Part II: In Their Own Words – Page 2
Mahmoud Dowlatabadi | Author Born in 1940, Mahmoud Dowlatabadi is among the most celebrated authors in Iran. His works include the ten-volume epic “Kalidar,” “Ja-ye Khali-ye Solooch,” and “Roozegar-e Separi… ...
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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 6, 2011
A Brief History of “House Arrests” and Detentions in “Safe Houses”: What Will Be the Fate of Disappeared Leaders?
This briefing paper provides a review of the “house arrest,” or detention in a “safe house,” of other prominent critics of the Islamic Republic during the past three decades. This… ...
January 14, 2011
Leading Writers Association PEN International Condemns Sotoudeh’s Sentence and Calls for Action
On 13 January 2001, the Writers in Prison Committee of PEN International condemned the eleven-year sentence of human rights defender Nasrin Sotoudeh issued by an Iranian court on 9 January… ...
December 4, 2010
List of 217 Students Barred from Higher Education from 2005 to November 2010
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…. ...
October 14, 2010
The Arrest of Mehdi Khazali: Continued Pressure On Critics
Mehdi Khazali, an ophthalmologist, writer, and critical blogger, was arrested on Wednesday, 13 October 2010 while traveling. According to the Kalame website, security agents arrested Khazali and transferred him to… ...
June 26, 2009
Alphabetized List
POLITICAL PERSONALITIES Abbas Pourazhari, in Tabriz Abdolah Momeni, member of the central council of the Advar organization and its spokesperson, was arrested on 21 June Abdolfatah Soltani, a human rights… ...
June 23, 2009
Killed and Detained Since 12 June
Last Updated: 2 September 2009 Here is the list of those killed and detained in Iran, updated as information becomes available. The list is by no means comprehensive and does… ...