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Why the UN Human Rights Mechanisms Must Continue to Monitor Iran’s Human Rights Situation

Why the UN Human Rights Mechanisms Must Continue to Monitor Iran’s Human Rights Situation

March 14, 2016

This video explains why it is so imperative that the United Nations Human Rights Council ensures the Special Rapporteur and other UN mechanisms continue their critical work of monitoring Iran’s human rights situation, given the severe rights violations that persist ...

Iranians Looking Abroad to Escape State-Controlled Internet

Iranians Looking Abroad to Escape State-Controlled Internet

March 14, 2016

Data privacy and censorship concerns are driving Iranian companies and individuals to foreign Internet servers because domestic providers are powerless ...

Cartoon 143: Norooz

Cartoon 143: Norooz

March 11, 2016

The Spring Equinox marks Norooz, the start of the Persian New Year. The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran takes this opportunity ...

Mass Child Marriage Ceremony in Iran Denied by Local Officials

Mass Child Marriage Ceremony in Iran Denied by Local Officials

March 10, 2016

Fifty high school students were married in a mass ceremony in the Iranian city of Parsian, according to local ...

Imprisoned Reformist Iranian Journalist Hospitalized After Prolonged Hunger Strike

Imprisoned Reformist Iranian Journalist Hospitalized After Prolonged Hunger Strike

March 10, 2016

Issa Saharkhiz, imprisoned reformist journalist and former political prisoner, was hospitalized on March 9, 2016 due to life-threatening health ...

Iran Elections: Reformists Win Voter Support Despite Roadblocks and Irregularities

Iran Elections: Reformists Win Voter Support Despite Roadblocks and Irregularities

March 8, 2016

While facing non-stop impediments, reformists and centrists achieved significant gains in Iran’s recent elections, ...

Harsh Sentences of Human Rights Activist and Wife Confirmed by Iran Appeals Court

Harsh Sentences of Human Rights Activist and Wife Confirmed by Iran Appeals Court

March 7, 2016

An Appeals Court in Iran has upheld the 15-year prison sentence of the student activist Arash Sadeghi for “collusion ...

Former Political Prisoner Gets One-Year Prison Sentence On Recycled Charges

Former Political Prisoner Gets One-Year Prison Sentence On Recycled Charges

March 7, 2016

Navid Kamran, a former political prisoner, has been sentenced to one year in prison without any new evidence supporting ...

Cartoon 142: International Women’s Day

Cartoon 142: International Women’s Day

March 4, 2016

On this March 8, 2016, International Women’s Day, the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran urges all to ...

Iranian Activist Receives Six-Month Prison Sentence for Facebook Posts

Iranian Activist Receives Six-Month Prison Sentence for Facebook Posts

March 3, 2016

The civil rights activist Esmail Ahmadi-Ragheb has been sentenced to six months in prison for “propaganda against the state” ...

Pro-Rouhani Political Prisoner Urged Iranians to Vote in 2016 Elections

Pro-Rouhani Political Prisoner Urged Iranians to Vote in 2016 Elections

March 3, 2016

“Now President Rouhani should carry out his promise of two years ago to free political prisoners.” The mother of a ...

Iranian Music Distributors Sentenced to Three Years in Prison

Iranian Music Distributors Sentenced to Three Years in Prison

March 1, 2016

Three music distributors have each been sentenced to three years in prison and fined ...

Iran Vote: Political Freedoms Must Be Rouhani’s Top Priority

Iran Vote: Political Freedoms Must Be Rouhani’s Top Priority

March 1, 2016

Electorate Wants Human Rights and Rouhani Must Deliver March 1, 2016—In the elections for Parliament and the Assembly ...

Cartoon 140: Hardliners Only!

Cartoon 140: Hardliners Only!

February 26, 2016

"The enemies of our revolution introduced the notion of 'hardliner' and 'moderate' from the first day...They used to think ...

Rouhani Administration Under Pressure to Shut Down Iran’s Most Popular Mobile App Prior to Election

Rouhani Administration Under Pressure to Shut Down Iran’s Most Popular Mobile App Prior to Election

February 25, 2016

Telegram Has Emerged as Major Platform for Reformist and Centrist Candidates Iran’s Telecommunication’s Ministry has been under ...

Iranian Teacher’s Union Leader Sentenced to Six Years in Prison

Iranian Teacher’s Union Leader Sentenced to Six Years in Prison

February 24, 2016

The secretary general of the Teachers Association of Iran, Esmail Abdi, has been sentenced ...

Prominent Reformist Journalist Protests Solitary Confinement with Third Hunger Strike

Prominent Reformist Journalist Protests Solitary Confinement with Third Hunger Strike

February 24, 2016

The imprisoned political journalist Issa Saharkhiz has resumed his hunger strike after being placed ...

Watchmen or Yes-Men: Competing Views on the Assembly of Experts Elections

Watchmen or Yes-Men: Competing Views on the Assembly of Experts Elections

February 24, 2016

Oversight and accountability…or a bunch of yes-men fawning over the Supreme Leader? This new Campaign video takes a look at two competing views on the role of the Assembly of Experts which cut to the core of the choice Iran ...

Iran to Spend $36 Million on Internet “Smart Filtering,” to No Avail

Iran to Spend $36 Million on Internet “Smart Filtering,” to No Avail

February 23, 2016

The Iranian government, in a joint project with several domestic universities, is spending $36 million to develop ...

Father of Missing Student Sentenced to Jail and Lashes for Pursuing Son’s Case

Father of Missing Student Sentenced to Jail and Lashes for Pursuing Son’s Case

February 23, 2016

The 70-year-old father of a student who has not been heard from for 17 years since his arrest has ...

Imprisoned Iranian-American Siamak Namazi Held Incommunicado without Access to Lawyer

Imprisoned Iranian-American Siamak Namazi Held Incommunicado without Access to Lawyer

February 23, 2016

Namazi Reportedly on Hunger Strike at Evin Now Siamak Namazi, the Iranian-American businessman who was arrested in October ...

Iranian Kurdish Filmmaker Sentenced to 223 Lashes and One Year in Prison

Iranian Kurdish Filmmaker Sentenced to 223 Lashes and One Year in Prison

February 22, 2016

Keyvan Karimi, an Iranian Kurdish documentary filmmaker, has been sentenced to 223 lashes and one year in prison for ...

What If Iran’s Guardian Council Managed U.S. Elections?

What If Iran’s Guardian Council Managed U.S. Elections?

February 19, 2016

Political satire by Ebrahim Nabavi Elections will be held in Iran in a few days and ...

Technology Website Staffers Rushed to Prison Before Appeals Court Verdict

Technology Website Staffers Rushed to Prison Before Appeals Court Verdict

February 18, 2016

Four convicted staff members of a leading Iranian technology website who were free on bail while awaiting an Appeals ...

Iran’s Ban on Women at Volleyball Championship Continues with FIVB’s Nod

Iran’s Ban on Women at Volleyball Championship Continues with FIVB’s Nod

February 18, 2016

Security guards have prevented women from watching the Beach Volleyball World Championship on Iran’s Kish Island for ...

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