The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran has collected dozens of eyewitness and personal accounts of torture carried out by the Iranian government. Security forces reportedly resorted to torture during interrogations of detainees carried out after the post-election protests to coerce confessions. These confessions ...
As of December 2010, Iran has been engaged in an execution binge. In December 2010 authorities executed 48 people. In January 2011, official media reported 85 executions, averaging one execution every 9 hours. If rates continue, Iran will execute over 900 persons by the end ...
Contrary to Larijani’s public statements, Iran has not allowed any visits from Special Rapporteurs since 2005, despite numerous and repeated requests for visas. ...
Two years after the disputed presidential election of 2009, the human rights situation in Iran continues to deteriorate. The country has become enveloped in a profound human rights crisis marked by systematic violations of both international law and the rights protected by Iran’s own constitution. ...
The life of Nasrin Sotoudeh, an Iranian human rights lawyer and women rights activist, is in danger. Nasrin was arrested by Iranian authorities on 4th September 2010 for her activity in defending human rights in Iran and has been held in prison for more than ...
Seyed Ziaoddin (Zia) Nabavi, a Chemical Engineering student, enrolled in Babol Noshirvani University of Technology in 2002. Between 2003 and 2007, with direct student votes, Nabavi was elected a member of the Central Council of the Islamic Association of the university. He was arrested after ...
Next Section: Recommendations Human Rights Treaty Obligations Iran ratified the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) in 1975 and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) in 1975.1 Together, these treaties obligate the Iranian government to respect freedom of opinion, ...
Back to table of contents This is a partial list of students deprived of higher education in the past six years. The true numbers are believed to be much higher. During the past months, in addition to interviewing several barred university applicants, conducting extensive research, and ...
Next Section: List of 217 Barred and Expelled Students Back to table of contents To the Government of Iran: • Ensure students and university applicants can exercise their right to expression, association, assembly and religious freedom without interference by authorities and without having fear ...
Back to table of contents The Admissions Process and Systematic Banning of Students The Role of Disciplinary Committees In Their Own Words: Testimonies of Banned Students From Denial to Acknowledgment Recommendations Soon after Mahmoud Ahmadinejad became President of the ...
After three decades, the Islamic Republic of Iran’s human rights record has generated notable concern amongst United Nations human rights bodies, international NGOs, foreign governments including Iran’s diplomatic partners, and a broad spectrum of Iranian civil society.1 Since the 2005 presidential election of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, ...
Next Section: Regulatory Framework for Denial of Education Back to table of contents Starring Gains Public Exposure In September 2006, a year after Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s election as President, a public controversy arose over allegations by some students that the Ministry of Science was depriving qualified applicants ...
Next Section: International Law Back to table of contents University Admission and Entrance Exams Iranians who want to attend a government university program (at the undergraduate or graduate level) must complete secondary school and take an entrance exam known as the concour.1 The concour is administered ...
Next Section: Background of Starred Student Controversy Back to table of contents Recourse Students who were deprived from education, whether starred, expelled, or among those who passed the entrance exam but were not allowed to register, told the Campaign that no procedures or independent bodies exist ...
Next Section: Recourse Back to table of contents Barring Baha'is In addition to students barred from education due to their social and political activism, Baha’i students have also faced expulsion and education bans due to their religious beliefs. Baha’i youth are forced to not specify their ...
Next Section: Barring Baha'is Back to table of contents Barring Student Activists Similar to Mahmoudian, Eliasi, and Jalili, students who have participated in political and campus-based activism were barred by the Ministry of Science from enrolling in university or continuing their education. The Campaign documented 215 ...
Next Section: Barring Student Activists Barring the Best and the Brightest: The Cases of Puyan Mahmoudian, Safoura Eliasi and Farzaneh Jalili When banning students from higher education, Iranian officials often target some of the most academically qualified and gifted students in their fields. Puyan Mahmoudian, despite ...
Download Full Report (PDF) a. Description of the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran was founded in 2008 to provide urgent and needed support for human rights and human rights defenders in Iran. The Campaign is dedicated to ...
This report presents information about compliance by the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) with its obligations as a signatory to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. Following introductory information and general observations, Iran’s adherence to the pledges contained in a number of the ...
Charlie Rose Interview with Mahmoud Ahmadinejad September 28, 2009 CHARLIE ROSE: Tell me in your words what happened in the election in Iran, and why it resulted in so many people in the street, so many people arrested, so much talk about arrest, torture, death ...
Back to Main Interview in which questions pertaining to human rights were asked (most recent first): 1. George Stephanopoulos - ABC News 2. Kim Bildsoe - Dutch TV 3. Jon Snow - Channel 4 UK 4. Katie Couric ...
Interview with Mahmoud Ahmadinejad by Ann Curry of NBC News September 18, 2008 ANN CURRY: You are a father what do you say to the families who accuse this government of brutalities, torture, disappearances of their sons and daughters? AHMADINEJAD: You are expressing certain claims that ...
Ahmadinejad’s Interview with Larry King - CNN September 23, 2008 KING: By the way, you mentioned human rights in Israel. Don’t you have some human rights problems of your own in Iran? AH: What do you mean by human rights problems? KING: People protesting that they don’t ...
Democracy Now’s Amy Goodman Interviews Ahmadinejad September 26, 2008 AMY GOODMAN: (Re: Homosexuality) On Wednesday, I asked the Iranian President to clarify his statement. AHMADINEJAD: I didn’t say they don’t exist, not the way they are here. In Iran it’s considered as a very unlikable and ...
Interview with Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on CNN and Iran Press TV by Christiane Amanpour June 14, 2009 CHRISTIANE: You said that you are the president of all Iranians no matter who they voted for. I’d like to ask you, what is the situation with your challenger ...
