Rights Committee of Tahkim-e Vahdat Alumni Association, a large student organization in Iran, reviewed the new statements of Iran’s Minister of Science pertaining to the dismissal ...

March 9, 2010

Morteza Semyari Released on $600,000 Bail

Morteza Semyari, Secretary of Social Affairs of Daftar-e Tahkim-e Vahdat, was released on a 600 million Tooman (equivalent to US $600,000) bail and custodianship. Semyari’s release orders from Ward 209 of Evin prison were issued after his bail of $500,000 and his custodianship of $100,000 were ...

March 8, 2010

City of Barcelona’s Support of Human Rights in Iran

The Barcelona city council has approved an institutional statement in favor and support of human rights in Iran. The text of the statement is below (translated from Spanish): The municipal council agrees: 1- To declare its concern about the persistent and recurrent violation of human rights in ...

March 8, 2010

Interview: Details of Bahai Students’ Deprivation of Education and Imprisonment of Right to Education Committee Members

In an interview with International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, Hessam Mishaghi, spokesperson for the Right to Education Committee, most of whose members are in prison right now, spoke of barriers for education for Bahais and students who are active in civil and political ...

March 6, 2010

Minister of Science’s Statements Are Against the Iranian Constitution, Islamic Penal Code, and International Conventions

In statements which have caused grave concern amongst the Iranian human rights and social activists, Iranian Minister of Science, Research, and Technology, Kamran Daneshjoo, has said that only those can teach or study at universities who have proven commitment to Islam and velayat-e faghih. Therefore ...

March 5, 2010

Mashad Student Activist Reza Lotfi Arrested

A student source told International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that Mashad Azad University student and human rights activist Reza Lotfi was violently abducted from his home by plainclothes forces last night. During the late hours of last night, several plainclothes forces stormed ...

March 5, 2010

Valian’s Family under Pressure to Deny News of his Execution Sentence

While over the past few days several sources have published news of Mohammad Valian’s death sentence as the first case of its kind upheld by an appeals court, Valian family refrain from confirming the news. One of his Mohammad Valian’s classmates told International Campaign ...

March 4, 2010

What Are The Refugees’ Expectations in Turkey? Eyewitness Report

With the widespread flight of many Iranian journalists and political and social activists who are now in neighboring countries, seeking asylum from third countries over the past few months, International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran has tried to demonstrate the issues and ...

March 4, 2010

Evin Prison: Visiting political prisoners

After the Iranian Presidential elections of 12 June 2009 which was accompanied by widespread political arrests, the visitation pattern of political prisoners’ families changed drastically from previous years. The number of political prisoners increased and therefore the number of families who were in search of ...

March 4, 2010

Disqualification of Lawyers and the Iranian Bar Association’s Demise: An Interview with Abdolsamad Khorramshahi

Distinguished Iranian attorney Abdolsamad Khorramshahi is one of 36 attorneys who were recently disqualified by the Judges Court for membership in the Board of Directors of the Iranian Bar Association. In an interview with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, he expressed concern ...

March 3, 2010

Arrest of Iranian Filmmaker Jafar Panahi and New Pressure on Independent Filmmakers

A source close to Jafar Panahi told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran: “Over the past years, Ministry of Information authorities have summoned Jafar Panahi to different investigation offices of the Ministry in different locations and have questioned him. In one of these ...

March 3, 2010

Protestor in Danger of Execution as Iran Flouts Human Rights Standards

(4 March 2010) An Iranian protestor, prosecuted in a post-Ashura trials on charges of Moharebeh, or “enmity against God, is in danger of imminent execution, the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran said today. The identity of the protestor sentenced to death is not yet ...

March 3, 2010

After 2 Months in Prison, “No Suspect by the Name of Bahareh Hedayat Exists!”

Student activist and member of the central council of Advar Alumni Association (Tahkim-e Vahdat) Bahareh Hedayat’s husband has described his wife’s condition for the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran. ...

March 2, 2010

Morteza Semyari’s Family Say They Will Never be Able to Raise his $600,000 Bail

A source close to Morteza Semyari told International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that after the Revolutionary Courts announced Semyari's bail at $800,000, his family tried to talk to court authorities before a public announcement of their decision was made, hoping to see the ...

March 1, 2010

Prime Minister of Spain Urges Respect for Human Rights in Iran

In a response to a request by the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran for solidarity in demanding human rights in Iran to the Prime Minister of Spain, the Director of the Cabinet Mr. Jose Enrique Serrano Martinez wrote: Cabinet Director of The Presidency (Spain) I ...

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