(27 July 2009) The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran appealed to authorities in Iran to halt the torture of Saeed Hajarian, a prominent reformist journalist and former presidential advisor who has been detained in Tehran’s Evin prison since ...
“We deplore the violence and crackdown on peaceful protesters, the increasing restrictions on civil liberties, and the imprisonment of a growing number of civil leaders in Iran. ” Archbishop Destmond Tutu, Nobel Peace Laureate, 1984 “If one country sincerely wants ...
(17 July 2009) Government agents tear gassed peaceful demonstrators ,beat and kidnapped a leading human rights lawyer today, while Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, a former president and leading cleric, called for the intelligence and security force to obey the ...
(15 July 2009) Information from Iranian hospitals and victims’ families indicates that the number of demonstrators killed by security officers and militia during demonstrations to protest Iran’s disputed 12 June presidential election far exceeds government reports, the International Campaign for ...
A report from 25 days of nonstop searching by the Peace Mother, Parvin “Ameneh Khatoon” Fahimi: -------------- Open Your Eyes Sohrab, Your Mother Is Staring At You How soon you grew up, ...
(13 July 2009) Sohrab Aarabi, the 19 year old protestor, who disappeared on 15 June during a demonstration in Tehran, was buried today at Behesht Zahra Cemetery in Tehran. Watch video clips and see pictures of the funeral. ...
(12 July 2009) Iranian authorities have informed the family of Sohrab Aarabi, 19, that he died of gunshot wounds to his heart, 26 days after he disappeared during a demonstration on 15 June, the International Campaign for Human Rights in ...
(10 July 2009) Agents of the Security Police arrested Dr. Kian Tajbakhsh at his home in Tehran on the evening of 9 July, the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran said today. The agents did not provide any legal ...
Today, on the streets of Tehran, at 4 pm sharp, people started to congregate along routes that had been previously announced. Their eyes communicated with each other, expressions of familiarity, sympathy, and solidarity that today we shall make history together, yet ...
Demonstrations commemorating the tenth anniversary of attacks on Tehran University campus were violently disrupted by security and police forces as well as Basij militia and plain clothes agents who attacked and beat the demonstrators. On Thursday evening, thousands of people, many ...
(10 July 2009) Thousands of demonstrators commemorated the tenth anniversary of the student-led protests of 9 July 1999 in Tehran yesterday, despite a harsh crackdown by government forces. Dozens of protestors were detained. Security forces and government-controlled Basij militia and plain ...
Prominent human rights lawyer among new detainees Arrests by unidentified agents, detentions in undisclosed locations (8 July 2009) While Iranian authorities have issued statements about the release of some of the approximately 2,000 citizens that local human rights monitors believe are detained, ...
(6 July 2009) With as many as two thousand individuals, including more than two-hundred prominent personalities, under incommunicado detention in Iran, serious concerns for their health and safety are growing. There are increasing reports of extensive use of solitary confinement ...
An Interview with the sister of one of those who were killed on June 2oth: Ashkaan said, “I’ll go and come back.” June 30th, 2009 www.roozonline.com (Parastoo Sepehri): Ashkaan Sohrabi was an 18-year-old who was shot and killed on ...
A detainee, arrested by Iranian forces in the recent protests, relates: "They inspected us in filthy, unsanitary situations." Susan Mohammadkhani Ghiasvand The results announced from the tenth presidential election created a wave of protests across the country. These protests, carried out peacefully, faced ...
These interviews and accounts are being provided for information purposes, given the lack of media and information coming out of Iran. Their use is permitted as long as credit is given ...
The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran recently reported that Yaghoub Barvayeh is one of those shot dead by government forces in Tehran. Yaghoub was shot ...
A detailed eyewitness account from Tehran regarding the protests of 20 June and the extreme violence visited upon protesters ...
POLITICAL PERSONALITIES Abbas Pourazhari, in Tabriz Abdolah Momeni, member of the central council of the Advar organization and its spokesperson, was arrested on 21 June Abdolfatah Soltani, a human rights lawyer and one ...
(25 June 2009) Official Iranian news agencies have published a letter claiming to be from lawyers, university professors, and families of veterans and martyrs, which requests the Justice minister, Gholam-Hussein Elham, to prosecute Iranian Nobel Laureate Shirin Ebadi for allegedly ...
(23 June 2009) The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran today published lists of Iranian citizens it has confirmed killed and detained since the disputed 12 June presidential elections. The lists are not comprehensive and show the names ...
Last Updated: 2 September 2009 Here is the list of those killed and detained in Iran, updated as information becomes available. The list is by no means comprehensive and does not include the great majority of people arrested at ...
(20 June 2009) Numerous Iranians beaten and injured by security forces as they tried to stage peaceful demonstrations have been arrested and detained when they sought medical treatment in hospitals, the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran reported ...
(19 June 2009) The Iranian government is bound by Iranian and international law to protect the right to peaceful assembly, despite threats against citizens seeking to express their views on the disputed presidential elections, the International Campaign for Human Rights ...
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