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Unfair Trials

Baha’i to Begin One-Year Prison Sentence for Practicing His Faith

Baha’i to Begin One-Year Prison Sentence for Practicing His Faith

July 17, 2014

A Baha’i man, Sarang Ettehadi, has been summoned to begin serving his one-year prison sentence on charges of “propaganda against the state through participation in Baha’i worship and prayer groups.” Ettehadi told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that he had been instructed via a telephone call from the Evin Prison Courts on ...

Eight Iranians Active on Facebook Sentenced to Combined 127 Years in Prison

Eight Iranians Active on Facebook Sentenced to Combined 127 Years in Prison

July 14, 2014

Eight young Iranians active on Facebook have been sentenced to a total of 127 years in prison by Branch 28 of the Revolutionary Court which found them guilty of acting against national security, propaganda against the state and insulting Islam and state officials, IRNA news agency reported. ...

New Wave of Arrests and Prison Sentences Against Journalists

New Wave of Arrests and Prison Sentences Against Journalists

July 10, 2014

The prominent journalist Marzieh Rasouli was summoned to Evin Prison on July 8, 2014, for the implementation of her sentence of 50 lashes and two years’ imprisonment, she announced on Twitter, even though Rasouli has not yet received confirmation of the initial sentence from the appeals court. ...

Four Sunni Kurds in Danger of Imminent Execution

Four Sunni Kurds in Danger of Imminent Execution

June 21, 2014

Hamed Ahmadi, Kamal Moulaei, and Jamshid and Jahangir Dehghani are Sunni Kurds who were first arrested and prosecuted for murdering a pro-government Sunni cleric, but they were later acquitted of this charge and then tried at Branch 28 of the Tehran Revolutionary Court under Judge Moghiseh on charges of “moharebeh” (enmity with God) and “acting ...

Scholar Sentenced to 18 Months in Prison for Criticizing Iran Nuclear Program and the Judiciary

Scholar Sentenced to 18 Months in Prison for Criticizing Iran Nuclear Program and the Judiciary

June 20, 2014

The Iranian Judiciary has sentenced Sadegh Zibakalam, a Tehran University scholar, to one and a half years in prison for his criticism of the Iranian nuclear program and of the Iranian Judiciary on charges of “propaganda against the Islamic Republic regime,” “publishing falsehoods to create public anxiety,” and “insulting judges and Judiciary officials.” ...

Eleven Internet Professionals Sentenced to One to Eleven Years in Prison

Eleven Internet Professionals Sentenced to One to Eleven Years in Prison

June 20, 2014

Yadollah Movahed, the Prosecutor for Kerman Province General and Revolutionary Courts, said at a press conference on June 19, 2014, that the eleven individuals were arrested and prosecuted for “designing sites, websites, and creating content for media hostile to the regime.” ...

Halt Execution of 33 Sunnis, Request Rights Groups

June 20, 2014

Eighteen rights groups issued a joint statement to demand a halt on execution of 33 Sunni death row inmates, noting unfair trials. ...

Two Iranian-Arabs Executed in Secret

Two Iranian-Arabs Executed in Secret

June 16, 2014

Ali Chabishat and Khaled Mousavi, two Iranian-Arabs from the southern city of Ahvaz in Khuzestan Province, have been secretly executed and buried in a remote area, the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran has learned. ...

Journalist Put on Trial for Propaganda Against State

Journalist Put on Trial for Propaganda Against State

June 13, 2014

Hossein Nouraninejad was charged with “propaganda against the regime” and “collusion and assembly against national security” according to his lawyer, but no evidence of conduct that would warrant these charges was offered in court. ...

Former Student Activist Sentenced to Another Year in Prison

Former Student Activist Sentenced to Another Year in Prison

June 12, 2014

A revolutionary court in Tehran has sentenced former student activist and political prisoner Payman Aref to another year in prison on charges of “propaganda against the regime,” marking his third sentence since the disputed 2009 presidential election. ...

Filmmaker Mahnaz Mohammadi Begins 5-Year Sentence on Baseless Charges

Filmmaker Mahnaz Mohammadi Begins 5-Year Sentence on Baseless Charges

June 11, 2014

On Saturday, June 7, 2014, Iranian documentary filmmaker and women’s rights activist Mahnaz Mohammadi began serving her five-year prison sentence on security charges of “assembly and collusion against national security,” and “propaganda against the state.” ...

Iran’s IRGC Commander Admits to Interference in 2009 Election

Iran’s IRGC Commander Admits to Interference in 2009 Election

June 4, 2014

In a newly released video, the commander of the Revolutionary Guards, Mohammad Ali Jaafari, in a speech to an audience which appears to be composed of Guard commanders, details the role of the Guards in the 2009 presidential election and the subsequent violent crackdown of the post-election protest movement. ...

