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Twitter Updates

June 19, 2009

Videos and Pictures Previous Updates ---------------------- *Disclaimer: As media and news are increasingly restricted the Campaign is providing these updates as a random sample - this information has not been independently verified but comes from reputable Twitter accounts ...

UN Human Rights Chief Expresses Serious Concerns

June 19, 2009

19 June 2009 UN human rights chief concerned about manner of arrests, and possible use of excessive force in Iran GENEVA – The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, said Friday she is concerned about reports of an increasing number ...

UPDATE: Arbitrary Detentions in Iran Expand

June 17, 2009

(17 June 2009) Ebrahim Yazdi, General Secretary of Nehzat e Azadi, was arrested today at 15:00 Tehran time, the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran said, while he was in Pars Hospital in Tehran in the Intensive Care Unit. ...

Mass Arrests and Detentions Signal Increasing Repression

June 17, 2009

(17 June 2009) The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran reported today that several dozen notable figures including Saeed Hajjarian, Mohammad Ali Abtahi, Behzad Nabavi, and Abdolfattah Soltani were arrested on 16 June 2009. Hajjarian was an advisor to ...

Videos and Pictures from Iran

June 16, 2009

Live Twitter Updates ------------ Amateur photographer's collection of demonstration photos Collection of pictures from Iran Video of Police Beating Protester -- Graphic http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/8099943.stm ------------ ...

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June 16, 2009

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Live Twitter Updates from Iran

June 16, 2009

Videos and Pictures ---------------------- *Disclaimer: As media and news are increasingly restricted the Campaign is providing these updates as a random sample - this information has not been independently verified but comes from reputable Twitter accounts ---------------------- ...

End Violence against Peaceful Protests

June 16, 2009

(15 June 2009) The Iranian government should immediately end its violent repression of largely peaceful nationwide protests following last Friday’s presidential elections, the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran and Human Rights Watch said today. The two human rights organizations ...

An Appeal to Iranian Authorities to End Restrictions on Civil Liberties and Violence against Demonstrators

June 14, 2009

(14 June 2009) The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran today appealed to Iranian authorities to withdraw security and Special Guards from public places, allow peaceful demonstrations, halt violence against citizens, and to release without charge numerous opposition leaders, ...

Withhold Recognition of Iranian Presidential Election Results

June 13, 2009

(13 June 2009) The international community should not recognize the results of Iran’s 12 June 2009 presidential election, which gives all signs of having been manipulated by government authorities to produce a massive victory for incumbent Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, according to ...

Iran Election Update: Concerns for Violence Against Moussavi Supporters Grow

June 13, 2009

(13 June 2009) [As of 1:30 PM Tehran Time] The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran expressed its serious concerns for the growing crisis in Tehran and the possibility of a violent crackdown against the opposition candidate, Mir Hossein ...

Election Protests

June 13, 2009

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Iran Election Update: Reformist Candidate’s Headquarters Seized and Locked

June 13, 2009

(13 June 2009) [As of 7 am Tehran time] After a disputed election, the offices of two reformist candidates, Mir Hossein Moussavi and Mehdi Karroubi were seized and locked by intelligence and security forces. As the government controlled Interior Ministry ...

Letter to the Head of the Judiciary to Release Osanloo

June 1, 2009

(1 June 2009) We are seriously concerned for Mr. Osanloo’s life. He is held in Rajaiee Shahr prison, in Karaj, along with violent criminals who have threatened his life. He could die as a result of such attacks and ensuing ...

Court Documents Show Obsession with Alleged US Intelligence Actions Led to Unfair Convictions

May 28, 2009

(28 May 2009) The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran has obtained copies of court rulings against four individuals prosecuted and sentenced to prison terms because they allegedly worked in cooperation with the United States government to instigate a ...

Detained Students Tortured and Beaten to “Fabricate Evidence”

May 26, 2009

(26 May 2009) Six students from Amir Kabir University who have been released on bail following a group of student detentions on 5 February and 24 February, have reported being harshly interrogated, beaten over long periods of time, and tortured ...

Iranian Rights Defender Receives Martin Ennals Award

May 20, 2009

(21 May 2009) – The decision to present the prestigious Martin Ennals Award this year to Emad Baghi for his work on prisoners’ rights and efforts to end the death penalty will help focus international attention on the perilous human ...

Mother and Wife of Ailing, Imprisoned Labor Leader Plead for His Release

May 18, 2009

(17 May 2009) The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran urged Iran’s leading judicial authorities to review the conviction and sentencing of labor activist Mansour Osanloo and to release him. Government appointed medical examiners have twice ordered an end ...

Baha’i Leaders Remain Unjustly Detained After One Year

May 14, 2009

(14 May 2009) Seven Baha’i leaders detained in Evin prison, Fariba Kamalabadi, Jamaloddin Khanjani, Afif Naeimi, Saeid Rezaie, Mahvash Sabet, Behrouz Tavakkoli and Vahid Tizfahm, should be immediately and unconditionally released, the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran said ...

