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June 8, 2016

Iranian-Canadian Academic Detained During Visit to Iran

Homa Hoodfar, an Iranian-Canadian scholar and expert on gender and development in Islam, was arrested on June 6, 2016 during a visit to Iran after being summoned to Evin Prison… ...

May 16, 2016

French Foreign Ministry Staffer with Dual Citizenship Awaits Appeal on Prison Sentence in Iran

Nazak Afshar, an employee of France’s Foreign Ministry who holds Iranian and French citizenship, is awaiting a ruling on her appeal against a six-year prison sentence issued by Judge Abolqasem… ...

May 10, 2016

Husband of Iranian-British Citizen Held in Iran Calls Her Detainment “Outrageous” and “Cruel”

“I have no idea how a young woman with a baby could be a danger to national security.” The husband of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, a British-Iranian dual citizen who has been… ...

February 23, 2016

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

Namazi Reportedly on Hunger Strike at Evin Now Siamak Namazi, the Iranian-American businessman who was arrested in October while visiting family in Tehran, is being held incommunicado in Evin Prison… ...

February 1, 2016

Call for Prime Minister Trudeau to Secure Release of Imprisoned Iranian-Canadian

February 1, 2016— Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau should extend all efforts to obtain the release of Saeed Malekpour, a Canadian resident and web develop imprisoned in Iran since 2008… ...

January 16, 2016

Release of Iranian Americans Welcomed, Time to Release All Political Prisoners

  Steps Towards Reconciliation with the West Are Good but Iran Needs National Reconciliation As Well January 16, 2016—The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran welcomes the long-overdue release… ...

January 11, 2016

2016

Iran’s Oddly Selective Crackdown on Christians Lebanese Kataeb 28 December, 2016 before she had recovered fully, according to the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran. Zargaran subsequently was allowed… ...

November 19, 2015

Khamenei Rails against US “Plots” and Authorities Chime in with Crackdown

A photo posted on Ayatollah Khamenei’s official website highlighting his statement, “They [the West] want to erode the Islamic Republic….” Hardliners in Iran’s Parliament, Judiciary,… ...

November 9, 2015

Arrests Gather Pace in Iran after Khamenei Gives Green Light for Crackdown

Fear of Post-Nuclear Deal Rapprochement with West Drives Intensified Repression November 9, 2015—Several journalists were arrested in Iran over the past week in an intensifying campaign of repression that is… ...

August 10, 2015

Rezaian and Other Iranian-American Prisoners Held on Sham Charges Should be Released

Three Iranian-American prisoners, Amir Mirzaei Hekmati, Jason Rezaian, and Saeed Abedini. August 10, 2015— The Rouhani administration should immediately secure the release of three Iranian-American prisoners, Jason Rezaian, Saeed Abedini,… ...

April 7, 2011

Report of UN Secretary General on the Situation of Human Rights in Iran at the Human Rights Council in Geneva

Report of the UN Secretary General – September 2010 Download PDF of this report United Nations General Assembly Human Rights Council, Sixteenth session 28 March 2011 Document A/HRC/16/75 Annual report… ...

March 4, 2011

Executions – Distortion & Disinformation

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… ...

April 16, 2009

Report on the Status of Women Human Rights Defenders — April 2009

As the Islamic Republic of Iran celebrates its thirtieth anniversary, human rights abuses are on the rise. Women’s rights activists advocating for legal reforms and the protection of women’s rights… ...

October 1, 2008

Report of the Secretary-General on the Situation of Human Rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran

English, Issued 1 October 2008… ...

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