Political Prisoner ٍExecuted Despite Lack of Due Process

Political Prisoner ٍExecuted Despite Lack of Due Process

June 1, 2014

A long-time death-row inmate accused of inciting recent prison disturbances was unexpectedly executed on the morning of June 1, 2014 in Rajaee-Shahr Prison, the semi-official Fars news agency. ...

One Thousand Days in Prison: John Kerry Appeals for Amir Hekmati’s Release

One Thousand Days in Prison: John Kerry Appeals for Amir Hekmati’s Release

May 29, 2014

The US Secretary of State John Kerry asked the Iranian government, in a statement issued on Memorial Day, May 26, 2014, to release US citizen Amir Mirzaei Hekmati, who has been in prison in Iran since July 2011. ...

New Details Emerge on Coercion of “Happy” Youths During Detention

New Details Emerge on Coercion of “Happy” Youths During Detention

May 28, 2014

The morality police pressured the participants in the “Happy in Tehran” video during their detention to implicate Reyhaneh Taravati and Sassan Soleimani and file complaints against them, the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran has learned. ...

Eight Facebook Users Sentenced to Decades in Prison

Eight Facebook Users Sentenced to Decades in Prison

May 27, 2014

The Revolutionary Court in Tehran has sentenced eight Facebook users to a total of 123 years in prison on charges of “propaganda against the state” and “insulting the Supreme Leader.” ...

Labor Activists Spend Second Week in Detention without Charges

Labor Activists Spend Second Week in Detention without Charges

May 16, 2014

Two labor activists who were arrested at their homes on April 30, 2014, one day before a planned Labor Day gathering in Tehran, remain in detention without charges or outside contact except for one brief family visit. ...

Lawyer for Kurdish Political Prisoners Put on Trial

Lawyer for Kurdish Political Prisoners Put on Trial

May 13, 2014

A Kurdish human rights lawyer has been tried on charges of membership in an illegal political group and propaganda against the state for providing information on prison conditions to the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Iran, a source told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran. ...

Eleven Hanged in Five Days on Drug Related Charges

Eleven Hanged in Five Days on Drug Related Charges

May 13, 2014

Nine prisoners found guilty of drug trafficking charges were hanged in the Karoun Prison courtyard in Ahvaz on May 12, 2014, after their sentences were confirmed by the Revolutionary Court, the Prosecutor General, and the Head of the Judiciary, the Khuzestan Province prosecutor’s office has announced. ...

Mousavi Medical Condition Called “Alarming” by Daughter

Mousavi Medical Condition Called “Alarming” by Daughter

May 7, 2014

“The family is in complete darkness about my father’s physical conditions and not even allowed a telephone call with him…My father’s health conditions are alarming,” wrote Narges Mousavi, daughter of Mir Hossein Mousavi, the opposition leader who was abruptly hospitalized for emergency heart surgery on April 29, 2014, in her Facebook page. ...

Detained Opposition Leader Mousavi Undergoes Emergency Heart Procedure

Detained Opposition Leader Mousavi Undergoes Emergency Heart Procedure

April 30, 2014

On Tuesday, April 29, 2014, an emergency heart procedure was carried out on Mir Hossein Mousavi, the opposition leader who has been held under house arrest for three years, without the prior knowledge and consent of his family. ...

Detained Opposition Leader Mousavi Rushed to Hospital

Detained Opposition Leader Mousavi Rushed to Hospital

April 29, 2014

Former presidential candidate and opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi, who has been held extra-judicially under house arrest for more than three years, was taken to hospital today for urgent heart complications, according to reports from Iran that the Campaign has independently confirmed. ...

Despite Investigation Pledge, Rouhani Administration Maintains Silence on Prisoner Assault

Despite Investigation Pledge, Rouhani Administration Maintains Silence on Prisoner Assault

April 28, 2014

The families of political prisoners who were assaulted by security guards in the brutal attack in Evin Prison’s Ward 350 on April 17 have yet to receive any response from a government panel appointed to investigate the incident. The attack on the inmates has prompted widespread condemnation inside and outside the country. ...

Rouhani’s Silence on Brutal Prison Attack Unacceptable

Rouhani’s Silence on Brutal Prison Attack Unacceptable

April 22, 2014

A week after a violent raid by prison officials at Iran’s notorious Evin Prison led to the beating, injury, and solitary confinement of many political prisoners, Iranian Judiciary officials continue to deny any use of violence while vivid testimonies from the families of the prisoners indicate otherwise. ...

Hundreds of Lawyers Advocate on Behalf of Imprisoned Dervish Lawyers

March 27, 2014

In two separate letters addressed to Head of the Iranian Judiciary Sadegh Larijani, Iranian lawyers have asked him for his immediate review of the judicial violations in the cases of the imprisoned Dervish lawyers. In two separate ...

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