Human Rights Defenders Prevented from Leaving Iran; Women’s Rights Advocates Arrested

May 11, 2009

(11 May 2009) The Iranian government is continuing to expand its repression of women’s rights activists ahead of the 12 June presidential elections, with a new wave of travel bans, detentions, and summons, the International Campaign for Human Rights in ...

Release All Activists Detained on May Day

May 8, 2009

(8 May 2009) The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran called for the release of all labor activists and six members of the One Million Signatures Campaign still in detention after their violent arrest on 1 May as ...

Roxana Saberi’s Appeal Process Should be Transparent

May 6, 2009

(6 May 2009) The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran expressed serious concerns regarding the secrecy and continued lack of transparency surrounding the prosecution of Iranian-American journalist Roxana Saberi, and asked the Iranian Judiciary to adhere to international standards ...

Security Forces Violently Attack and Detain Labor Rights Activists Observing May Day

May 1, 2009

(1 May 2009) Security and police forces violently attacked Iranian workers as they gathered in Laleh Park in Tehran to observe International Workers’ Day on May 1st, the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran reported. According to information received ...

Delara Darabi, Juvenile Offender, Executed in Rasht

May 1, 2009

(1 May 2009) Delara Darabi, who was charged at the age of 17 with murder, was executed today in Rasht. Darabi was 22 years old. Authorities did not inform her lawyer, Abdolsamad Khorramshahi, that her execution was being ...

Labor Activists in Peril as May Day Approaches

April 30, 2009

(30 April 2009) Iranian workers will observe May 1st, International Workers’ Day, as the government increases its suppression of independent labor movements, the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran said in a new report (available in Persian) today. During the ...

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      March 19, 2026
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      March 5, 2026
    • Grave Concerns for the Safety of Political Prisoners and Detainees in Iran
      March 2, 2026
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      February 25, 2026
    • UN Experts Demand Iran Reveal Fate of Detainees, Halt Executions
      February 20, 2026
    • Op-Ed: Iran’s Protests Have Ended. The State’s Terror Campaign Has Not.
      February 16, 2026
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      February 12, 2026
    • Unreported Atrocities: Eyewitnesses Detail Massive and Deadly State Crackdown Against Protesters in Iran’s Provincial Cities
      January 30, 2026
    • Statement From Physicians in Iran: ‘Being a Doctor Is Not a Crime’
      January 29, 2026
    • UN Human Rights Council Extends Iran Fact-Finding Mission, Condemns 'Deadliest Crackdown against Iranian People Since 1979 Revolution'
      January 26, 2026
    • Iran: Mass Violent Arrests, Forced Confessions, Lawyers Blocked, Escalating Risk of Executions of Protesters 
      January 23, 2026
    • 30+ Rights Groups Sound Alarm Over Grave Risks to Detainees in Iran Amid Blackout
      January 15, 2026
    • Exclusive Interview: Physician Treating Protesters in Iran Describes Mass Casualties, Overwhelmed Hospitals
      January 12, 2026
    • Grave Concern That State Massacre of Protesters is Underway in Iran Amid Internet Blackout
      January 9, 2026
    • Iranian Authorities Intensify Crackdown on Protests with Live Fire, Arbitrary Arrests, and Attacks on Hospitals
      January 6, 2026
    • UN: Iran Must Stop Execution of 67-Year-Old Iranian Woman
      December 28, 2025
    • Grave Concerns Over Detainees’ Safety Following Arrests at Slain Lawyer’s Memorial
      December 17, 2025
    • Narges Mohammadi and other Activists Violently Arrested at Memorial Service for Slain Lawyer
      December 12, 2025
    • Over 80 Iranian Lawyers Demand Transparency in Suspicious Death of Human Rights Lawyer Khosro Alikordi
      December 11, 2025
    • UN: Iran Must Halt Execution of Woman Survivor of Child Marriage and Abuse
      December 3, 2025
    • Eight Political Prisoners at Grave Risk of Execution as Death Sentences Upheld
      November 25, 2025
    • Victim of Child Marriage Faces Execution in Iran
      November 13, 2025
    • Writers and Scholars Arrested and Held Incommunicado in Iran
      November 6, 2025
    • Iran Shuts Down Oldest NGO Supporting Vulnerable Children, Detains Founder
      November 3, 2025
    • UN: Iran’s Surge in Unlawful Executions May Amount to Crimes Against Humanity
      November 3, 2025
    • Iran’s Rappers: Voices of Dissent, Targets of the State
      October 27, 2025
    • Political Prisoner’s Hunger Strike Highlights Plight of Religious and Political Prisoners in Iran
      October 23, 2025
    • Iran’s New Tactics to Crush Mandatory Hijab Resistance: Business Raids and Surveillance
      October 15, 2025
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